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Shadows Over Innsmouth Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Shadows Over Innsmouth books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Shadows Over Innsmouth series? Start with "Shadows Over Innsmouth (By: Stephen Jones)" (1994) and follow publication order through all 56 books.
The complete Shadows Over Innsmouth reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Shadows Over Innsmouth (By: Stephen Jones)
1994
Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth (By: Hugh B. Cave,Stephen Jones)
2005
Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth
2013
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Vol. 1
1969
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series II
1972
The Year's Best Horror Stories No. 3
1973
The Satyr's Head: Tales of Terror
1975
Nameless Places
1975
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IV
1976
Disciples of Cthulhu
1976
Cold Fear
1977
Weirdbook 12
1977
Spine-Chillers
1978
Gaslight & Ghosts
1988
Weird Tales 295
1989
Dark Voices 2
1990
Best New Horror
1990
Dark Voices 3
1991
Dante's Disciples
1991
The Mammoth Book of Vampires
1992
The Giant Book of Zombies
1993
The Giant Book of Best New Horror
1993
The Mammoth Book of Zombies
1993
The Starry Wisdom: A Tribute to H.P. Lovecraft
1994
Sea-Cursed
1994
Dark Terrors
1995
Dark Terrors 2
1996
Giant Book of Fantasy Tales
1996
Seductive Spectres
1996
The Mammoth Book of Dracula
1997
Crimes of Passion
1997
In the Shadow of the Gargoyle
1998
Dark Detectives
1999
Unnatural Selection of Darwinian Nightmares
2000
Dark Homage, Volume 1
2002
Keep Out The Night
2002
The Mammoth Book of New Terror
2004
Great Ghost Stories
2004
Dark Delicacies
2005
Best New Horror 17
2006
Summer Chills
2007
The Mammoth Book of Monsters
2007
The Ghost Quartet
2008
Best New Horror 20
2009
Best New Horror 21
2010
Stranger by Night
2011
The Book of Cthulhu
2011
Lore: A Quaint and Curious Volume of Selected Stories
2011
Danse Macabre
2012
The Mammoth Book of Body Horror
2012
Mammoth Books presents More Than Human
2012
Blood Rites
2013
Darker Terrors 7
2016
Dark Places, Evil Faces
2017
In the Footsteps of Dracula
2017
Beneath the Waves: Tales from the Deep
2018
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