American writer and editor (1890–1937) · 1890-1937
H. P. Lovecraft Books in Order
120 books · 3 series · 1916-2026
Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of weird, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos, but his legacy is also apparent in terms like "Lovecraftian horror" and an enduring fandom.
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| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The White Ship | 1919 | Amazon | |
| 2 |  | Nyarlathotep | 1920 | Amazon |
| 3 | Polaris | 1920 | Amazon | |
| 4 | The Cats of Ulthar | 1920 | Amazon | |
| 5 |  | The Doom that Came to Sarnath | 1920 | Amazon |
| 6 | Ex Oblivione | 1921 | Amazon | |
| 7 | The Nameless City | 1921 | Amazon | |
| 8 | Celephaïs | 1922 | Amazon | |
| 9 | Hypnos | 1923 | Amazon | |
| 10 | What the Moon Brings | 1923 | Amazon | |
| 11 | The Hound | 1924 | Amazon | |
| 12 | The Silver Key | 1929 | Amazon | |
| 13 | The Strange High House in the Mist | 1931 | Amazon | |
| 14 | The Dreams in the Witch House | 1933 | Amazon | |
| 15 |  | The Other Gods | 1933 | Amazon |
| 16 | The Quest of Iranon | 1935 | Amazon | |
| 17 |  | Azathoth | 1938 | Amazon |
| 18 | The Case of Charles Dexter Ward | 1943 | Amazon | |
| 19 | The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath | 1943 | Amazon | |
| 20 | Through the Gates of the Silver Key | 2026 | Amazon |
Entries without a number are not numbered in the source data - they are placed by publication date, which is usually but not always the intended reading order.
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dagon | 1919 | Amazon | |
| 2 | The Colour Out of Space | 1927 | Amazon | |
| 3 | The Call of Cthulhu | 1928 | Amazon | |
| 4 | The Dunwich Horror | 1929 | Amazon | |
| 5 | At the Mountains of Madness | 1936 | Amazon | |
| 6 | The Mound | 1940 | Amazon |
Entries without a number are not numbered in the source data - they are placed by publication date, which is usually but not always the intended reading order.
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories | 1999 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories | 2004 | Amazon |
Entries without a number are not numbered in the source data - they are placed by publication date, which is usually but not always the intended reading order.
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Reading H. P. Lovecraft in order
H. P. Lovecraft has 3 series in our catalogue. Each one above is listed in reading order with its position number, so you can start at book one and work forward.
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