Read, Magic, Read

Крюк / Лабиринт — Hook / Labyrinth novelizations  (Russia)
Publisher: Erika  / 1993
ISBN - 5-85775-025-3
1993 Price: 4,000 rubles ($9.60 USD)
Includes color plates for both films.
Cover Art: V. Zorin
Translator (Labyrinth): L. Klyukin

Labyrinth Dove Tutto E'Possible (Italy)
Publisher: Bompiani / 1988
Part of Series: Grandi Tascabili, No. 80
ISBN: 88-452-0319-0
Cover Art: Aurelia Raffo
Translator: Mariagiovanna Anzil
1988 Price: ₤8,500 Italian lire  ($6.80 US)

The Goblin King's Labyrinth (Japan)
Publisher / Date: Kodansha / June 25, 1986
Series: Kodansha X Bunko
ISBN: 4-06-190063-3
1986 Price: ¥500 ($3.00 US)
Translator: Masahiro Noda
includes obi

Dentro del laberinto (Spain)
Author: ACH Smith
Translator: Noemi Risco Mateo
Published: Nocturna Ediciones
Date: Dec. 2023
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8419680311
2023 Price: ~$28.99 USD

Labyrinthe (French)
Author: ACH Smith
Translator: Amale Naccache
Published: Ramsay / Jan. 1987
Series: Ramsay Poche Cinema No. 35
ISBN: 2-85956-549-3

Jim Henson's Labyrinth (Italian)
Author: ACH Smith
Translators: Maria Giovanna Anzil,
Andrea Baricordi, Antonia Pezzato
Publisher: Kappalab / Nov. 2017
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8898002874
€16.00 ($19.00 USD)

Jim Henson's Labyrinth Tales
Publisher: BOOM! Studios / Sept. 27, 2016
48 pages
ISBN-10: 1608869318
2016 Price: $16.99 USD
Part of the 30th anniversary collection

Labyrinth: The ABC Storybook
Author: Luke Flowers
Publisher: Imprint / Sept. 29, 2020
2020 Price: $17.99 USD
32 pages
ISBN-10: 1250268206 

Jim Henson's Labyrinth: A Discovery Adventure
Author: Jim Henson
Illustrator: Laura Langston, Kate Sherron
Publisher: BOOM! Studios / Feb. 26, 2019
24 pages
ISBN-10: 1684152380 

Jim Henson's Labyrinth:
Goodnight, Goblin King
Author: S.T. Bende
Illustrator: Bill Robinson
Publisher / Date: Insight Kids / Oct. 3, 2023
32 pages
2023 Price: $18.00

Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Straight to the Castle
Illustrator: Eric Hunting
Series: PlayPop
Publisher: Insight Kids
Published: Feb. 2, 2021
10 pages
2021 Price: $10.99

Outside Over There
Author & Illustrator: Maurice Sendak
Publisher: Harper & Row / edition not verified
ISBN: 0-06-025523-X
While not an official Labyrinth piece, there is a Henson credit that states "he acknowledges his debt to the works of Maurice Sendak." This Sendak book is the most obvious inspiration.

Labyrinth: The Ultimate Visual History
Publisher: Insight Editions / Oct. 18, 2016
Author: Paula Block, Terry Erdmann
ISBN: 1608878104
2016 Price: $45
Part of the 30th anniversary collection 

The Goblins of Labyrinth - 1986
Art / Text: Brian Froud, Terry Jones

UK first edition: Pavilion Books
ISBN 1-85145-058-0

U.S. paperback: Henry Holt/Owl Books
ISBN 0-03-007318-9 

U.S. hardcover: Henry Holt
ISBN 0-03-008499-7

The Goblins of Labyrinth:
20th Anniversary Edition
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams / Sept. 2006
Art / Text: Brian Froud, Terry Jones
ISBN-10: 0-8109-7055-4
2006 Price: $26.95 USD (not verified)
Part of the 20th anniversary collection
Hardcover with dust jacket

Jim Henson's Artist Tribute
Published: Nov. 8, 2016
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
100 pages
Author: James Maury Henson
ISBN: 978-1613985687
Part of the 30th anniversary collection

OTHER EDITIONS (not in my basement)

1996 — Turner Publishing, USA — ISBN 1-57036-284-X

1996 — Pavilion, UK — ISBN 1-85793-795-3

1999 — Pavilion — ISBN 1-86205-337-5

2003 — Pavilion/Chrysalis — ISBN 1-86205-648-X,

Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Bestiary: A Definitive Guide to the Creatures of the Goblin King's Realm
Author: S.T. Bende
Illustrator: Iris Compiet, Toby Froud
Publisher: Insight Editions
Published: June 76, 2022 -160 pages
ISBN: 1647224748
2022 Price: $35

Labyrinth: A Novel Based
on the Jim Henson Film
Author: ACH Smith
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company / 1986
ISBN: 0-03-007322-7
Original retail price: $2.95 USD
Cover Art: Ted CoConis
Mass market paperback, contains color photographs

Jim Henson's Labyrinth: The Novelization
Author: ACH Smith
Illustrator: Brian Froud
Published: BOOM! Studios / April 2014
2014 Price: ~$16 USD
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1613982709

Jim Henson's Labyrinth Original Motion Picture Adaptation
Author: John Buscema, Jim Henson
Published: Feb. 11, 2025
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
ISBN: 889215089G
2025 Price: $12.99 - 80 pages
ASIN: B0D7Z6YWK7 

Jim Henson's Labyrinth: The Illustrated Novelization
Author: Liz Braswell
Illustrator: Andrea Guardino
Publisher: ‎Insight Kids / July 2026
ISBN-13: ‎ 979-8337402291
2026 Price: $27.99 USD

This is a beautiful fan version by A. Corrigan where the whole movie is written out in sonnet form

CLICK ON IMAGE
TO LOOK INSIDE.
Very spicy. More details in the Grimoire section.

No Strings Attached - The Inside Story of Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Macmillan General Reference

Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 1997

Author: Matt Bacon

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0028620089

The Fairy Tales of Jim Henson

Author: Andrea Wright

Chapter 3: Mainstream ambition to cult classic: Labyrinth

Published: September 2, 2025
Publisher: Manchester University Press

Pages 211
ISBN 1526166119

The Wider World of Jim Henson
Author: Jennifer Garlen
Published: McFarland & Company Dec. 2012
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0786469862
2012 Price: $35 USD

This cover is HTF because it was discontinued due to a complaint from legal about the use of Bowie/Jareth.

Labyrinth: VHS:
The Making of Jim Henson's Iconic Film
Series: VHS: Visual Handbook Series
Author: Paula Block, Terry Erdmann
Publisher: Insight Editions / Mar. 2026
144 pages
2026 Price: $24.99

Jim Henson's Imagination Illustrated
Author: Karen Faulk, Ron Howard, Lisa Henson
Publisher: Insight Editions / Aug. 27, 2024
192 pages
ISBN 9798886636147
2026 Price: $39.99
Purchase HERE.

Imagination Illustrated, Jim Henson's Journal
Author: Karen Faulk
Publisher: Chronicle Books / Nov. 7, 2012
192 pages
ISBN 1452105820  
2012 Price: $29.95
Purchase HERE.

Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic and Power

Labyrinth material: pp. 94–97

Author: Pam Grossman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster - 2009

ISBN: 978-1-9821-0071-1
Contains: A cultural exploration of women, magic, and power that uses Labyrinth—particularly Sarah’s relationship with Jareth—to examine coming of age, attraction, temptation, and a young woman’s discovery of her own power and agency. 

David Bowie and Romanticism
Pub. Palgrave Macmillan
Aug. 2022
Chapter 5.3: Labyrinth (1986)

Chapter 9: The Goblin King, Absurdity,
and Nonbinary Thinking 

Heartthrobs: A History of Women and Desire — 2017

Author: Carol Dyhouse
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Labyrinth material: p. 163
ISBN: 978-0-19-876583-7
Contains: in Chapter 5, “Dark Princes, Foreign Powers: Desert Lovers, Outsiders, and Vampires” (pp. 101–121), where Dyhouse discusses David Bowie as Jareth and his sexual allure as a dangerous, supernatural “bad-boy” figure. 

Gramarye: The Journal of the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy #9 

Article: “‘As the World Falls Down’: David Bowie's Role as a Father Figure in Jim Henson's Labyrinth”
Author: J. Patrick Pazdziora
Publisher: University of Chichester, United Kingdom
Publish Date: 2016
Pages: 18–34
Type: Academic journal article
What's inside: Extended scholarly examination of Jareth, Bowie, fatherhood and Sarah's relationship with the Goblin King.

The Wider World of Jim Henson
Author: Jennifer Garlen
Published: McFarland & Company Dec. 2012
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0786469862
2012 Price: $35 USD
This is the cover that was used after a complaint was made about the first cover with Jareth on it.

David Bowie and Film:
Hooked to the Silver Screen
Pub. Palgrave Macmillan
Nov. 2022
Chapter 5.3: Labyrinth (1986)

The first monograph dedicated to an academic analysis of David Bowie’s appearances in film.

The Music of Fantasy Cinema — 2013

Chapter: “Entering the Labyrinth: How Henson and Bowie Created a Musical Fantasy”
Author: Liz Giuffre
Editor: Janet K. Halfyard
Publisher: Equinox Publishing
Page: 104
Type: Academic/reference book chapter
What's inside: Analysis of the film's music and the creative relationship between Henson's fantasy world and Bowie's contribution.

The Antic Art: Enhancing Children's Literary Experiences Through Film and Video

Chapter: “Labyrinth: Jim Henson's ‘Game’ of Children's Literature and Film”
Author: Donna R. White
Editor: Lucy Rollin
Publisher: Highsmith Press, 1993
Pages: 117–129
ISBN: 978-0-917846-27-4
What's inside: Extended scholarly examination of Labyrinth as children's literature and film.

It's only forever. labyrinth
Author: Jes Battis
Publisher: ECW Press (April 7, 2026)
#17 in the Pop Classics Book Series
Length: 160 pages
ISBN13: 9781770418585
$15.95 USD

A personal, cultural, political and academic interpretation of the film, looking at why Labyrinth has remained meaningful for forty years.

A major argument is that Labyrinth speaks particularly strongly to people who have felt different, marginalized or outside conventional expectations. Battis examines Sarah's journey into the Labyrinth as a story about childhood, identity, growing up and discovering personal power. The book gives particular attention to queer and neurodivergent readings of the movie and its characters.