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Guillermo del Toro

Born

in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

October 09, 1964

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Genre

Horror, Fantasy, Religion & Spirituality

Influences

Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Lawrence Smith, H.P. Lovecraft, Jorge Lui ...more

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Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican director mostly known for his acclaimed films Pan's Labyrinth, The Devils Backbone, Crimson Peak and the Hellboy film franchise. His films draw heavily on sources as diverse as weird fiction, fantasy, horror, and war. In 2009, Del Toro released his debut novel, The Strain, co-authored with Chuck Hogan, as the first part of The Strain Trilogy, an apocalyptic horror series featuring vampires. The series continued with The Fall in 2010 and concluded with The Night Eternal in 2011. ...more

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Guillermo del Toro’s books

Average rating: 3.87 · 277,386 ratings · 25,866 reviews · 155 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Strain (The Strain #1) by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan 3.80 avg rating — 91,346 ratings — published 2009 — 12 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 Fall (The Strain #2) by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan 3.83 avg rating — 41,049 ratings — published 2010 — 103 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 Night Eternal (The Strain #3) by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan 3.72 avg rating — 31,434 ratings — published 2011 — 114 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
	Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by Guillermo del Toro, Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author), Allen Williams (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 23,433 ratings — published 2019 — 74 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 Shape of Water 3.88 avg rating — 22,626 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Hollow Ones by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan 3.69 avg rating — 9,451 ratings — published 2020	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
	Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box, #1) by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan, Fabrizio De Tommaso (illustrator) 3.58 avg rating — 9,110 ratings — published 2024 — 2 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 Pit and the Box (The Boy in the Iron Box, #2) by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan, Fabrizio De Tommaso (illustrator) 3.99 avg rating — 4,785 ratings — published 2024 — 2 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
	Risen (The Boy in the Iron Box, #4) by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan, Fabrizio De Tommaso (illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,383 ratings — published 2024 — 2 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
	Encounter (The Boy in the Iron Box, #6) by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan, Fabrizio De Tommaso (illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 4,346 ratings — published 2024 — 2 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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Series by Guillermo del Toro

The Strain (3 books)
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Guillermo del Toro,

Chuck Hogan

3.80 avg rating — 164,372 ratings

The Boy in the Iron Box (7 books)
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Guillermo del Toro,

Chuck Hogan,

Ralph Ineson (Narrator),

Nina Yndis (Narrator)

3.88 avg rating — 31,143 ratings

Blackwood Tapes (1 book)
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Guillermo del Toro,

Chuck Hogan

3.69 avg rating — 9,451 ratings

Trollhunters (1 book)
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Guillermo del Toro,

Daniel Kraus (Goodreads Author)

3.69 avg rating — 3,508 ratings

The Strain (Sections) (4 books)
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Guillermo del Toro,

Chuck Hogan

3.93 avg rating — 163 ratings

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