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Richard Laymon Complete Bibliography

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 134 books / 7 series

American author Richard Laymon is best known for his horror and suspense novels, including the *Beast House* series and *The Cellar*. His books have sold over four million copies, cementing his legacy as a cult figure in modern horror. This page provides the Richard Laymon books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Richard Laymon in Publication Order

1979 The Wilderness Seekers(By: Lou Cameron) POoMOAB / 1 Buy
1979 The Mountain Breed(By: Aaron Fletcher) POoMOAB / 2 Buy
1979 The Conestoga People(By: Jeanne Sommers) POoMOAB / 3 Buy
1979 The Forty-Niners(By: John Toombs) POoMOAB / 4 Buy
1979 Hearts Divided(By: Paula Moore,Fancy Dewitt) POoMOAB / 5 Buy
1979 The Builders(By: Jeanne Sommers) POoMOAB / 6 Buy
1979 The Land Rushers(By: Elizabeth Zachary) POoMOAB / 7 Buy
1979 The Wild and The Wayward(By: Georgia Granger) POoMOAB / 8 Buy
1980 Your Secret Admirer(As: Carl Laymon) POoSN / 1 Buy
1980 The Cellar POoBHCB / 1 Buy
1980 The Texans(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 9 Buy
1980 The Alaskans(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 10 Buy
1980 The Golden Staters(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 11 Buy
1981 The Woods Are Dark POoSN / 2 Buy
1981 The River People(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 12 Buy
1981 The Land Grabbers(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 13 Buy
1981 The Ranchers(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 14 Buy
1981 The Homesteaders(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 15 Buy
1981 The Frontier Healers(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 16 Buy
1981 The Buffalo People(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 17 Buy
1981 The Far Islanders(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 18 Buy
1981 The Border Breed(As: Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 19 Buy
1981 The Boomers(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 20 Buy
1981 The Wildcatters(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 21 Buy
1981 The Gunfighters(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 22 Buy
1981 The Cajuns(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 23 Buy
1982 Tempest of Tombstone POoWWWTWB / 1 Buy
1982 Dodge City Darling POoWWWTWB / 2 Buy
1982 Out Are the Lights POoSN / 3 Buy
1982 Duchess of Denver POoWWWTWB / 3 Buy
1982 Lost Lady of Laramie POoWWWTWB / 4 Buy
1982 Flame of Virginia City POoWWWTWB / 5 Buy
1982 Angel of Hangtown POoWWWTWB / 6 Buy
1982 Belle of Fort Smith POoWWWTWB / 7 Buy
1982 Princess of Powder River POoWWWTWB / 8 Buy
1982 The Donner People(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 24 Buy
1982 The Creoles(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 25 Buy
1982 The Nightriders(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 26 Buy
1982 The Sooners(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 27 Buy
1982 The Vigilantes(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 28 Buy
1982 The Express Riders(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 29 Buy
1982 The Soldiers of Fortune(As: Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 30 Buy
1982 The Wranglers(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 31 Buy
1983 Nightmare Lake(As: Carl Laymon) POoSN / 4 Buy
1983 The Baja People(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 32 Buy
1983 The Yukon Breed(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 33 Buy
1983 The Smugglers(As: Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 34 Buy
1983 The Voyageurs(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 35 Buy
1983 The Barbary Coasters(As: Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 36 Buy
1983 The Whalers(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 37 Buy
1983 The Canadians(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 38 Buy
1983 The Prophet's People(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 39 Buy
1983 The Lawmen(As: Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 40 Buy
1983 The Copper Kings(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 41 Buy
1983 The Caribbeans(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 42 Buy
1983 The Trail Blazers(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 43 Buy
1983 The Gamblers(As: Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 44 Buy
1983 The Robber Barons(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 45 Buy
1984 Shootout at Joe's POoSS / 1 Buy
1984 Cardiac Arrest POoSS / 2 Buy
1984 The Beast House POoBHCB / 2 Buy
1984 Intruder POoSS / 3 Buy
1984 Night Show POoSN / 5 Buy
1984 Dawson's City POoSN / 6 Buy
1984 The Assassins(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 46 Buy
1984 The Bounty Hunters(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 47 Buy
1984 The Texas Rangers(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 48 Buy
1984 The Outlaws(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 49 Buy
1984 The Fugitives(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 50 Buy
1984 The Frontier Detectives(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 51 Buy
1984 The Raiders(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 52 Buy
1984 The Rough Riders(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 53 Buy
1985 Caller POoSS / 4 Buy
1985 Night Ride POoSS / 5 Buy
1985 Night Games POoSS / 6 Buy
1985 Beware POoSN / 7 Buy
1985 Guts POoSS / 7 Buy
1985 The Cobra POoSS / 8 Buy
1985 Allhallow's Eve POoSN / 8 Buy
1985 Last Hand POoSS / 9 Buy
1985 The Hearse POoSS / 10 Buy
1985 Lonely One POoSS / 11 Buy
1985 Live Bait POoSS / 12 Buy
1985 Marathon POoSS / 13 Buy
1985 Warriors of the Code(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 54 Buy
1986 Night Creature POoSN / 9 Buy
1986 The Return POoSS / 14 Buy
1986 Beginner's Luck POoSS / 15 Buy
1986 Halloween Hunt POoSS / 16 Buy
1987 Dark Mountain / Tread Softly(As: Richard Kelly) POoSN / 10 Buy
1987 Thin Air POoSN / 11 Buy
1987 Flesh POoSN / 12 Buy
1987 The Sixgun Apostles(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 55 Buy
1988 Resurrection Dreams POoSN / 13 Buy
1988 Midnight's Lair(As: Richard Kelly) POoSN / 14 Buy
1988 The Scarlet Sisters(As: Lee Davis Willoughby) POoMOAB / 56 Buy
1989 Funland POoSN / 15 Buy
1990 Cincinnati POoMOTCB / 1 Buy
1990 Baton Rouge POoMOTCB / 2 Buy
1990 The Stake POoSN / 16 Buy
1990 One Rainy Night POoSN / 17 Buy
1991 Darkness, Tell Us POoSN / 18 Buy
1991 Island POoSN / 19 Buy
1992 A Good, Secret Place POoSSC / 1 Buy
1992 Omaha POoMOTCB / 3 Buy
1992 Blood Games POoSN / 20 Buy
1992 Alarums POoSN / 21 Buy
1993 Savage POoSN / 22 Buy
1993 Endless Night POoSN / 23 Buy
1994 In the Dark POoSN / 24 Buy
1995 Quake POoSN / 25 Buy
1996 Body Rides POoSN / 26 Buy
1996 Bite POoSN / 27 Buy
1997 Fiends POoSSC / 2 Buy
1998 A Writer's Tale POoSSC / 3 Buy
1998 The Midnight Tour POoBHCB / 3 Buy
1998 After Midnight POoSN / 28 Buy
1998 The Wilds POoSN / 29 Buy
1999 Cuts POoSN / 30 Buy
1999 Among the Missing POoSN / 31 Buy
1999 Come Out Tonight POoSN / 32 Buy
2000 Dreadful Tales POoSSC / 4 Buy
2000 The Traveling Vampire Show POoSN / 33 Buy
2000 Once Upon a Halloween POoSN / 34 Buy
2001 Friday Night in Beast House POoBHCB / 4 Buy
2001 The Halloween Mouse POoSS / 17 Buy
2001 No Sanctuary POoSN / 35 Buy
2001 Night in the Lonesome October POoSN / 36 Buy
2001 Northeast Georgia: A History(By: Gordon Sawyer) POoMOAB / 57 Buy
2003 Amara / To Wake The Dead POoSN / 37 Buy
2004 Madman Stan and Other Stories POoSSC / 5 Buy
2004 The Lake POoSN / 38 Buy
2005 The Glory Bus / Into the Fire POoSN / 39 Buy
2014 Short Stories: The Mystery and Men’s Magazines POoSSC / 6 Buy

Complete Richard Laymon Series Reading Order / browse all ->

01 A Good, Secret Place 1992 Buy
02 Fiends 1997 Buy
03 A Writer's Tale 1998 Buy
04 Dreadful Tales 2000 Buy
05 Madman Stan and Other Stories 2004 Buy
06 Short Stories: The Mystery and Men’s Magazines 2014 Buy
Making Of America Reading Order 57 books / 1979-2001
01 The Wilderness Seekers(By: Lou Cameron) 1979 Buy
02 The Mountain Breed(By: Aaron Fletcher) 1979 Buy
03 The Conestoga People(By: Jeanne Sommers) 1979 Buy
04 The Forty-Niners(By: John Toombs) 1979 Buy
05 Hearts Divided(By: Paula Moore,Fancy Dewitt) 1979 Buy
06 The Builders(By: Jeanne Sommers) 1979 Buy
07 The Land Rushers(By: Elizabeth Zachary) 1979 Buy
08 The Wild and The Wayward(By: Georgia Granger) 1979 Buy
09 The Texans(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1980 Buy
10 The Alaskans(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1980 Buy
11 The Golden Staters(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1980 Buy
12 The River People(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1981 Buy
13 The Land Grabbers(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1981 Buy
14 The Ranchers(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1981 Buy
15 The Homesteaders(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1981 Buy
16 The Frontier Healers(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1981 Buy
17 The Buffalo People(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1981 Buy
18 The Far Islanders(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1981 Buy
19 The Border Breed(As: Lee Davis Willoughby) 1981 Buy
20 The Boomers(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1981 Buy
21 The Wildcatters(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1981 Buy
22 The Gunfighters(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1981 Buy
23 The Cajuns(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1981 Buy
24 The Donner People(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1982 Buy
25 The Creoles(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1982 Buy
26 The Nightriders(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1982 Buy
27 The Sooners(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1982 Buy
28 The Vigilantes(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1982 Buy
29 The Express Riders(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1982 Buy
30 The Soldiers of Fortune(As: Lee Davis Willoughby) 1982 Buy
31 The Wranglers(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1982 Buy
32 The Baja People(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1983 Buy
33 The Yukon Breed(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1983 Buy
34 The Smugglers(As: Lee Davis Willoughby) 1983 Buy
35 The Voyageurs(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1983 Buy
36 The Barbary Coasters(As: Lee Davis Willoughby) 1983 Buy
37 The Whalers(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1983 Buy
38 The Canadians(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1983 Buy
39 The Prophet's People(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1983 Buy
40 The Lawmen(As: Lee Davis Willoughby) 1983 Buy
41 The Copper Kings(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1983 Buy
42 The Caribbeans(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1983 Buy
43 The Trail Blazers(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1983 Buy
44 The Gamblers(As: Lee Davis Willoughby) 1983 Buy
45 The Robber Barons(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1983 Buy
46 The Assassins(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1984 Buy
47 The Bounty Hunters(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1984 Buy
48 The Texas Rangers(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1984 Buy
49 The Outlaws(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1984 Buy
50 The Fugitives(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1984 Buy
51 The Frontier Detectives(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1984 Buy
52 The Raiders(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1984 Buy
53 The Rough Riders(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1984 Buy
54 Warriors of the Code(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1985 Buy
55 The Sixgun Apostles(As:Lee Davis Willoughby) 1987 Buy
56 The Scarlet Sisters(As: Lee Davis Willoughby) 1988 Buy
57 Northeast Georgia: A History(By: Gordon Sawyer) 2001 Buy
01 Cincinnati 1990 Buy
02 Baton Rouge 1990 Buy
03 Omaha 1992 Buy
01 Shootout at Joe's 1984 Buy
02 Cardiac Arrest 1984 Buy
03 Intruder 1984 Buy
04 Caller 1985 Buy
05 Night Ride 1985 Buy
06 Night Games 1985 Buy
07 Guts 1985 Buy
08 The Cobra 1985 Buy
09 Last Hand 1985 Buy
10 The Hearse 1985 Buy
11 Lonely One 1985 Buy
12 Live Bait 1985 Buy
13 Marathon 1985 Buy
14 The Return 1986 Buy
15 Beginner's Luck 1986 Buy
16 Halloween Hunt 1986 Buy
17 The Halloween Mouse 2001 Buy
01 Tempest of Tombstone 1982 Buy
02 Dodge City Darling 1982 Buy
03 Duchess of Denver 1982 Buy
04 Lost Lady of Laramie 1982 Buy
05 Flame of Virginia City 1982 Buy
06 Angel of Hangtown 1982 Buy
07 Belle of Fort Smith 1982 Buy
08 Princess of Powder River 1982 Buy
01 The Cellar 1980 Buy
02 The Beast House 1984 Buy
03 The Midnight Tour 1998 Buy
04 Friday Night in Beast House 2001 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 39 books / 1980-2005
01 Your Secret Admirer(As: Carl Laymon) 1980 Buy
02 The Woods Are Dark 1981 Buy
03 Out Are the Lights 1982 Buy
04 Nightmare Lake(As: Carl Laymon) 1983 Buy
05 Night Show 1984 Buy
06 Dawson's City 1984 Buy
07 Beware 1985 Buy
08 Allhallow's Eve 1985 Buy
09 Night Creature 1986 Buy
10 Dark Mountain / Tread Softly(As: Richard Kelly) 1987 Buy
11 Thin Air 1987 Buy
12 Flesh 1987 Buy
13 Resurrection Dreams 1988 Buy
14 Midnight's Lair(As: Richard Kelly) 1988 Buy
15 Funland 1989 Buy
16 The Stake 1990 Buy
17 One Rainy Night 1990 Buy
18 Darkness, Tell Us 1991 Buy
19 Island 1991 Buy
20 Blood Games 1992 Buy
21 Alarums 1992 Buy
22 Savage 1993 Buy
23 Endless Night 1993 Buy
24 In the Dark 1994 Buy
25 Quake 1995 Buy
26 Body Rides 1996 Buy
27 Bite 1996 Buy
28 After Midnight 1998 Buy
29 The Wilds 1998 Buy
30 Cuts 1999 Buy
31 Among the Missing 1999 Buy
32 Come Out Tonight 1999 Buy
33 The Traveling Vampire Show 2000 Buy
34 Once Upon a Halloween 2000 Buy
35 No Sanctuary 2001 Buy
36 Night in the Lonesome October 2001 Buy
37 Amara / To Wake The Dead 2003 Buy
38 The Lake 2004 Buy
39 The Glory Bus / Into the Fire 2005 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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