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:
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 Volume 1 | (1981) | |
| Books of Blood Volume 2 | (1984) | |
| Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament | (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) | |
| The Last Illusion | (1985) | |
| The Life of Death | (1985) | |
| The Hellbound Heart | (1986) | |
| 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
| 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
| Age of Desire | (2008) | |
| Edgar Allan Poe Turns 200: Halloween Comic Book | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| 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 Dark Delicacies Books
| Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre by the World's Greatest Horror Writers | (2005) | |
| Dark Delicacies II: Fear | (2007) | |
| Dark Delicacies III: Haunted | (2009) | |
| Anthology series. | ||
Publication Order of Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Anthology Books
| Best New Horror 2 | (1991) | |
| Best New Horror 3 | (1992) | |
| Best New Horror 4 | (1993) | |
| Best New Horror 5 | (1994) | |
| Best New Horror 6 | (1995) | |
| Best New Horror #26 | (2015) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King | (1986) | |
| I Shudder at Your Touch: Twenty Two Tales of Sex and Horror | (1991) | |
| Visions of Fear | (1992) | |
| Best New Horror 4 | (1993) | |
| Splatterpunks II: Over the Edge | (1993) | |
| Space Movies | (1995) | |
| Millenium | (1997) | |
| Dark Delicacies III: Haunted | (2009) | |
| Hellbound Hearts | (2009) | |
| Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters | (2011) | |
| Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed | (2011) | |
| Mister October, Volume II - An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala | (2013) | |
| Turn Down the Lights | (2013) | |
| Detours | (2016) | |
| Out of the Ruins: The Apocalyptic Anthology | (2021) | |
| Revelations: Horror Writers for Climate Action | (2022) | |
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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