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

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 Standalone Novels

The Damnation Game	(1985)
Weaveworld	(1987)
Cabal	(1988)
The Thief of Always	(1992)
Sacrament	(1995)
Galilee	(1998)
Coldheart Canyon	(2001)
Mister B. Gone	(2007)

Publication Order of Short Stories

The Hellbound Heart	(1986)
The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Circus	(2009)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Books of Blood Volume 1	(1981)
Books of Blood Volume 2	(1984)
Books of Blood Volume 3	(1984)
Books of Blood Volume 4	(1985)
Books of Blood Volume 5	(1985)
Books of Blood Volume 6	(1985)
Lord of Illusions	(1995)
Incarnations: Three Plays	(1995)
Forms of Heaven: Three Plays	(1996)
The Essential Clive Barker	(1997)
Clive Barker's Tapping the Vein	(2002)
The Scarlet Gospels	(2011)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror	(1984)
Rare Flesh	(2003)
The Hellraiser Chronicles	(2004)
Clive Barker Visions of Heaven and Hell	(2005)
The Painter, the Creature and the Father of Lies	(2010)

Notes: Books of Blood Volume 4 was also titled The Inhuman Condition. Books of Blood 5 is also titled In the Flesh.

If You Like Clive Barker Books, You’ll Love…

• Neil Gaiman
• Stephen King
• Robert R. McCammon

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