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John Hornor Jacobs Books in Order

John Hornor Jacobs has written 11 books, published between 2011 and 2025. The first book is Southern Gods (2011) and the newest is The Night That Finds Us All (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2011–2025
Pages on record
2,444 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
41–61 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,444 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable John Hornor Jacobs checklist

John Hornor Jacobs is an American author, born January 5, 1971. Southern Gods (2011), the novel Jacobs is best known for, began as a rough draft written through NaNoWriMo and was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. Foreign Devils (2015) received a David Gemmell Award nomination for Fantasy. Jacobs also wrote the Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy and the Incorruptibles series. Catalogue subjects include horror, fantasy, the supernatural, blues musicians and Arkansas, and The Night That Finds Us All (2025) is the newest of the 11 listed books.

How many John Hornor Jacobs books are there?

John Hornor Jacobs has 11 books, released between 2011 and 2025. They include 2 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

John Hornor Jacobs Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 John Hornor Jacobs 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 Southern Gods by John Hornor Jacobs (2011)
  2. Cover of This Dark Earth by John Hornor Jacobs (2012)
  3. Cover of The Incorruptibles by John Hornor Jacobs, book 1 of the Incorruptibles series (2014)
  4. Cover of The Shibboleth by John Hornor Jacobs, book 2 of the Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy (2014)
  5. Cover of Foreign Devils by John Hornor Jacobs, book 2 of the Incorruptibles series (2015)
  6. Cover of The Conformity by John Hornor Jacobs, book 3 of the Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy (2015)
  1. 1
    Southern Gods2011 · 270 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011270
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  2. 2
    This Dark Earth2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  3. 3
    The Twelve-Fingered BoyTwelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy #12013 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013280
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  4. 4
    The IncorruptiblesIncorruptibles #12014 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014320
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  5. 5
    The ShibbolethTwelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy #22014 · 393 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014393
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  6. 6
    Foreign DevilsIncorruptibles #22015 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015496
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  7. 7
    The ConformityTwelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy #32015 · 301 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015301
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  8. 8
    Infernal MachinesIncorruptibles #32017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  9. 9
    A Lush and Seething Hell2019 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019384
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  10. 10
    Murder Ballads and Other Horrific Tales2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  11. 11
    The Night That Finds Us All2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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John Hornor Jacobs 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.

Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Twelve-Fingered Boy
  2. 2. The Shibboleth
  3. 3. The Conformity

Incorruptibles in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Incorruptibles
  2. 2. Foreign Devils
  3. 3. Infernal Machines

Standalone books

5 books

5 John Hornor Jacobs titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read John Hornor Jacobs books in order?

You only need to read John Hornor Jacobs books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with John Hornor Jacobs

Start with Southern Gods (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest John Hornor Jacobs book?

The Night That Finds Us All (2025) is the newest John Hornor Jacobs book released so far.

Is there a new John Hornor Jacobs book coming?

No next John Hornor Jacobs book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Award nominations for John Hornor Jacobs

Wikidata records 3 nominations for John Hornor Jacobs. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Locus Award for Best Horror Novel2020Shortlistedfor My Heart Struck Sorrow
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Collection2020Shortlistedfor A Lush and Seething Hell: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror
  • Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel2011Shortlistedfor Southern Gods

John Hornor Jacobs at a glance

Still publishing
John Hornor Jacobs published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
John Hornor Jacobs books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,444 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most John Hornor Jacobs books, 9 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the John Hornor Jacobs books are about

10 of the 11 John Hornor Jacobs books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 3 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.