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This Fleshy Side of the Bone (a short story) (Short Stories/Novellas) was the most recently released book by John Langan, on May 6th, 2026.

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John Langan Stats: The highest rated book by John Langan on Book Notification is The Fisherman, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by John Langan on Book Notification is The Fisherman, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies, a Collection.

Below is a complete list of John Langan books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
House of Windows
2009
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2
7.1
The Fisherman
2016
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3
9.7
Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies
2020
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
This Fleshy Side of the Bone
2026
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short story collections are The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies, Sefira and Other Betrayals, and Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters
2008
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2
9.3
The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies
2013
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3
7
Sefira and Other Betrayals
2019
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4
8.5
Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies
2022
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5
8
Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions
2025
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List of Graphic Novels in Publication Order (with Steven Archer)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
The Masque of the Red Death: Fine Art Edition (With: Steven Archer)
1842
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List of Bluford High Books in Publication Order

Students at Bluford High face family conflicts, relationship struggles, and costly mistakes.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Lost and Found (By: Anne Schraff)
2002
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2
A Matter of Trust (By: Anne Schraff)
2002
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3
Secrets in the Shadows (By: Anne Schraff)
2002
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4
Someone to Love Me (By: Anne Schraff)
2002
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5
The Bully (By: Paul Langan)
2002
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6
The Gun (By: Paul Langan)
2002
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7
Until We Meet Again (By: Anne Schraff)
2002
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8
Blood Is Thicker (By: Paul Langan, D.M. Blackwell)
2004
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9
Brothers in Arms (By: Paul Langan, Ben Alirez)
2004
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10
Summer of Secrets (By: Paul Langan)
2004
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11
Search for Safety
2006
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12
The Fallen (By: Paul Langan)
2006
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13
Shattered (By: Paul Langan)
2006
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14
Search for Safety (By: John Langan)
2006
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15
No Way Out (By: Peggy Kern)
2008
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16
Schooled (By: Paul Langan)
2008
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17
Breaking Point (By: Paul Langan, Karyn Langhorne Folan)
2010
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18
The Test (By: Peggy Kern)
2010
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19
Pretty Ugly (By: Karyn Langhorne Folan)
2010
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20
Promises to Keep (By: Paul Langan)
2013
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21
Survivor (By: Paul Langan)
2013
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22
Girls Like Me (By: Tanya Savory)
2015
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23
The Chosen (By: Paul Langan, Karyn Langhorne Folan)
2020
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24
Alone (With: Tanya Savory)
2021
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25
On the Run (By: Karyn Langhorne Folan)
2025
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List of Best Horror of the Year Books in Publication Order

Sci-fi and horror anthologies featuring short-story collections.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
2009
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2
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two
2010
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3
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three
2011
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4
10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four
2012
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5
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five
2013
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6
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six
2014
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7
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven
2015
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8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight
2016
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9
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine
2017
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10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten
2018
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11
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction
2018
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12
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven
2019
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13
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve
2020
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14
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen
2021
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15
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen
2022
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16
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen
2024
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17
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen
2024
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18
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen
2025
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List of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Books in Publication Order

Collects the year's best dark fantasy and horror stories, edited by Paula Guran.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
2010
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2
7
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
2011
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3
7
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
2012
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4
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition
2013
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5
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
2014
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6
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition
2015
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7
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition
2016
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8
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition
2017
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9
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition
2018
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10
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition
2020
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11
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1
2020
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12
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2
2021
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13
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3
2022
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14
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4
2023
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15
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5
2024
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List of John Langan Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories
1996
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2
Fantasy: The Best of 2002
2003
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3
Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe
2008
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4
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
2009
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5
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two
2010
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6
9
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
2010
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7
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three
2011
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8
Supernatural Noir
2011
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9
8
The Book of Cthulhu
2011
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10
Ghosts by Gaslight
2011
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11
8
Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters
2011
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12
7
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
2011
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13
Best New Horror 22
2011
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14
10
The Recent Weird
2011
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15
9.5
New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird
2011
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16
10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four
2012
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17
7
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
2012
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18
Mammoth Books presents Monsters in Our Midst
2012
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19
Ghosts: Recent Hauntings
2012
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20
A Season in Carcosa
2012
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21
The Grimscribe's Puppets
2013
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22
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five
2013
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23
Lovecraft and Influence: His Predecessors and Successors
2013
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24
Shadows Edge
2013
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25
10
After Death...
2013
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26
Chewing the Page: The Mourning Goats Interviews
2013
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27
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition
2013
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28
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six
2014
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29
Fearful Symmetries
2014
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30
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
2014
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31
The Children of Old Leech
2014
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32
Shock Totem 9.5: Holiday Tales of the Macabre and Twisted - Halloween 2014
2014
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33
The Starry Wisdom Library
2014
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34
The Power of Love
2015
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35
New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird
2015
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36
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven
2015
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37
Aickman's Heirs
2015
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38
Giallo Fantastique
2015
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39
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition
2015
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40
The Monstrous
2015
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41
The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu
2016
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42
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight
2016
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43
Swords v. Cthulhu
2016
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44
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition
2016
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45
Children of Lovecraft
2016
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46
The Madness of Dr. Caligari
2016
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47
Best New Horror 27
2017
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48
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine
2017
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49
Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders
2017
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50
The Beauty of Death, Vol. 2
2017
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51
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten
2018
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52
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition
2018
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53
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 73
2018
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54
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction
2018
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55
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven
2019
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56
8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve
2020
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57
Edited By
2020
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58
Weird World War III
2020
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59
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1
2020
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60
Oculus Sinister
2020
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61
Best New Horror #30
2020
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62
Under Twin Suns
2021
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63
The Bad Book
2021
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64
Hymns of Abomination
2021
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65
7
When Things Get Dark
2021
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66
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2
2021
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67
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen
2021
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68
8
Revelations
2022
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69
Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror
2022
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70
Screams from the Dark
2022
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71
Chiral Mad 5
2022
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72
Mother
2022
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73
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen
2022
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74
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3
2022
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75
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4
2023
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76
Christmas and Other Horrors
2023
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77
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen
2024
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78
Heartwood
2024
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79
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5
2024
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80
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen
2024
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81
Where the Silent Ones Watch
2025
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82
The Rack II
2025
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83
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen
2025
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84
All Hallows Eve
2026
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John Langan

John Langan was born on July 6th, 1969 and is currently 56 years old. John Langan was born in USA.

John Langan is the author of 5 Collections. The first collection published was Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters, in 2008. The most recently published collection was Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions which was released in 2025. There are no upcoming collections.

John Langan: Awards & Accolades

Langan's books have won multiple awards, Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe won the Shirley Jackson Award, Best Anthology, in 2009. The Fisherman won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Novel, in 2016. Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2017. When Things Get Dark won the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2021.

The following novels by John Langan were nominated for these awards:

  • Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (2008).
  • Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2009). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2010).
  • The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition: Suspense Magazine Awards, Best Anthology (2010). Suspense Magazine Awards, Best Historical (2010).
  • Supernatural Noir: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2011).
  • Aickman's Heirs: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2016).
  • Children of Lovecraft: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2017).
  • The Beauty of Death, Vol. 2: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2017).
  • Sefira and Other Betrayals: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (2019).
  • Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (2020).
  • The Masque of the Red Death: Fine Art Edition: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel (2020).
  • Edited By: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2021).
  • When Things Get Dark: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2022). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2022).
  • Screams from the Dark: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2022). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2023).
  • Mother: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2022).
  • Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2023).
  • Christmas and Other Horrors: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2024).
  • Heartwood: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2025).
  • Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (2025).

John Langan: Lists & Other Mentions

  • The Fisherman was an NPR: 100 Favorite Horror Stories Selection in 2018.

Related Authors

Fans of John Langan also enjoy these authors:

  1. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  2. Blake Crouch, author of: Dark Matter.
  3. Andy Weir, author of: Project Hail Mary.
  4. Joe Hill, author of the NOS4A2 Series.
  5. Grady Hendrix, author of: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires.

John Langan: F.A.Q

When was John Langan Born? How old is John Langan?

John Langan was born on July 6th, 1969. John Langan is currently 56 years old.

Where was John Langan Born?

John Langan was born in USA and is American.

What book awards has John Langan won?

Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe: Shirley Jackson Award Best Anthology (2009).
The Fisherman: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in a Novel (2016).
Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2017).
When Things Get Dark: Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2021).

What was the first book John Langan wrote?

The first book written by John Langan was The Masque of the Red Death: Fine Art Edition, published in 1842.

What was the most recent book John Langan wrote?

His most recently released work was This Fleshy Side of the Bone (a short story) on May 6th, 2026.

What is the most popular book by John Langan?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular John Langan book is The Fisherman. Here are his most popular books:
  1. The Fisherman (7.13)
  2. The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies (9.33)
  3. Sefira and Other Betrayals (7)
  4. Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies (9.67)
  5. Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies (8.5)

Are there upcoming new books by John Langan?

John Langan does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.

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How many books has John Langan written?

John Langan has written 12 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 3 Standalone Novels, 1 Short Story/Novella, 5 Short Story Collections, 1 book in the Graphic Novels, 2 books in the Bluford High Series.

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