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Brian Hodge Books in Order
Brian Hodge is celebrated as a writer of spectacularly unflinching gifts by acclaimed author Peter Straub. With ten novels of horror and crime/noir to his credit, he has firmly established himself as a master of the dark and the unknown. His prolific output includes over 100 short stories, novelettes, and novellas, as well as four full-length collections. Notably, his debut collection, "The Convulsion Factory", was hailed by critic Stanley Wiater as one of the 113 best books of modern horror. Hodge's multifaceted talents extend beyond writing, with a passion for music, photography, and organic gardening, although his enthusiasm for the latter is tempered by his ongoing struggle with thieving squirrels.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Brian Hodge's book series? Brian Hodge has written 8 book series. The most notable is the Best Horror of the Year series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Brian Hodge
- #1
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One(2009) - #2
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two(2010) - #3
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three(2011) - #4
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four(2012) - #5
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five(2013) - #6
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six(2014) - #7
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven(2015) - #8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight(2016) - #9
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine(2017) - #10
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten(2018) - #11
The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction(2018) - #12
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven(2019) - #13
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve(2020) - #14
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen(2021) - #15
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen(2022) - #16
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen(2024) - #17
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen(2024) - #18
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen(2025)
- #1
Dawn of Heresies(2017)
- #1
The Lost Army (By: Christopher Golden,Mike Mignola)(2001) - #2
The Bones of Giants (By: Christopher Golden,Mike Mignola)(2001) - #3
Odd Jobs (By: Christopher Golden)(2001) - #4
Odder Jobs (By: Frank Darabont)(2004) - #5
On Earth As It Is In Hell(2005) - #6
Unnatural Selection (By: Tim Lebbon)(2006) - #7
The God Machine (By: Thomas E. Sniegoski)(2006) - #8
The Dragon Pool (By: Christopher Golden)(2007) - #9
Emerald Hell (By: Tom Piccirilli)(2008) - #10
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (By: Robert Greenberger)(2008) - #11
Oddest Jobs (By: Christopher Golden,Mike Mignola)(2008) - #12
The All-Seeing Eye (By: Mark Morris)(2008) - #13
The Fire Wolves (By: Tim Lebbon)(2009) - #14
Lobster Johnson: The Satan Factory (By: Thomas E. Sniegoski)(2009) - #15
The Ice Wolves (By: Mark Chadbourn)(2009) - #16
An Assortment of Horrors (By: Christopher Golden)(2017) - #17
Hellboy in Love (By: Christopher Golden,Mike Mignola)(2023) - #18
Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1955-1957 (By: Chris Roberson,Mike Mignola)(2024) - #19
Book of the Dead(1989) - #20
Deathport(1993) - #21
Splatterpunks II(1993) - #22
South From Midnight(1994) - #23
Love in Vein(1994) - #24
Best New Horror 6(1995) - #25
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7(1996) - #26Dark Terrors 3(1997)
- #27
Kiss and Kill(1997) - #28
The Mammoth Book of Dracula(1997) - #29
Crimes of Passion(1997) - #30
Hot Blood X(1998) - #31
Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories(1998) - #32
In the Shadow of the Gargoyle(1998) - #33
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 9(1998) - #34
Dark Terrors 5(2000) - #35
Skull Full of Spurs(2000) - #36
Queer Fear(2000) - #37
Outside the Box: The Best Short Fiction from Bookface.Com(2002) - #38
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14(2003) - #39
Fatal Attractions(2003) - #40
The Children of Cthulhu(2003) - #41
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection(2003) - #42
The Many Faces of Van Helsing(2004) - #43
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection(2004) - #44
A Walk on the Darkside(2004) - #45Mondo Zombie(2006)
- #46
Best New Horror 17(2006) - #47
Shivers VI(2010) - #48
A Book of Horrors(2011) - #49
Stranger by Night(2011) - #50The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three(2011)
- #51
Necro Files(2011) - #52
Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre(2011) - #53
Roots and All(2011) - #54
Best New Horror 22(2011) - #55
Danse Macabre(2012) - #56The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four(2012)
- #57
Messing With Your Head(2012) - #58
Extreme Zombies(2012) - #59
Psychos(2012) - #60
Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth(2013) - #61The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six(2014)
- #62
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition(2014) - #63
New Cthulhu 2: More Recent Weird(2015) - #64
Eulogies III(2015) - #65
The Monstrous(2015) - #66
The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu(2016) - #67The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight(2016)
- #68
Children of Lovecraft(2016) - #69
Corruption at the Crossroad(2017) - #70The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine(2017)
- #71
Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders(2017) - #72
Best New Horror 28(2018) - #73
Year's Best Hardcore Horror Volume 3(2018) - #74The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten(2018)
- #75
Miscreations(2020) - #76
Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles(2020) - #77
Best New Horror #30(2020) - #78
Dark Screams: Volume Three(2021) - #79
Screams from the Dark(2022)
- #1
Shadows Over Innsmouth (By: Stephen Jones)(1994) - #2
Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth (By: Hugh B. Cave,Stephen Jones)(2005) - #3Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth(2013)
- #1
Dark Advent(1988) - #2Oasis(1988)
- #3Nightlife(1991)
- #4Deathgrip(1992)
- #5The Darker Saints(1993)
- #6
Prototype(1996) - #7Wild Horses(1999)
- #8
Lies & Ugliness(2002) - #9Mad Dogs(2007)
- #10The Alchemy of the Throat(1994)
- #11Madame Babylon(1997)
- #12As Above, So Below(1998)
- #13
The Dripping of Sundered Wineskins(1998) - #14
The Weight of the Dead(2016) - #15
I'll Bring You the Birds From out of the Sky(2018) - #16The Convulsion Factory(1996)
- #17
Falling Idols(1998) - #18
Picking the Bones(2011) - #19
Dark City(2015) - #20
The Immaculate Void(2018) - #21
Skidding Into Oblivion(2019)
- #1
All Hallows Horror (By: Stephen Jones,John Llewellyn Probert)(2017) - #2
Waiting(2017) - #3
Dreaming(2018) - #4
Rising (By: Stephen Jones)(2020)
- #1
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition (By: Paula Guran)(2018) - #2
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition(2010) - #3
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition(2011) - #4
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition(2012) - #5
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition(2013) - #6The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition(2014)
- #7
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition(2015) - #8
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition(2016) - #9
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition(2017) - #10The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition(2018)
- #11
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition(2020) - #12
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1(2020) - #13
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2(2021) - #14
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3(2022) - #15
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4(2023) - #16
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5(2024) - #17
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume 5(2024)
- #1World of Hurt(2006)
About Brian Hodge
Brian Hodge is celebrated as a writer of spectacularly unflinching gifts by acclaimed author Peter Straub. With ten novels of horror and crime/noir to his credit, he has firmly established himself as a master of the dark and the unknown. His prolific output includes over 100 short stories, novelettes, and novellas, as well as four full-length collections. Notably, his debut collection, "The Convulsion Factory", was hailed by critic Stanley Wiater as one of the 113 best books of modern horror. Hodge's multifaceted talents extend beyond writing, with a passion for music, photography, and organic gardening, although his enthusiasm for the latter is tempered by his ongoing struggle with thieving squirrels.
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