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ⓘ About John Hornor Jacobs
John Hornor Jacobs is an award-winning multi-genre American novelist from Arkansas. He is known for writing in a variety of genres from survival epics to teen-oriented fantasies to a combination of steampunk and Roman combinations such as “The Incorruptibles” series. The Arkansas born Jacobs is a senior art director and partner at Cranford Co., an advertising agency in Little Rock Arkansas, the town in which he was born. Jacobs’s first novel was a southern Gothic thriller titled “Southern Gods.” The novel won the Darrel Award and won a nomination for the Bram Stoker Award for Excellence. His next novel was a zombie novel titled “This Dark Earth” that Brian Keene said was the best zombie novel he had ever read in years.
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Murder Ballads and Other Horrific Tales
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Who is John Hornor Jacobs?
John Hornor Jacobs is an award-winning multi-genre American novelist from Arkansas. He is known for writing in a variety of genres from survival epics to teen-oriented fantasies to a combination of steampunk and Roman combinations such as “The Incorruptibles” series. The Arkansas born Jacobs is a senior art director and partner at Cranford Co., an advertising agency in Little Rock Arkansas, the town in which he was born.
Which John Hornor Jacobs series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy series, the earliest of John Hornor Jacobs's multi-book series: it opens with The Twelve-Fingered Boy (2013) and runs to 3 books across 2013–2015, ending with The Conformity (2015). John Hornor Jacobs's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has John Hornor Jacobs written?
John Hornor Jacobs has 15 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2011 and 2025. 6 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being The Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy series with 3 books — and 9 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should John Hornor Jacobs's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. John Hornor Jacobs's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy (2013–2015, 3 books) and The Incorruptibles (2014–2017, 3 books).
How are John Hornor Jacobs's books organised into series?
This guide splits John Hornor Jacobs's 15 books into 2 named series and 9 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy (3 books, 2013–2015); The Incorruptibles (3 books, 2014–2017).