The Big Bad Book of Kaiju

by Jonathan Maberry (Editor), Henry Herz (Editor), Ozzie Jacobs (Narrator)

A thrilling and cataclysmic collection of city-smashing titans and the desperate coalitions of humanity clinging to survival in the wreckage, from the New York Times bestselling and multiple award-winning editors.

Featuring bestselling and award-winning authors such as Tananarive Due, Christopher Golden, Seanan McGuire, Scott Sigler, and Steve Alten, author of The Meg .

An explosive collection of monster terror, featuring twenty-five original tales of creatures the size of skyscrapers. See cities shattered and worlds ended, as great beasts rise from the deep.

Genres: Science Fiction, Audiobook

Audible Audio

Published October 6, 2026

About the author

JONATHAN MABERRY is a NYTimes bestselling author, #1 Audible bestseller, 6-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, 4-time Scribe Award winner, Inkpot Award winner, comic book writer, and producer. He is the author of more than 50 novels, 190 short stories, 16 short story collections, 30 graphic novels, 14 nonfiction books, and has edited 26 anthologies. His vampire apocalypse book series, V-WARS, was a Netflix original series starring Ian Somerhalder. His 2009-10 run as writer on the Black Panther comic formed a large chunk of the recent blockbuster film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. His bestselling YA zombie series, Rot & Ruin is in development for film at Alcon Entertainment; and John Wick director, Chad Stahelski, is developing Jonathan’s Joe Ledger Thrillers for TV. Jonathan writes in multiple genres including suspense, thriller, horror, science fiction, epic fantasy, and action; and he writes for adults, teens and middle grade. His works include The Pine Deep Trilogy, The Kagen the Damned Trilogy, NecroTek, Ink, Glimpse, the Rot & Ruin series, the Dead of Night series, The Wolfman, X-Files Origins: Devil’s Advocate, The Sleepers War (with Weston Ochse), Mars One, and many others. He is the editor of high-profile anthologies including Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird, The X-Files, Aliens: Bug Hunt, Out of Tune, Don’t Turn out the Lights: A Tribute to Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Baker Street Irregulars, Nights of the Living Dead, Shadows & Verse, and others. His comics include Marvel Zombies Return, The Punisher: Naked Kills, Wolverine: Ghosts, Godzilla vs Cthulhu: Death May Die, Bad Blood and many others. Jonathan has written in many popular licensed worlds, including Hellboy, True Blood, The Wolfman, John Carter of Mars, Sherlock Holmes, C.H.U.D., Diablo IV, Deadlands, World of Warcraft, Planet of the Apes, Aliens, Predator, Karl Kolchak, and many others. He the president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, and the editor of Weird Tales Magazine. He lives in San Diego, California. Find him online at www.jonathanmaberry.com

Reviews

[Scott Neumann · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's Kaiju who doesn't love a good Kaiju

[Bill Philibin · Rating 4 out of 5]

(4.0 Stars)

Thank you #NetGalley for making this anthology audiobook available to read and review.

There were some stories in this book that were very good, and some that weren't as good, but not one of them was bad. There were also four poems thrown into the mix. There were some notable standouts. Sigler, McGuire, Armstrong. But really, all of them were... if not good, at least interesting.

Lee Murray - Hum
Maurice Broaddus - We Are All Kaiju
Anne Walsh - Dozer
Tananarive Due - Chris Manning and his talking cat
Benjamin Spada - Horned
Jonathan Maberry - Complete Garbage
Kelley Armstrong - Kaiju Theoretically
Cynthia Pelayo - Wings of the Black Serpent
Kane Gilmour - Forbidden Secrets
Jeremy Robinson - Mama Bear
Scott Sigler - Kaiju Poo-Poo
Jamal Hodge - This is Good
Henry Herz - Size Does Matter
Taiyo Fujii - Tachigami
Seanan McGuire - Strange Beasts
Linda D. Addison - Who's on First
Tim Lebbon - The Pain of Giants
Ai Jiang - Shedding Season
Luke Dumas - These Oceans Once Composed Symphonies
WordFire Inc. - Just Add Water
Maxwell I. Gold - Gar Tai Goth The Titan of Ends
Alma Katsu - Don't Tell me How to Love Kaiju
Tobi Ogundiran - When God Weeps
Christopher Golden & Daniel Golden - Hanging Gardens

[MizzyRed · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a big fan of Kaiju stories and how sometimes you need a big monster to come kick humanity's behind to save the world from ourselves. This was a fun selection to listen to! I did enjoy some stories more than others but I think all of them were interesting (minus the poems but they were short so it didn't much matter) and I thought it was kinda cool that there were kaiju stories based in different parts of the world, and sometimes on other worlds. The ones that really stood out for me were the ones with students turning into a kaiju, figuring out how to create a kaiju, spirits that can become giant sized to protect loved ones, and being chosen to be a companion to a new baby kaiju.

The narrators, Ozzie Jacobs, Hannah Choi, Peter Berkrot, and Liam Gerrard did a great job in bringing the stories to life and adding a nice touch with different accents to let each story feel different. If you love Kaiju and want to find some good short stories by great authors, then you will enjoy this! I am glad I got the chance to listen to this. Many thanks to Tantor Media for letting me enjoy this fun audiobook!

[Terrence · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun and thrilling collection of stories about giant creatures and the people in their lives.
I especially appreciate the humor found in several of the tales.
Five stomps!