The Lovecraft Squad books in order

The Lovecraft Squad is a series of horror novels drawing on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, with Stephen Baxter contributing to the series. The books follow agents confronting cosmic horrors drawn from Lovecraft's fiction.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 All Hallows Horror 2017 Stephen Baxter Buy
2 Waiting 2017 Stephen Baxter Buy
3 Dreaming 2018 Stephen Baxter Buy
4 Rising 2020 Stephen Baxter Buy

The Lovecraft Squad is a shared-world horror project with several contributors. Baxter’s involvement brings a more scientifically grounded approach to the Cthulhu Mythos than pure horror fiction typically attempts, finding common ground between Lovecraft’s cosmic indifference and the physics-based sense of human smallness that runs through Baxter’s own work.

The series sits well outside Baxter’s usual territory but is not as surprising a choice as it might first seem. Lovecraft and hard science fiction share a preoccupation with how insignificant humanity is against the scale of the universe, and Baxter has always been interested in that question.


Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the The Lovecraft Squad series?

There are four books in the The Lovecraft Squad series, published between 2017 and 2020.

What is the first book in the The Lovecraft Squad series?

The first book in the The Lovecraft Squad series is All Hallows Horror, published in 2017.

Is The Lovecraft Squad suitable for readers unfamiliar with Lovecraft's work?

The books draw heavily on Lovecraft’s mythology, so some familiarity with the Cthulhu Mythos helps, though the series provides enough context to follow the stories.

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