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Michael McBride Complete Bibliography

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Updated 2026-07-11 / 83 books / 12 series

American author Michael McBride is best known for his pulse-pounding horror and thriller series, including *The Subterrestrial* and *Bloodletting*. His novels have sold over one million copies, solidifying his reputation as a master of visceral suspense. This page provides the Michael McBride books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Michael McBride in Publication Order

2004 The Legacy POoSN / 1 Buy

2004 Species POoSB / 1 Buy

2006 Chronicles of the Apocalypse POoSB / 2 Buy

2007 The Fall POoGEB / 1 Buy

2007 Blizzard of Souls POoGEB / 2 Buy

2008 Hunt Hunted Murder Murdered POoSS / 1 Buy

2008 The Infected POoSN / 2 Buy

2008 Trail of Blood POoGEB / 3 Buy

2009 Remains POoSN / 3 Buy

2009 Spectral Crossings POoSN / 4 Buy

2009 Bloodletting POoSN / 5 Buy

2010 Immune POoSS / 2 Buy

2010 Innocents Lost POoSN / 6 Buy

2011 Necromancer: The Ultimate Sin POoNB / 1 Buy

2011 Blindspot POoSS / 3 Buy

2011 Natures Way POoSS / 4 Buy

2011 Exact / Stray Dog POoSS / 5 Buy

2011 Friendly Fire / Sunniside POoSS / 6 Buy

2011 Burial Ground POoSN / 7 Buy

2011 Predatory Instinct POoSN / 8 Buy

2011 Vector Borne POoSN / 9 Buy

2012 Snowblind POoSB / 1 Buy

2012 The Coyote POoSN / 10 Buy

2013 The Last Wilderness POoNB / 1 Buy

2013 The Event POoSN / 11 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 Necromancer II: The Return POoNB / 2 Buy

2014 The Narrator(With: Norman Prentiss) POoSS / 7 Buy

2014 Infinity Twice Removed(With: William Rasmussen) POoSS / 8 Buy

2014 Fearful Symmetry POoSN / 12 Buy

2014 Sunblind POoSN / 13 Buy

2015 Cemetery Dance Select: Bev Vincent(By: Bev Vincent) POoCDSB / 1 Buy

2015 The Killing Grounds POoSB / 2 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 Cemetery Dance Select: Lisa Morton(By: Lisa Morton) POoCDSB / 2 Buy

2015 Cemetery Dance Select: Jeff Strand(By: Jeff Strand) POoCDSB / 3 Buy

2015 Cemetery Dance Select: Kaaron Warren(By: Kaaron Warren) POoCDSB / 4 Buy

2015 Cemetery Dance Select: Lisa Tuttle(By: Lisa Tuttle) POoCDSB / 5 Buy

2015 Cemetery Dance Select: Terry Dowling(By: Terry Dowling) POoCDSB / 6 Buy

2015 Cemetery Dance Select: Michael Marshall Smith(By: Michael Marshall Smith) POoCDSB / 7 Buy

2015 Cemetery Dance Select: John R. Little(By: John R. Little) POoCDSB / 8 Buy

2015 Cemetery Dance Select: Lee Thomas(By: Lee Thomas) POoCDSB / 9 Buy

2015 Firebug POoSS / 9 Buy

2015 Cemetery Dance Select: Peter Atkins(By: Peter Atkins) POoCDSB / 10 Buy

2015 Cemetery Dance Select: Kealan Patrick Burke(By: Kealan Patrick Burke) POoCDSB / 11 Buy

2015 Condemned POoSN / 14 Buy

2015 Subterrestrial POoSN / 15 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(By: Mike Resnick,Alan Baxter,Benjamin Cheah,Tim Marquitz,Asher Wismer,Jay Werkheiser,Steve Lewis,Anthony Izzo) POoSAAoMHB / 4 Buy

2016 Unnatural Selection(With: James A. Moore,Christopher Golden,Richard Lee Byers,Tim Lebbon,Lee Murray,Charles R. Rutledge,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

2016 wordsmith POoSS / 10 Buy

2016 Cemetery Dance Select: Ed Gorman(By: Ed Gorman) POoCDSB / 12 Buy

2016 Cemetery Dance Select: Simon Clark(By: Simon Clark) POoCDSB / 13 Buy

2016 Cemetery Dance Select: Michael McBride POoCDSB / 14 Buy

2017 Subhuman POoU5B / 1 Buy

2017 Cemetery Dance Select: Poppy Z. Brite(By: Poppy Brite) POoCDSB / 15 Buy

2017 Cemetery Dance Select: Christopher Conlon(By: Christopher Conlon) POoCDSB / 16 Buy

2017 Cemetery Dance Select: Gene O'Neill(By: Gene O'Neill) POoCDSB / 17 Buy

2017 Cemetery Dance Select: Keith Minnion(By: Keith Minnion) POoCDSB / 18 Buy

2017 Cemetery Dance Select: Tim Waggoner(By: Tim Waggoner) POoCDSB / 19 Buy

2018 Forsaken POoU5B / 2 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

2018 Unidentified POoSS / 11 Buy

2019 Last Stand(By: B. Michael Radburn,Patrick Freivald,Alan Baxter,Justin Bell,Joshua Reynolds,Matthew Summers,Anna Stephens,Justin Coates) POoSAAoMHB / 8 Buy

2020 Mutation POoU5B / 3 Buy

2020 Medivac(By: Jeremy Robinson,James A. Moore,Kane Gilmour,Alan Baxter,Greig Beck,Charles R. Rutledge,Seth Skorkowsky,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis) POoSAAoMHB / 9 Buy

2020 Zero POoSS / 12 Buy

2020 Cemetery Dance Select: Rick Hautala(By: Rick Hautala) POoCDSB / 20 Buy

2021 Survival of the Fittest(By: Jeremy Robinson,Matt Hilton,Kane Gilmour,Alan Baxter,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

2021 Extant POoSS / 13 Buy

2021 Ancient Enemy POoSN / 16 Buy

2021 Chimera POoSN / 17 Buy

2022 Contagion POoVAB / 1 Buy

2022 Dead or Alive(By: James A. Moore,Alan Baxter,David Benton,Charles R. Rutledge,Edward M. Erdelac,Joshua Reynolds,Justin Coates,John W. Salvage,W. D. Gagliani) POoSAAoMHB / 12 Buy

2023 Ruination POoVAB / 2 Buy

2023 Punk'd(By: James A. Moore,Greg Chapman,Alan Baxter,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis,Justin Coates,Mark Renshaw,Amanda Bridgeman,Pamela Jeffs,Richard Beauchamp,Myna Chang) POoSAAoMHB / 13 Buy

2024 Extinction POoVAB / 3 Buy

2024 AI Insurrection(By: Alan Baxter,Charles R. Rutledge,Anthony J. Melchiorri,R.P.L. Johnson,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis,Justin Coates,Pamela Jeffs) POoSAAoMHB / 14 Buy

2025 Spores POoTCFB / 1 Buy

2025 Contagion(By: Jonathan Maberry,Charles R. Rutledge,Martin Livings,Josh Reynolds,Benjamin Spada) POoSAAoMHB / 15 Buy

2026 Venom POoTCFB / 2 Buy

Complete Michael McBride Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Snowblind Reading Order 2 books / 2012-2015

01 Snowblind 2012 Buy

02 The Killing Grounds 2015 Buy

Non-Fiction Reading Order 1 book / 2013

01 The Last Wilderness 2013 Buy

Viral Apocalypse Reading Order 3 books / 2022-2024

01 Contagion 2022 Buy

02 Ruination 2023 Buy

03 Extinction 2024 Buy

The Creature Files Reading Order 2 books / 2025-2026

01 Spores 2025 Buy

02 Venom 2026 Buy

SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror Reading Order 15 books / 2014-2025

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(By: Mike Resnick,Alan Baxter,Benjamin Cheah,Tim Marquitz,Asher Wismer,Jay Werkheiser,Steve Lewis,Anthony Izzo) 2016 Buy

05 Unnatural Selection(With: James A. Moore,Christopher Golden,Richard Lee Byers,Tim Lebbon,Lee Murray,Charles R. Rutledge,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(By: B. Michael Radburn,Patrick Freivald,Alan Baxter,Justin Bell,Joshua Reynolds,Matthew Summers,Anna Stephens,Justin Coates) 2019 Buy

09 Medivac(By: Jeremy Robinson,James A. Moore,Kane Gilmour,Alan Baxter,Greig Beck,Charles R. Rutledge,Seth Skorkowsky,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis) 2020 Buy

10 Survival of the Fittest(By: Jeremy Robinson,Matt Hilton,Kane Gilmour,Alan Baxter,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(By: James A. Moore,Alan Baxter,David Benton,Charles R. Rutledge,Edward M. Erdelac,Joshua Reynolds,Justin Coates,John W. Salvage,W. D. Gagliani) 2022 Buy

13 Punk'd(By: James A. Moore,Greg Chapman,Alan Baxter,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis,Justin Coates,Mark Renshaw,Amanda Bridgeman,Pamela Jeffs,Richard Beauchamp,Myna Chang) 2023 Buy

14 AI Insurrection(By: Alan Baxter,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

Necromancer Reading Order 2 books / 2011-2014

01 Necromancer: The Ultimate Sin 2011 Buy

02 Necromancer II: The Return 2014 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas Reading Order 13 books / 2008-2021

01 Hunt Hunted Murder Murdered 2008 Buy

02 Immune 2010 Buy

03 Blindspot 2011 Buy

04 Natures Way 2011 Buy

05 Exact / Stray Dog 2011 Buy

06 Friendly Fire / Sunniside 2011 Buy

07 The Narrator(With: Norman Prentiss) 2014 Buy

08 Infinity Twice Removed(With: William Rasmussen) 2014 Buy

09 Firebug 2015 Buy

10 wordsmith 2016 Buy

11 Unidentified 2018 Buy

12 Zero 2020 Buy

13 Extant 2021 Buy

Standalone Reading Order 17 books / 2004-2021

01 The Legacy 2004 Buy

02 The Infected 2008 Buy

03 Remains 2009 Buy

04 Spectral Crossings 2009 Buy

05 Bloodletting 2009 Buy

06 Innocents Lost 2010 Buy

07 Burial Ground 2011 Buy

08 Predatory Instinct 2011 Buy

09 Vector Borne 2011 Buy

10 The Coyote 2012 Buy

11 The Event 2013 Buy

12 Fearful Symmetry 2014 Buy

13 Sunblind 2014 Buy

14 Condemned 2015 Buy

15 Subterrestrial 2015 Buy

16 Ancient Enemy 2021 Buy

17 Chimera 2021 Buy

God's End Reading Order 3 books / 2007-2008

01 The Fall 2007 Buy

02 Blizzard of Souls 2007 Buy

03 Trail of Blood 2008 Buy

Unit 51 Reading Order 3 books / 2017-2020

01 Subhuman 2017 Buy

02 Forsaken 2018 Buy

03 Mutation 2020 Buy

Cemetery Dance Select Reading Order 20 books / 2015-2020

01 Cemetery Dance Select: Bev Vincent(By: Bev Vincent) 2015 Buy

02 Cemetery Dance Select: Lisa Morton(By: Lisa Morton) 2015 Buy

03 Cemetery Dance Select: Jeff Strand(By: Jeff Strand) 2015 Buy

04 Cemetery Dance Select: Kaaron Warren(By: Kaaron Warren) 2015 Buy

05 Cemetery Dance Select: Lisa Tuttle(By: Lisa Tuttle) 2015 Buy

06 Cemetery Dance Select: Terry Dowling(By: Terry Dowling) 2015 Buy

07 Cemetery Dance Select: Michael Marshall Smith(By: Michael Marshall Smith) 2015 Buy

08 Cemetery Dance Select: John R. Little(By: John R. Little) 2015 Buy

09 Cemetery Dance Select: Lee Thomas(By: Lee Thomas) 2015 Buy

10 Cemetery Dance Select: Peter Atkins(By: Peter Atkins) 2015 Buy

11 Cemetery Dance Select: Kealan Patrick Burke(By: Kealan Patrick Burke) 2015 Buy

12 Cemetery Dance Select: Ed Gorman(By: Ed Gorman) 2016 Buy

13 Cemetery Dance Select: Simon Clark(By: Simon Clark) 2016 Buy

14 Cemetery Dance Select: Michael McBride 2016 Buy

15 Cemetery Dance Select: Poppy Z. Brite(By: Poppy Brite) 2017 Buy

16 Cemetery Dance Select: Christopher Conlon(By: Christopher Conlon) 2017 Buy

17 Cemetery Dance Select: Gene O'Neill(By: Gene O'Neill) 2017 Buy

18 Cemetery Dance Select: Keith Minnion(By: Keith Minnion) 2017 Buy

19 Cemetery Dance Select: Tim Waggoner(By: Tim Waggoner) 2017 Buy

20 Cemetery Dance Select: Rick Hautala(By: Rick Hautala) 2020 Buy

Species Reading Order 2 books / 2004-2006

01 Species 2004 Buy

02 Chronicles of the Apocalypse 2006 Buy

Where to start with Michael McBride

What is the best order to read Michael McBride 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.

Are standalone books and series both included?

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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