Despite being relatively unknown by the general public, there is plenty of biographical
information about Lovecraft available. This list includes mostly in-print volumes but also
includes some of the more important out-of-print books.
- Adventurous Liberation: H.P. Lovecraft in Florida
- By David Goudsward. Sunrise, FL: Bold Venture Press; December 2025.
- L’Affaire Barlow: H. P. Lovecraft and the Battle for His
Literary Legacy
- By Marcos Legaria. North Haven, CT: Bold Venture Press; November 2023.
- Autobiographical Writings
- By H.P. Lovecraft; edited by S. T. Joshi. West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press; 1992. This
chapbook collects many of Lovecraft’s own writings about himself.
- Ave atque Vale
- Edited by S. T. Joshi & David E. Schultz. West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press; 2018.
A collection of 67 memoirs and tributes in honor of H. P. Lovecraft.
- The Curious Case of H.P. Lovecraft
- By Paul Roland. London, UK: Plexus Publishing; 2014.
- The Dream World of H.P. Lovecraft: His Life, His Demons, His
Universe
- By Donald Tyson. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications; November 2010.
- A Dreamer and a Visionary: H.P. Lovecraft in his Time
- By S.T. Joshi. Liverpool, UK: Liverpool University; 2001. Essentially a much shorter and more
accessible version of Joshi’s much larger H.P. Lovecraft: A Life.
- The Gentleman from Angell Street: Memories of H.P.
Lovecraft (hardcover third edition)
- By Muriel E. Eddy and C.M. Eddy, Jr.; edited by Jim Dyer. London, UK: Helios House Press;
2025.
- The Gentleman from Angell Street: Memories of H.P.
Lovecraft (paperback first edition)
- By Muriel E. Eddy and C.M. Eddy, Jr.; edited by Jim Dyer. Narragansett, RI: Fenham Publishing,
LLC.; June 2001.
- H.P. Lovecraft in the Merrimack Valley
- By David Goudsward. New York, NY: Hippocampus Press; 2013.
- H.P. Lovecraft: A Biography
- By L. Sprague de Camp. New York: Barnes & Noble Books; 1996. Originally published as
Lovecraft: A Biography in 1975, this has long been the most prominent and available of
Lovecraft biographies. Unfortunately, it also has many errors of fact and de Camp tends to be
very judgmental towards Lovecraft. Still, it’s a good overview of Lovecraft’s life
and works.
- H.P. Lovecraft: A Life
- By S.T. Joshi. West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press; 2004. First published in hardback in 1996,
this has now been superseded by the unabridged version, I Am Providence: The Life and Times
of H.P. Lovecraft (see below).
- H.P. Lovecraft: A Short Biography
- By S. T. Joshi. Seattle, WA: Sarnath Press; July 2018. Originally published as H.P.
Lovecraft: Nightmare Countries, this paperback edition (sans illustrations) is a
very inexpensive introduction to Lovecraft.
- H.P. Lovecraft: An Introduction to His Life and
Writings
- By Arthur S. Koki. New York, NY: Hippocampus Press; 2022.
- H.P. Lovecraft: Master of Weird Fiction
- By William Schoell. Greensboro, NC: Morgan Reynolds Publishing, Inc.; 2004. Part of the
“Writers of Imagination” series, targeted at young adult readers.
- H.P. Lovecraft: Nightmare Countries
- By S.T. Joshi. New York, NY: Metro Books; 2012. Lavishly illustrated, this inexpensive book is
very accessible for those new to Lovecraft, but still a treat for those already familiar with
him.
- H.P. Lovecraft: The Mysterious Man Behind the
Darkness
- By Charlotte Montague. New York, NY: Chartwell Books; 2015.
- Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Dreamer on the Nightside
- By Frank Belknap Long (Arkham House).
- I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H.P. Lovecraft
- By S.T. Joshi. New York, NY: Hippocampus Press; 2010. A new and unabridged version of
Joshi’s H.P. Lovecraft: A Life which restores 150,000 words excised from the
original manuscript, making it the new definitive edition. Joshi examines all aspects of
Lovecraft’s life and works without whitewashing them. A must-read for all fans of
Lovecraft.
- In the Mountains of Madness: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of
H.P. Lovecraft
- By W. Scott Poole. Berkeley, CA: Soft Skull Press; 2016.
- Lord of a Visible World: An Autobiography in Letters
- By H.P. Lovecraft; edited by S.T. Joshi and David E. Schultz. New York, NY: Hippocampus Press;
2019. A collection of Lovecraft’s letters and essays arranged to form an autobiography.
- Lovecraft At Last
- By H.P. Lovecraft and Willis Conover; New Introduction by S.T. Joshi. New York, NY: Cooper
Square Press; August 2002. A touching account by one of Lovecraft’s final
correspondents.
- Lovecraft Remembered
- Edited by Peter Cannon. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House Publishers, Inc.; 1999. A collection of 65
reminiscences by those who knew Lovecraft personally.
- Lovecraft’s New York Circle: The Kalem Club:
1924–1927
- Edited by Mara Kirk Hart and S.T. Joshi. New York, NY: Hippocampus Press; 2006.
- Midnight Rambles: H. P. Lovecraft in Gotham
- By David J. Goodwin. New York, NY: Empire State Editions-Fordham University Press; 2023. This
“micro-biography” focuses on Lovecraft’s time in New York City.
- Miscellaneous Writings
- By H.P. Lovecraft. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House Publishers, Inc.; 1995. The final chapter of
this hardback, “Personal,” includes some of Lovecraft’s autobiographical
writings.
- Some Notes on a Non-entity: The Life of H. P.
Lovecraft
- By Sam Gafford, illustrated by Jason Eckhardt. Hornsea, England: PS Publishing; June 2017. A
biography of Lovecraft in graphic novel form.
- Two Hearts that Beat as One: An Autobiography
- By Sonia H. Davis; edited by Monica Wasserman. London, UK: Helios House Press; 2023. An
autobiography by Lovecraft’s wife, including many details of their life together.
- The Weird Tales Boys: H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton
Smith and “The Unique Magazine”
- By Stephen Jones. Hornsea, England: Drugstore Indian Press-PS Publishing; September 2023. This
book focuses on the relationships of these three men, and both their and
Weird Tales’ enduring legacies.
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