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Non-Fiction Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Non-Fiction books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Non-Fiction series? Start with "Supernatural Horror in Literature" (1927) and follow publication order through all 35 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Supernatural Horror in Literature
1927
Lovecraft at Last: The Master of Horror in His Own Words (With: Willis Conover)
1927
Selected Letters I, 1911-1924
1964
Selected Letters II, 1925-1929
1965
Selected Letters III, 1929-1931
1971
Selected Letters IV, 1932-1934
1976
Selected Letters V, 1934-1937
1976
Uncollected Letters
1986
Clark Ashton Smith: Letters to H.P. Lovecraft
1987
Letters to Henry Kuttner
1991
Letters to Richard F. Searight
1992
Letters to Robert Bloch
1993
Letters to Samuel Loveman & Vincent Starrett
1994
The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft
1996
The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft
1997
More Annotated Lovecraft
1999
Lord of a Visible World
2000
Letters to Alfred Galpin
2002
Mysteries of Time and Spirit: The Letters of H.P. Lovecraft and Donald Wandrei
2002
Collected Essays of H.P. Lovecraft, Vol. 1: Amateur Journalism
2004
Collected Essays of H.P. Lovecraft, Vol. 2: Literary Criticism
2004
Letters to Rheinhart Kleiner
2005
Collected Essays of H.P. Lovecraft, Vol. 3: Science
2005
Collected Essays of H.P. Lovecraft, Vol. 4: Travel
2005
Collected Essays of H.P. Lovecraft: Philosophy; Autobiography and Miscellany
2006
Creeping Dementia
2007
Dark Adventure Radio Theatre
2007
Collected Essays
2008
Essential Solitude: The Letters of H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth, Vol. 1
2009
Essential Solitude: The Letters of H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth, Vol. 2
2009
Letters to James F. Morton
2011
Letters to Elizabeth Toldridge and Anne Tillery Renshaw
2014
Letters to Robert Bloch and Others
2015
Letters to J. Vernon Shea, Carl F. Strauch, and Lee McBride White
2016
Letters to F. Lee Baldwin, Duane W. Rimel, and Nils Frome
2016
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