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John Langan Books in Order

Find every John Langan book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 68 books / 7 series

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 John Langan Books in Chronological Order

1842 The Masque of the Red Death: Fine Art Edition(With: Steven Archer) POoGN / 1 Buy
2002 Lost and Found(By: Anne Schraff) POoBHB / 1 Buy
2002 A Matter of Trust(By: Anne Schraff) POoBHB / 2 Buy
2002 Secrets in the Shadows(By: Anne Schraff) POoBHB / 3 Buy
2002 Someone to Love Me(By: Anne Schraff) POoBHB / 4 Buy
2002 The Bully(By: Paul Langan) POoBHB / 5 Buy
2002 The Gun(By: Paul Langan) POoBHB / 6 Buy
2002 Until We Meet Again(By: Anne Schraff) POoBHB / 7 Buy
2004 Blood Is Thicker(By: Paul Langan,D.M. Blackwell) POoBHB / 8 Buy
2004 Brothers in Arms(By: Paul Langan,Ben Alirez) POoBHB / 9 Buy
2004 Summer of Secrets(By: Paul Langan) POoBHB / 10 Buy
2006 Search for Safety POoBHB / 11 Buy
2006 The Fallen(By: Paul Langan) POoBHB / 12 Buy
2006 Shattered(By: Paul Langan) POoBHB / 13 Buy
2006 Search for Safety(By: John Langan) POoBHB / 14 Buy
2008 Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters POoSSC / 1 Buy
2008 No Way Out(By: Peggy Kern) POoBHB / 15 Buy
2008 Schooled(By: Paul Langan) POoBHB / 16 Buy
2009 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One POoBHotYB / 1 Buy
2009 House of Windows POoSN / 1 Buy
2010 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 1 Buy
2010 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two POoBHotYB / 2 Buy
2010 Breaking Point(By: Paul Langan,Karyn Langhorne Folan) POoBHB / 17 Buy
2010 The Test(By: Peggy Kern) POoBHB / 18 Buy
2010 Pretty Ugly(By: Karyn Langhorne Folan) POoBHB / 19 Buy
2011 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 2 Buy
2011 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three POoBHotYB / 3 Buy
2012 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 3 Buy
2012 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four POoBHotYB / 4 Buy
2013 The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies POoSSC / 2 Buy
2013 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 4 Buy
2013 The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five POoBHotYB / 5 Buy
2013 Promises to Keep(By: Paul Langan) POoBHB / 20 Buy
2013 Survivor(By: Paul Langan) POoBHB / 21 Buy
2014 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 5 Buy
2014 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six POoBHotYB / 6 Buy
2015 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 6 Buy
2015 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven POoBHotYB / 7 Buy
2015 Girls Like Me(By: Tanya Savory) POoBHB / 22 Buy
2016 The Fisherman POoSN / 2 Buy
2016 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 7 Buy
2016 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight POoBHotYB / 8 Buy
2017 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 8 Buy
2017 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine POoBHotYB / 9 Buy
2018 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 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
2019 Sefira and Other Betrayals POoSSC / 3 Buy
2019 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven POoBHotYB / 12 Buy
2020 Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies POoSN / 3 Buy
2020 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 10 Buy
2020 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 POoTYBDF&HB / 11 Buy
2020 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve POoBHotYB / 13 Buy
2020 The Chosen(By: Paul Langan,Karyn Langhorne Folan) POoBHB / 23 Buy
2021 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 POoTYBDF&HB / 12 Buy
2021 The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen POoBHotYB / 14 Buy
2021 Alone(With: Tanya Savory) POoBHB / 24 Buy
2022 Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies POoSSC / 4 Buy
2022 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 POoTYBDF&HB / 13 Buy
2022 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen POoBHotYB / 15 Buy
2023 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 POoTYBDF&HB / 14 Buy
2024 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 POoTYBDF&HB / 15 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
2025 Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions POoSSC / 5 Buy
2025 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen POoBHotYB / 18 Buy
2025 On the Run(By: Karyn Langhorne Folan) POoBHB / 25 Buy
2026 This Fleshy Side of the Bone POoSS / 1 Buy

John Langan Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010 Buy
02 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition 2011 Buy
03 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition 2012 Buy
04 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition 2013 Buy
05 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition 2014 Buy
06 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition 2015 Buy
07 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition 2016 Buy
08 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition 2017 Buy
09 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition 2018 Buy
10 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition 2020 Buy
11 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 2020 Buy
12 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 2021 Buy
13 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 2022 Buy
14 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 2023 Buy
15 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 2024 Buy
01 Lost and Found(By: Anne Schraff) 2002 Buy
02 A Matter of Trust(By: Anne Schraff) 2002 Buy
03 Secrets in the Shadows(By: Anne Schraff) 2002 Buy
04 Someone to Love Me(By: Anne Schraff) 2002 Buy
05 The Bully(By: Paul Langan) 2002 Buy
06 The Gun(By: Paul Langan) 2002 Buy
07 Until We Meet Again(By: Anne Schraff) 2002 Buy
08 Blood Is Thicker(By: Paul Langan,D.M. Blackwell) 2004 Buy
09 Brothers in Arms(By: Paul Langan,Ben Alirez) 2004 Buy
10 Summer of Secrets(By: Paul Langan) 2004 Buy
11 Search for Safety 2006 Buy
12 The Fallen(By: Paul Langan) 2006 Buy
13 Shattered(By: Paul Langan) 2006 Buy
14 Search for Safety(By: John Langan) 2006 Buy
15 No Way Out(By: Peggy Kern) 2008 Buy
16 Schooled(By: Paul Langan) 2008 Buy
17 Breaking Point(By: Paul Langan,Karyn Langhorne Folan) 2010 Buy
18 The Test(By: Peggy Kern) 2010 Buy
19 Pretty Ugly(By: Karyn Langhorne Folan) 2010 Buy
20 Promises to Keep(By: Paul Langan) 2013 Buy
21 Survivor(By: Paul Langan) 2013 Buy
22 Girls Like Me(By: Tanya Savory) 2015 Buy
23 The Chosen(By: Paul Langan,Karyn Langhorne Folan) 2020 Buy
24 Alone(With: Tanya Savory) 2021 Buy
25 On the Run(By: Karyn Langhorne Folan) 2025 Buy
01 The Masque of the Red Death: Fine Art Edition(With: Steven Archer) 1842 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 This Fleshy Side of the Bone 2026 Buy
01 Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters 2008 Buy
02 The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies 2013 Buy
03 Sefira and Other Betrayals 2019 Buy
04 Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies 2022 Buy
05 Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions 2025 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 3 books / 2009-2020
01 House of Windows 2009 Buy
02 The Fisherman 2016 Buy
03 Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies 2020 Buy

Where to start with John Langan

What is the best order to read John Langan 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.

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