Best Joe Hill Books

The best books by Joe Hill — 5 titles spanning Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, averaging 4.06 BLT stars.

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Joe Hill writes horror that gets under your skin not because of what it does to the body, but because of what it does to the heart. He spent years publishing under a pen name to escape the shadow of his famous father, and the work stands entirely on its own — Strange Weather collects four novellas that each hit a different nerve, and Full Throttle shows his range across grief, dread, and the specific terror of the mundane turned monstrous. His most enduring achievement may be Locke & Key, a graphic novel series built around loss, memory, and a house full of impossible keys that manages to be genuinely haunting. Hill's prose is kinetic and emotionally precise — he earns the scares by making you love the characters first. Readers who want horror with real literary ambition, the kind that lingers after the monsters are gone, will find Hill essential.

Joe Hill's highest-rated book in our collection is King Sorrow (4.4 BLT stars). Browse the full list below.

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    King Sorrow

    by Joe Hill

    ★ 4.40 BLT Score (20.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (20.4K)
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    Full Throttle

    Locke & Key Series

    by Joe Hill

    ★ 4.21 BLT Score (19.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (19.4K)
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    Strange Weather: Four Short Novels

    by Joe Hill

    ★ 4.12 BLT Score (27.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (27.0K)
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    Shadow Show: New Short Stories and Fantasy from Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, and 24 Writers – A Ray Bradbury Tribute

    by Sam Weller, Mort Castle, Margaret Atwood, Dave Eggers, Harlan Ellison, Joe Hill, Alice Hoffman, Kelly Link, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Audrey Niffenegger, Ray Bradbury, Jay Bonansinga, David Morrell, Thomas F. Monteleone, Lee Martin, Dan Chaon, John McNally, Joe Meno, Robert McCammon, Ramsey Campbell, John Maclay, Gary A. Braunbeck, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Charles Yu, Julia Keller, Bayo Ojikutu

    ★ 3.80 BLT Score (1.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (1.9K)
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    The Shivers Collection

    The Shivers Collection #1-5

    by Joe Hill, Stephen Graham Jones, Grady Hendrix, Catriona Ward, Owen King

    ★ 3.77 BLT Score (543 ratings)
    ★ 3.67 Goodreads (543)
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