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Peter Straub Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Peter Straub in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 80 books / 11 series

American author Peter Straub is best known for his horror novels, including *Ghost Story* and collaborations with Stephen King like *The Talisman*. A Bram Stoker Award winner, his work has sold millions worldwide. This page provides Peter Straub’s books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

Books by Peter Straub in Publication Order

1972 Ishmael POoSSC / 1 Buy
1972 Open Air POoSSC / 2 Buy
1973 Marriages POoSN / 1 Buy
1975 Julia / Full Circle POoSN / 2 Buy
1977 If You Could See Me Now POoSN / 3 Buy
1979 Ghost Story POoSN / 4 Buy
1980 Shadowland POoSN / 5 Buy
1982 Floating Dragon POoSN / 6 Buy
1982 The General's Wife POoSN / 7 Buy
1983 Leeson Park and Belsize Square POoSSC / 3 Buy
1984 The Talisman POoTB / 1 Buy
1985 Under Venus POoSN / 8 Buy
1988 Koko POoBRTB / 1 Buy
1990 Mrs. God POoSS / 1 Buy
1990 Mystery POoBRTB / 2 Buy
1990 Houses Without Doors POoSSC / 4 Buy
1992 An Exploration of Horror: Foundations of Fear(With: George R.R. Martin,Robert A. Heinlein,David G. Hartwell,Richard Matheson,Daphne du Maurier,Clive Barker,Carlos Fuentes,Arthur Machen,Gerald Durrell) POoFoFAB / 1 Buy
1993 The Ghost Village POoSS / 2 Buy
1993 The Throat POoBRTB / 3 Buy
1994 Foundations of Fear: Volume I: Shadows of Fear(With: Robert A. Heinlein,David G. Hartwell,H.P. Lovecraft,Daphne du Maurier,Arthur Machen,Jean Ray,Harriet Prescott Spofford) POoFoFAB / 2 Buy
1994 Fee POoSS / 3 Buy
1994 Foundations of Fear: Volume II: Worlds of Fear(By: George R.R. Martin,David G. Hartwell,Thomas Hardy,Gertrude Atherton,Thomas M. Disch,Elizabeth Engstrom,Carlos Fuentes) POoFoFAB / 3 Buy
1994 Foundations of Fear: Volume III: Visions of Fear(By: David G. Hartwell,E.T.A. Hoffmann,Richard Matheson,Philip K. Dick,Clive Barker,Octavia E. Butler,Gerald Durrell) POoFoFAB / 4 Buy
1995 The Horror Writers Association Presents Peter Straub's Ghosts POoSSC / 5 Buy
1996 The Hellfire Club POoSN / 9 Buy
1998 Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff POoSS / 4 Buy
1999 Mr. X POoSN / 10 Buy
2000 Pork Pie Hat POoCRB / 1 Buy
2000 Magic Terror POoSSC / 6 Buy
2001 Black House POoTB / 2 Buy
2003 Lost Boy Lost Girl POoSN / 11 Buy
2003 In The Night Room POoSN / 12 Buy
2005 The Little Blue Book of Rose Stories POoSSC / 7 Buy
2007 Sides POoNB / 1 Buy
2008 5 Stories POoSSC / 8 Buy
2009 The Talisman: Road of Trials(With: Stephen King,Tony Shasteen) POoGN / 1 Buy
2009 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One POoBHotYB / 1 Buy
2009 A Special Place POoSS / 5 Buy
2010 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 1 Buy
2010 The Green Woman(With: Michael Easton) POoGN / 2 Buy
2010 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two POoBHotYB / 2 Buy
2010 The Juniper Tree and Other Blue Rose Stories POoBRTB / 4 Buy
2010 The Skylark POoSN / 13 Buy
2010 A Dark Matter POoSN / 14 Buy
2011 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 2 Buy
2011 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three POoBHotYB / 3 Buy
2011 The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine POoSS / 6 Buy
2012 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 3 Buy
2012 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four POoBHotYB / 4 Buy
2012 The Buffalo Hunter POoSS / 7 Buy
2013 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 4 Buy
2013 The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five POoBHotYB / 5 Buy
2014 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 5 Buy
2014 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six POoBHotYB / 6 Buy
2015 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 6 Buy
2015 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven POoBHotYB / 7 Buy
2015 Perdido POoSS / 8 Buy
2016 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 7 Buy
2016 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight POoBHotYB / 8 Buy
2016 Interior Darkness POoSSC / 9 Buy
2017 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 8 Buy
2017 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine POoBHotYB / 9 Buy
2017 The Process (is a Process All Its Own) POoSS / 9 Buy
2018 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 9 Buy
2018 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten POoBHotYB / 10 Buy
2018 The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction POoBHotYB / 11 Buy
2019 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven POoBHotYB / 12 Buy
2020 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition POoTYBDF&HB / 10 Buy
2020 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 POoTYBDF&HB / 11 Buy
2020 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve POoBHotYB / 13 Buy
2021 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 POoTYBDF&HB / 12 Buy
2021 The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen POoBHotYB / 14 Buy
2022 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 POoTYBDF&HB / 13 Buy
2022 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen POoBHotYB / 15 Buy
2023 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 POoTYBDF&HB / 14 Buy
2024 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 POoTYBDF&HB / 15 Buy
2024 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen POoBHotYB / 16 Buy
2024 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen POoBHotYB / 17 Buy
2025 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen POoBHotYB / 18 Buy
2026 Other Worlds Than These POoTB / 3 Buy

Complete Peter Straub Series Reading Order / browse all ->

01 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One 2009 Buy
02 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two 2010 Buy
03 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three 2011 Buy
04 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four 2012 Buy
05 The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five 2013 Buy
06 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six 2014 Buy
07 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven 2015 Buy
08 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight 2016 Buy
09 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine 2017 Buy
10 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten 2018 Buy
11 The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction 2018 Buy
12 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven 2019 Buy
13 The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve 2020 Buy
14 The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen 2021 Buy
15 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen 2022 Buy
16 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen 2024 Buy
17 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen 2024 Buy
18 The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen 2025 Buy
01 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010 Buy
02 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition 2011 Buy
03 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition 2012 Buy
04 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition 2013 Buy
05 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition 2014 Buy
06 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition 2015 Buy
07 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition 2016 Buy
08 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition 2017 Buy
09 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition 2018 Buy
10 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition 2020 Buy
11 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 2020 Buy
12 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 2021 Buy
13 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 2022 Buy
14 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 2023 Buy
15 The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 2024 Buy
01 Mrs. God 1990 Buy
02 The Ghost Village 1993 Buy
03 Fee 1994 Buy
04 Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff 1998 Buy
05 A Special Place 2009 Buy
06 The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine 2011 Buy
07 The Buffalo Hunter 2012 Buy
08 Perdido 2015 Buy
09 The Process (is a Process All Its Own) 2017 Buy
Blue Rose Trilogy Reading Order 4 books / 1988-2010
01 Koko 1988 Buy
02 Mystery 1990 Buy
03 The Throat 1993 Buy
04 The Juniper Tree and Other Blue Rose Stories 2010 Buy
01 Sides 2007 Buy
Talisman Reading Order 3 books / 1984-2026
01 The Talisman 1984 Buy
02 Black House 2001 Buy
03 Other Worlds Than These 2026 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 14 books / 1973-2010
01 Marriages 1973 Buy
02 Julia / Full Circle 1975 Buy
03 If You Could See Me Now 1977 Buy
04 Ghost Story 1979 Buy
05 Shadowland 1980 Buy
06 Floating Dragon 1982 Buy
07 The General's Wife 1982 Buy
08 Under Venus 1985 Buy
09 The Hellfire Club 1996 Buy
10 Mr. X 1999 Buy
11 Lost Boy Lost Girl 2003 Buy
12 In The Night Room 2003 Buy
13 The Skylark 2010 Buy
14 A Dark Matter 2010 Buy
01 Pork Pie Hat 2000 Buy
01 Ishmael 1972 Buy
02 Open Air 1972 Buy
03 Leeson Park and Belsize Square 1983 Buy
04 Houses Without Doors 1990 Buy
05 The Horror Writers Association Presents Peter Straub's Ghosts 1995 Buy
06 Magic Terror 2000 Buy
07 The Little Blue Book of Rose Stories 2005 Buy
08 5 Stories 2008 Buy
09 Interior Darkness 2016 Buy
01 An Exploration of Horror: Foundations of Fear(With: George R.R. Martin,Robert A. Heinlein,David G. Hartwell,Richard Matheson,Daphne du Maurier,Clive Barker,Carlos Fuentes,Arthur Machen,Gerald Durrell) 1992 Buy
02 Foundations of Fear: Volume I: Shadows of Fear(With: Robert A. Heinlein,David G. Hartwell,H.P. Lovecraft,Daphne du Maurier,Arthur Machen,Jean Ray,Harriet Prescott Spofford) 1994 Buy
03 Foundations of Fear: Volume II: Worlds of Fear(By: George R.R. Martin,David G. Hartwell,Thomas Hardy,Gertrude Atherton,Thomas M. Disch,Elizabeth Engstrom,Carlos Fuentes) 1994 Buy
04 Foundations of Fear: Volume III: Visions of Fear(By: David G. Hartwell,E.T.A. Hoffmann,Richard Matheson,Philip K. Dick,Clive Barker,Octavia E. Butler,Gerald Durrell) 1994 Buy
Graphic Reading Order 2 books / 2009-2010
01 The Talisman: Road of Trials(With: Stephen King,Tony Shasteen) 2009 Buy
02 The Green Woman(With: Michael Easton) 2010 Buy

Where to start with Peter Straub

What is the best order to read Peter Straub 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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