American author Joe R. Lansdale is well known and well regarded for his unique brand of comic-book fantasy and horror. Having written for some of the biggest names in comic-book publishing, such as DC comics, he’s created a name for himself that is well established within the industry. Not only that, but he’s also been at the forefront of his genre, being a pioneer within his field.
Books in order of publication by series:
Drive-In Books
| The Drive-In | (1988) | |
| The Drive-In II: Not Just One of Them Sequels | (1989) | |
| The Drive-In 3: The Bus Tour | (2013) |
Hap & Leonard Books
| Savage Season | (1990) | |
| Mucho Mojo | (1994) | |
| The Two-Bear Mambo | (1995) | |
| Bad Chili | (1997) | |
| Rumble Tumble | (1998) | |
| Captains Outrageous | (2001) | |
| Vanilla Ride | (2009) | |
| Devil Red | (2011) | |
| Hyenas | (2011) | |
| Dead Aim | (2013) | |
| Briar Patch Boogie | (2016) | |
| Honky Tonk Samurai | (2016) | |
| Coco Butternut | (2017) | |
| Rusty Puppy | (2017) | |
| Jackrabbit Smile | (2018) | |
| The Elephant of Surprise | (2019) |
Hap & Leonard Collections
| Veil’s Visit | (1999) | |
| Hap and Leonard | (2016) | |
| Blood and Lemonade | (2017) |
Batman Books
| Captured by the Engines | (1991) | |
| Terror on the High Skies | (1992) |
Lost Lansdale Books
| Waltz of Shadows | (1999) | |
| Something Lumber This Way Comes | (1999) | |
| Blood Dance | (2000) |
Ned The Seal Books
| Zeppelins West | (2001) | |
| Flaming London | (2005) | |
| Flaming Zeppelins | (2010) |
Standalone Novels
| Act of Love | (1981) | |
| Dead in the West | (1983) | |
| The Nightrunners | (1983) | |
| Texas Night Riders | (1983) | |
| The Magic Wagon | (1986) | |
| Cold in July | (1989) | |
| Tarzan: The Lost Adventure | (1995) | |
| The Boar | (1998) | |
| Freezer Burn | (1999) | |
| The Bottoms | (2000) | |
| The Big Blow | (2000) | |
| A Fine Dark Line | (2002) | |
| Bubba Ho-Tep | (2003) | |
| Sunset and Sawdust | (2004) | |
| Lost Echoes | (2007) | |
| Leather Maiden | (2008) | |
| All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky | (2011) | |
| Edge of Dark Water | (2012) | |
| Deadman’s Crossing | (2013) | |
| The Thicket | (2013) | |
| Paradise Sky | (2015) | |
| Fender Lizards | (2015) | |
| Hell’s Bounty | (2016) | |
| Bubba and the Cosmic Blood-Suckers | (2017) |
Short Stories
| The Steel Valentine | (1986) | |
| Christmas with the Dead | (2010) | |
| Deranged by Choice | (2011) | |
| Incident On and Off a Mountain Road | (2011) | |
| Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man’s Back | (2011) | |
| Steampunked | (2012) | |
| The Ape Man’s Brother | (2012) | |
| Bullets and Fire | (2013) | |
| Hot in December | (2013) | |
| A Bone Dead Sadness | (2014) | |
| Black Hat Jack | (2014) | |
| Hoodoo Harry | (2017) |
Short Story Collections
| Stories by Mama Lansdale’s Youngest Boy | (1975) | |
| The Long Ones | (1985) | |
| Bestsellers Guaranteed | (1986) | |
| On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with the Dead Folks | (1988) | |
| Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man’s Back | (1988) | |
| By Bizarre Hands | (1989) | |
| Electric Gumbo | (1994) | |
| Writer of the Purple Rage | (1994) | |
| A Fist Full of Stories (and Articles) | (1996) | |
| High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale | (1997) | |
| The Good, The Bad and The Indifferent | (1997) | |
| Private Eye Action As You Like It | (1998) | |
| Atomic Chili | (1998) | |
| For a Few Stories More | (2002) | |
| Bumper Crop | (2004) | |
| The King and Other Stories | (2004) | |
| Mad Dog Summer and Other Stories | (2004) | |
| The Shadows Kith and Kin | (2007) | |
| The God of the Razor | (2007) | |
| Sanctified and Chicken-Fried: The Portable Lansdale | (2009) | |
| Unchained and Unhinged | (2009) | |
| The Best of Joe R. Lansdale | (2010) | |
| Deadman’s Road | (2010) | |
| Horror for Good | (2012) | |
| Written with a Razor: Short Stories and a Screenplay | (2012) | |
| Trapped in the Saturday Matinee | (2012) | |
| Bleeding Shadows | (2013) | |
| The Tall Grass and Other Stories | (2014) |
Graphic Novels
| Jonah Hex: Two Gun Mojo | (1994) | |
| Red Range | (1999) | |
| On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with the Dead Folks | (2004) | |
| The Drive-In | (2006) | |
| Conan and the Songs of the Dead | (2007) | |
| Pigeons from Hell | (2009) | |
| Robert Bloch’s Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper | (2010) | |
| Robert Bloch’s That Hellbound Train | (2011) | |
| H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror | (2012) | |
| Crawling Sky | (2013) | |
| Jonah Hex: Shadows West | (2012) |
30 Days of Night Graphic Novels
| Night, Again | (2011) |
Picture Books
| In Waders from Mars | (2012) |
Anthologies
| Best of the West | (1986) | |
| The New Frontier | (1989) | |
| Razored Saddles | (1989) | |
| Dark at Heart | (1992) | |
| Weird Business | (1995) | |
| The Horror Hall of Fame: The Stoker Winners | (2004) | |
| Retro Pulp Tales | (2006) | |
| Lords of the Razor | (2006) | |
| Son of Retro Pulp Tales | (2009) | |
| Crucified Dreams | (2011) | |
| The Urban Fantasy Anthology | (2011) |
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