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(James Herbert was Britain's number one bestselling writer (a position he held ever since publication of his first novel) and one of the world's top writers of thriller/horror fiction.
He was one of our greatest popular novelists, whose books are sold in thirty-three other languages, including Russian and Chinese. Widely imitated and hugely influential, his nineteen novels have sold more than forty-two million copies worldwide.
Genres: Horror, Fantasy
Series
Novels
The Fog (1975)
The Survivor (1976)
The Spear (1978)
Fluke (1978)
The Dark (1980)
The Jonah (1981)
Shrine (1984)
Moon (1985)
The Magic Cottage (1986)
Sepulchre (1987)
Creed (1990)
Portent (1992)
'48 (1996)
Others (1999)
Once (2001)
Nobody True (2003)
The Secret of Crickley Hall (2006)
The Survivor (1976)
The Spear (1978)
Fluke (1978)
The Dark (1980)
The Jonah (1981)
Shrine (1984)
Moon (1985)
The Magic Cottage (1986)
Sepulchre (1987)
Creed (1990)
Portent (1992)
'48 (1996)
Others (1999)
Once (2001)
Nobody True (2003)
The Secret of Crickley Hall (2006)
Omnibus
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by James Herbert
Masques 2 (1987)
Gaslight and Ghosts (1988)
Scare Care (1989)
Ghost Movies (1995)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Eleven (2000)
Gaslight and Ghosts (1988)
Scare Care (1989)
Ghost Movies (1995)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Eleven (2000)
Short stories
| Maurice and Mog (1987) | |||
| Ghost Hunter (1988) | |||
| Hallowe'en's Child (1988) | |||
| Breakfast (1989) | |||
| Not Very Psychic (1997) | |||
| Others (excerpt) (1999) |
Awards
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Books about James Herbert
James Herbert recommends
The Influence (1988)
Ramsey Campbell
"Gripping, touching exceptional. For me, it's Ramsey Campbell's finest."
Steel Gods (1990)
Scott Grønmark
"Terrific horror/thriller... Fast, furious and absorbing. Highly recommended."
Nightfall (2010)
(Jack Nightingale, book 1)
Stephen Leather
"Another great thriller from Stephen Leather but this time with a devilish twist!"
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