Joe R. Lansdale

Born

in Gladewater, Texas , The United States

October 28, 1951

Website

http://www.joerlansdale.com

Genre

Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Jim Thomp ...more

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Champion Mojo Storyteller Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over forty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in more than two dozen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies. He has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others. His nov ...more

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Joe R. Lansdale’s books

Average rating: 3.94 · 281,029 ratings · 24,564 reviews · 643 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bottoms 4.17 avg rating — 6,752 ratings — published 2000 — 54 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
	Savage Season (Hap and Leonard, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 6,565 ratings — published 1990 — 39 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
	Mucho Mojo (Hap and Leonard, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 5,099 ratings — published 1994 — 50 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 Two-Bear Mambo (Hap and Leonard, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 3,901 ratings — published 1995 — 43 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
	Bad Chili by Joe R. Lansdale, Bernard Blanc (Translator) 4.05 avg rating — 3,484 ratings — published 1997 — 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
	Edge of Dark Water 3.93 avg rating — 3,053 ratings — published 2012 — 31 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
	Rumble Tumble (Hap and Leonard, #5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,738 ratings — published 1998 — 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 Thicket 4.12 avg rating — 4,027 ratings — published 2013 — 30 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
	A Fine Dark Line 4.08 avg rating — 2,824 ratings — published 2003 — 47 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
	Vanilla Ride (Hap and Leonard, #7) 4.03 avg rating — 2,088 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

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Hap and Leonard (13 books)
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3.76 avg rating — 3,322 ratings

Ned the Seal (2 books)
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Conan and the Songs of the Dead (5 books)
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Quotes by Joe R. Lansdale

“ A day without the sun is like you know, night

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― Joe

47 likes

“Let me tell you, if you have never seen an agitated squirrel you have seen very little, nor have you heard much, because the sound of an angry squirrel is not to be forgotten.”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Bad Chili

tags: humor

33 likes

“Hallowed be thy name, oh Lord -- and shotgun do your stuff”
― Joe R. Lansdale

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Polls

What book recommended by King would you like to read in August?

Books of Blood: Volume One by Clive Barker

30 votes, 19.1%

Disappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay

27 votes, 17.2%

The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson

20 votes, 12.7%

You by Caroline Kepnes

15 votes, 9.6%

Drood by Dan Simmons

15 votes, 9.6%

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

14 votes, 8.9%

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

12 votes, 7.6%

Dominion by C.J. Sansom

9 votes, 5.7%

Doing Harm by Kelly Parsons

7 votes, 4.5%

Joyland by Emily Schultz

7 votes, 4.5%

Hell's Bounty by Joe R. Lansdale

1 vote, 0.6%

157 total votes

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