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Joe Hill

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Joe Hill's debut, Heart-Shaped Box, won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. His second, Horns, was made into a film freakfest starring Daniel Radcliffe. His other novels include NOS4A2, and his #1 New York Times Best-Seller, The Fireman... which was also the winner of a 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Horror Novel.

He writes short stories too. Some of them were gathered together in his prize-winning collection, 20th Century Ghosts.

He won the Eisner Award for Best Writer for his long running comic book series, Locke & Key, co-created with illustrator and art wizard Gabriel Rodriguez.

He lives in New Hampshire with a corgi named McMurtry after a certain beloved writer of cowboy tales. His next book, Strange Weather, a collect ...more

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	Heart-Shaped Box 3.84 avg rating — 146,589 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	NOS4A2 4.08 avg rating — 137,982 ratings — published 2013 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horns 3.93 avg rating — 117,655 ratings — published 2009 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Robert Crais (Introduction), Joe Hill (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 98,496 ratings — published 2008 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fireman 3.91 avg rating — 62,702 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Rodríguez (Illustrator) 4.31 avg rating — 46,315 ratings — published 2009 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	20th Century Ghosts 3.90 avg rating — 46,344 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Rodríguez (Illustrator), Brian K. Vaughan (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.39 avg rating — 40,151 ratings — published 2010 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Rodríguez 4.38 avg rating — 36,054 ratings — published 2011 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist) 4.46 avg rating — 34,151 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Okay, okay, okay. I'm probably going to sound like a curmudgeonly cultural Puritan but I gotta 'fess up to a little pet peeve. I'm not a big fan of books written for two year olds, where the abiding tone is one of cynicism or snark. I feel like there's time enough to introduce an ironic, world-weary, and embittered protagonist when a child reader has reached the advanced and sophisticated age of, Read more of this blog post »

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Locke & Key (8 books)
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author) (Writer),

Gabriel Rodríguez (Illustrator)

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NOS4A2 (2 books)
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author)

4.08 avg rating — 142,840 ratings

Basketful of Heads (8 books)
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author)

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Locke & Key: One-Shots (5 books)
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author),

Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist)

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Locke & Key: The Golden Age (7 books)
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Joe Hill (Goodreads Author),

Gabriel Rodríguez (Artist),

Jay Fotos (Colorist)

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“The best way to get even with anyone is to put them in the rearview mirror on your way to something better.”
― Joe Hill, Horns

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“You think you know someone. But mostly you just know what you want to know.”
― Joe Hill, Horns

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“She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegrating history, and forgotten verse, and she observed for the first time that a room full of books smelled like dessert: a sweet snack made of figs, vanilla, glue, and cleverness.”
― Joe Hill, NOS4A2

tags: books, smell-of-books

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October is Halloween Horror Month! We are going straight to book selection since we already know the genre. Discussion will start on October 11. Last day to vote in this poll will be Tuesday, September 13.

Deborah Harkness

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Joe Hill

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