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Home / Authors / Joe Hill Joe Hill American author Joe Hill is best known for his acclaimed horror novels *Heart-Shaped Box* and *NOS4A2*, and for winning the Bram Stoker Award. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide. This page provides the Joe Hill books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
2005 20th Century Ghosts POoSSC · 1 Buy ↗ 2005 Voluntary Committal POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2005 Best New Horror POoSSC · 2 Buy ↗ 2007 Joe Hill's Thumbprint POoJHTB · 1 Buy ↗ 2007 Heart-Shaped Box POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 2007 The Cape POoTCB · 1 Buy ↗ 2007 The Black Phone POoSS · 2 Buy ↗ 2007 Abraham's Boys POoSS · 3 Buy ↗ 2007 Better Than Home POoSS · 4 Buy ↗ 2007 Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead POoSS · 5 Buy ↗ 2007 Dead-Wood POoSS · 6 Buy ↗ 2007 Last Breath POoSS · 7 Buy ↗ 2007 My Father's Mask POoSS · 8 Buy ↗ 2007 Pop Art POoSS · 9 Buy ↗ 2007 The Widow's Breakfast POoSS · 10 Buy ↗ 2007 You Will Hear the Locust Sing POoSS · 11 Buy ↗ 2007 In the Rundown POoSS · 12 Buy ↗ 2008 Welcome to Lovecraft POoL&KGN · 1 Buy ↗ 2008 Gunpowder POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 2009 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One POoBHotYB · 1 Buy ↗ 2009 Head Games POoL&KGN · 2 Buy ↗ 2010 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two POoBHotYB · 2 Buy ↗ 2010 Crown of Shadows POoL&KGN · 3 Buy ↗ 2011 The Guide To Known Keys POoL&KOB · 1 Buy ↗ 2011 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three POoBHotYB · 3 Buy ↗ 2011 Keys to the Kingdom POoL&KGN · 4 Buy ↗ 2012 Grindhouse POoL&KOB · 2 Buy ↗ 2012 Road Rage(With: Stephen King,Richard Matheson,Chris Ryall) POoSSC · 3 Buy ↗ 2012 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four POoBHotYB · 4 Buy ↗ 2012 Throttle(With: Stephen King) POoSS · 13 Buy ↗ 2012 In the Tall Grass(With: Stephen King) POoSS · 14 Buy ↗ 2013 NOS4A2 / NOS4R2 POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 The Cape: 1969 POoTCB · 2 Buy ↗ 2013 Joe Hill's Thumbprint #2 POoJHTB · 2 Buy ↗ 2013 Joe Hill's Thumbprint #3 POoJHTB · 3 Buy ↗ 2013 Clockworks POoL&KGN · 5 Buy ↗ 2013 The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five POoBHotYB · 5 Buy ↗ 2013 Twittering from the Circus of the Dead POoSS · 15 Buy ↗ 2014 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six POoBHotYB · 6 Buy ↗ 2014 Alpha & Omega POoL&KGN · 6 Buy ↗ 2014 Wolverton Station POoSS · 16 Buy ↗ 2014 By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain POoSS · 17 Buy ↗ 2015 Locke & Key Audio Drama POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 2015 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven POoBHotYB · 7 Buy ↗ 2016 Tales From The Darkside #1 POoTftDCB · 1 Buy ↗ 2016 Tales From The Darkside #2 POoTftDCB · 2 Buy ↗ 2016 Tales From The Darkside #3 POoTftDCB · 3 Buy ↗ 2016 Tales From The Darkside #4 POoTftDCB · 4 Buy ↗ 2016 The Fireman POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 2016 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight POoBHotYB · 8 Buy ↗ 2017 Tales from the Darkside POoTFtDB · 1 Buy ↗ 2017 Strange Weather POoSSC · 5 Buy ↗ 2017 Small World POoL&KGN · 7 Buy ↗ 2017 Heaven and Earth POoL&KGN · 8 Buy ↗ 2017 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine POoBHotYB · 9 Buy ↗ 2018 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten POoBHotYB · 10 Buy ↗ 2018 The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction POoBHotYB · 11 Buy ↗ 2018 Dark Carousel POoSS · 18 Buy ↗ 2018 You Are Released POoSS · 19 Buy ↗ 2019 Off World POoFVB · 1 Buy ↗ 2019 Locke & Key: Dog Days POoL&KOB · 3 Buy ↗ 2019 Full Throttle POoSSC · 6 Buy ↗ 2019 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven POoBHotYB · 12 Buy ↗ 2019 Late Returns POoSS · 20 Buy ↗ 2020 Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone #0(With: Gabriel Rodr�guez) POoL&KH&GB · 1 Buy ↗ 2020 Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go� #1(With: Gabriel Rodr�guez) POoL&K.PBGB · 1 Buy ↗ 2020 Basketful of Heads POoGN · 1 Buy ↗ 2020 Dying is Easy(With: Gabriel Rodr�guez,Martin Simmonds) POoGN · 2 Buy ↗ 2020 Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go� #2(With: Gabriel Rodr�guez) POoL&K.PBGB · 2 Buy ↗ 2020 Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone #1(With: Gabriel Rodr�guez) POoL&KH&GB · 2 Buy ↗ 2020 Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go� #3 POoL&K.PBGB · 3 Buy ↗ 2020 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve POoBHotYB · 13 Buy ↗ 2021 Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone #2(With: Gabriel Rodr�guez) POoL&KH&GB · 3 Buy ↗ 2021 The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen POoBHotYB · 14 Buy ↗ 2022 Rain(With: David M. Booher) POoJHRB · 1 Buy ↗ 2022 The Black Phone and Other Stories POoSSC · 7 Buy ↗ 2022 The Golden Age POoL&KGN · 9 Buy ↗ 2022 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen POoBHotYB · 15 Buy ↗ 2023 The Pram POoCFCB · 1 Buy ↗ 2023 Ankle Snatcher(By: Grady Hendrix) POoCFCB · 2 Buy ↗ 2023 It Waits in the Woods(By: Josh Malerman) POoCFCB · 3 Buy ↗ 2023 Best of Luck(By: Jason Mott) POoCFCB · 4 Buy ↗ 2023 Big Bad(By: Chandler Baker) POoCFCB · 5 Buy ↗ 2023 A Sign of the Times POoSS · 21 Buy ↗ 2024 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen POoBHotYB · 16 Buy ↗ 2024 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen POoBHotYB · 17 Buy ↗ 2024 Ushers POoSS · 22 Buy ↗ 2025 The Indigo Room(By: Stephen Graham Jones) POoTSCB · 1 Buy ↗ 2025 Jackknife POoTSCB · 2 Buy ↗ 2025 Night and Day in Misery(By: Catriona Ward) POoTSCB · 3 Buy ↗ 2025 Letter Slot(By: Owen King) POoTSCB · 4 Buy ↗ 2025 The Blanks(By: Grady Hendrix) POoTSCB · 5 Buy ↗ 2025 King Sorrow POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 2025 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen POoBHotYB · 18 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Short Story Collections 6 books · 2005–2022
01 20th Century Ghosts 2005 Buy ↗ 02 Best New Horror 2005 Buy ↗ 03 Road Rage(With: Stephen King,Richard Matheson,Chris Ryall) 2012 Buy ↗ 05 Strange Weather 2017 Buy ↗ 07 The Black Phone and Other Stories 2022 Buy ↗ Publication Order of NOS4A2 Books 2 books · 2013–2014
01 NOS4A2 / NOS4R2 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 22 books · 2005–2024
01 Voluntary Committal 2005 Buy ↗ 02 The Black Phone 2007 Buy ↗ 03 Abraham's Boys 2007 Buy ↗ 04 Better Than Home 2007 Buy ↗ 05 Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead 2007 Buy ↗ 08 My Father's Mask 2007 Buy ↗ 10 The Widow's Breakfast 2007 Buy ↗ 11 You Will Hear the Locust Sing 2007 Buy ↗ 12 In the Rundown 2007 Buy ↗ 13 Throttle(With: Stephen King) 2012 Buy ↗ 14 In the Tall Grass(With: Stephen King) 2012 Buy ↗ 15 Twittering from the Circus of the Dead 2013 Buy ↗ 16 Wolverton Station 2014 Buy ↗ 17 By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain 2014 Buy ↗ 19 You Are Released 2018 Buy ↗ 21 A Sign of the Times 2023 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 6 books · 2007–2025
01 Heart-Shaped Box 2007 Buy ↗ 04 Locke & Key Audio Drama 2015 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Tales from the Darkside Comic Books 4 books · 2016–2016
01 Tales From The Darkside #1 2016 Buy ↗ 02 Tales From The Darkside #2 2016 Buy ↗ 03 Tales From The Darkside #3 2016 Buy ↗ 04 Tales From The Darkside #4 2016 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Tales From the Darkside Books 1 book · 2017
01 Tales from the Darkside 2017 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Joe Hill's Thumbprint Books 3 books · 2007–2013
01 Joe Hill's Thumbprint 2007 Buy ↗ 02 Joe Hill's Thumbprint #2 2013 Buy ↗ 03 Joe Hill's Thumbprint #3 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Joe Hill's Rain Books 1 book · 2022
01 Rain(With: David M. Booher) 2022 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go… Books 3 books · 2020–2020
01 Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go� #1(With: Gabriel Rodr�guez) 2020 Buy ↗ 02 Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go� #2(With: Gabriel Rodr�guez) 2020 Buy ↗ 03 Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go� #3 2020 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Locke & Key Graphic Novels 9 books · 2008–2022
01 Welcome to Lovecraft 2008 Buy ↗ 03 Crown of Shadows 2010 Buy ↗ 04 Keys to the Kingdom 2011 Buy ↗ 08 Heaven and Earth 2017 Buy ↗ 09 The Golden Age 2022 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Finis Vitae Books 1 book · 2019
Publication Order of The Shivers Collection Books 5 books · 2025–2025
01 The Indigo Room(By: Stephen Graham Jones) 2025 Buy ↗ 03 Night and Day in Misery(By: Catriona Ward) 2025 Buy ↗ 04 Letter Slot(By: Owen King) 2025 Buy ↗ 05 The Blanks(By: Grady Hendrix) 2025 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Graphic Novels 3 books · 2020–2020
01 Basketful of Heads 2020 Buy ↗ 02 Dying is Easy(With: Gabriel Rodr�guez,Martin Simmonds) 2020 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The Cape Books 2 books · 2007–2013
02 The Cape: 1969 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Best Horror of the Year Books 18 books · 2009–2025
01 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One 2009 Buy ↗ 02 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two 2010 Buy ↗ 03 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three 2011 Buy ↗ 04 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four 2012 Buy ↗ 05 The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five 2013 Buy ↗ 06 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six 2014 Buy ↗ 07 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven 2015 Buy ↗ 08 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight 2016 Buy ↗ 09 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine 2017 Buy ↗ 10 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten 2018 Buy ↗ 11 The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction 2018 Buy ↗ 12 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven 2019 Buy ↗ 13 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve 2020 Buy ↗ 14 The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen 2021 Buy ↗ 15 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen 2022 Buy ↗ 16 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen 2024 Buy ↗ 17 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen 2024 Buy ↗ 18 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen 2025 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone Books 3 books · 2020–2021
01 Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone #0(With: Gabriel Rodr�guez) 2020 Buy ↗ 02 Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone #1(With: Gabriel Rodr�guez) 2020 Buy ↗ 03 Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone #2(With: Gabriel Rodr�guez) 2021 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Creature Feature Collection Books 5 books · 2023–2023
02 Ankle Snatcher(By: Grady Hendrix) 2023 Buy ↗ 03 It Waits in the Woods(By: Josh Malerman) 2023 Buy ↗ 04 Best of Luck(By: Jason Mott) 2023 Buy ↗ 05 Big Bad(By: Chandler Baker) 2023 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Locke & Key: One-Shots Books 3 books · 2011–2019
01 The Guide To Known Keys 2011 Buy ↗ 03 Locke & Key: Dog Days 2019 Buy ↗