John Dies at the End

For the film adaptation, see John Dies at the End (film).

John Dies at the End
Cover of the Permuted Press edition, now out of print
AuthorDavid Wong
LanguageEnglish
GenreHorror, comedy
PublisherPermuted Press
Publication date
August 15, 2007
Publication placeUnited States
Media typee-Book, print
ISBN978-0-9789707-6-5
OCLC186537812
Followed byThis Book Is Full of Spiders 

John Dies at the End is a comic lovecraftian horror novel by Jason Pargin, under the pseudonym David Wong. It was first published online as a webserial beginning in 2001, then as an edited manuscript in 2004, and a printed paperback in 2007, published by Permuted Press. An estimated 70,000 people read the free online versions before they were removed in September 2008. Thomas Dunne Books published the story with additional material as a hardcover on September 29, 2009.[1] The book was followed by three sequels, This Book Is Full of Spiders in 2012, What The Hell Did I Just Read in 2017, and If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe, in 2022. A film adaptation by Don Coscarelli was released in 2012.

  1. ^ "September 29, 2009 That’s the release date for the book." Archived September 7, 2012, at archive.today, Official Site, May 18, 2009