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Guillermo del Toro

Born

in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

October 09, 1964

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Genre

Horror, Fantasy, Religion & Spirituality

Influences

Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Lawrence Smith, H.P. Lovecraft, Jorge Lui ...more

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Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican director mostly known for his acclaimed films Pan's Labyrinth, The Devils Backbone, Crimson Peak and the Hellboy film franchise. His films draw heavily on sources as diverse as weird fiction, fantasy, horror, and war. In 2009, Del Toro released his debut novel, The Strain, co-authored with Chuck Hogan, as the first part of The Strain Trilogy, an apocalyptic horror series featuring vampires. The series continued with The Fall in 2010 and concluded with The Night Eternal in 2011. ...more

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Guillermo del Toro’s books

Average rating: 3.85 · 224,040 ratings · 21,697 reviews · 126 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1) by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan 3.80 avg rating — 86,742 ratings — published 2009 — 128 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fall (The Strain Trilogy, #2) by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan 3.82 avg rating — 38,983 ratings — published 2010 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night Eternal (The Strain Trilogy, #3) by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan 3.71 avg rating — 29,818 ratings — published 2011 — 111 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by Guillermo del Toro, Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author), Allen Williams (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 18,523 ratings — published 2019 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shape of Water 3.89 avg rating — 20,155 ratings — published 2017 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hollow Ones by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan 3.69 avg rating — 7,638 ratings — published 2020 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trollhunters by Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 3,098 ratings — published 2015 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cabinet of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections, and Other Obsessions by Guillermo del Toro, Marc Zicree 4.51 avg rating — 1,419 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark by Guillermo del Toro, Christopher Golden (Goodreads Author), Troy Nixey (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 586 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Strain Trilogy 4.07 avg rating — 484 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Guillermo del Toro

The Strain Trilogy (3 books)
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Chuck Hogan

3.79 avg rating — 156,024 ratings

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Chuck Hogan

3.69 avg rating — 7,637 ratings

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3.69 avg rating — 3,097 ratings

The Strain (Sections) (4 books)
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Chuck Hogan

3.88 avg rating — 142 ratings

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