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As a book category, "Howard Phillips Lovecraft" (often called "Lovecraftian") denotes fiction shaped by H.P. Lovecraft’s signature brand of cosmic horror: narratives that emphasize the insignificance of humanity in the face of ancient, indifferent, and often incomprehensible forces, where encounters with forbidden knowledge, strange geometries, cults, and nonhuman intelligences erode sanity and hope. These works favor atmosphere, slow-building dread, fragmentary or epistolary narration, decayed or remote settings (frequently New England-inspired), and endings that are bleak or ambiguous rather than triumphant; recurring motifs include arcane tomes, ruined civilizations, and the suggestion of realities beyond human comprehension. The label also signals a stylistic influence—mood, existential terror, and existential skepticism—while contemporary writers using the category often reinterpret or critique problematic aspects of Lovecraft’s original views.

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