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Brian Keene Books in Order

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 98 books / 17 series

American author Brian Keene is best known for his horror series *The Rising* and *Earthworm Gods*. A prolific voice in modern horror, he has won the Bram Stoker Award and sold millions of copies worldwide. This page provides the Brian Keene books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All Brian Keene Books in Chronological Order

1994 Goblins(By: Charles L. Grant) POoTXB / 1 Buy
1995 Hunter(By: Charles L. Grant) POoTXB / 2 Buy
1995 Ground Zero(By: Kevin J. Anderson) POoTXB / 3 Buy
1995 Whirlwind(By: Charles L. Grant) POoTXB / 4 Buy
1995 Ruins(By: Kevin J. Anderson) POoTXB / 5 Buy
1997 Antibodies(By: Kevin J. Anderson) POoTXB / 6 Buy
1998 Jobs in Hell(With: Kelly Laymon) POoNB / 1 Buy
1998 Skin(By: Ben Mezrich) POoTXB / 7 Buy
1998 Fight the Future(By: Elizabeth Hand) POoTXB / 8 Buy
1999 Clickers(By: J.F. Gonzalez) POoCB / 1 Buy
2001 No Rest for the Wicked POoSSC / 1 Buy
2001 4 X 4 POoSSC / 2 Buy
2002 Talking Smack POoSSC / 3 Buy
2003 The Rising POoTRB / 1 Buy
2003 The Rise and Fall of Babylon POoSSC / 4 Buy
2003 No Rest At All POoSSC / 5 Buy
2004 Terminal POoSN / 1 Buy
2004 Sympathy For The Devil POoNB / 2 Buy
2004 Fear of Gravity POoSSC / 6 Buy
2005 Earthworm Gods / The Conqueror Worms POoTEGB / 1 Buy
2005 City of the Dead POoTRB / 2 Buy
2006 Dark Hollow / The Rutting Season POoLHB / 1 Buy
2006 The Hollow POoSN / 2 Buy
2006 Clickers II: The Next Wave(With: J.F. Gonzalez) POoCB / 2 Buy
2006 Running with the Devil POoNB / 3 Buy
2007 Earthworm Gods II: Deluge POoTEGB / 2 Buy
2007 Ghoul POoSN / 3 Buy
2007 Dead Sea POoSN / 4 Buy
2007 The New Fear POoNB / 4 Buy
2008 Ghost Walk POoLHB / 2 Buy
2008 Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes from the End of the World POoTEGB / 3 Buy
2008 Kill Whitey POoSN / 5 Buy
2008 A Little Silver Book of Streetwise Stories POoSSC / 7 Buy
2008 I Want to Believe(By: Max Allan Collins) POoTXB / 9 Buy
2009 Dead of Night POoGN / 1 Buy
2009 Halves POoSS / 2 Buy
2009 Castaways POoSN / 6 Buy
2009 Urban Gothic POoSN / 7 Buy
2009 Unhappy Endings POoSSC / 8 Buy
2010 A Gathering of Crows POoLSB / 2 Buy
2010 Clickers III: Dagon Rising(With: J.F. Gonzalez) POoCB / 3 Buy
2010 Darkness on the Edge of Town POoSS / 3 Buy
2010 The Cage POoSS / 4 Buy
2010 Leader of the Banned POoNB / 5 Buy
2010 Scratch POoSS / 5 Buy
2011 Inferno POoTLZB / 1 Buy
2011 Doom Patrol, Volume 3(With: Keith Giffen) POoGN / 2 Buy
2011 Jack's Magic Beans POoSS / 6 Buy
2011 Take The Long Way Home POoSS / 7 Buy
2011 Tequila's Sunrise POoSS / 8 Buy
2011 Shades(With: Geoff Cooper) POoSN / 8 Buy
2011 The Damned Highway(With: Nick Mamatas) POoSN / 9 Buy
2011 Entombed POoSN / 10 Buy
2012 Origin of Hordak(With: Keith Giffen) POoMotUOoEB / 1 Buy
2012 Clickers vs Zombies(With: J.F. Gonzalez) POoCB / 4 Buy
2012 Alone POoSS / 9 Buy
2012 Intermusings(With: John Lee) POoSSC / 9 Buy
2012 Sundancing POoSS / 10 Buy
2012 An Occurrence in Crazy Bear Valley POoSN / 11 Buy
2013 Neverland POoTLZB / 2 Buy
2013 Last of the Albatwitches POoLSB / 3 Buy
2013 Before the After POoTLZB / 3 Buy
2013 The End POoTLZB / 4 Buy
2013 Blood on the Page POoSSC / 10 Buy
2013 The Girl on the Glider POoSS / 11 Buy
2014 The Lost Level POoLLB / 1 Buy
2014 Trigger Warnings POoNB / 6 Buy
2015 King of the Bastards POoSoRB / 1 Buy
2015 Deliverance POoTRB / 3 Buy
2015 Dead New World POoTLZB / 5 Buy
2015 Trust No One(With: Gayle Lynds,Heather Graham,Jonathan Maberry,Max Allan Collins,Kevin J. Anderson,Tim Lebbon,Keith R.A. DeCandido,Peter Clines,Gini Koch) POoTXB / 10 Buy
2015 Where We Live and Die POoSSC / 11 Buy
2015 The Complex POoSN / 12 Buy
2016 Unsafe Spaces POoNB / 7 Buy
2016 The Truth Is Out There(By: Jonathan Maberry,Kelley Armstrong,David Farland,Rachel Caine,Hank Schwaeble,Kami Garcia,Jon McGoran,Hank Phillippi Ryan) POoTXB / 11 Buy
2016 All Dark, All The Time POoSSC / 12 Buy
2016 Pressure POoSN / 13 Buy
2016 School's Out POoSN / 14 Buy
2017 Return to the Lost Level POoLLB / 2 Buy
2017 Throne of the Bastards POoSoRB / 2 Buy
2017 Other Words POoNB / 8 Buy
2018 Hole in the World POoLLB / 3 Buy
2018 White Fire POoSN / 15 Buy
2019 Love Letters From A Nihilist POoSSC / 13 Buy
2020 Terminal: The Play(With: Roy C. Booth) POoSP / 1 Buy
2020 End of the Road POoNB / 9 Buy
2021 The Seven POoTLB / 1 Buy
2021 With Teeth POoSS / 12 Buy
2021 Suburban Gothic(With: Bryan Smith) POoSN / 16 Buy
2022 Submerged POoTLB / 2 Buy
2022 Killer of Giants(By: Steven L. Shrewsbury) POoSoRB / 3 Buy
2022 Curse of the Bastards POoSoRB / 4 Buy
2022 Clickers Never Die(By: Stephen Kozeniewski,Wile E. Young) POoCB / 5 Buy
2024 BladeSpell(By: Steven L. Shrewsbury) POoSoRB / 5 Buy
2024 Love and Hate in the Time of Covid POoNB / 10 Buy
2024 Perihelion(By: Claudia Gray) POoTXB / 12 Buy
2024 Thor: Metal Gods(With: Yoon Ha Lee,Jay Edidin,Aaron Stewart-Ahn) POoSN / 17 Buy
2024 Island of the Dead POoSN / 18 Buy

Brian Keene Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 Inferno 2011 Buy
02 Neverland 2013 Buy
03 Before the After 2013 Buy
04 The End 2013 Buy
05 Dead New World 2015 Buy
Clickers Books in Reading Order 5 books / 1999-2022
01 Clickers(By: J.F. Gonzalez) 1999 Buy
02 Clickers II: The Next Wave(With: J.F. Gonzalez) 2006 Buy
03 Clickers III: Dagon Rising(With: J.F. Gonzalez) 2010 Buy
04 Clickers vs Zombies(With: J.F. Gonzalez) 2012 Buy
05 Clickers Never Die(By: Stephen Kozeniewski,Wile E. Young) 2022 Buy
01 King of the Bastards 2015 Buy
02 Throne of the Bastards 2017 Buy
03 Killer of Giants(By: Steven L. Shrewsbury) 2022 Buy
04 Curse of the Bastards 2022 Buy
05 BladeSpell(By: Steven L. Shrewsbury) 2024 Buy
01 Terminal: The Play(With: Roy C. Booth) 2020 Buy
02 Halves 2009 Buy
03 Darkness on the Edge of Town 2010 Buy
04 The Cage 2010 Buy
05 Scratch 2010 Buy
06 Jack's Magic Beans 2011 Buy
07 Take The Long Way Home 2011 Buy
08 Tequila's Sunrise 2011 Buy
09 Alone 2012 Buy
10 Sundancing 2012 Buy
11 The Girl on the Glider 2013 Buy
12 With Teeth 2021 Buy
02 A Gathering of Crows 2010 Buy
03 Last of the Albatwitches 2013 Buy
01 Dark Hollow / The Rutting Season 2006 Buy
02 Ghost Walk 2008 Buy
Graphic Books in Reading Order 2 books / 2009-2011
01 Dead of Night 2009 Buy
02 Doom Patrol, Volume 3(With: Keith Giffen) 2011 Buy
01 Earthworm Gods / The Conqueror Worms 2005 Buy
02 Earthworm Gods II: Deluge 2007 Buy
03 Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes from the End of the World 2008 Buy
01 Origin of Hordak(With: Keith Giffen) 2012 Buy
01 The Seven 2021 Buy
02 Submerged 2022 Buy
Lost Level Books in Reading Order 3 books / 2014-2018
01 The Lost Level 2014 Buy
02 Return to the Lost Level 2017 Buy
03 Hole in the World 2018 Buy
Non-Fiction Books in Reading Order 10 books / 1998-2024
01 Jobs in Hell(With: Kelly Laymon) 1998 Buy
02 Sympathy For The Devil 2004 Buy
03 Running with the Devil 2006 Buy
04 The New Fear 2007 Buy
05 Leader of the Banned 2010 Buy
06 Trigger Warnings 2014 Buy
07 Unsafe Spaces 2016 Buy
08 Other Words 2017 Buy
09 End of the Road 2020 Buy
10 Love and Hate in the Time of Covid 2024 Buy
The X-Files Books in Reading Order 12 books / 1994-2024
01 Goblins(By: Charles L. Grant) 1994 Buy
02 Hunter(By: Charles L. Grant) 1995 Buy
03 Ground Zero(By: Kevin J. Anderson) 1995 Buy
04 Whirlwind(By: Charles L. Grant) 1995 Buy
05 Ruins(By: Kevin J. Anderson) 1995 Buy
06 Antibodies(By: Kevin J. Anderson) 1997 Buy
07 Skin(By: Ben Mezrich) 1998 Buy
08 Fight the Future(By: Elizabeth Hand) 1998 Buy
09 I Want to Believe(By: Max Allan Collins) 2008 Buy
10 Trust No One(With: Gayle Lynds,Heather Graham,Jonathan Maberry,Max Allan Collins,Kevin J. Anderson,Tim Lebbon,Keith R.A. DeCandido,Peter Clines,Gini Koch) 2015 Buy
11 The Truth Is Out There(By: Jonathan Maberry,Kelley Armstrong,David Farland,Rachel Caine,Hank Schwaeble,Kami Garcia,Jon McGoran,Hank Phillippi Ryan) 2016 Buy
12 Perihelion(By: Claudia Gray) 2024 Buy
The Rising Books in Reading Order 3 books / 2003-2015
01 The Rising 2003 Buy
02 City of the Dead 2005 Buy
03 Deliverance 2015 Buy
01 No Rest for the Wicked 2001 Buy
02 4 X 4 2001 Buy
03 Talking Smack 2002 Buy
04 The Rise and Fall of Babylon 2003 Buy
05 No Rest At All 2003 Buy
06 Fear of Gravity 2004 Buy
07 A Little Silver Book of Streetwise Stories 2008 Buy
08 Unhappy Endings 2009 Buy
09 Intermusings(With: John Lee) 2012 Buy
10 Blood on the Page 2013 Buy
11 Where We Live and Die 2015 Buy
12 All Dark, All The Time 2016 Buy
13 Love Letters From A Nihilist 2019 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 18 books / 2004-2024
01 Terminal 2004 Buy
02 The Hollow 2006 Buy
03 Ghoul 2007 Buy
04 Dead Sea 2007 Buy
05 Kill Whitey 2008 Buy
06 Castaways 2009 Buy
07 Urban Gothic 2009 Buy
08 Shades(With: Geoff Cooper) 2011 Buy
09 The Damned Highway(With: Nick Mamatas) 2011 Buy
10 Entombed 2011 Buy
11 An Occurrence in Crazy Bear Valley 2012 Buy
12 The Complex 2015 Buy
13 Pressure 2016 Buy
14 School's Out 2016 Buy
15 White Fire 2018 Buy
16 Suburban Gothic(With: Bryan Smith) 2021 Buy
17 Thor: Metal Gods(With: Yoon Ha Lee,Jay Edidin,Aaron Stewart-Ahn) 2024 Buy
18 Island of the Dead 2024 Buy

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