Darren Shan
Darren Shan is the pen name of Irish author Darren O’Shaughnessy, who writes YA fantasy and horror fiction. He mostly writes for young adults, but has also written The City Book Trilogy for adults. He is the author of The Saga of Darren Shan, The Demonata, Saga of Larten Crepsley and Zom-B series.

Darren Shan wrote his first novel when he was 17, which was entitled Mute Pursuit. The novel was not published, but it caused Shan to move onto novels completely because he loved the experience so much. Below is a list of Darren Shan’s books in order of when they were first released:

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Publication Order of Saga Of Darren Shan Books

A Living Nightmare (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Vampire's Assistant (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tunnels of Blood (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Vampire Mountain (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Trials of Death (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Vampire Prince (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hunters of the Dusk (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Allies of the Night (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Killers of the Dawn (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lake of Souls (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lord of the Shadows (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sons of Destiny (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of The Demonata Books

Chronological Order of The Demonata Books

Publication Order of City Trilogy Books

Procession of the Dead (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hell's Horizon (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
City of the Snakes (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of The Saga of Larten Crepsley Books

Birth of a Killer (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ocean of Blood (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Palace of the Damned (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brothers to the Death (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Zom-B Books

Publication Order of Archibald Lox Books

Archibald Lox and the Bridge Between Worlds (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Archibald Lox and the Empress of Suanpan (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Archibald Lox and the Vote of Alignment (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Archibald Lox and the Forgotten Crypt (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Archibald Lox and the Slides of Bon Repell (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Archibald Lox and the Rubicon Dictate (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Archibald Lox and the Sinkhole to Hell (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Archibald Lox and the Pick of Loxes (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Archibald Lox and the Legion of the Lost (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Koyasan (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Thin Executioner (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lady of the Shades (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Publication Order of Cirque Du Freak: The Manga Graphic Novel Books

A Living Nightmare (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Vampire's Assistant (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tunnels of Blood (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Vampire Mountain (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Trials of Death (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Vampire Prince (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hunters of the Dusk (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Allies of the Night (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Killers of the Dawn (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lake of Souls (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lord of the Shadows (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sons of Destiny (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Kids' Night In(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Midnight Feast(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nightmare Magazine 19: April 2014(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: Ayuamarca was originally published under his real name of Darren O’Shaughnessy and re-published under the title of Procession of the Dead (as D.B. Shan). Kids’ Night In also contains stories by Eoin Colfer, Annie Dalton, Michael Morpurgo, Garth Nix and Jacqueline Wilson. Midnight Feast also contains stories by Meg Cabot, Eoin Colfer, Anthony Horowitz, Garth Nix, Louise Rennison.

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Darren Shan Synopses: Hagurosan is a fantasy novella by Darren Shan, written for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic children (8+) to read. The title character must take a cake as an offering up a mountain to a shrine, but ends up eating it. Now Hagurosan must deal with the problem he created.

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