Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro didn't come into writing novels the usual way–he had spent most of his professional life thus far actually making movies. He not only had an incredible eye for film direction, he also wrote and produced. Guillermo was born in Guadalajara in 1964 to a Catholic household.

The best place to start is the Hellboy: Artbooks series, the earliest of Guillermo del Toro's multi-book series: it opens with The Art of Hellboy (2003) and runs to 7 books across 2003–2021, ending with Mike Mignola: The Quarantine Sketchbook (2021). Guillermo del Toro's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Guillermo del Toro has 42 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2003 and 2027. 36 of them belong to 10 named series — the largest being the Hellboy: Artbooks series with 7 books — and 6 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Guillermo del Toro's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Hellboy: Artbooks (2003–2021, 7 books), Guillermo Del Toro Non-Fiction (2008–2015, 4 books) and The Strain Trilogy (2009–2011, 3 books), plus 5 more.

This guide splits Guillermo del Toro's 42 books into 10 named series and 6 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Hellboy: Artbooks (7 books, 2003–2021); The Boy in the Iron Box (6 books, 2024); Guillermo Del Toro Non-Fiction (4 books, 2008–2015); The Strain Trilogy (3 books, 2009–2011); Trollhunters (2 books, 2015–2020), plus 5 further series.