Locke & Key: where to start reading

After Season 1, in the books you are

at Volume 3: Crown of Shadows.

roughly covers the first three volumes but reorders elements and pulls in bits from later in the story.

Show and books diverge here

The first season roughly covers the first three volumes, but reorders comic elements and introduces concepts from later in the series, and leans more fantasy than the comic's horror.

📖 Start reading at Volume 1: Welcome to Lovecraft (the first collected volume)

🔒Spoiler-safe, only what the show already showed you.

Get the book

Season 1 draws on this book. Read the full story:

Volume 1: Welcome to Lovecraft

Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez · Volume 1 of 6

Bookshop.org →Amazon →

or borrow it: your library

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How far did you watch?

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1. S1Volume 1: Welcome to Lovecraft + Volume 2: Head Games + Volume 3: Crown of Shadowsdiverges
2. S2Volume 4: Keys to the Kingdom + Volume 5: Clockworks + Volume 6: Alpha & Omegadiverges
3. S3Original storydiverges

the showthe books

The show uses the same characters, keys and setting as the comic but reshuffles their order and softens the horror. The comic's main story is resolved by the show's second season, so the third season is largely original to Netflix.