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) |    |
| Everville | (1994) | |
Publication Order of Imajica Books
| Imajica | (1991) | |
| The Fifth Dominion | (1995) | |
| The Reconciliation | (1995) | |
Publication Order of Abarat Books
| Abarat: The First Book of Hours | (2002) | |
| Days of Magic, Nights of War | (2004) | |
| Absolute Midnight | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Books of Blood Books
| Books of Blood, Vol. 1 | (1984) | |
| Books of Blood Volume 2 | (1984) | |
| Books Of Blood Volume 3 | (1984) | |
| Book Of Blood Volume 4 / The Inhuman Condition | (1985) | |
| Book of Blood Volume 5 / In the Flesh | (1985) | |
| Books of Blood Volume 6 | (1985) | |
Publication Order of Galilee Books
| Galilee | (1998) | |
Publication Order of Clive Barker's Hellraiser (2011) Books
| Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 1 | (2011) | |
| Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 2 | (2012) | |
| Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Vol. 3 | (2012) | |
| Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 4 | (2012) | |
| Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 5 | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Clive Barker's Next Testament Books
| Clive Barker's Next Testament Vol. 1 | (2013) | |
| Clive Barker's Next Testament Vol. 2 | (2015) | |
| Clive Barker's Next Testament Vol. 3 | (2015) | |
Publication Order of Clive Barker's Book of the Damned Books
| Book of the Damned | (1991) | |
| Book of the Damned II | (1992) | |
| Book of the Damned III | (1992) | |
| Book of the Damned IV | (1993) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Damnation Game | (1985) | |
| Weaveworld | (1987) | |
| Cabal | (1988) | |
| The Thief of Always | (1992) | |
| Sacrament | (1996) | |
| Coldheart Canyon | (2001) | |
| Mister B. Gone | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament | (1984) | |
| Dread | (1984) | |
| Rawhead Rex | (1984) | |
| The Yattering And Jack | (1984) | |
| In the Hills, the Cities | (1984) | |
| The Last Illusion | (1985) | |
| The Life of Death | (1985) | |
| The Forbidden | (1985) | |
| The Hellbound Heart | (1986) | |
| Son of Celluloid | (1991) | |
| Haeckel\'s | (2005) | |
| The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Circus | (2009) | |
| Tortured Souls | (2014) | |
| Infernal Parade | (2017) | |
| Hellraiser: The Toll | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Books of Blood I-III | (1984) | |
| Tapping the Vein | (1989) | |
| Lord of Illusions | (1995) | |
| Incarnations | (1995) | |
| Forms of Heaven | (1996) | |
| The Essential Clive Barker | (1999) | |
| Chiliad | (2014) | |
| The Scarlet Gospels | (2015) | |
| Clive Barker's the Body Book | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
(with Roger Corman)
| Age of Desire | (2008) | |
| Edgar Allan Poe Turns 200: Halloween Comic Book | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden | (1991) | |
| Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror | (1997) | |
| Rare Flesh | (2003) | |
| The Hellraiser Chronicles | (2004) | |
| Visions of Heaven and Hell | (2005) | |
| The Painter, the Creature, and the Father of Lies | (2008) | |
Publication Order of Roger Corman Graphic Novels
(with Roger Corman)
| Edgar Allan Poe Turns 200: Halloween Comic Book | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Fantasy Tales Books
| Fantasy Tales 1 | (1989) | |
| Fantasy Tales 2 | (1990) | |
| Fantasy Tales 3 | (1990) | |
| Fantasy Tales 4 | (1990) | |
| Fantasy Tales 5 | (1990) | |
| Fantasy Tales 6 | (1991) | |
| Fantasy Tales 7 | (1991) | |
Publication Order of Mondo Books
| Mondo Barbie | (1993) | |
| Mondo Elvis | (1994) | |
| Mondo Marilyn | (1995) | |
| Mondo James Dean | (1996) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King | (1986) | |
| Cutting Edge | (1986) | |
| Gaslight & Ghosts | (1988) | |
| Horror Factor 7 | (1988) | |
| Splatter-Punks: The Definitive Anthology | (1990) | |
| I Shudder at Your Touch: Twenty Two Tales of Sex and Horror | (1991) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Vampires | (1992) | |
| Visions of Fear | (1992) | |
| The Giant Book of Zombies | (1993) | |
| Best New Horror 4 | (1993) | |
| Splatterpunks II | (1993) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Zombies | (1993) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein | (1994) | |
| Sea-Cursed | (1994) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Erotica | (1994) | |
| The Giant Book of Terror | (1994) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men / The Mammoth Book of Werewolves | (1994) | |
| Space Movies | (1995) | |
| Mondo Marilyn | (1995) | |
| Dark Terrors 2 | (1996) | |
| Giant Book of Fantasy Tales | (1996) | |
| Secret City | (1997) | |
| Millenium | (1997) | |
| Dark Detectives | (1999) | |
| Dark Delicacies | (2005) | |
| Best New Horror 17 | (2006) | |
| Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror | (2006) | |
| The British Fantasy Society: A Celebration | (2006) | |
| Summer Chills | (2007) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Monsters | (2007) | |
| The New Weird | (2008) | |
| The Living Dead | (2008) | |
| Dark Delicacies III: Haunted | (2009) | |
| Hellbound Hearts | (2009) | |
| The Dead That Walk | (2009) | |
| Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror | (2010) | |
| Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters | (2011) | |
| Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed | (2011) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Body Horror | (2012) | |
| Beyond Rue Morgue Anthology: Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe's 1st Detective | (2013) | |
| Zombies! | (2013) | |
| Mister October, Volume II | (2013) | |
| Turn Down the Lights | (2013) | |
| Best New Horror 25 | (2014) | |
| Horrorology | (2015) | |
| Gutted | (2016) | |
| Detours | (2016) | |
| Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders | (2017) | |
| Below the Stairs: Tales from the Cellar | (2017) | |
| The Beauty of Death, Vol. 2 | (2017) | |
| Behind the Mask - Tales from the Id | (2018) | |
| Beneath the Waves: Tales from the Deep | (2018) | |
| Best of Best New Horror Volume 2 | (2020) | |
| Out of the Ruins: The Apocalyptic Anthology | (2021) | |
| Revelations: Horror Writers for Climate Action | (2022) | |
| Multiverses: An anthology of alternate realities | (2023) | |
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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