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Tom Piccirilli Books in Order

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 77 books / 11 series

American author Tom Piccirilli is best known for his gritty crime and horror novels, including the acclaimed *The Cold Spot* and *A Choir of Ill Children*. A four-time Bram Stoker Award winner, his work is celebrated for its lyrical prose and dark intensity. This page provides the Tom Piccirilli books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All Tom Piccirilli Books in Chronological Order

1990 Dark Father POoSN / 1 Buy
1995 Pentacle POoC / 1 Buy
1996 Shards POoSN / 2 Buy
1997 The Dead Past POoFGB / 1 Buy
1997 Inside The Works POoC / 2 Buy
1997 The Dog Syndrome POoC / 3 Buy
1998 Sorrow's Crown POoFGB / 2 Buy
1999 Hexes POoSN / 3 Buy
1999 Deep Into That Darkness Peering POoC / 4 Buy
2000 Welcome to Hell POoNB / 1 Buy
2000 The Deceased POoSN / 4 Buy
2000 A Student of Hell POoC / 5 Buy
2000 The Night Class POoSN / 5 Buy
2001 The Lost Army(By: Christopher Golden,Mike Mignola) POoHGNB / 1 Buy
2001 The Bones of Giants(By: Christopher Golden,Mike Mignola) POoHGNB / 2 Buy
2001 Odd Jobs(By: Christopher Golden) POoHGNB / 3 Buy
2001 A Lower Deep POoSN / 6 Buy
2002 The Misfit Child Grows Fat on Despair POoSS / 1 Buy
2002 Grave Men POoP&LB / 1 Buy
2002 Cast in Dark Waters(With: Ed Gorman) POoSS / 2 Buy
2002 This Cape Is Red Because I've Been Bleeding POoC / 6 Buy
2003 Fuckin' Lie Down Already POoSS / 3 Buy
2003 Mean Sheep POoC / 7 Buy
2003 A Choir of Ill Children POoSN / 7 Buy
2004 Coffin Blues POoP&LB / 2 Buy
2004 Odder Jobs(By: Frank Darabont) POoHGNB / 4 Buy
2004 Waiting for My Turn to Go Under the Knife POoC / 8 Buy
2005 Thrust POoSS / 4 Buy
2005 On Earth As It Is In Hell(By: Brian Hodge) POoHGNB / 5 Buy
2005 November Mourns POoSN / 8 Buy
2006 Unnatural Selection(By: Tim Lebbon) POoHGNB / 6 Buy
2006 The God Machine(By: Thomas E. Sniegoski) POoHGNB / 7 Buy
2006 The Dead Letters POoSN / 9 Buy
2006 Headstone City POoSN / 10 Buy
2007 Frayed POoSS / 5 Buy
2007 The Dragon Pool(By: Christopher Golden) POoHGNB / 8 Buy
2007 The Midnight Road POoSN / 11 Buy
2008 The Cold Spot POoCB / 1 Buy
2008 Between the Dark and the Daylight POoSS / 6 Buy
2008 All You Despise POoSS / 7 Buy
2008 Emerald Hell POoHGNB / 9 Buy
2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army(By: Robert Greenberger) POoHGNB / 10 Buy
2008 Oddest Jobs(By: Christopher Golden,Mike Mignola) POoHGNB / 11 Buy
2008 The All-Seeing Eye(By: Mark Morris) POoHGNB / 12 Buy
2008 The Fever Kill POoSN / 12 Buy
2009 The Coldest Mile POoCB / 2 Buy
2009 The Nobody POoSS / 8 Buy
2009 The Fire Wolves(By: Tim Lebbon) POoHGNB / 13 Buy
2009 Lobster Johnson: The Satan Factory(By: Thomas E. Sniegoski) POoHGNB / 14 Buy
2009 The Ice Wolves(By: Mark Chadbourn) POoHGNB / 15 Buy
2010 Futile Efforts POoC / 9 Buy
2010 Every Shallow Cut POoSS / 9 Buy
2010 The Last Deep Breath POoSS / 10 Buy
2010 Short Ride to Nowhere POoSS / 11 Buy
2010 Loss POoSS / 12 Buy
2010 Nightjack POoSN / 13 Buy
2010 Shadow Season POoSN / 14 Buy
2011 You'd Better Watch Out POoSS / 13 Buy
2012 The Last Kind Words POoTRB / 1 Buy
2012 The Walls of the Castle POoBLB / 1 Buy
2012 Meeting the Black POoNB / 2 Buy
2012 Clown in the Moonlight POoSS / 14 Buy
2013 The Last Whisper in the Dark POoTRB / 2 Buy
2013 Pale Preachers POoSS / 15 Buy
2013 What Makes You Die POoSN / 15 Buy
2014 Prisoner 489(By: Joe R. Lansdale) POoBLB / 2 Buy
2014 Cold Comforts POoCB / 3 Buy
2014 Forgiving Judas POoC / 10 Buy
2014 Vespers POoSS / 16 Buy
2015 Bullet Ballerina POoGN / 1 Buy
2015 Backshot POoSS / 17 Buy
2016 The Booking(By: Ramsey Campbell) POoBLB / 3 Buy
2017 An Assortment of Horrors(By: Christopher Golden) POoHGNB / 16 Buy
2018 Bad Dog POoC / 11 Buy
2020 A Little Black Book of Noir Stories POoC / 12 Buy
2023 Hellboy in Love(By: Christopher Golden,Mike Mignola) POoHGNB / 17 Buy
2024 Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1955-1957(By: Chris Roberson,Mike Mignola) POoHGNB / 18 Buy

Tom Piccirilli Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 The Dead Past 1997 Buy
02 Sorrow's Crown 1998 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 15 books / 1990-2013
01 Dark Father 1990 Buy
02 Shards 1996 Buy
03 Hexes 1999 Buy
04 The Deceased 2000 Buy
05 The Night Class 2000 Buy
06 A Lower Deep 2001 Buy
07 A Choir of Ill Children 2003 Buy
08 November Mourns 2005 Buy
09 The Dead Letters 2006 Buy
10 Headstone City 2006 Buy
11 The Midnight Road 2007 Buy
12 The Fever Kill 2008 Buy
13 Nightjack 2010 Buy
14 Shadow Season 2010 Buy
15 What Makes You Die 2013 Buy
Collections Books in Reading Order 12 books / 1995-2020
01 Pentacle 1995 Buy
02 Inside The Works 1997 Buy
03 The Dog Syndrome 1997 Buy
04 Deep Into That Darkness Peering 1999 Buy
05 A Student of Hell 2000 Buy
06 This Cape Is Red Because I've Been Bleeding 2002 Buy
07 Mean Sheep 2003 Buy
08 Waiting for My Turn to Go Under the Knife 2004 Buy
09 Futile Efforts 2010 Buy
10 Forgiving Judas 2014 Buy
11 Bad Dog 2018 Buy
12 A Little Black Book of Noir Stories 2020 Buy
01 The Last Kind Words 2012 Buy
02 The Last Whisper in the Dark 2013 Buy
01 Grave Men 2002 Buy
02 Coffin Blues 2004 Buy
01 The Lost Army(By: Christopher Golden,Mike Mignola) 2001 Buy
02 The Bones of Giants(By: Christopher Golden,Mike Mignola) 2001 Buy
03 Odd Jobs(By: Christopher Golden) 2001 Buy
04 Odder Jobs(By: Frank Darabont) 2004 Buy
05 On Earth As It Is In Hell(By: Brian Hodge) 2005 Buy
06 Unnatural Selection(By: Tim Lebbon) 2006 Buy
07 The God Machine(By: Thomas E. Sniegoski) 2006 Buy
08 The Dragon Pool(By: Christopher Golden) 2007 Buy
09 Emerald Hell 2008 Buy
10 Hellboy II: The Golden Army(By: Robert Greenberger) 2008 Buy
11 Oddest Jobs(By: Christopher Golden,Mike Mignola) 2008 Buy
12 The All-Seeing Eye(By: Mark Morris) 2008 Buy
13 The Fire Wolves(By: Tim Lebbon) 2009 Buy
14 Lobster Johnson: The Satan Factory(By: Thomas E. Sniegoski) 2009 Buy
15 The Ice Wolves(By: Mark Chadbourn) 2009 Buy
16 An Assortment of Horrors(By: Christopher Golden) 2017 Buy
17 Hellboy in Love(By: Christopher Golden,Mike Mignola) 2023 Buy
18 Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1955-1957(By: Chris Roberson,Mike Mignola) 2024 Buy
01 The Misfit Child Grows Fat on Despair 2002 Buy
02 Cast in Dark Waters(With: Ed Gorman) 2002 Buy
03 Fuckin' Lie Down Already 2003 Buy
04 Thrust 2005 Buy
05 Frayed 2007 Buy
06 Between the Dark and the Daylight 2008 Buy
07 All You Despise 2008 Buy
08 The Nobody 2009 Buy
09 Every Shallow Cut 2010 Buy
10 The Last Deep Breath 2010 Buy
11 Short Ride to Nowhere 2010 Buy
12 Loss 2010 Buy
13 You'd Better Watch Out 2011 Buy
14 Clown in the Moonlight 2012 Buy
15 Pale Preachers 2013 Buy
16 Vespers 2014 Buy
17 Backshot 2015 Buy
01 Welcome to Hell 2000 Buy
02 Meeting the Black 2012 Buy
01 Bullet Ballerina 2015 Buy
Cold Books in Reading Order 3 books / 2008-2014
01 The Cold Spot 2008 Buy
02 The Coldest Mile 2009 Buy
03 Cold Comforts 2014 Buy
01 The Walls of the Castle 2012 Buy
02 Prisoner 489(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2014 Buy
03 The Booking(By: Ramsey Campbell) 2016 Buy

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What is the best order to read Tom Piccirilli 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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