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H.P. Lovecraft Books in Order

173 books are credited to H.P. Lovecraft, published between 1916 and 2025; 106 of them appeared after H.P. Lovecraft's death in 1937. The first book is The Alchemist (1916) and the newest is The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

H.P. Lovecraft also publishes as Ward Phillips.

Books
173
Published
1916–2025
Confirmed
1 of 173 titles
Pages on record
21,322 in 76 of 173 books
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Photo of H.P. Lovecraft, author

H.P. Lovecraft, born Howard Phillips Lovecraft in Providence, Rhode Island, on August 20, 1890, was an American writer of weird fiction, horror, fantasy and science fiction who died on March 15, 1937. Lovecraft created the Cthulhu Mythos, and the phrase Lovecraftian horror carries the name. Most of Lovecraft's life was spent in New England; Lovecraft's father was institutionalized in 1893, family wealth dwindled after a grandfather died, and Lovecraft's mother was institutionalized in 1919. The catalogue counts 173 books from The Alchemist (1916) to The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (2025), including Dagon (1919), The White Ship (1919) and Nyarlathotep (1920). Series include Dream Cycle and Randolph Carter.

How many H.P. Lovecraft books are there?

H.P. Lovecraft has 173 books, released between 1916 and 2025. 106 of them were published after H.P. Lovecraft's death in 1937. They include 3 series and 161 titles listed outside any series.

H.P. Lovecraft Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 173 H.P. Lovecraft books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Fungi from Yuggoth and Other Poems by H.P. Lovecraft (1920)
  2. Cover of The Doom That Came to Sarnath and Other Stories by H.P. Lovecraft (1920)
  3. Cover of Nyarlathotep by H.P. Lovecraft (1920)
  4. Cover of The Tree by H.P. Lovecraft (1921)
  5. Cover of Herbert West: Reanimator by H.P. Lovecraft (1922)
  6. Cover of Celephais by H.P. Lovecraft (1922)
  7. Cover of The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft (1926)
  8. Cover of Supernatural Horror in Literature by H.P. Lovecraft (1927)
  9. Cover of Lovecraft at Last: The Master of Horror in His Own Words by H.P. Lovecraft (1927)
  10. Cover of The Horror at Red Hook by H.P. Lovecraft (1927)
  11. Cover of The Colour Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft (1927)
  12. Cover of Pickman's Model by H.P. Lovecraft (1927)
  13. Cover of The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft (1928)
  14. Cover of At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror by H.P. Lovecraft (1931)
  15. Cover of The Other Gods by H.P. Lovecraft, book 3 of the Dream Cycle (1933)
  16. Cover of Through the Gates of the Silver Key by H.P. Lovecraft, book 4 of the Dream Cycle (1934)
  17. Cover of Tales of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft (1935)
  18. Cover of The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales by H.P. Lovecraft (1935)
  19. Cover of The Shadow Out of Time by H.P. Lovecraft, book 1 of the Sci-Fi & Horror - SelfMadeHero series (1936)
  20. Cover of At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft (1936)
  21. Cover of The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft (1936)
  22. Cover of History of the Necronomicon by H.P. Lovecraft (1938)
  23. Cover of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H.P. Lovecraft (1941)
  24. Cover of The Dunwich Horror and Others by H.P. Lovecraft (1945)
  1. 1
    The Alchemist1916 · confirmed 2/4
    1916–
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  2. 2
    A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson1917 · confirmed 2/4
    1917–
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  3. 3
    Nemesis1918 · confirmed 2/4
    1918–
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  4. 4
    The Beast in the Cave1918 · confirmed 2/4
    1918–
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  5. 5
    The White ShipDream Cycle #11919 · confirmed 2/4
    1919–
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  6. 6
    Beyond the Wall of Sleep1919 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/4
    191948
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  7. 7
    Memory1919 · confirmed 2/4
    1919–
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  8. 8
    Dagon1919 · confirmed 2/4
    1919–
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  9. 9
    Fungi from Yuggoth and Other Poems1920 · 138 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1920138
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  10. 10
    The Cats of UltharDream Cycle #21920 · confirmed 2/4
    1920–
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  11. 12
    The Doom That Came to Sarnath1920 · confirmed 2/4
    1920–
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  12. 13
    The Statement of Randolph Carter1920 · confirmed 2/4
    1920–
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  13. 14
    The Street1920 · confirmed 2/4
    1920–
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  14. 15
    Nyarlathotep1920 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    192032
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  15. 16
    Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family / The White Ape1921 · 24 pages · confirmed 2/4
    192124
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  16. 17
    The Terrible Old Man1921 · confirmed 2/4
    1921–
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  17. 18
    The Nameless City1921 · confirmed 2/4
    1921–
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  18. 19
    Ex Oblivione1921 · confirmed 2/4
    1921–
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  19. 20
    The Picture in the House1921 · confirmed 2/4
    1921–
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  20. 21
    The Tree1921 · 57 pages · confirmed 2/4
    192157
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  21. 22
    Herbert West: Reanimator1922 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/4
    192248
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  22. 23
    Celephais1922 · 59 pages · confirmed 2/4
    192259
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  23. 24
    The Music of Erich Zann1922 · confirmed 2/4
    1922–
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  24. 25
    What the Moon Brings1922 · confirmed 2/4
    1922–
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  25. 27
    The Poetical Works of Jonathan E. Hoag1923 · confirmed 2/4
    1923–
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  26. 28
    Hypnos1923 · 24 pages · confirmed 2/4
    192324
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  27. 29
    Under The Pyramids1924 · confirmed 2/4
    1924–
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  28. 30
    Imprisoned with the Pharaohs: Fantasy Tale: Under the Pyramids1924 · confirmed 2/4
    1924–
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H.P. Lovecraft books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Dream Cycle in order

5 books
  1. 1. The White Ship
  2. 2. The Cats of Ulthar
  3. 3. The Other Gods
  4. 4. Through the Gates of the Silver Key
  5. 5. The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

New Annotated Lovecraft in order

2 books
  1. 1. The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
  2. 2. The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham

Randolph Carter in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Unnamable

Sci-Fi & Horror - SelfMadeHero in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Shadow Out of Time

Eerie Archives in order

1 book
  1. 3. Eerie Archives Volume 3

Joe R. Lansdale Graphic Novels with Joshua Jabcuga in order

1 book
  1. 10. H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror

August Derleth's "Posthumous Collaborations" in order

1 book
  1. 22. The Watchers Out of Time

Standalone books

161 books

161 H.P. Lovecraft titles here are not listed as part of any series.

H.P. Lovecraft Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the H.P. Lovecraft books run from The Alchemist (1916) to The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for H.P. Lovecraft in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read H.P. Lovecraft books in order?

You only need to read H.P. Lovecraft books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with H.P. Lovecraft

Start with The Alchemist (1916), the earliest published title.

What is the newest H.P. Lovecraft book?

The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (2025) is the newest H.P. Lovecraft book released so far.

Is there a new H.P. Lovecraft book coming?

No next H.P. Lovecraft book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards H.P. Lovecraft has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 2 nominations for H.P. Lovecraft. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Retro Hugo Award for Best Series2020Wonfor Cthulhu Mythos
  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame2016Won
  • Locus Award for Best Collection2009Shortlistedfor The Fiction: Complete and Unabridged
  • Locus Award for Best Collection2006Shortlistedfor Tales

H.P. Lovecraft at a glance

Died
H.P. Lovecraft died in 1937, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to H.P. Lovecraft are still being published after H.P. Lovecraft's death in 1937; the newest appeared in 2025.
Release pace
H.P. Lovecraft books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
21,322 pages across the 76 of 173 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most H.P. Lovecraft books, 38 of 173, were published in the 1920s.

What the H.P. Lovecraft books are about

40 of the 173 H.P. Lovecraft books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: horror is tagged on 23 of 40. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.