There Are No Giant Crabs in This Novel: A Novel of Giant Crabs
novel · First published 2026
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Jason Pargin Books in Order
Jason Pargin is an American novelist, humorist, and internet writer. He published his early novels as David Wong and later adopted his real name for new work and reprints. He is best known for the John Dies at the End horror series and the Zoey Ashe science-fiction series, and has also written the standalone satirical thriller I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom. He served as an editor at Cracked and contributed essays to Cracked and other outlets.
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John Dies at the End
The first novel in the John Dies at the End series.
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits
The first novel in the Zoey Ashe series.
I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom
A standalone novel that requires no series context.
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Books by series
novel-series · ongoing
John Dies at the End
A comic cosmic-horror series following John, David, and Amy as they confront bizarre entities, apocalyptic threats, and other-dimensional dangers.
- 1 John Dies at the EndAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2007
- 2
This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch ItAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2012
- 3
What the Hell Did I Just Read: A Novel of Cosmic HorrorAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2017
- 4
If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong UniverseAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2022
- 5 There Are No Giant Crabs in This Novel: A Novel of Giant CrabsAmazon ↗
Book 5 · novel · 2026
novel-series · complete
Zoey Ashe
A satirical science-fiction series about Zoey Ashe, heir to a crime-and-surveillance empire in the near-future city of Tabula Ra$a.
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Novels (1)
- I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of DoomAmazon ↗
novel · 2024