2026 Reading Challenge

Silver John Series

5 primary works • 10 total works
Novels and short story collections featuring Silver John, the Balladeer. Novels are in publication order, story collections and omnibuses are listed as secondary works.

Book 1

The Old Gods Waken
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3.66 · 919 Ratings · 119 Reviews · published 1979 · 8 editions
In the wilds of Southern Appalachia, lies Wolter M…

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    Book 2

    After Dark
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    4.00     · 304 Ratings · 36 Reviews · published 1980 · 5 editions
    Many eons ago a humanoid race with supernatural po…

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    Book 3

    The Lost and the Lurking
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    4.00     · 219 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 1981 · 2 editions
    Country folk, especially backcountry folk, are lik…

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    Book 4

    The Hanging Stones
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    4.03     · 155 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1982 · 3 editions
    This Silver John adventure takes the honey-voiced …

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    Book 5

    The Voice of the Mountain
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    4.11     · 90 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1984 · 1 edition
    Silver John - so named for the lithe and powerful …

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    Who Fears The Devil?
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    4.37     · 515 Ratings · 70 Reviews · published 1963 · 8 editions
    There's a traveling man the Carolina mountain folk…

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    John the Balladeer
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    4.27     · 562 Ratings · 91 Reviews · published 1988 · 6 editions
    Collection of 17 short stories (written in two chr…

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    Owls Hoot in the Daytime, and Other Omens
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    4.40     · 181 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2001 · 3 editions

    Owls Hoot in the Daytime & Other Omens is the 5th …

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    The Complete John the Balladeer: Volume 1
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    5.00     · 3 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2023 · 1 edition
    John, whose last name is never revealed, is a wand…

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    The Complete John the Balladeer: Volume 2
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2023 · 1 edition
    John, whose last name is never revealed, is a wand…

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