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Alan Baxter Books in Order

Find every Alan Baxter book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 50 books / 13 series

Alan Baxter is an Australian author of dark fantasy and horror, best known for the *Alex Caine* series and his *Bound* novels. A multiple Aurealis Award finalist, his work is praised for visceral, Lovecraftian storytelling. This page lists Alan Baxter’s books in order, including both publication chronology and series reading order.

All Alan Baxter Books in Chronological Order

2006 Realmshift POoTBB / 1 Buy
2009 Ghost of the Black POoSS / 1 Buy
2009 Magesign POoTBB / 2 Buy
2009 Shall We Have Magic? POoSS / 2 Buy
2011 Write The Fight Right POoNB / 1 Buy
2012 The Darkest Shade of Grey POoSS / 3 Buy
2013 Dark Rite(With: David Wood) POoSN / 1 Buy
2014 SNAFU(By: Jonathan Maberry,James A. Moore,W.D. Gagliani,Weston Ochse,Greig Beck,Christine Morgan,Curtis C. Chen,David Benton,Tyson Mauermann,Brian W.Taylor,Steve Ruthenbeck,Eric S. Brown,Kirsten Cross,David W. Amendola,Neal Litherland,Wayland Smith,JeffHewitt) POoSAAoMHB / 1 Buy
2014 Bound POoACB / 1 Buy
2014 Obsidian POoACB / 2 Buy
2014 Abduction POoACB / 3 Buy
2015 Wolves at the Door(By: James A. Moore,R.P.L. Johnson,Kirsten Cross,David W. Amendola,Steve Coate,John W. Dennehy,Brian W. Taylor) POoSAAoMHB / 2 Buy
2015 Bipolar Bared POoNB / 2 Buy
2015 What Wives Don't Know POoNB / 3 Buy
2016 Crow Shine POoSSC / 1 Buy
2016 Hunters(By: James A. Moore,Patrick Freivald,Christine Morgan,Seth Skorkowsky,Tim Marquitz,R.P.L. Johnson,Kirsten Cross,Brad Hodson,James A. Moore III) POoSAAoMHB / 3 Buy
2016 Future Warfare(With: Mike Resnick,Benjamin Cheah,Tim Marquitz,Asher Wismer,Jay Werkheiser,Steve Lewis,Anthony Izzo) POoSAAoMHB / 4 Buy
2016 Unnatural Selection(By: James A. Moore,Christopher Golden,Richard Lee Byers,Tim Lebbon,Lee Murray,Charles R. Rutledge,Michael McBride,Justin Bell,David W. Amendola) POoSAAoMHB / 5 Buy
2016 Black Ops(By: Jonathan Maberry,Nicholas Sansbury Smith,John O'Brien,Hank Schwaeble,James Lovegrove) POoSAAoMHB / 6 Buy
2017 Primordial(With: David Wood) POoSAIB / 1 Buy
2017 Blood Codex(With: David Wood) POoJCAB / 1 Buy
2017 Anubis Key(With: David Wood) POoJCAB / 2 Buy
2017 The Book Club POoSN / 2 Buy
2018 Manifest Recall POoECB / 1 Buy
2018 Overlord(With: David Wood) POoSAIB / 2 Buy
2018 Hidden City POoSN / 3 Buy
2018 Devouring Dark POoSN / 4 Buy
2018 Resurrection(By: James A. Moore,Charles R. Rutledge,N.X. Sharps,Evan Dicken,Matthew Summers,Justin Coates,Dirk Patton,Daniel Finley,Mark Renshaw,John McNichol) POoSAAoMHB / 7 Buy
2019 Served Cold POoSSC / 2 Buy
2019 Revenant(With: David Wood) POoJCB / 3 Buy
2019 Last Stand(With: B. Michael Radburn,Patrick Freivald,Justin Bell,Joshua Reynolds,Matthew Summers,Anna Stephens,Justin Coates) POoSAAoMHB / 8 Buy
2020 Recall Night POoECB / 2 Buy
2020 Sanctum(With: David Wood) POoJCAB / 4 Buy
2020 The Roo POoSN / 5 Buy
2020 Golden Fortune, Dragon Jade POoSN / 6 Buy
2020 Medivac(With: Jeremy Robinson,James A. Moore,Kane Gilmour,Greig Beck,Charles R. Rutledge,Seth Skorkowsky,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis) POoSAAoMHB / 9 Buy
2021 The Martial Art of Writing & Other Essays POoE / 1 Buy
2021 The Gulp POoTFTGB / 1 Buy
2021 Ghost Recall POoECB / 3 Buy
2021 Crocalypse(With: David Wood) POoSAIB / 3 Buy
2021 Survival of the Fittest(With: Jeremy Robinson,Matt Hilton,Kane Gilmour,Tim Marquitz,S.D. Perry,Jack Hanson) POoSAAoMHB / 10 Buy
2021 Holy War(By: James A. Moore,B. Michael Radburn,Kirsten Cross,Justin Bell,Evan Dicken,Duncan McGeary) POoSAAoMHB / 11 Buy
2022 The Fall POoTFTGB / 2 Buy
2022 Sallow Bend POoSN / 7 Buy
2022 Dead or Alive(With: James A. Moore,David Benton,Charles R. Rutledge,Edward M. Erdelac,Joshua Reynolds,Justin Coates,John W. Salvage,W. D. Gagliani) POoSAAoMHB / 12 Buy
2023 Punk'd(With: James A. Moore,Greg Chapman,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis,Justin Coates,Mark Renshaw,Amanda Bridgeman,Pamela Jeffs,Richard Beauchamp,Myna Chang) POoSAAoMHB / 13 Buy
2024 Blood Covenant POoSN / 8 Buy
2024 AI Insurrection(With: Charles R. Rutledge,Anthony J. Melchiorri,R.P.L. Johnson,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis,Justin Coates,Pamela Jeffs) POoSAAoMHB / 14 Buy
2025 Contagion(By: Jonathan Maberry,Charles R. Rutledge,Martin Livings,Josh Reynolds,Benjamin Spada) POoSAAoMHB / 15 Buy
2026 The Rise POoTFTGB / 3 Buy

Alan Baxter Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

Eli Carver Books in Reading Order 3 books / 2018-2021
01 Manifest Recall 2018 Buy
02 Recall Night 2020 Buy
03 Ghost Recall 2021 Buy
01 The Gulp 2021 Buy
02 The Fall 2022 Buy
03 The Rise 2026 Buy
01 Crow Shine 2016 Buy
02 Served Cold 2019 Buy
01 The Martial Art of Writing & Other Essays 2021 Buy
01 Realmshift 2006 Buy
02 Magesign 2009 Buy
01 Blood Codex(With: David Wood) 2017 Buy
02 Anubis Key(With: David Wood) 2017 Buy
04 Sanctum(With: David Wood) 2020 Buy
01 Write The Fight Right 2011 Buy
02 Bipolar Bared 2015 Buy
03 What Wives Don't Know 2015 Buy
01 SNAFU(By: Jonathan Maberry,James A. Moore,W.D. Gagliani,Weston Ochse,Greig Beck,Christine Morgan,Curtis C. Chen,David Benton,Tyson Mauermann,Brian W.Taylor,Steve Ruthenbeck,Eric S. Brown,Kirsten Cross,David W. Amendola,Neal Litherland,Wayland Smith,JeffHewitt) 2014 Buy
02 Wolves at the Door(By: James A. Moore,R.P.L. Johnson,Kirsten Cross,David W. Amendola,Steve Coate,John W. Dennehy,Brian W. Taylor) 2015 Buy
03 Hunters(By: James A. Moore,Patrick Freivald,Christine Morgan,Seth Skorkowsky,Tim Marquitz,R.P.L. Johnson,Kirsten Cross,Brad Hodson,James A. Moore III) 2016 Buy
04 Future Warfare(With: Mike Resnick,Benjamin Cheah,Tim Marquitz,Asher Wismer,Jay Werkheiser,Steve Lewis,Anthony Izzo) 2016 Buy
05 Unnatural Selection(By: James A. Moore,Christopher Golden,Richard Lee Byers,Tim Lebbon,Lee Murray,Charles R. Rutledge,Michael McBride,Justin Bell,David W. Amendola) 2016 Buy
06 Black Ops(By: Jonathan Maberry,Nicholas Sansbury Smith,John O'Brien,Hank Schwaeble,James Lovegrove) 2016 Buy
07 Resurrection(By: James A. Moore,Charles R. Rutledge,N.X. Sharps,Evan Dicken,Matthew Summers,Justin Coates,Dirk Patton,Daniel Finley,Mark Renshaw,John McNichol) 2018 Buy
08 Last Stand(With: B. Michael Radburn,Patrick Freivald,Justin Bell,Joshua Reynolds,Matthew Summers,Anna Stephens,Justin Coates) 2019 Buy
09 Medivac(With: Jeremy Robinson,James A. Moore,Kane Gilmour,Greig Beck,Charles R. Rutledge,Seth Skorkowsky,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis) 2020 Buy
10 Survival of the Fittest(With: Jeremy Robinson,Matt Hilton,Kane Gilmour,Tim Marquitz,S.D. Perry,Jack Hanson) 2021 Buy
11 Holy War(By: James A. Moore,B. Michael Radburn,Kirsten Cross,Justin Bell,Evan Dicken,Duncan McGeary) 2021 Buy
12 Dead or Alive(With: James A. Moore,David Benton,Charles R. Rutledge,Edward M. Erdelac,Joshua Reynolds,Justin Coates,John W. Salvage,W. D. Gagliani) 2022 Buy
13 Punk'd(With: James A. Moore,Greg Chapman,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis,Justin Coates,Mark Renshaw,Amanda Bridgeman,Pamela Jeffs,Richard Beauchamp,Myna Chang) 2023 Buy
14 AI Insurrection(With: Charles R. Rutledge,Anthony J. Melchiorri,R.P.L. Johnson,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis,Justin Coates,Pamela Jeffs) 2024 Buy
15 Contagion(By: Jonathan Maberry,Charles R. Rutledge,Martin Livings,Josh Reynolds,Benjamin Spada) 2025 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 8 books / 2013-2024
01 Dark Rite(With: David Wood) 2013 Buy
02 The Book Club 2017 Buy
03 Hidden City 2018 Buy
04 Devouring Dark 2018 Buy
05 The Roo 2020 Buy
06 Golden Fortune, Dragon Jade 2020 Buy
07 Sallow Bend 2022 Buy
08 Blood Covenant 2024 Buy
03 Revenant(With: David Wood) 2019 Buy
01 Ghost of the Black 2009 Buy
02 Shall We Have Magic? 2009 Buy
03 The Darkest Shade of Grey 2012 Buy
01 Primordial(With: David Wood) 2017 Buy
02 Overlord(With: David Wood) 2018 Buy
03 Crocalypse(With: David Wood) 2021 Buy
Alex Caine Books in Reading Order 3 books / 2014-2014
01 Bound 2014 Buy
02 Obsidian 2014 Buy
03 Abduction 2014 Buy

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What is the best order to read Alan Baxter books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

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Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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