# Is "The Devil Takes You Home" by Gabino Iglesias a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland Books, 2022) is identified by: Hardcover, published 2 August 2022, ISBN 9780316426916. The US Mulholland Books 2022 hardcover is the true first; the UK Wildfire edition (2022) is a separate edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Hardcover, published 2 August 2022, ISBN 9780316426916
- The first printing shows a full descending number line ending in 1 on the copyright page, with a first-state jacket priced as issued
- Won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel for 2022; it also won the 2022 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel
- Publisher imprint reads Mulholland Books
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Gabino Iglesias |
| Publisher | Mulholland Books |
| Year | 2022 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Hardcover, published 2 August 2022, ISBN 9780316426916 |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Hardcover, published 2 August 2022, ISBN 9780316426916. The first printing shows a full descending number line ending in 1 on the copyright page, with a first-state jacket priced as issued. Won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel for 2022; it also won the 2022 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel.

## Is this the true first?
The US Mulholland Books 2022 hardcover is the true first; the UK Wildfire edition (2022) is a separate edition.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings remove the lowest digits from the number line. Confirm the full number line ending in 1 and the priced first-state jacket.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Devil Takes You Home* by Gabino Iglesias a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-devil-takes-you-home
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.