Order of Brian Keene Books
Brian Keene is an American author of horror, dark fantasy, crime and thriller novels, graphic novels and comic books. His novel The Rising is credited with helping to inspire pop culture’s fascination with zombies, alongside Robert Kirkman‘s Walking Dead series and the film 28 Days Later. His films Ghoul, The Ties That Bind and Fast Zombies Suck have been adapted for film (and several others are in development or have been optioned). Keene has written for such franchises as Doctor Who, Hellboy, Masters of the Universe and Superman. He lives in rural Pennsylvania and has two sons.
Brian Keene made his debut as a published author in 2001 with the collection No Rest for the Wicked. Below is a list of Brian Keene’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of The Rising Books
| The Rising | (2003) |    |
| City of the Dead | (2005) | |
| The Rising: Selected Scenes from the End of the World | (2007) | |
| Deliverance | (2015) | |
Publication Order of The Earthworm Gods Books
| Earthworm Gods / The Conqueror Worms | (2005) | |
| Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes from the End of the World | (2008) | |
| Earthworm Gods II: Deluge | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Clickers Books
| Clickers | (1999) | |
| Clickers II: The Next Wave | (2006) | |
| Clickers III: Dagon Rising | (2010) | |
| Clickers vs Zombies | (2012) | |
| Clickers Never Die | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Levi Stoltzfus Books
| Ghost Walk | (2008) | |
| A Gathering of Crows | (2010) | |
| Last of the Albatwitches | (2013) | |
Publication Order of The Last Zombie Books
| Inferno | (2011) | |
| Neverland | (2013) | |
| Before the After | (2013) | |
| The End | (2013) | |
| Dead New World | (2015) | |
Publication Order of Lost Level Books
| The Lost Level | (2014) | |
| Return to the Lost Level | (2017) | |
| Hole in the World | (2018) | |
Publication Order of The Bastards Books
(with Steven L. Shrewsbury)
| King of the Bastards | (2015) | |
| Throne of the Bastards | (2017) | |
| Curse of the Bastards | (2022) | |
Publication Order of LeHorn's Hollow Books
| Dark Hollow / The Rutting Season | (2006) | |
| Ghost Walk | (2008) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Terminal | (2004) | |
| The Hollow | (2006) | |
| Ghoul | (2007) | |
| Dead Sea | (2007) | |
| Kill Whitey | (2008) | |
| Castaways | (2009) | |
| Urban Gothic | (2009) | |
| Shades | (2011) | |
| The Damned Highway | (2011) | |
| Entombed | (2011) | |
| An Occurrence in Crazy Bear Valley | (2012) | |
| The Complex | (2015) | |
| Pressure | (2016) | |
| School's Out | (2016) | |
| White Fire | (2018) | |
| Suburban Gothic | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Rise and Fall of Babylon | (2003) | |
| Halves | (2009) | |
| Darkness on the Edge of Town | (2010) | |
| Scratch | (2010) | |
| The Cage | (2010) | |
| Jack's Magic Beans | (2011) | |
| Take The Long Way Home | (2011) | |
| Tequila's Sunrise | (2011) | |
| Alone | (2012) | |
| Sundancing | (2012) | |
| The Girl on the Glider | (2013) | |
| With Teeth | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| No Rest for the Wicked | (2001) | |
| 4 X 4 | (2001) | |
| Talking Smack | (2002) | |
| The Rise and Fall of Babylon | (2003) | |
| No Rest At All | (2003) | |
| Fear of Gravity | (2004) | |
| A Little Silver Book of Streetwise Stories | (2008) | |
| Unhappy Endings | (2009) | |
| Infernally Yours | (2009) | |
| Four Rode Out | (2010) | |
| INTERMUSINGS | (2012) | |
| Blood on the Page | (2013) | |
| Screaming to Get Out & Other Wailings of the Damned | (2013) | |
| Where We Live and Die | (2015) | |
| All Dark, All The Time | (2016) | |
| Love Letters From A Nihilist | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Plays
| Terminal: The Play | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
| Dead of Night | (2009) | |
| Doom Patrol, Volume 3 | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Jobs in Hell | (1998) | |
| Sympathy For The Devil | (2004) | |
| Running with the Devil | (2006) | |
| The New Fear | (2007) | |
| Leader of the Banned | (2010) | |
| Trigger Warnings | (2014) | |
| End of the Road | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Anthology Books
| Best New Horror | (1990) | |
| Best New Horror 2 | (1991) | |
| Best New Horror 3 | (1992) | |
| The Giant Book of Best New Horror | (1993) | |
| Best New Horror 4 | (1993) | |
| Best New Horror 5 | (1994) | |
| Best New Horror 6 | (1995) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7 | (1996) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 8 | (1997) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 9 | (1998) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 | (1999) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11 | (2000) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12 | (2001) | |
| Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13 | (2002) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14 | (2003) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15 | (2004) | |
| Best New Horror 16 | (2005) | |
| Best New Horror 17 | (2006) | |
| Best New Horror 18 | (2007) | |
| The Best of Best New Horror | (2008) | |
| Best New Horror 19 | (2008) | |
| Best New Horror 20 | (2009) | |
| Best New Horror 21 | (2010) | |
| Best New Horror 22 | (2011) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Body Horror | (2012) | |
| Best New Horror 23 | (2012) | |
| Best New Horror 24 | (2013) | |
| Best New Horror 25 | (2014) | |
| Best New Horror #26 | (2015) | |
| Best New Horror 27 | (2017) | |
| Best New Horror 28 | (2018) | |
| Best New Horror 29 | (2019) | |
| The Best of Best New Horror, Volume One | (2020) | |
| Best of Best New Horror Volume 2 | (2020) | |
| Best New Horror #30 | (2020) | |
| Best New Horror #31 | (2021) | |
Publication Order of The Diogenes Club Books
| Shadows Over Innsmouth | (1994) | |
| Best New Horror 5 | (1994) | |
| Cthulhu 2000 | (1995) | |
| Dark Terrors 2 | (1996) | |
| Dark of the Night | (1997) | |
| White of the Moon | (1999) | |
| Where The Bodies Are Buried | (2000) | |
| Infinity Plus One | (2001) | |
| Embrace the Mutation | (2002) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14 | (2003) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection | (2003) | |
| Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth | (2005) | |
| Best New Horror 16 | (2005) | |
| Adventure | (2005) | |
| The Man from the Diogenes Club | (2006) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006: 19th Annual Collection | (2006) | |
| Best New Horror 18 | (2007) | |
| Summer Chills | (2007) | |
| Infinity Plus | (2007) | |
| The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club | (2007) | |
| The Fair Folk | (2008) | |
| Best New Horror 19 | (2008) | |
| Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction & Fantasy | (2010) | |
| Mysteries of the Diogenes Club | (2010) | |
| Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth | (2013) | |
| The Mammoth Book of the Mummy | (2015) | |
Publication Order of Darkside Books
| Darkside: Horror for the Next Millenium | (1998) | |
| The Darker Side: Generations of Horror | (2002) | |
| The Origin | (2002) | |
| The Plague Species | (2002) | |
| A Walk on the Darkside: Visions of Horror | (2004) | |
| Lost on the Darkside: Voices From The Edge of Horror | (2005) | |
| Alone on the Darkside: Echoes From Shadows of Horror | (2006) | |
Publication Order of Masters of the Universe: Origins of Eternia Books
| Origin of Hordak | (2012) | |
| The Origin of Skeletor #1 | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Shroud Magazine Books
| Shroud 11 | (2011) | |
Publication Order of The Mammoth Book of... Books
| The Mammoth Book of Terror | (1991) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Vampires | (1992) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Zombies | (1993) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein | (1994) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men / The Mammoth Book of Werewolves | (1994) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Dracula | (1997) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women | (2001) | |
| The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction | (2003) | |
| The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction, Volume I | (2003) | |
| The Mammoth Book of New Terror | (2004) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Monsters | (2007) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance | (2008) | |
| Zombie Apocalypse! | (2010) | |
| Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback | (2012) | |
| Mammoth Books presents Messing With Your Head | (2012) | |
| Mammoth Books Presents The Unexpected | (2012) | |
| Mammoth Books presents That Haunted Feeling | (2012) | |
| Unexpected Encounters | (2012) | |
| Mammoth Books presents A Ghostly Gathering | (2012) | |
| A Clutch of Zombies | (2012) | |
| Lethal Legends | (2012) | |
| Mammoth Books presents Demonic Dreams | (2012) | |
| Mammoth Books presents Monsters in Our Midst | (2012) | |
| Mammoth Books presents More Than Human | (2012) | |
| Zombie Apocalypse! End Game | (2014) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories | (2018) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories | (2019) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror | (2021) | |
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Publication Order of The X-Files Books
| Goblins | (1994) | |
| X-Files Number 4 | (1995) | |
| Whirlwind | (1995) | |
| Ground Zero | (1995) | |
| Ruins | (1995) | |
| Hunter | (1995) | |
| Antibodies | (1997) | |
| Skin | (1998) | |
| Fight the Future | (1998) | |
| I Want to Believe | (2008) | |
| X-Files: Trust No One | (2015) | |
| X-Files: The Truth Is Out There | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Best of Horrorfind | (2001) | |
| Excitable Boys | (2002) | |
| A Walk on the Darkside: Visions of Horror | (2004) | |
| The Undead: Zombie Anthology | (2005) | |
| 4 Fear of... | (2006) | |
| In Laymon's Terms | (2008) | |
| Smoke and Mirrors | (2009) | |
| New Dark Voices 2 | (2009) | |
| Dust & Divorcing the Dead | (2010) | |
| The Living Dead 2 | (2010) | |
| Zombies: The Recent Dead | (2010) | |
| Shroud 11 | (2011) | |
| The Crane House | (2012) | |
| 21st Century Dead | (2012) | |
| Dueling Minds | (2013) | |
| Mister October, Volume II - An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala | (2013) | |
| Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road | (2013) | |
| Operation Ice Bat | (2014) | |
| The Library of the Dead | (2015) | |
| Giallo Fantastique | (2015) | |
| X-Files: Trust No One | (2015) | |
| Seize the Night | (2015) | |
| Unearthed | (2016) | |
| Nights of the Living Dead Anthology | (2017) | |
| My Favorite Story Podcast Author Anthology | (2017) | |
| Apex Magazine February 2018 | (2018) | |
| Lost Highways: Dark Fictions From the Road | (2018) | |
| Silverwood | (2019) | |
| The Best of Horrorfind II | (2020) | |
| Midnight in the Pentagram | (2020) | |
| Halldark Holidays | (2020) | |
| Dissonant Harmonies | (2021) | |
| Halloween Nights: Tales of Autumn Fright | (2021) | |
Notes: The Clickers series is written with J.F. Gonzales. The Last Zombie was written with Fred Perry. Shades was written with Geoff Cooper. The Damned Highway was written with Nick Mamatas. King of the Bastards was written with Steven L. Shrewksbury. Earthworm Gods was originally titled The Conqueror Worms.
4 x 4 also has stories by Geoff Cooper, Michael T. Huyck and Michael Oliveri. The Rise and Fall of Babylon also has stories by John Urbancik. Infernally Yours also has stories by John Everson, Charlee Jacob, Edward Lee, John Shirley and Maynard Sims. Four Rode Out also has stories by Tim Curran, Tim Lebbon and Steve Vernon. Zombies: The Recent Dead also has stories by Max Brooks, Tobias S. Buckell, Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Lebbon, Kelly Link and Kit Reed. Intermusings also includes stories by Brian A. Hopkins, Patricia Lee Macomber, Stephen Mark Rainey, John B. Rosenman, Richard Rowand, Brett Alexander Savory and David Niall Wilson. Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road also includes stories by J.F. Gonzalez, Ryan Harding, Jack Ketchum, Edward Lee, Shane McKenzie, Bryan Smith, James Bryan Smith, Nate Southard and Wrath James White.
The Crane House was written with Kealan Patrick Burke, Al Sarrantonio, Rick Hautala, Bev Vincent, Brian Freeman, James A. Moore, James Newman, Ronald Kelly, Norman Prentiss, and Ray Garton. Terminal: The Play was written with Roy C. Booth. Dust/Divorcing the Dead was written with Kelli Owen.
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Brian Keene Synopsis: The Rising by Brian Keene is the first book in the Rising series. It is the story of Jim Thurmond, a determined father battling his way across a post-apocalyptic zombie landscape, to find his young son. Accompanied by Martin, a preacher still holding to his faith, and Frankie, a recovering heroin addict with an indomitable will to survive, Jim travels from state to state and town to town, facing an endless onslaught of undead hordes, and the evils perpetrated by his fellow man.