List of Godzilla books
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This page contains a list of Godzilla-related books: reference, fiction, novels, comics, manga, and any other publications classifiable as books, in any language.
English
Reference / analysis
Encyclopedias
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Godzilla (1994) by Ed Godziszewski
- The Official Godzilla Compendium (1998) by Marc Cerasini and J. D. Lees
- The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography (2008) by Stuart Galbraith IV
- Killer Kaiju Monsters: Strange Beasts of Japanese Film (2010) by Ivan Vartanian
- Godzilla: The IDW Era (2014) by Mike Ford
- LIFE "Godzilla" (2019) by J. I. Baker, Amy Lennard Goehner, and Elizabeth Bland
- Godzilla: The Official Guide to the King of the Monsters (2022) by Graham Skipper
- King Kong vs. Godzilla: When Worlds Collide (2024) by A360 Media
- What Is the Story of Godzilla? (2024) by Sheila Keenan
- The Monarch Files: A Monsterverse Manual (2026) by Greg Keyes
Production
- The Making of GODZILLA (1998) by Rachel Aberly
- Godzilla: The Art of Destruction (2014) by Mark Cotta Vaz
- The Art of Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) by Abbie Bernstein
- Godzilla vs. Kong: One Will Fall - The Art of the Ultimate Battle Royale (2021) by Daniel Wallace
- Behind the Kaiju Curtain (2021) by Norman England
- Godzilla & Kong: The Cinematic Storyboard Art of Richard Bennett (2024) by Richard Bennett
- The Art of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) by James Mottram
Guidebooks
- Giant Monster Movies (1994) by Robert Marrero
- Godzilla: King of the Movie Monsters (1996) by Robert Marrero
- The Godzilla Book (1986) by Jim Harmon
- Godzilla FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the King of the Monsters (2017) by Brian Solomon
- The GODZILLA Movie Scrapbook (1998) by James Preller
- The Official GODZILLA Movie Fact Book (1998) by Kimberly Weinberger and Dawn Margolis
- Godzilla Movie Postcard Book (1998)
- Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (2002) by Eric Bratcher
- The Art of Japanese Monsters (2014) by Sean Linkenback
- Godzilla: A Comprehensive Guide (2019) by Ben Brykczynski
Film analyses
- Hot Blooded Dinosaur Movies (1993) by James Van Hise
- Age of the Gods: A History of the Japanese Fantasy Film (1996) by Guy Mariner Tucker
- A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series (1st: 1997; 2nd: 2010) by David Kalat
- Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo! (1998) by Stuart Galbraith IV
- Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G" (1998) by Steve Ryfle
- Godzilla on My Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters (2004) by William Tsutsui
- In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage (2006) edited by William M. Tsutsui and Michiko Ito
- Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters (2007) by August Ragone
- Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda (2008) by Peter H. Brothers
- Greatest Movie Monsters: Godzilla (2016) by Therese Shea
- The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Vol. 1: 1954-1980 (2016) by John LeMay
- The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Vol. 2: 1984-2014 (2016) by John LeMay
- The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films (2017) by John LeMay
- Terror of the Lost Tokusatsu Films: From the Files of The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies (2018) by John LeMay
- The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films - Mutated Edition (2019) by John LeMay
- The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: Showa Completion (1954-1989) (2020) by John LeMay
- Writing Japanese Monsters: From the Files of The Big Book of Japanese Monster Movies (2020) by John LeMay
- The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: Heisei Completion (1989-2019) (2020) by John LeMay
- The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Cuts - Editing Japanese Monsters: U.S. Edits (1956-2000) (2021) by John LeMay
- The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Cuts - Editing Japanese Monsters: International Edits (1956-2005) (2021) by John LeMay
- Japanese Monsters Unmade: The Lost Films of Monster Island Vol. 1 (1927-1965) (2022) by John LeMay
- Japanese Monsters Unmade: The Lost Films of Monster Island Vol. 2 (1966-1980) (2023) by John LeMay
- Japanese Monsters Unmade: The Lost Films of Monster Island Vol. 3 (1981-2021) (2023) by John LeMay
Collectors / hobbyists
- An Unauthorized Guide to Godzilla Collectibles (1998) by Sean Linkenback
Young readers
- Godzilla (Monsters Series) (1977) by Julian May (as Ian Thorne)
- Godzilla (Monsters) (2004) by Adam Woog
- Famous Movie Monsters: Meet Godzilla (2005) by Robert Greenberger
Other
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Wonderland Records) [1977]
- Godzilla Jokes and Riddles Coloring Book (1979)
- Godzilla Search-A-Word Shapes (1979)
- Godzilla: The Official Cookbook (2024) by Kayce Baker
Fiction
Novels/movie tie-in novelizations
- Gojiro (1991) by Mark Jacobson
- I Want to Marry Godzilla and Have His Children (2000) by Melle Shipwash Starsen
- GODZILLA: The Novelization (1998) by Stephen Molstad
- GODZILLA: A Junior Novelization (1998) by H. B. Gilmour
- Shambling Towards Hiroshima (2009) by James Morrow
- Godzilla: The Official Movie Novelization (2014) by Greg Cox
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization (2019) by Greg Keyes
- Godzilla vs. Kong: The Official Movie Novelization (2021) by Greg Keyes
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - The Official Movie Novelization (2024) by Greg Keyes
Random House series (teen and young adult readers)
- Godzilla Returns (1996) by Marc Cerasini
- Godzilla 2000 (1997) by Marc Cerasini
- Godzilla at World's End (1998) by Marc Cerasini
- Godzilla vs. the Robot Monsters (1998) by Marc Cerasini
- Godzilla and the Lost Continent (unpublished) by Marc Cerasini
Random House series (juvenile readers)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1996) by Scott Ciencin
- Godzilla Invades America (1997) by Scott Ciencin
- Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island (1998) by Scott Ciencin
- Godzilla vs. the Space Monster (1998) by Scott Ciencin
Picture books
- Godzilla Discovers America (1988) by Robert E. Sullivan, Jr.
- Dogzilla (1993) by Dav Pilkey
- Godzilla Saves America: A Monster Showdown in 3-D! (1996) by Marc Cerasini, with illustrations by Tom Morgan and Paul Mounts
- Godzilla vs. Gigan and the Smog Monster (1996) by Alice Alfonsi, with illustrations by Motown Animation
- Godzilla on Monster Island (1996) by Jacqueline Dwyer, with illustrations by Tom Morgan and Paul Mounts
- Who's Afraid of Godzilla? (1998) by Marc Cerasini (as Di Kaiju), with illustrations by Bob Eggleton
- Godzilla Likes to Roar! (1998) by Kerry Milliron, with illustrations by Bob Eggleton
- GODZILLA (Scholastic novelization) (1998) by H. B. Gilmour
- GODZILLA (Scholastic picture book) (1998) by Kimberly Weinberger
- Attack of the Baby Godzillas! (1998) by Gina Shaw
- The GODZILLA Movie Scrapbook (1998) by James Preller
Comics
- Main article: List of Godzilla comics and manga.
Japanese
Reference / analysis
Encyclopedias
- Godzilla Monsters Anatomical Encyclopedia (1979)
- Shogakukan Introduction Encyclopedia: Godzilla (1st edition: 1984) by Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Definitive Edition Godzilla Introduction (1st edition: 1984) by Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Godzilla Monsters All Encyclopedia (1st edition: 1985)
- Encyclopedia of Godzilla (1990)
- Toho Monster Graffiti (1991)
- Godzilla Giant Monsters Super Encyclopedia (1992)
- Encyclopedia of Godzilla (Mechagodzilla Edition) (1993)
- The Godzilla Chronicles (1st edition: 1993)
- Encyclopedia of Godzilla (SpaceGodzilla Edition) (1994)
- The Pictorial Book of Godzilla (1995)
- Godzilla vs. G-Force Superweapon Manual (1995)
- Toho Tokusatsu Movie Poster Collection (1995)
- The Pictorial Book of Godzilla 2 (1995)
- Godzilla Giant Monster Diagram Encyclopedia (1st edition: 1995)
- Our Beloved Monster Godzilla (1996)
- The Godzilla Chronicles Ver. 2 (1998)
- The Godzilla Chronicles Ver. 3 (1999)
- Godzilla 1954-1999 Super Complete Works (2000)
- Godzilla Complete Battle Book (2000)
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus Super Encyclopedia (2001)
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2002)
- Fantastic Collection: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
- Fantastic Collection - Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003)
- Godzilla Dictionary (2004)
- All Godzilla Complete Super Encyclopedia (2004)
- Godzilla Toho Giant Monster Pictorial Book (2005)
- Heisei Godzilla Chronicle (2009)
- Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works (2012)
- All Toho Monsters Pictorial Book (1st edition: 2014)
- Godzilla Completely Deciphered (2014)
- Common Knowledge of Godzilla (2014)
- Godzilla Character Encyclopedia: Toho Special Effects Movie Complete History (2014)
- Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia (2014)
- Godzilla Dictionary (New Edition) (2014)
- Godzilla Kaiju Battle Encyclopedia (2016)
- Shin Godzilla Walker: The New Legend of the King of the Monsters (2016)
- Godzilla Graphic Collection (2017)
- Godzilla - King of Monstermaker (2017) by Shinichi Wakasa
- All Toho Mechanic Pictorial Book (2018)
- Godzilla & Toho - Tokusatsu Pictorial Sketch (2018)
- Godzilla: The Encyclopedia (2023)
Theater programs
- Main article: Theater programs.
Production
- The Art of Godzilla (1991)
- Since Godzilla (2002)
- Heisei Godzilla Perfection (2012)
- Godzilla Toho Champion Festival Perfection (2014)
- Godzilla vs. Biollante Completion (2015)
- Shinji Nishikawa: Drawing Book of Godzilla (2016)
- Godzilla Against Type-3 Kiryu (Mechagodzilla) Completion (2016)
- The Art of Shin Godzilla (2016)
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Completion (2017)
- Godzilla 1984 Completion (2019)
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Completion (2020)
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Completion (2021)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla Completion (2021)
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Completion (2022)
- Mothra vs. Godzilla Completion (2022)
- Godziban Book (2022)
- Godzilla and Toho Tokusatsu Official Mook (2022-2025)
- Godzilla Final Wars Completion (2023)
Guidebooks
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Super Complete Works (1991)
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Monster Complete Works (1991)
- Kodansha Hit Books: Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
- Godzilla vs. Mothra Super Complete Works (1992)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II Super Complete Works (1993)
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Super Complete Works (1994)
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Super Complete Works (1996)
- Godzilla 2000: Millennium Super Complete Works (2000)
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus Super Complete Works (2001)
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Super Complete Works (2002)
- Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla Super Complete Works (2003)
- Godzilla: Tokyo SOS Super Complete Works (2004)
- Godzilla Final Wars Super Complete Works (2005)
Fiction
- Monster Godzilla (1954)
- Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
- The Luminous Fairies and Mothra (1st edition: 1961; 2nd edition: 1994)
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)
- Godzilla (1984)
- The Return of Godzilla (1984)
- Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
- Novel: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
- Novel - Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
- GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse (2017)
- GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla (2018)
- GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2018)
- GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)
- Godzilla Singular Point (2022)
- Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Manga
- Main article: List of Godzilla comics and manga.
Asahi Sonorama
- Ultra Books: Destroy All Monsters (1968)
- Toho Monster Picture Book #1: Mach Monster Rodan
- Toho Monster Picture Book #2: Mothra Attacks Tokyo!
- Toho Monster Picture Book #3: Monster Giant Sanda
- Toho Monster Picture Book #4: Monster No. 1 Godzilla
- Toho Monster Picture Book #5: Giant Dragon Manda
- Toho Monster Picture Book #6: Space Monster King Ghidorah
- Toho Monster Picture Book #7: Godzilla Goes to Space!
- Toho Monster Picture Book #8: All Monsters Assemble!
- Toho Monster Picture Book #9: Jumbo Monster Island
- Toho Monster Picture Book #10: Monster Olympics
- Space Amoeba
Picture books
- The Legend of Godzilla (1994)
- The Godzilla Art of KAIDA Yuji (2014)
- Monster Maker: Keizo Murase - Treasured KAIJU Photobook (2015)
- Toho SFX Movies Authentic Visual Book (2017-)
- Picture Book of Godzilla & All Monsters (2021)
Other
German
Film analyses
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