Where to Start with Joe R. Lansdale
- Best entry point → Deadman's Road
- Best standalone → Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology
- Start The Dresden Files #13.1 - Bombshells series → Dangerous Women
- What readers keep coming back to → Lovecraft's Monsters
- Highest rated by readers → Old Venus
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Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology
by Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero, Brian Keene, Carrie Ryan, David J. Schow, David Wellington, Isaac Marion, Jay Bonansinga, Joe R. Lansdale, John Skipp, Max Brallier, Mike Carey, Mira Grant, Neal Shusterman, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Ryan Brown, John A. Russo, Craig E. Engler, Chuck Wendig, Brendan Shusterman
★ 4.15 BLT Score (1.8K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (1.8K) - 2
Lovecraft's Monsters
by Ellen Datlow, Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale
★ 3.94 BLT Score (2.3K ratings)★ 3.69 Goodreads (2.3K) - 3
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Zombies: More Recent Dead
by Paula Guran, Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman, Kathleen Tierney, Stephen Graham Jones, Joe R. Lansdale, Jonathan Maberry, Carrie Vaughn, Carrie Ryan, Matthew Johnson
★ 3.64 BLT Score (212 ratings)★ 3.63 Goodreads (212) - 5
Old Venus
by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Ian McDonald, Garth Nix, Joe Haldeman, Gwyneth Jones, Matthew Hughes, Paul McAuley, Lavie Tidhar, Allen M. Steele, Stephen Leigh, Eleanor Arnason, David Brin, Michael Cassutt, Tobias S. Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, Joe R. Lansdale, Mike Resnick
★ 3.61 BLT Score (734 ratings)★ 3.57 Goodreads (734) - 6
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2010
Kyle Murchison Booth • Book 4
by Paula Guran, Kelley Armstrong, Holly Black, Ramsey Campbell, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Joe R. Lansdale, Stewart O'Nan, Sarah Pinborough, Norman Prentiss, Barbara Roden, Lucius Shepard, Peter Straub, Michael Shea, Kelly Link, Ekaterina Sedia, Catherynne M. Valente, Gerard Houarner, Gemma Files, Kurt Dinan, Elizabeth Bear, Roby Davies, Maura McHugh, Dale Bailey, Deborah Biancotti, Gary McMahon, Holly Phillips, John Mantooth, Marc Laidlaw, Margo Lanagan, Michael Marshall Smith, Nadia Bulkin, Nathan Ballingrud, Paul Tremblay, Peter Atkins, Sarah Monette, Seth Fried, Stephen Graham Jones, Steve Duffy, Steve Rasnic Tem, Suzy McKee Charnas, John Langan
★ 3.60 BLT Score (431 ratings)★ 3.84 Goodreads (431) - 7
Dead Detectives Society
by James Aquilone, Kevin J. Anderson, Jonathan Maberry, Steve Niles, Nancy A. Collins, Joe R. Lansdale, Kasey Lansdale, David Avallone, Lisa Morton, Nancy Holder, Alan Philipson, John Jennings, Tim Waggoner, Rena Mason, Jeff Strand
★ 3.59 BLT Score (44 ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (44) - 8
Dangerous Women
The Dresden Files #13.1 - Bombshells
by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Carrie Vaughn, Lev Gossman, Joe R. Lansdale, Megan Lindholm, Lawrence Block, Brandon Sanderson, Sharon Kay Penman, Lev Grossman, Nancy Kress, Diana Rowland, Diana Gabaldon, S.M. Stirling, Sam Sykes, Pat Cadigan, Caroline Spector, Joe Abercrombie, Megan Abbott, Cecelia Holland, Jim Butcher, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Melinda M. Snodgrass
★ 3.56 BLT Score (13.2K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (13.2K) - 9
Zombies: The Recent Dead
by Paula Guran, Steve Duffy, Max Brooks, Nik Houser, Andy Duncan, David J. Schow, Joe R. Lansdale, Neil Gaiman, Alice Sola Kim, Gary A. Braunbeck, Francesca Lia Block, Tobias S. Buckell, David Wellington, Tim Waggoner, Kit Reed, Brian Keene, Kelly Link, Gary McMahon, Scott Edelman, Kevin Veale, Michael Marshall Smith, Tim Lebbon, David Prill
★ 3.34 BLT Score (939 ratings)★ 3.66 Goodreads (939)
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