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John Langan

John Langan is an American author best known for his cosmic horror novel *The Fisherman*, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel. His work blends literary depth with Lovecraftian dread. This page provides John Langan’s books in order, including both chronological publication order and series reading order.

All books · chronological

1842The Masque of the Red Death: Fine Art Edition(With: Steven Archer)POoGN · 1Buy ↗

2002Lost and Found(By: Anne Schraff)POoBHB · 1Buy ↗

2002A Matter of Trust(By: Anne Schraff)POoBHB · 2Buy ↗

2002Secrets in the Shadows(By: Anne Schraff)POoBHB · 3Buy ↗

2002Someone to Love Me(By: Anne Schraff)POoBHB · 4Buy ↗

2002The Bully(By: Paul Langan)POoBHB · 5Buy ↗

2002The Gun(By: Paul Langan)POoBHB · 6Buy ↗

2002Until We Meet Again(By: Anne Schraff)POoBHB · 7Buy ↗

2004Blood Is Thicker(By: Paul Langan,D.M. Blackwell)POoBHB · 8Buy ↗

2004Brothers in Arms(By: Paul Langan,Ben Alirez)POoBHB · 9Buy ↗

2004Summer of Secrets(By: Paul Langan)POoBHB · 10Buy ↗

2006Search for SafetyPOoBHB · 11Buy ↗

2006The Fallen(By: Paul Langan)POoBHB · 12Buy ↗

2006Shattered(By: Paul Langan)POoBHB · 13Buy ↗

2006Search for Safety(By: John Langan)POoBHB · 14Buy ↗

2008Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy EncountersPOoSSC · 1Buy ↗

2008No Way Out(By: Peggy Kern)POoBHB · 15Buy ↗

2008Schooled(By: Paul Langan)POoBHB · 16Buy ↗

2009House of WindowsPOoSN · 1Buy ↗

2009The Best Horror of the Year: Volume OnePOoBHotYB · 1Buy ↗

2010The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 EditionPOoTYBDF&HB · 1Buy ↗

2010The Best Horror of the Year: Volume TwoPOoBHotYB · 2Buy ↗

2010Breaking Point(By: Paul Langan,Karyn Langhorne Folan)POoBHB · 17Buy ↗

2010The Test(By: Peggy Kern)POoBHB · 18Buy ↗

2010Pretty Ugly(By: Karyn Langhorne Folan)POoBHB · 19Buy ↗

2011The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 EditionPOoTYBDF&HB · 2Buy ↗

2011The Best Horror of the Year: Volume ThreePOoBHotYB · 3Buy ↗

2012The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 EditionPOoTYBDF&HB · 3Buy ↗

2012The Best Horror of the Year: Volume FourPOoBHotYB · 4Buy ↗

2013The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous GeographiesPOoSSC · 2Buy ↗

2013The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 EditionPOoTYBDF&HB · 4Buy ↗

2013The Best Horror of the Year Volume FivePOoBHotYB · 5Buy ↗

2013Promises to Keep(By: Paul Langan)POoBHB · 20Buy ↗

2013Survivor(By: Paul Langan)POoBHB · 21Buy ↗

2014The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 EditionPOoTYBDF&HB · 5Buy ↗

2014The Best Horror of the Year: Volume SixPOoBHotYB · 6Buy ↗

2015The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 EditionPOoTYBDF&HB · 6Buy ↗

2015The Best Horror of the Year: Volume SevenPOoBHotYB · 7Buy ↗

2015Girls Like Me(By: Tanya Savory)POoBHB · 22Buy ↗

2016The FishermanPOoSN · 2Buy ↗

2016The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 EditionPOoTYBDF&HB · 7Buy ↗

2016The Best Horror of the Year: Volume EightPOoBHotYB · 8Buy ↗

2017The Year�s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 EditionPOoTYBDF&HB · 8Buy ↗

2017The Best Horror of the Year: Volume NinePOoBHotYB · 9Buy ↗

2018The Year�s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 EditionPOoTYBDF&HB · 9Buy ↗

2018The Best Horror of the Year: Volume TenPOoBHotYB · 10Buy ↗

2018The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror FictionPOoBHotYB · 11Buy ↗

2019Sefira and Other BetrayalsPOoSSC · 3Buy ↗

2019The Best Horror of the Year: Volume ElevenPOoBHotYB · 12Buy ↗

2020Children of the Fang and Other GenealogiesPOoSN · 3Buy ↗

2020The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 EditionPOoTYBDF&HB · 10Buy ↗

2020The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1POoTYBDF&HB · 11Buy ↗

2020The Best Horror of the Year: Volume TwelvePOoBHotYB · 13Buy ↗

2020The Chosen(By: Paul Langan,Karyn Langhorne Folan)POoBHB · 23Buy ↗

2021The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2POoTYBDF&HB · 12Buy ↗

2021The Best Horror of the Year Volume ThirteenPOoBHotYB · 14Buy ↗

2021Alone(With: Tanya Savory)POoBHB · 24Buy ↗

2022Corpsemouth and Other AutobiographiesPOoSSC · 4Buy ↗

2022The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3POoTYBDF&HB · 13Buy ↗

2022The Best Horror of the Year, Volume FourteenPOoBHotYB · 15Buy ↗

2023The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4POoTYBDF&HB · 14Buy ↗

2024The Year�s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5POoTYBDF&HB · 15Buy ↗

2024The Best Horror of the Year, Volume FifteenPOoBHotYB · 16Buy ↗

2024The Best Horror of the Year, Volume SixteenPOoBHotYB · 17Buy ↗

2025Lost in the Dark and Other ExcursionsPOoSSC · 5Buy ↗

2025The Best Horror of the Year, Volume SeventeenPOoBHotYB · 18Buy ↗

2025On the Run(By: Karyn Langhorne Folan)POoBHB · 25Buy ↗

2026This Fleshy Side of the BonePOoSS · 1Buy ↗

Book series · browse all →

Publication Order of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Books15 books · 2010–2024

01The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition2010Buy ↗

02The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition2011Buy ↗

03The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition2012Buy ↗

04The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition2013Buy ↗

05The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition2014Buy ↗

06The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition2015Buy ↗

07The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition2016Buy ↗

08The Year�s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition2017Buy ↗

09The Year�s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition2018Buy ↗

10The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition2020Buy ↗

11The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 12020Buy ↗

12The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 22021Buy ↗

13The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 32022Buy ↗

14The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 42023Buy ↗

15The Year�s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 52024Buy ↗

Publication Order of Bluford High Books25 books · 2002–2025

01Lost and Found(By: Anne Schraff)2002Buy ↗

02A Matter of Trust(By: Anne Schraff)2002Buy ↗

03Secrets in the Shadows(By: Anne Schraff)2002Buy ↗

04Someone to Love Me(By: Anne Schraff)2002Buy ↗

05The Bully(By: Paul Langan)2002Buy ↗

06The Gun(By: Paul Langan)2002Buy ↗

07Until We Meet Again(By: Anne Schraff)2002Buy ↗

08Blood Is Thicker(By: Paul Langan,D.M. Blackwell)2004Buy ↗

09Brothers in Arms(By: Paul Langan,Ben Alirez)2004Buy ↗

10Summer of Secrets(By: Paul Langan)2004Buy ↗

11Search for Safety2006Buy ↗

12The Fallen(By: Paul Langan)2006Buy ↗

13Shattered(By: Paul Langan)2006Buy ↗

14Search for Safety(By: John Langan)2006Buy ↗

15No Way Out(By: Peggy Kern)2008Buy ↗

16Schooled(By: Paul Langan)2008Buy ↗

17Breaking Point(By: Paul Langan,Karyn Langhorne Folan)2010Buy ↗

18The Test(By: Peggy Kern)2010Buy ↗

19Pretty Ugly(By: Karyn Langhorne Folan)2010Buy ↗

20Promises to Keep(By: Paul Langan)2013Buy ↗

21Survivor(By: Paul Langan)2013Buy ↗

22Girls Like Me(By: Tanya Savory)2015Buy ↗

23The Chosen(By: Paul Langan,Karyn Langhorne Folan)2020Buy ↗

24Alone(With: Tanya Savory)2021Buy ↗

25On the Run(By: Karyn Langhorne Folan)2025Buy ↗

Publication Order of Graphic Novels1 book · 1842

01The Masque of the Red Death: Fine Art Edition(With: Steven Archer)1842Buy ↗

Publication Order of Best Horror of the Year Books18 books · 2009–2025

01The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One2009Buy ↗

02The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two2010Buy ↗

03The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three2011Buy ↗

04The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four2012Buy ↗

05The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five2013Buy ↗

06The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six2014Buy ↗

07The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven2015Buy ↗

08The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight2016Buy ↗

09The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine2017Buy ↗

10The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten2018Buy ↗

11The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction2018Buy ↗

12The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven2019Buy ↗

13The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve2020Buy ↗

14The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen2021Buy ↗

15The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen2022Buy ↗

16The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen2024Buy ↗

17The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen2024Buy ↗

18The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen2025Buy ↗

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas1 book · 2026

01This Fleshy Side of the Bone2026Buy ↗

Publication Order of Short Story Collections5 books · 2008–2025

01Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters2008Buy ↗

02The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies2013Buy ↗

03Sefira and Other Betrayals2019Buy ↗

04Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies2022Buy ↗

05Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions2025Buy ↗

Publication Order of Standalone Novels3 books · 2009–2020

01House of Windows2009Buy ↗

02The Fisherman2016Buy ↗

03Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies2020Buy ↗

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