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James Axler Books in Order

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 234 books / 3 series

James Axler is the pseudonym for a series of American authors best known for the post-apocalyptic *Deathlands* and *Outlanders* series. With over 20 million copies in print, the franchise is a cornerstone of the survivalist genre. This page lists James Axler’s books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

All James Axler Books in Chronological Order

1986 Pilgrimage to Hell POoDB / 1 Buy
1986 Red Holocaust POoDB / 2 Buy
1987 Neutron Solstice POoDB / 3 Buy
1987 Crater Lake POoDB / 4 Buy
1987 Homeward Bound POoDB / 5 Buy
1988 Pony Soldiers POoDB / 6 Buy
1988 Dectra Chain POoDB / 7 Buy
1988 Ice and Fire POoDB / 8 Buy
1989 Red Equinox POoDB / 9 Buy
1989 Northstar Rising POoDB / 10 Buy
1990 Time Nomads POoDB / 11 Buy
1991 Latitude Zero POoDB / 12 Buy
1991 Seedling POoDB / 13 Buy
1991 Dark Carnival POoDB / 14 Buy
1992 Chill Factor POoDB / 15 Buy
1992 Moon Fate POoDB / 16 Buy
1993 Earth Blood POoEB / 1 Buy
1993 Shockscape POoDB / 17 Buy
1993 Fury's Pilgrims POoDB / 18 Buy
1993 Deep Empire POoDB / 19 Buy
1994 Deep Trek POoEB / 2 Buy
1994 Aurora Quest POoEB / 3 Buy
1994 Cold Asylum POoDB / 20 Buy
1994 Twilight Children POoDB / 21 Buy
1994 Rider, Reaper POoDB / 22 Buy
1994 Road Wars POoDB / 23 Buy
1994 Trader Redux POoDB / 24 Buy
1995 Genesis Echo POoDB / 25 Buy
1995 Bloodlines POoDB / 26 Buy
1995 Shadowfall POoDB / 27 Buy
1995 Ground Zero POoDB / 28 Buy
1995 Emerald Fire POoDB / 29 Buy
1996 Eclipse at Noon POoDB / 30 Buy
1996 Bitter Fruit POoDB / 31 Buy
1996 Crossways POoDB / 32 Buy
1996 Keepers of the Sun POoDB / 33 Buy
1996 Circle Thrice POoDB / 34 Buy
1996 Stoneface POoDB / 35 Buy
1997 Exile to Hell POoOB / 1 Buy
1997 Destiny Run POoOB / 2 Buy
1997 Savage Sun POoOB / 3 Buy
1997 Skydark POoDB / 36 Buy
1997 Demons of Eden POoDB / 37 Buy
1997 The Mars Arena POoDB / 38 Buy
1997 Watersleep POoDB / 39 Buy
1997 Nightmare Passage POoDB / 40 Buy
1998 Omega Path POoOB / 4 Buy
1998 Parallax Red POoOB / 5 Buy
1998 Doomstar Relic POoOB / 6 Buy
1998 Iceblood POoOB / 7 Buy
1998 Crucible of Time POoDB / 41 Buy
1998 Freedom Lost POoDB / 42 Buy
1998 Way of the Wolf POoDB / 43 Buy
1998 Dark Emblem POoDB / 44 Buy
1999 Armageddon Axis POoOB / 8 Buy
1999 Hellbound Fury POoOB / 9 Buy
1999 Night Eternal POoOB / 10 Buy
1999 Outer Darkness POoOB / 11 Buy
1999 Gaia's Demise(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 45 Buy
1999 Encounter POoDB / 46 Buy
1999 Starfall POoDB / 47 Buy
1999 Gemini Rising(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 48 Buy
1999 Dark Reckoning(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 49 Buy
2000 Wreath of Fire(With: Mel Odom) POoOB / 12 Buy
2000 Shadow Scourge POoOB / 13 Buy
2000 Hell Rising POoOB / 14 Buy
2000 Doom Dynasty POoOB / 15 Buy
2000 Rat King POoDB / 50 Buy
2000 Shadow World POoDB / 51 Buy
2000 Pandora's Redoubt(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 52 Buy
2000 Zero City(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 53 Buy
2001 Tigers of Heaven POoOB / 16 Buy
2001 Purgatory Road POoOB / 17 Buy
2001 Sargasso Plunder(With: Mel Odom) POoOB / 18 Buy
2001 Tomb of Time POoOB / 19 Buy
2001 Judas Strike(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 54 Buy
2001 Savage Armada(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 55 Buy
2001 Shadow Fortress(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 56 Buy
2001 Sunchild POoDB / 57 Buy
2002 Prodigal Chalice(With: Mel Odom) POoOB / 20 Buy
2002 Devil in the Moon POoOB / 21 Buy
2002 Dragoneye POoOB / 22 Buy
2002 Far Empire POoOB / 23 Buy
2002 Salvation Road POoDB / 58 Buy
2002 Breakthrough POoDB / 59 Buy
2002 Amazon Gate POoDB / 60 Buy
2002 Destiny's Truth POoDB / 61 Buy
2003 Talon and Fang POoOB / 24 Buy
2003 Equinox Zero POoOB / 25 Buy
2003 Sea of Plague POoOB / 26 Buy
2003 Awakening POoOB / 27 Buy
2003 Skydark Spawn POoDB / 62 Buy
2003 Damnation Road Show POoDB / 63 Buy
2003 Devil Riders(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 64 Buy
2003 Bloodfire(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 65 Buy
2004 Mask of the Sphinx POoOB / 28 Buy
2004 Mad God's Wrath POoOB / 29 Buy
2004 Sun Lord POoOB / 30 Buy
2004 Uluru Destiny POoOB / 31 Buy
2004 Hellbenders POoDB / 66 Buy
2004 Separation POoDB / 67 Buy
2004 Death Hunt POoDB / 68 Buy
2004 Shaking Earth POoDB / 69 Buy
2005 Successors POoOB / 32 Buy
2005 Evil Abyss POoOB / 33 Buy
2005 Cerberus Storm POoOB / 34 Buy
2005 Children of the Serpent POoOB / 35 Buy
2005 Black Harvest POoDB / 70 Buy
2005 Vengeance Trail POoDB / 71 Buy
2005 Ritual Chill POoDB / 72 Buy
2005 Atlantis Reprise POoDB / 73 Buy
2006 Hydra's Ring POoOB / 36 Buy
2006 Refuge POoOB / 37 Buy
2006 Rim of the World POoOB / 38 Buy
2006 Lords of the Deep POoOB / 39 Buy
2006 Labyrinth POoDB / 74 Buy
2006 Strontium Swamp POoDB / 75 Buy
2006 Shatter Zone(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 76 Buy
2006 Perdition Valley(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 77 Buy
2007 Closing the Cosmic Eye POoOB / 40 Buy
2007 Skull Throne POoOB / 41 Buy
2007 Ghostwalk POoOB / 42 Buy
2007 Satan's Seed POoOB / 43 Buy
2007 Death Cry POoOB / 44 Buy
2007 Dark Goddess POoOB / 45 Buy
2007 Cannibal Moon POoDB / 78 Buy
2007 Sky Raider(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 79 Buy
2007 Remember Tomorrow POoDB / 80 Buy
2007 Apocalypse Unborn POoDB / 81 Buy
2007 Sunspot POoDB / 82 Buy
2008 Grailstone Gambit POoOB / 46 Buy
2008 Pantheon of Vengeance POoOB / 47 Buy
2008 Desert Kings(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 83 Buy
2008 Thunder Road POoDB / 84 Buy
2008 Plague Lords POoDB / 85 Buy
2009 Shadow Box POoOB / 48 Buy
2009 Janus Trap POoOB / 49 Buy
2009 Serpent's Tooth POoOB / 50 Buy
2009 Warlord of the Pit POoOB / 51 Buy
2009 Alpha Wave POoDB / 86 Buy
2009 Time Castaways(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 87 Buy
2009 Eden's Twilight(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 88 Buy
2009 Desolation Crossing POoDB / 89 Buy
2009 Dark Resurrection POoDB / 90 Buy
2009 Prophecy POoDB / 91 Buy
2010 Oblivion Stone POoOB / 52 Buy
2010 Reality Echo POoOB / 53 Buy
2010 Infinity Breach POoOB / 54 Buy
2010 Distortion Offensive POoOB / 55 Buy
2010 Blood Harvest POoDB / 92 Buy
2010 Baptism of Rage POoDB / 93 Buy
2010 Arcadian's Asylum POoDB / 94 Buy
2010 Doom Helix POoDB / 95 Buy
2010 Moonfeast(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 96 Buy
2010 Downrigger Drift POoDB / 97 Buy
2011 Truth Engine POoOB / 56 Buy
2011 Cradle of Destiny POoOB / 57 Buy
2011 Scarlet Dream POoOB / 58 Buy
2011 Infestation Cubed POoOB / 59 Buy
2011 Lost Gates POoDB / 98 Buy
2011 Prodigal's Return(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 99 Buy
2011 Perception Fault POoDB / 100 Buy
2011 Tainted Cascade(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 101 Buy
2011 Playfair's Axiom POoDB / 102 Buy
2012 Genesis Sinister POoOB / 60 Buy
2012 Dragon City POoOB / 61 Buy
2012 God War POoOB / 62 Buy
2012 Planet Hate POoOB / 63 Buy
2012 Hell Road Warriors POoDB / 103 Buy
2012 Wretched Earth POoDB / 104 Buy
2012 Palaces of Light POoDB / 105 Buy
2012 Haven's Blight POoDB / 106 Buy
2012 Crimson Waters POoDB / 107 Buy
2012 No Man's Land POoDB / 108 Buy
2013 Immortal Twilight POoOB / 64 Buy
2013 Cosmic Rift POoOB / 65 Buy
2013 Sorrow Space POoOB / 66 Buy
2013 Savage Dawn POoOB / 67 Buy
2013 Wings of Death POoOB / 68 Buy
2013 Storm Breakers POoDB / 109 Buy
2013 Dark Fathoms POoDB / 110 Buy
2013 Sins of Honor(With: Nick Pollotta) POoDB / 111 Buy
2013 Motherlode POoDB / 112 Buy
2013 Nemesis POoDB / 113 Buy
2013 Chrono Spasm POoDB / 114 Buy
2013 Siren Song POoDB / 115 Buy
2014 Necropolis POoOB / 69 Buy
2014 Judgment Plague POoOB / 70 Buy
2014 Shadow Born POoOB / 71 Buy
2014 Blood Red Tide POoDB / 116 Buy
2014 End Program POoDB / 117 Buy
2014 Polestar Omega POoDB / 118 Buy
2014 Hanging Judge POoDB / 119 Buy
2014 Desolation Angels POoDB / 120 Buy
2015 Terminal White POoOB / 72 Buy
2015 Hell's Maw POoOB / 73 Buy
2015 Angel of Doom POoOB / 74 Buy
2015 Apocalypse Unseen POoOB / 75 Buy
2015 Hive Invasion POoDB / 121 Buy
2015 End Day POoDB / 122 Buy
2015 Forbidden Trespass POoDB / 123 Buy
2015 Iron Rage POoDB / 124 Buy
2015 Child of Slaughter POoDB / 125 Buy
2015 Devil's Vortex POoDB / 126 Buy
2016 Survival in Doubt POoDB / 127 Buy
2016 Gaia's Promise POoDB / 128 Buy
2016 Bad Blood POoDB / 129 Buy
2017 Angels Of Our Nature POoDB / 130 Buy
2017 City of Dark POoDB / 131 Buy
2017 Phreak Farm POoDB / 132 Buy
2018 Feeding Frenzy POoDB / 133 Buy
2018 Grim Choices POoDB / 134 Buy
2019 Glory's Stockpile POoDB / 135 Buy
2019 Killville POoDB / 136 Buy
2019 Trade War POoDB / 137 Buy
2020 Rift of the Magi POoDB / 138 Buy
2020 Who Lives and Who Dies POoDB / 139 Buy
2020 Exodus From Hell POoDB / 140 Buy
2021 Sea Hag POoDB / 141 Buy
2021 Hell Reclaimed POoDB / 142 Buy
2021 Into Delirium POoDB / 143 Buy
2021 Grave Capitol POoDB / 144 Buy
2022 Memory Box POoDB / 145 Buy
2022 Kraken POoDB / 146 Buy
2023 Animal Kingdom POoDB / 147 Buy
2023 Caged Goddess POoDB / 148 Buy
2023 Extinction Generation POoDB / 149 Buy
2023 Devil's Redoubt POoDB / 150 Buy
2024 Cruel Seasons POoDB / 151 Buy
2024 Mutie Nation POoDB / 152 Buy
2025 Reaper's Peace POoDB / 153 Buy
2025 Doom Horizon POoDB / 154 Buy
2025 Cemetery Tango POoDB / 155 Buy
2025 Wraith Winter POoDB / 156 Buy

James Axler Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

Earthblood Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1993-1994
01 Earth Blood 1993 Buy
02 Deep Trek 1994 Buy
03 Aurora Quest 1994 Buy
Deathlands Books in Reading Order 156 books / 1986-2025
01 Pilgrimage to Hell 1986 Buy
02 Red Holocaust 1986 Buy
03 Neutron Solstice 1987 Buy
04 Crater Lake 1987 Buy
05 Homeward Bound 1987 Buy
06 Pony Soldiers 1988 Buy
07 Dectra Chain 1988 Buy
08 Ice and Fire 1988 Buy
09 Red Equinox 1989 Buy
10 Northstar Rising 1989 Buy
11 Time Nomads 1990 Buy
12 Latitude Zero 1991 Buy
13 Seedling 1991 Buy
14 Dark Carnival 1991 Buy
15 Chill Factor 1992 Buy
16 Moon Fate 1992 Buy
17 Shockscape 1993 Buy
18 Fury's Pilgrims 1993 Buy
19 Deep Empire 1993 Buy
20 Cold Asylum 1994 Buy
21 Twilight Children 1994 Buy
22 Rider, Reaper 1994 Buy
23 Road Wars 1994 Buy
24 Trader Redux 1994 Buy
25 Genesis Echo 1995 Buy
26 Bloodlines 1995 Buy
27 Shadowfall 1995 Buy
28 Ground Zero 1995 Buy
29 Emerald Fire 1995 Buy
30 Eclipse at Noon 1996 Buy
31 Bitter Fruit 1996 Buy
32 Crossways 1996 Buy
33 Keepers of the Sun 1996 Buy
34 Circle Thrice 1996 Buy
35 Stoneface 1996 Buy
36 Skydark 1997 Buy
37 Demons of Eden 1997 Buy
38 The Mars Arena 1997 Buy
39 Watersleep 1997 Buy
40 Nightmare Passage 1997 Buy
41 Crucible of Time 1998 Buy
42 Freedom Lost 1998 Buy
43 Way of the Wolf 1998 Buy
44 Dark Emblem 1998 Buy
45 Gaia's Demise(With: Nick Pollotta) 1999 Buy
46 Encounter 1999 Buy
47 Starfall 1999 Buy
48 Gemini Rising(With: Nick Pollotta) 1999 Buy
49 Dark Reckoning(With: Nick Pollotta) 1999 Buy
50 Rat King 2000 Buy
51 Shadow World 2000 Buy
52 Pandora's Redoubt(With: Nick Pollotta) 2000 Buy
53 Zero City(With: Nick Pollotta) 2000 Buy
54 Judas Strike(With: Nick Pollotta) 2001 Buy
55 Savage Armada(With: Nick Pollotta) 2001 Buy
56 Shadow Fortress(With: Nick Pollotta) 2001 Buy
57 Sunchild 2001 Buy
58 Salvation Road 2002 Buy
59 Breakthrough 2002 Buy
60 Amazon Gate 2002 Buy
61 Destiny's Truth 2002 Buy
62 Skydark Spawn 2003 Buy
63 Damnation Road Show 2003 Buy
64 Devil Riders(With: Nick Pollotta) 2003 Buy
65 Bloodfire(With: Nick Pollotta) 2003 Buy
66 Hellbenders 2004 Buy
67 Separation 2004 Buy
68 Death Hunt 2004 Buy
69 Shaking Earth 2004 Buy
70 Black Harvest 2005 Buy
71 Vengeance Trail 2005 Buy
72 Ritual Chill 2005 Buy
73 Atlantis Reprise 2005 Buy
74 Labyrinth 2006 Buy
75 Strontium Swamp 2006 Buy
76 Shatter Zone(With: Nick Pollotta) 2006 Buy
77 Perdition Valley(With: Nick Pollotta) 2006 Buy
78 Cannibal Moon 2007 Buy
79 Sky Raider(With: Nick Pollotta) 2007 Buy
80 Remember Tomorrow 2007 Buy
81 Apocalypse Unborn 2007 Buy
82 Sunspot 2007 Buy
83 Desert Kings(With: Nick Pollotta) 2008 Buy
84 Thunder Road 2008 Buy
85 Plague Lords 2008 Buy
86 Alpha Wave 2009 Buy
87 Time Castaways(With: Nick Pollotta) 2009 Buy
88 Eden's Twilight(With: Nick Pollotta) 2009 Buy
89 Desolation Crossing 2009 Buy
90 Dark Resurrection 2009 Buy
91 Prophecy 2009 Buy
92 Blood Harvest 2010 Buy
93 Baptism of Rage 2010 Buy
94 Arcadian's Asylum 2010 Buy
95 Doom Helix 2010 Buy
96 Moonfeast(With: Nick Pollotta) 2010 Buy
97 Downrigger Drift 2010 Buy
98 Lost Gates 2011 Buy
99 Prodigal's Return(With: Nick Pollotta) 2011 Buy
100 Perception Fault 2011 Buy
101 Tainted Cascade(With: Nick Pollotta) 2011 Buy
102 Playfair's Axiom 2011 Buy
103 Hell Road Warriors 2012 Buy
104 Wretched Earth 2012 Buy
105 Palaces of Light 2012 Buy
106 Haven's Blight 2012 Buy
107 Crimson Waters 2012 Buy
108 No Man's Land 2012 Buy
109 Storm Breakers 2013 Buy
110 Dark Fathoms 2013 Buy
111 Sins of Honor(With: Nick Pollotta) 2013 Buy
112 Motherlode 2013 Buy
113 Nemesis 2013 Buy
114 Chrono Spasm 2013 Buy
115 Siren Song 2013 Buy
116 Blood Red Tide 2014 Buy
117 End Program 2014 Buy
118 Polestar Omega 2014 Buy
119 Hanging Judge 2014 Buy
120 Desolation Angels 2014 Buy
121 Hive Invasion 2015 Buy
122 End Day 2015 Buy
123 Forbidden Trespass 2015 Buy
124 Iron Rage 2015 Buy
125 Child of Slaughter 2015 Buy
126 Devil's Vortex 2015 Buy
127 Survival in Doubt 2016 Buy
128 Gaia's Promise 2016 Buy
129 Bad Blood 2016 Buy
130 Angels Of Our Nature 2017 Buy
131 City of Dark 2017 Buy
132 Phreak Farm 2017 Buy
133 Feeding Frenzy 2018 Buy
134 Grim Choices 2018 Buy
135 Glory's Stockpile 2019 Buy
136 Killville 2019 Buy
137 Trade War 2019 Buy
138 Rift of the Magi 2020 Buy
139 Who Lives and Who Dies 2020 Buy
140 Exodus From Hell 2020 Buy
141 Sea Hag 2021 Buy
142 Hell Reclaimed 2021 Buy
143 Into Delirium 2021 Buy
144 Grave Capitol 2021 Buy
145 Memory Box 2022 Buy
146 Kraken 2022 Buy
147 Animal Kingdom 2023 Buy
148 Caged Goddess 2023 Buy
149 Extinction Generation 2023 Buy
150 Devil's Redoubt 2023 Buy
151 Cruel Seasons 2024 Buy
152 Mutie Nation 2024 Buy
153 Reaper's Peace 2025 Buy
154 Doom Horizon 2025 Buy
155 Cemetery Tango 2025 Buy
156 Wraith Winter 2025 Buy
Outlanders Books in Reading Order 75 books / 1997-2015
01 Exile to Hell 1997 Buy
02 Destiny Run 1997 Buy
03 Savage Sun 1997 Buy
04 Omega Path 1998 Buy
05 Parallax Red 1998 Buy
06 Doomstar Relic 1998 Buy
07 Iceblood 1998 Buy
08 Armageddon Axis 1999 Buy
09 Hellbound Fury 1999 Buy
10 Night Eternal 1999 Buy
11 Outer Darkness 1999 Buy
12 Wreath of Fire(With: Mel Odom) 2000 Buy
13 Shadow Scourge 2000 Buy
14 Hell Rising 2000 Buy
15 Doom Dynasty 2000 Buy
16 Tigers of Heaven 2001 Buy
17 Purgatory Road 2001 Buy
18 Sargasso Plunder(With: Mel Odom) 2001 Buy
19 Tomb of Time 2001 Buy
20 Prodigal Chalice(With: Mel Odom) 2002 Buy
21 Devil in the Moon 2002 Buy
22 Dragoneye 2002 Buy
23 Far Empire 2002 Buy
24 Talon and Fang 2003 Buy
25 Equinox Zero 2003 Buy
26 Sea of Plague 2003 Buy
27 Awakening 2003 Buy
28 Mask of the Sphinx 2004 Buy
29 Mad God's Wrath 2004 Buy
30 Sun Lord 2004 Buy
31 Uluru Destiny 2004 Buy
32 Successors 2005 Buy
33 Evil Abyss 2005 Buy
34 Cerberus Storm 2005 Buy
35 Children of the Serpent 2005 Buy
36 Hydra's Ring 2006 Buy
37 Refuge 2006 Buy
38 Rim of the World 2006 Buy
39 Lords of the Deep 2006 Buy
40 Closing the Cosmic Eye 2007 Buy
41 Skull Throne 2007 Buy
42 Ghostwalk 2007 Buy
43 Satan's Seed 2007 Buy
44 Death Cry 2007 Buy
45 Dark Goddess 2007 Buy
46 Grailstone Gambit 2008 Buy
47 Pantheon of Vengeance 2008 Buy
48 Shadow Box 2009 Buy
49 Janus Trap 2009 Buy
50 Serpent's Tooth 2009 Buy
51 Warlord of the Pit 2009 Buy
52 Oblivion Stone 2010 Buy
53 Reality Echo 2010 Buy
54 Infinity Breach 2010 Buy
55 Distortion Offensive 2010 Buy
56 Truth Engine 2011 Buy
57 Cradle of Destiny 2011 Buy
58 Scarlet Dream 2011 Buy
59 Infestation Cubed 2011 Buy
60 Genesis Sinister 2012 Buy
61 Dragon City 2012 Buy
62 God War 2012 Buy
63 Planet Hate 2012 Buy
64 Immortal Twilight 2013 Buy
65 Cosmic Rift 2013 Buy
66 Sorrow Space 2013 Buy
67 Savage Dawn 2013 Buy
68 Wings of Death 2013 Buy
69 Necropolis 2014 Buy
70 Judgment Plague 2014 Buy
71 Shadow Born 2014 Buy
72 Terminal White 2015 Buy
73 Hell's Maw 2015 Buy
74 Angel of Doom 2015 Buy
75 Apocalypse Unseen 2015 Buy

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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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