Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories |
1996 |
Buy |
| Fantasy: The Best of 2002 |
2003 |
Buy |
| Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three |
2011 |
Buy |
| Supernatural Noir |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Book of Cthulhu |
2011 |
Buy |
| Ghosts by Gaslight |
2011 |
Buy |
| Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters |
2011 |
Buy |
| Best New Horror 22 |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Recent Weird |
2011 |
Buy |
| New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four |
2012 |
Buy |
| Mammoth Books presents Monsters in Our Midst |
2012 |
Buy |
| Ghosts: Recent Hauntings |
2012 |
Buy |
| A Season in Carcosa |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Grimscribe’s Puppets |
2013 |
Buy |
| Lovecraft and Influence: His Predecessors and Successors |
2013 |
Buy |
| Shadows Edge |
2013 |
Buy |
| After Death… |
2013 |
Buy |
| Chewing the Page: The Mourning Goats Interviews |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition |
2013 |
Buy |
| Fearful Symmetries |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Children of Old Leech |
2014 |
Buy |
| Shock Totem 9.5: Holiday Tales of the Macabre and Twisted - Halloween 2014 |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Starry Wisdom Library |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Power of Love |
2015 |
Buy |
| New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven |
2015 |
Buy |
| Aickman’s Heirs |
2015 |
Buy |
| Giallo Fantastique |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Monstrous |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight |
2016 |
Buy |
| Children of Lovecraft |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven |
2019 |
Buy |
| Edited By |
2020 |
Buy |
| Weird World War III |
2020 |
Buy |
| Under Twin Suns |
2021 |
Buy |
| When Things Get Dark |
2021 |
Buy |
| Revelations |
2022 |
Buy |
| Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror |
2022 |
Buy |
| Screams from the Dark |
2022 |
Buy |
| Chiral Mad 5 |
2022 |
Buy |
| Christmas and Other Horrors |
2023 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen |
2024 |
Buy |
| Heartwood |
2024 |
Buy |
| All Hallows Eve |
2026 |
Buy |
Best Horror of the Year Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen |
2021 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen |
2022 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen |
2024 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen |
2024 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen |
2025 |
Buy |
Bluford High Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Secrets in the Shadows |
2002 |
Buy |
| The Gun |
2002 |
Buy |
| Someone to Love Me |
2002 |
Buy |
| The Bully |
2002 |
Buy |
| A Matter of Trust |
2002 |
Buy |
| Lost and Found |
2002 |
Buy |
| Until We Meet Again |
2002 |
Buy |
| Blood Is Thicker |
2004 |
Buy |
| Brothers in Arms |
2004 |
Buy |
| Summer of Secrets |
2004 |
Buy |
| Shattered |
2006 |
Buy |
| Search for Safety |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Fallen |
2006 |
Buy |
| No Way Out |
2008 |
Buy |
| Schooled |
2008 |
Buy |
| Breaking Point |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Test |
2010 |
Buy |
| Pretty Ugly |
2010 |
Buy |
| Survivor |
2013 |
Buy |
| Promises to Keep |
2013 |
Buy |
| Girls Like Me |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Chosen |
2020 |
Buy |
| Alone |
2021 |
Buy |
| On the Run |
2025 |
Buy |
Graphic Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Masque of the Red Death: Fine Art Edition |
- |
Buy |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies |
2013 |
Buy |
| Sefira and Other Betrayals |
2019 |
Buy |
| Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies |
2022 |
Buy |
| Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions |
2025 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| House of Windows |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Fisherman |
2016 |
Buy |
| Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies |
2020 |
Buy |
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 |
2021 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 |
2022 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 |
2023 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 |
2024 |
Buy |
John Langan is a horror writer whose work ranges from short fiction to novels to anthology editing. His novel The Fisherman (2016) is widely regarded as one of the best horror novels of the 2010s, weaving a cosmic horror story through the frame of two widowers who go fishing in an upstate New York creek with a dark history. His earlier novel, House of Windows (2009), also explored the horror genre through literary fiction techniques.
Langan’s short story collections, starting with Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters (2008), have established him as one of the most respected short fiction writers working in horror today. The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies (2013), Sefira and Other Betrayals (2019), and Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies (2022) each contain stories that blend literary ambition with genuine dread.
Beyond his own fiction, Langan is a prolific editor and contributor to the horror anthology scene. He co-edits The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series and has appeared in dozens of anthologies. He also writes the Bluford High series, a long-running young adult series set in an inner-city high school, which shows a completely different side of his writing range.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has John Langan written?
John Langan has written 115 books across seven series.
What was John Langan's first book?
John Langan’s first book is Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories, published in 1996.
What is John Langan's most acclaimed novel?
The Fisherman (2016) is John Langan’s most acclaimed novel. It won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel and has become one of the most recommended modern horror novels among genre readers.