Locke & Key Books in Order
Joe Hill has written 18 Locke & Key books, published between 2008 and 2022: 9 in the 3 main-line series and 9 related titles. The first book is The Guide To Known Keys (2011) and the newest main-line book is Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone #2 (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 2008–2022
- Confirmed
- 18 of 18 titles
- Pages on record
- 727 in 5 of 18 books
Locke & Key is a horror comics series by Joe Hill, collected across 18 volumes between 2008 and 2022. Welcome to Lovecraft (2008) opens the run, followed by Head Games (2009), Crown of Shadows (2010), Keys to the Kingdom (2011) and Clockworks (2013), with one-shots and a Sandman crossover, Hell & Gone, extending it. A New England mansion, its doors and locks, and the siblings living in it supply the premise, with the supernatural running underneath. The Golden Age (2022) is the last entry.
How many Locke & Key books are there?
Locke & Key has 18 books, released between 2008 and 2022. 9 of them belong to the 3 main-line series (Locke & Key: One-Shots, Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone, Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go…), and 9 related titles sit outside it: graphic novels.
Locke & Key Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Locke & Key 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.
- 120081583/4
- 22009–3/4
- 32010–3/4
- 42011–3/4
- 520111463/4
- 62012–3/4
- 720131603/4
- 820141913/4
- 92017–3/4
- 102017723/4
- 112019–3/4
- 122020–3/4
- 13Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go… #1Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go… #12020 · confirmed 3/42020–3/4
- 142020–3/4
- 15Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go… #2Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go… #22020 · confirmed 3/42020–3/4
- 16Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go… #3Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go… #32020 · confirmed 3/42020–3/4
- 172021–3/4
- 182022–3/4
Do you have to read Locke & Key books in order?
You should read the 3 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 9 related titles (graphic novels) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Locke & Key book also stands alone.
Where to start with Locke & Key
Start with The Guide To Known Keys (2011), the earliest published book in the 3 main-line series.
What is the newest Locke & Key book?
Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone #2 (2021) is the newest book in the 3 main-line series. The newest related title is The Golden Age (2022).
Is there a new Locke & Key book coming?
No next Locke & Key book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Locke & Key at a glance
- Paused
- No new main-line Locke & Key title has appeared for 5 years. The last was Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone #2 (2021).
- Release pace
- Locke & Key books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 727 pages across the 5 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 158 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Locke & Key books, 9 of 18, were published in the 2010s.
What the Locke & Key books are about
6 of the 18 Locke & Key books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: comics & graphic novels, horror is tagged on 6 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Comics & graphic novels, horror 6 of 6 books
- Mansions 2 of 6 books
More books by Joe Hill
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Joe Hill books in order 69 books