Guillermo del Toro

Born

in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

October 09, 1964

Genre

Horror, Fantasy, Religion & Spirituality

Influences

Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Lawrence Smith, H.P. Lovecraft, [a:Jorge ...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.

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Guillermo del Toro’s books

Average rating: 3.8 · 153,359 ratings · 13,523 reviews · 86 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1) by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan 3.78 avg rating — 72,761 ratings — published 2009 — 109 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 Trilogy, #2) by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan 3.81 avg rating — 33,996 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	The Night Eternal (The Strain Trilogy, #3) by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan 3.68 avg rating — 25,376 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Shape of Water 3.94 avg rating — 9,897 ratings — published 2018 — 35 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
	Cabinet of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections, and Other Obsessions by Guillermo del Toro, Marc Scott Zicree 4.54 avg rating — 1,057 ratings — published 2013 — 8 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
	Trollhunters by Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 1,703 ratings — published 2015 — 27 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
	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark by Guillermo del Toro, Christopher Golden (Goodreads Author) , Keith Thompson (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 474 ratings — published 2010 — 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 Complete Strain Trilogy: The Strain, The Fall, The Night Eternal 4.04 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Pan's Labyrinth by Mar Diestro-Dopido, Guillermo del Toro 4.32 avg rating — 305 ratings — published 2006 — 5 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
	La Cumbre Escarlata by Nancy Holder (Goodreads Author), Guillermo del Toro 3.90 avg rating — 2,176 ratings — published 2015 — 18 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 Trilogy (3 books)
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Guillermo del Toro,

Chuck Hogan

3.77 avg rating — 132,529 ratings

A Estirpe (1 book)
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Chuck Hogan

3.68 avg rating — 25,373 ratings

Trollhunters (1 book)
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Guillermo del Toro,

Daniel Kraus (Goodreads Author)

3.62 avg rating — 1,702 ratings

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Quotes by Guillermo del Toro

“The underground of the city is like what's underground in people. Beneath the surface, it's boiling with monsters.”
― Guillermo Del Toro

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“Unable to perceive the shape of You, I find You all around me.
Your presence fills my eyes with Your love, It humbles my heart, For You are everywhere.”
― Guillermo del Toro, Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water: Creating a Fairy Tale for Troubled Times

tags: rumi-poetry

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“You only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think.”
― Guillermo del Toro

tags: life

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Dean Koontz

3 votes, 60.0%

Guillermo Del Toro

2 votes, 40.0%

Stephen King

0 votes, 0.0%

Stephen M. Irwin

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James Herbert

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Joe Hill

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Dacre Stoker

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