Order of Clive Barker Books
Clive Barker is an English author, film director and artist who works in the fantasy and horror genres. He first got noticed in the mid-80s by writing short horror stories. Later on, he moved to fantasy and urban fantasy with novels like Weaveworld. He is the director of Hellraiser, which was based on his novella The Hellbound Heart. His short story The Forbidden was also adapted into the Candyman film series.
Clive Barker made his debut in 1981 with the collection Books of Blood Volume 1, published in 1981. His first novel was The Damnation Game, published in 1985. Below is a list of Clive Barker’s books in order of when they were originally released:
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Publication Order of Book of the Art Books
| The Great and Secret Show | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Everville | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Imajica Books
| Imajica | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fifth Dominion | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Reconciliation | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Abarat Books
| Abarat: The First Book of Hours | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Days of Magic, Nights of War | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Absolute Midnight | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Books of Blood Books
| Books of Blood, Vol. 1 | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Books of Blood Volume 2 | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Books Of Blood Volume 3 | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Book Of Blood Volume 4 / The Inhuman Condition | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Book of Blood Volume 5 / In the Flesh | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Books of Blood Volume 6 | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Galilee Books
| Galilee | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Clive Barker's Hellraiser (2011) Books
| Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 1 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 2 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Vol. 3 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 4 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 5 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Clive Barker's Next Testament Books
| Clive Barker's Next Testament Vol. 1 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Clive Barker's Next Testament Vol. 2 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Clive Barker's Next Testament Vol. 3 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Clive Barker's Book of the Damned Books
| Book of the Damned | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Book of the Damned II | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Book of the Damned III | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Book of the Damned IV | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Damnation Game | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Weaveworld | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cabal | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Thief of Always | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sacrament | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Coldheart Canyon | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mister B. Gone | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dread | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rawhead Rex | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Yattering And Jack | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In the Hills, the Cities | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Last Illusion | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Life of Death | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Forbidden | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hellbound Heart | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Nightbreed Chronicles | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Son of Celluloid | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Haeckel\'s | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Circus | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tortured Souls | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Infernal Parade | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hellraiser: The Toll | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Books of Blood I-III | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Books of Blood, Volumes 4-6 | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tapping the Vein | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lord of Illusions | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Incarnations | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Forms of Heaven | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Essential Clive Barker | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Clive Barker's First Tales | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Chiliad | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Scarlet Gospels | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tonight, Again | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Clive Barker's the Body Book | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
| Age of Desire | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Edgar Allan Poe Turns 200: Halloween Comic Book | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Playscripts Books
| The History of the Devil | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Magician | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hunters in the Snow | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Crazyface | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Frankenstein in Love | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Nightlives | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rare Flesh | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hellraiser Chronicles | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Visions of Heaven and Hell | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Painter, the Creature, and the Father of Lies | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Encyclopocalypse Classics Books
| The Odd Job | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dracula in Love | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Killer Flies | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| In Darkness Waiting | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Rain Ghost | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Courage Under Fire | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| A Private War | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Criminal Macabre | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Visitor | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Nightmare Blonde | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Spook City | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Foundations of Fear Anthology Books
| An Exploration of Horror: Foundations of Fear | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Foundations of Fear: Volume I: Shadows of Fear | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Foundations of Fear: Volume II: Worlds of Fear | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Foundations of Fear: Volume III: Visions of Fear | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of P. Craig Russell Graphic Novels
(with Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell)
| Murder Mysteries | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Coraline | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Age of Desire | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Roger Corman Graphic Novels
(with Roger Corman)
| Edgar Allan Poe Turns 200: Halloween Comic Book | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Dark Descent Books
| The Dark Descent: Volume I: The Color of Evil | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Dark Descent: Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Dark Descent: Volume III:A Fabulous, Formless Darkness | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Mondo Books
| Mondo Barbie | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Mondo Elvis | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Mondo Marilyn | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Mondo James Dean | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Notes: Books of Blood Volume 4 was also titled The Inhuman Condition. Books of Blood 5 is also titled In the Flesh.
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I like buying and keeping my books. I want to purchase cabal, but I want to know if it’s a standalone book or are there other books that go with it.
As per above it’s standalone.