I've been a big fan of Lovecraft's works of literature and used them as inspiration for a lot of my own writing, but I've been unable to find a proper consensus on how his stories all fit together or if there even is a true canon.
Part of my confusion comes from how collections of his work are referred to, like the Cthulhu Mythos, which I understand consists of works from various authors but I believe it lacks a canonical timeline of sorts.
Is there a canonical order to HP Lovecraft's work, and if there is, how would it be formatted?