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Updated 2026-07-11 / 97 books / 18 series
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.
Books by Joe Hill in Publication Order
2005
Voluntary Committal
POoSS / 1
Buy
2005
20th Century Ghosts
POoSSC / 1
Buy
2005
Best New Horror
POoSSC / 2
Buy
2007
The Cape
POoTCB / 1
Buy
2007
Joe Hill's Thumbprint
POoJHTB / 1
Buy
2007
Heart-Shaped Box
POoSN / 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
Wraith
POoNB / 2
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
Basketful of Heads
POoGN / 1
Buy
2020
Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go’ #1(With: Gabriel Rodr’guez)
POoL&K.PBGB / 1
Buy
2020
Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone #0(With: Gabriel Rodr’guez)
POoL&KH&GB / 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
Plunge
POoGN / 3
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
Complete Joe Hill Series Reading Order /
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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
06
Full Throttle
2019
Buy
07
The Black Phone and Other Stories
2022
Buy
01
NOS4A2 / NOS4R2
2013
Buy
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
18
Dark Carousel
2018
Buy
19
You Are Released
2018
Buy
21
A Sign of the Times
2023
Buy
01
Heart-Shaped Box
2007
Buy
04
Locke & Key Audio Drama
2015
Buy
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
01
Tales from the Darkside
2017
Buy
01
Joe Hill's Thumbprint
2007
Buy
02
Joe Hill's Thumbprint #2
2013
Buy
03
Joe Hill's Thumbprint #3
2013
Buy
01
Rain(With: David M. Booher)
2022
Buy
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
01
Welcome to Lovecraft
2008
Buy
03
Crown of Shadows
2010
Buy
04
Keys to the Kingdom
2011
Buy
06
Alpha & Omega
2014
Buy
08
Heaven and Earth
2017
Buy
09
The Golden Age
2022
Buy
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
01
Basketful of Heads
2020
Buy
02
Dying is Easy(With: Gabriel Rodr’guez,Martin Simmonds)
2020
Buy
02
The Cape: 1969
2013
Buy
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
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
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
01
The Guide To Known Keys
2011
Buy
03
Locke & Key: Dog Days
2019
Buy
Where to start with Joe Hill
What is the best order to read Joe Hill books?
Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series,
follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.
Are standalone books and series both included?
Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are
broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.
Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data.
Publication years and series order are shown when available.