August Derleth

August Derleth

August Derleth has written at least 77 books. Their most popular book is The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre with 24 saves with an average rating of 4.57⭐.

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Author Bio

August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the Cosmic Horror genre, as well as his founding of the publisher Arkham House (which did much to bring supernatural fiction into print in hardcover in the US that had only been readily available in the UK), Derleth was a leading American regional writer of his day, as well as prolific in several other genres, including historical fiction, poetry, detective fiction, science fiction, and biography.

A 1938 Guggenheim Fellow, Derleth considered his most serious work to be the ambitious *Sac Prairie Saga*, a series of fiction, historical fiction, poetry, and non-fiction naturalist works designed to memorialize life in the Wisconsin he knew. Derleth can also be considered a pioneering naturalist and conservationist in his writing.

**Source**: [August Derleth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Derleth) on Wikipedia.

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The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
  • H.P. Lovecraft
4.5711 reads
The Dunwich Horror and Others
The Dunwich Horror and Others
  • H.P. Lovecraft
  • Robert Bloch
45 reads
The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories
The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories
  • Tanith Lee
  • Fritz Leiber
  • Richard Matheson
  • Robert Bloch
  • Mary Elizabeth Braddon
  • John William Polidori
  • R. Chetwynd-Hayes
  • August Derleth
  • James Malcolm Rymer
  • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • Charles L. Grant
  • Clark Ashton Smith
  • Robert Aickman
  • Carl Jacobi
  • Steve Rasnic Tem
  • M.R. James
  • Charles Beaumont
  • E.F. Benson
  • C.M. Kornbluth
  • Manly Wade Wellman
  • Algernon Blackwood
  • Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
  • F. Marion Crawford
  • Ramsey Campbell
  • P. Schuyler Miller
  • C.L. Moore
  • Suzy McKee Charnas
  • Lord Byron
  • J. Sheridan Le Fanu
  • Bram Stoker
42 reads
American Fantastic Tales
American Fantastic Tales
  • Alice Brown
00 reads
Weird Tales
Weird Tales
    01 read
    The Trail of Cthulhu
    The Trail of Cthulhu
    • August Derleth
    32 reads
    The H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus 3: The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales
    The H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus 3: The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales
    • H.P. Lovecraft
    4.53 reads
    Cover 7

    The Lurker at the Threshold

    The Lurker at the Threshold
    • August Derleth
    2.52 reads
    Cover 6

    Mr. George and Other Odd Persons

    Mr. George and Other Odd Persons
    • August Derleth
    31 read
    Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Vol 1
    Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Vol 1
    • H.P. Lovecraft
    • Clark Ashton Smith
    • Robert E. Howard
    • Frank Belknap Long
    • Henry Kuttner
    00 reads
    Мифы Ктулху
    Мифы Ктулху
    • H.P. Lovecraft
    00 reads
    The Mask of Cthulhu
    The Mask of Cthulhu
    • August Derleth
    00 reads
    Cover 6

    The Hastur Cycle

    The Hastur Cycle
    • James Blish
    • Lin Carter
    • Ambrose Bierce
    • Robert W. Chambers
    • Karl Edward Wagner
    • Arthur Machen
    • H.P. Lovecraft
    • Richard A. Lupoff
    • Ramsey Campbell
    • James Wade
    • August Derleth
    51 read
    Blood Thirst
    Blood Thirst
    • Richard Matheson
    • Susan Casper
    • Suzy McKee Charnas
    • John Cheever
    • F. Marion Crawford
    • August Derleth
    • Hanns Heinz Ewers
    • Laura Anne Gilman
    • Lafcadio Hearn
    • M.R. James
    • Fritz Leiber
    • C.L. Moore
    • Anne Rice
    • Whitley Strieber
    • Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
    • Roger Zelazny
    • Woody Allen
    • Charles Beaumont
    • E.F. Benson
    • Algernon Blackwood
    • Edward Bryant
    • Leslie Roy Carter
    • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
    • Fredric Brown
    • Joyce Carol Oates
    • Tanith Lee
    • Stephen King
    00 reads
    Selected Letters I: 1911–1924
    Selected Letters I: 1911–1924
    • H.P. Lovecraft
    01 read
    Selected Letters IV: 1932-1934
    Selected Letters IV: 1932-1934
    • H.P. Lovecraft
    01 read
    Selected Letters I: 1911-1924
    Selected Letters I: 1911-1924
    • H.P. Lovecraft
    01 read
    Over the Edge: Stories to Freeze Your Blood
    Over the Edge: Stories to Freeze Your Blood
      01 read
      Cover 5

      Skull-Face Omnibus Volume 1

      Skull-Face Omnibus Volume 1: Skull-Face and Others
      • Robert E. Howard
      00 reads
      Out of Space and Time: Volume 2
      Out of Space and Time: Volume 2
      • Clark Ashton Smith
      00 reads
      The Horror in the Burying Ground, and Others
      The Horror in the Burying Ground, and Others
      • H.P. Lovecraft
      • Hazel Heald
      • Elizabeth Berkeley
      • Sonia H. Greene
      • C.M. Eddy Jr.
      • Robert H. Barlow
      • Adolphe Danziger de Castro
      • Zealia Bishop
      • Wilfred Blanch Talman
      01 read
      Father Marquette and the great rivers
      Father Marquette and the great rivers
      • August Derleth
      00 reads
      Il guardiano della soglia
      Il guardiano della soglia
      • H.P. Lovecraft
      • August Derleth
      00 reads
      The Penguin Book of Witches & Warlocks: Tales of Black Magic, Old & New
      The Penguin Book of Witches & Warlocks: Tales of Black Magic, Old & New
        00 reads
        Famous Ghost Stories
        Famous Ghost Stories
          00 reads
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          The Big Book of Ghost Stories

          The Big Book of Ghost Stories: Big Book Series
          • Andrew Klavan
          • M. Rickert
          • Chet Williamson
          • David Morrell
          00 reads
          I miti di Cthulhu
          I miti di Cthulhu
          • H.P. Lovecraft
          00 reads
          The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories: Two Centuries of Great Stories with a Bite
          The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories: Two Centuries of Great Stories with a Bite
            00 reads
            Book of the Werewolf
            Book of the Werewolf
              00 reads
              El Ciclo de Nyarlathotep
              El Ciclo de Nyarlathotep
              • Manuel de los Reyes (Translator)
              21 read
              Dark Mind, Dark Heart
              Dark Mind, Dark Heart
                00 reads
                Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Volume 1
                Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Volume 1
                • H.P. Lovecraft
                • Clark Ashton Smith
                • Robert E. Howard
                • Frank Belknap Long
                • Henry Kuttner
                • J. Vernon Shea
                01 read
                The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
                The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
                • H.P. Lovecraft
                00 reads
                Fungi from Yuggoth and Other Poems
                Fungi from Yuggoth and Other Poems
                • H.P. Lovecraft
                31 read
                Night's Yawning Peal
                Night's Yawning Peal
                  00 reads
                  Selected Letters V: 1934-1937
                  Selected Letters V: 1934-1937
                  • H.P. Lovecraft
                  01 read
                  Cover 6

                  In Re

                  In Re: Sherlock Holmes
                  • August Derleth
                  00 reads
                  Cover 7

                  The Fisherman of Falcon Point

                  The Fisherman of Falcon Point
                  • H.P. Lovecraft
                  • August Derleth
                  31 read
                  Horroriana: 24 storie di paura
                  Horroriana: 24 storie di paura
                  • Brian Lumley
                  • Clark Ashton Smith
                  • George Langelaan
                  • Richard Matheson
                  • August Derleth
                  • Fritz Leiber
                  • Frank Belknap Long
                  • Ray Bradbury
                  • Hanns Heinz Ewers
                  • Stephen King
                  • David H. Keller
                  • William Hope Hodgson
                  • Carl Jacobi
                  • Giuseppe Lippi (Translator)
                  • Piero Anselmi (Translator)
                  • Guido Zurlino (Translator)
                  • Silvia Sereni (Translator)
                  • Robert E. Howard
                  • Robert Bloch
                  • Murray Leinster
                  • Ramsey Campbell
                  • Henry Kuttner
                  00 reads
                  Los Mitos de Cthulhu
                  Los Mitos de Cthulhu
                  • H.P. Lovecraft
                  • Lord Dunsany
                  • Henry Kuttner
                  • Robert Bloch
                  • August Derleth
                  • Ramsey Campbell
                  • Joan Perucho
                  • Ambrose Bierce
                  • Robert W. Chambers
                  • Arthur Machen
                  • Algernon Blackwood
                  • Frank Belknap Long
                  • Robert E. Howard
                  • Clark Ashton Smith
                  • Hazel Heald
                  11 read
                  The Black Magic MEGAPACK®: 20 Tales of Darkest Magic
                  The Black Magic MEGAPACK®: 20 Tales of Darkest Magic
                  • August Derleth
                  • Robert Bloch
                  00 reads
                  The Unspeakable People: Twenty of the World's Best Horror Stories
                  The Unspeakable People: Twenty of the World's Best Horror Stories
                  • Peter Haining
                  • August Derleth
                  • Matthew Gregory Lewis
                  • Edgar Allan Poe
                  • Henry Spicer
                  • R.H. Benson
                  • Henry S. Whitehead
                  • Wallace West
                  • H.P. Lovecraft
                  • George Fielding Eliot
                  • Robert Bloch
                  • John Wyndham
                  • Henry Kuttner
                  • Theodore Sturgeon
                  • C.S. Forester
                  • Jane Rice
                  • Richard Hughes
                  • Ray Bradbury
                  • Tennessee Williams
                  • Dennis Wheatley
                  • Laurence James
                  01 read
                  Weird Tales 1
                  Weird Tales 1
                  • Robert E. Howard
                  • Mary Elizabeth Counselman
                  • David H. Keller
                  • Ramsey Campbell
                  • Clark Ashton Smith
                  • Hannes Bok
                  • Robert A.W. Lowndes
                  • August Derleth
                  • Carl Jacobi
                  • Tanith Lee
                  • Seabury Quinn
                  01 read
                  Weird Tales: Volume 1
                  Weird Tales: Volume 1
                  • Henry S. Whitehead
                  • Leah Bodine Drake
                  • Robert E. Howard
                  • August Derleth
                  • Seabury Quinn
                  • H.P. Lovecraft
                  • Clark Ashton Smith
                  • Vincent Starrett
                  • Henry Kuttner
                  • G.G. Pendarves
                  01 read
                  The 3rd Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories
                  The 3rd Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories
                  • R.C. Cook
                  • Stanley Ellin
                  • E.F. Benson
                  • David Ely
                  • J.D. Beresford
                  • Henry James
                  • Roald Dahl
                  • H.R. Wakefield
                  • R. Chetwynd-Hayes
                  • H.P. Lovecraft
                  • August Derleth
                  • Rudyard Kipling
                  01 read
                  The Ghosts' Companion: a Haunting Anthology
                  The Ghosts' Companion: a Haunting Anthology
                  • Peter Haining
                  • M.R. James
                  • H.R. Wakefield
                  • O. Henry
                  • Algernon Blackwood
                  • Rudyard Kipling
                  • Lafcadio Hearn
                  • Arthur Machen
                  • Daphne du Maurier
                  • Hammond Innes
                  • August Derleth
                  • Richard Hughes
                  • Dennis Wheatley
                  • Fritz Leiber
                  • Joan Aiken
                  • Ray Bradbury
                  31 read
                  The Watchers Out of Time
                  The Watchers Out of Time
                  • H.P. Lovecraft
                  • August Derleth
                  00 reads
                  Cover 3

                  The shuttered room

                  The shuttered room
                  • August Derleth
                  00 reads
                  La lampada di Alhazred
                  La lampada di Alhazred
                  • H.P. Lovecraft
                  • August Derleth
                  00 reads
                  Witches & Warlocks
                  Witches & Warlocks
                    00 reads
                    Cover 8

                    The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, and Other Stories

                    The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, and Other Stories
                    • Donald A. Wollheim
                    • Fritz Leiber
                    • William Tenn
                    • August Derleth
                    • Stephen Grendon
                    • P. Schuyler Miller
                    • Frank Belknap Long
                    • Manly Wade Wellman
                    00 reads
                    Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
                    Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
                    • Robert Bloch
                    • Ramsey Campbell
                    • Brian Lumley
                    • H.P. Lovecraft
                    • August Derleth
                    • Clark Ashton Smith
                    • Robert E. Howard
                    • Colin Wilson
                    • Frank Belknap Long
                    • Henry Kuttner
                    • J. Vernon Shea
                    • James Wade
                    00 reads
                    Cover 7

                    The Science Fiction Omnibus #1

                    The Science Fiction Omnibus #1
                    • H. Beam Piper
                    • Fritz Leiber
                    • Mack Reynolds
                    • Keith Laumer
                    • Milton Lesser
                    • C.H. Liddell
                    • Ron Cocking
                    • Kenneth O'Hara
                    • Frank Quattrocchi
                    • Joe Archibald
                    • Stephen Barr
                    • Stanton Coblentz
                    • Lester del Rey
                    • C.M. Kornbluth
                    • Evelyn E. Smith
                    • Frederik Pohl
                    • August Derleth
                    • Algis Budrys
                    • Murray Leinster
                    • Fredric Brown
                    00 reads
                    Cover 8

                    The Cthulhu Mythos

                    The Cthulhu Mythos
                    • August Derleth
                    01 read
                    Cover 6

                    The Portal of Time

                    The Portal of Time: Sci-Fi Time Travel Collection
                    • Musaicum Books
                    • Fritz Leiber
                    • Lester del Rey
                    • H. G. Wells
                    • Andre Norton
                    • H. Beam Piper
                    • Philip K. Dick
                    • Ayn Rand
                    • Mark Twain
                    • August Derleth
                    • Frederik Pohl
                    00 reads
                    Cover 6

                    The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes

                    The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes
                    • Robert Barr
                    • Maurice Leblanc
                    • Carolyn Wells
                    • Vincent Starrett
                    • Anthony Berkeley
                    • Agatha Christie
                    • Anthony Boucher
                    • Stuart Palmer
                    • J.M. Barrie
                    • Mark Twain
                    • Bret Harte
                    • O. Henry
                    • R.C. Lehmann
                    • John Kendrick Bangs
                    • Stephen Leacock
                    • Allan Ramsay
                    • R.K. Munkittrick
                    • Oswald Crawfurd
                    • Jules Castier
                    • A.E.P.
                    • August Derleth
                    • William O. Fuller
                    • Hugh Kingsmill
                    • Rachel Ferguson
                    • Frederic Dorr Steele
                    • Frederic Arnold Kummer
                    • Basil Mitchell
                    • Logan Clendening
                    • Richard Mallett
                    • S.C. Roberts
                    • Manly Wade Wellman
                    00 reads
                    Cover 0

                    The Watchers Out of Time

                    The Watchers Out of Time
                    • August Derleth
                    00 reads
                    Cover 5

                    Hauntings

                    Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural
                    • Henry James
                    • E.F. Benson
                    • Joseph Payne Brennan
                    • William Hope Hodgson
                    • H. G. Wells
                    • H.R. Wakefield
                    • Robert Aickman
                    • Alfred Noyes
                    • August Derleth
                    • H.P. Lovecraft
                    • Robert Bloch
                    • Manly Wade Wellman
                    • Arthur Conan Doyle
                    • M.R. James
                    • Mrs. Oliphant
                    • John Collier
                    00 reads
                    Someone in the Dark
                    Someone in the Dark
                    • August Derleth
                    21 read
                    A Treasury of American Horror Stories
                    A Treasury of American Horror Stories
                    • Michael Shea
                    • Robert Arthur
                    • Robert S. Phillips
                    • Suzette Haden Elgin
                    • John D. MacDonald
                    • Mary Elizabeth Counselman
                    • Robert Louis Stevenson
                    • Babette Rosmond
                    • Mark Twain
                    • Jeffrey Goddin
                    • Barry N. Malzberg
                    • Tom Reamy
                    • Joel Townsley Rogers
                    • Wardon Allan Curtis
                    • H.P. Lovecraft
                    • Raccoona Sheldon
                    • James Tiptree Jr.
                    • Carl Jacobi
                    • Harry Harrison
                    • Henderson Starke
                    • William F. Nolan
                    • Richard Wilson
                    • Isaac Asimov
                    • Frederik Pohl
                    • James MacCreigh
                    • Stephen Vincent Benét
                    • Algis Budrys
                    • Edwin L. Sabin
                    • Donald A. Wollheim
                    • Manly Wade Wellman
                    • Robert Adams
                    • Davis Grubb
                    • Zealia Bishop
                    • Bill Pronzini
                    • Nelson S. Bond
                    • Ardath Mayhar
                    • Jerome Bixby
                    • Whitley Strieber
                    • David H. Keller
                    • Stephen Grendon
                    • Sterling E. Lanier
                    • August Derleth
                    • Edward D. Hoch
                    • Richard Matheson
                    • John S. McFarland
                    • Robert Bloch
                    00 reads
                    Cover 2

                    Innsmouth Clay

                    Innsmouth Clay
                    • August Derleth
                    • H.P. Lovecraft
                    21 read
                    The Adventures of Solar Pons
                    The Adventures of Solar Pons
                    • August Derleth
                    00 reads
                    Eerie Archives, Vol. 3
                    Eerie Archives, Vol. 3
                    • Archie Goodwin
                    • Edgar Allan Poe
                    • H.P. Lovecraft
                    • August Derleth
                    • Robert Bloch
                    • John Benson
                    • Otto Binder
                    • Clark Diamond
                    • Dave Kaler
                    • Bill Pearson
                    • Craig Tennis
                    • Russ Jones
                    • Johnny Craig
                    • Tom Sutton
                    • Ron Whyte
                    00 reads
                    The casebook of Solar Pons
                    The casebook of Solar Pons
                    • August Derleth
                    00 reads
                    Weird Tales
                    Weird Tales
                    • Henry S. Whitehead
                    • H.P. Lovecraft
                    • Arthur J. Burks
                    • G.G. Pendarves
                    • Clark Ashton Smith
                    • Mary Elizabeth Counselman
                    • Henry Kuttner
                    • C.L. Moore
                    • Fritz Leiber
                    • Ray Bradbury
                    • August Derleth
                    • Manly Wade Wellman
                    • Frank Owen
                    • Seabury Quinn
                    • Robert Bloch
                    • Eric Frank Russell
                    • Robert E. Howard
                    • F. Marion Crawford
                    • Ray Russell
                    • William Hope Hodgson
                    • Gene Wolfe
                    • Brian Lumley
                    • Steve Rasnic Tem
                    • Robert Sheckley
                    • Ramsey Campbell
                    • Tanith Lee
                    • Nina Kiriki Hoffman
                    • Nancy Springer
                    00 reads
                    The Chronicles of Solar Pons
                    The Chronicles of Solar Pons
                    • August Derleth
                    00 reads
                    Concord rebel
                    Concord rebel
                    • August Derleth
                    00 reads
                    A Praed Street dossier
                    A Praed Street dossier
                    • August Derleth
                    00 reads
                    "In re
                    "In re
                    • August Derleth
                    00 reads
                    Saint Ignatius and the Company of Jesus
                    Saint Ignatius and the Company of Jesus
                    • August Derleth
                    00 reads
                    The Dunwich Cycle: Where the Old Gods Wait
                    The Dunwich Cycle: Where the Old Gods Wait
                      00 reads
                      TIME VOYAGE Boxed Set
                      TIME VOYAGE Boxed Set
                      • H. G. Wells
                      • Ayn Rand
                      • Mark Twain
                      • H. Beam Piper
                      • Philip K. Dick
                      • Fritz Leiber
                      • Andre Norton
                      • Lester Del Rey
                      • August Derleth
                      • Frederik Pohl
                      00 reads
                      The House on the Mound
                      The House on the Mound
                      • August Derleth
                      00 reads
                      Cover 0

                      The Golden Age of Science Fiction, Vol.

                      The Golden Age of Science Fiction, Vol.
                      • Charles V. de Vet
                      • Charles W. Diffin
                      • Dave Dryfoos
                      • E.E. "Doc" Smith
                      • Edmond Hamilton
                      • Frank Herbert
                      • Frederik Pohl
                      • Fritz Leiber
                      • H. G. Wells
                      • Andre Norton
                      • J.F. Bone
                      • Jack Douglas
                      • Jack Egan
                      • Jack Williamson
                      • James De Mille
                      • John W. Campbell Jr.
                      • Joseph Samachson
                      • Jules Verne
                      • Kurt Vonnegut
                      • Laurence M. Janifer
                      • Harry Bates
                      • Lee Archer
                      • Leigh Brackett
                      • Lester del Rey
                      • Marion Zimmer Bradley
                      • Murray Leinster
                      • Paul Ernst
                      • Peter Baily
                      • Philip K. Dick
                      • Poul Anderson
                      • August Derleth
                      • Randall Garrett
                      • Ray Cummings
                      • Raymond F. Jones
                      • Raymond Z. Gallun
                      • Robert Arthur
                      • T.R. Fehrenbach
                      • Tom Godwin
                      • Bascom Jones
                      • Ben Bova
                      • Bradner Buckner
                      • Carl Jacobi
                      • Clifford D. Simak
                      • Fredric Brown
                      • Algis Budrys
                      • Philip José Farmer
                      00 reads
                      The Cthulhu Cycle: Thirteen Tentacles of Terror
                      The Cthulhu Cycle: Thirteen Tentacles of Terror
                      • Lord Dunsany
                      • M.R. James
                      • H.P. Lovecraft
                      • August Derleth
                      • Alan Dean Foster
                      • C.J. Henderson
                      • David C. Smith
                      • Leonard Carpenter
                      • Will Murray
                      • Donald R. Burleson
                      • Steven Paulsen
                      • Pierre Comtois
                      00 reads
                      The Outer Reaches: Favorite Science-Fiction Tales Chosen by Their Authors
                      The Outer Reaches: Favorite Science-Fiction Tales Chosen by Their Authors
                      • Fritz Leiber
                      • Ray Bradbury
                      • Clark Ashton Smith
                      • Isaac Asimov
                      • Theodore Sturgeon
                      00 reads
                      Cover 1

                      The Watchers Out of Time

                      The Watchers Out of Time: Fifteen soul-chilling tales by H. P. Lovecraft
                      • H.P. Lovecraft
                      • August Derleth
                      00 reads