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, 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)
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

Age of Desire (With: P. Craig Russell)	(2008)
Edgar Allan Poe Turns 200: Halloween Comic Book (With: Roger Corman,Stuart Gordon)	(2018)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden (With: Stephen Jones)	(1991)
Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror (With: Stephen Jones)	(1997)
Rare Flesh	(2003)
The Hellraiser Chronicles (With: Stephen Jones)	(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	(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 Fantasy Tales Books

Fantasy Tales 1 (By: Stephen Jones)	(1989)
Fantasy Tales 2 (By: Stephen Jones)	(1990)
Fantasy Tales 3 (By: Stephen Jones)	(1990)
Fantasy Tales 4 (By: Charles L. Grant,Kim Newman,Steve Tem,Stephen Jones)	(1990)
Fantasy Tales 5 (By: Stephen Jones)	(1990)
Fantasy Tales 6 (By: Stephen Jones)	(1991)
Fantasy Tales 7 (By: Stephen Jones)	(1991)

Publication Order of The Diogenes Club Books

Shadows Over Innsmouth (By: Stephen Jones)	(1994)
Best New Horror 5 (By: Harlan Ellison,Chet Williamson,Edward Bryant,Elizabeth Hand,Charles L. Grant,Kim Newman,Barry N. Malzberg,,S.P. Somtow,Steve Tem,,Christopher Fowler,Karl Edward Wagner,Michael Marshall Smith,,Poppy Brite,,,,Stephen Jones,,,Thomas Ligotti)	(1994)
Cthulhu 2000 (By: Harlan Ellison,Roger Zelazny,Gene Wolfe,Ramsey Campbell,Kim Newman,,Lawrence Watt-Evans,,Esther M. Friesner,Poppy Brite,F. Paul Wilson,Fred Chappell,,Thomas Ligotti,Bruce Sterling,,James P. Blaylock)	(1995)
Dark Terrors 2 (With: ,Harlan Ellison,Graham Masterton,Peter Straub,Ramsey Campbell,Kim Newman,Steve Tem,Brian Lumley,,Michael Marshall Smith,,Conrad Williams,Stephen Jones,Caitlín R. Kiernan,,Paul J. McAuley)	(1996)
Dark of the Night (By: Richard Christian Matheson,Ramsey Campbell,Kim Newman,Douglas E. Winter,Stephen Laws,Christopher Fowler,Michael Marshall Smith,Stephen Jones)	(1997)
White of the Moon (By: Stephen Jones)	(1999)
Where The Bodies Are Buried (By: Kim Newman)	(2000)
Infinity Plus One (By: Keith Brooke)	(2001)
Embrace the Mutation (By: William Schafer)	(2002)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14 (By: Joe Hill,,Brian Hodge,Stephen Gallagher,Jeff VanderMeer,Neil Gaiman,,Ramsey Campbell,Kelly Link,Kim Newman,,Graham Joyce,China Miéville,Stephen Jones,,Caitlín R. Kiernan,,Paul J. McAuley)	(2003)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection (By: Robin McKinley,Brian Hodge,Karen Joy Fowler,Stephen Gallagher,Edward Bryant,Joan D. Vinge,Elizabeth Hand,Neil Gaiman,Terry Dowling,Ramsey Campbell,Peter Dickinson,Kelly Link,Kim Newman,,Christopher Fowler,Bentley Little,Adam Roberts,Conrad Williams,Graham Joyce,,,China Miéville,Lucy Taylor,,Thomas M. Disch,Luis Alberto Urrea,,Haruki Murakami,Jeffrey Ford,Kevin Brockmeier,Theodora Goss,,,,Terri Windling,Ellen Datlow,,,Carlton Mellick III)	(2003)
Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth (By: Stephen Jones)	(2005)
Best New Horror 16 (By: Stephen Gallagher,Lisa Tuttle,Tanith Lee,Neil Gaiman,,Ramsey Campbell,Kelly Link,Kim Newman,Michael Marshall Smith,Poppy Brite,Tim Lebbon,Christa Faust,Stephen Jones,Brian Keene,Dale Bailey,,,,Tina Rath)	(2005)
Adventure (By: Chris Roberson)	(2005)
The Man from the Diogenes Club (By: Kim Newman)	(2006)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006: 19th Annual Collection (By: Joe Hill,Chuck Palahniuk,Charles de Lint,,Edward Bryant,Joan D. Vinge,Elizabeth Hand,,Elizabeth Bear,Kelly Link,Delia Sherman,Kim Newman,,,China Miéville,Geoff Ryman,,Isabel Allende,,Jeffrey Ford,,,Bruce Sterling,Theodora Goss,Laird Barron,Sarah Monette,,,Ellen Datlow,,,,Adam Nevill,,,,,,Dave Hutchinson)	(2006)
Best New Horror 18 (By: ,Richard Christian Matheson,,Al Sarrantonio,David Morrell,Elizabeth Hand,,Michael Bishop,Gene Wolfe,Ramsey Campbell,Kim Newman,,Christopher Fowler,Mark Morris,Geoff Ryman,Stephen Jones,,,Mark Chadbourn,Caitlín R. Kiernan)	(2007)
Summer Chills (With: Harlan Ellison,Robert Silverberg,,Ramsey Campbell,Nancy Holder,Kim Newman,Brian Lumley,Christopher Fowler,Karl Edward Wagner,Michael Marshall Smith,,,Stephen Jones,,,,,Sarah Pinborough)	(2007)
Infinity Plus (By: Keith Brooke)	(2007)
The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club (By: Kim Newman)	(2007)
The Fair Folk (By: Marvin Kaye)	(2008)
Best New Horror 19 (By: Joe Hill,Joe R. Lansdale,Neil Gaiman,,Ramsey Campbell,Kim Newman,,Christopher Fowler,Michael Marshall Smith,Conrad Williams,Tom Piccirilli,Stephen Jones,,Tim Pratt,,Caitlín R. Kiernan,,Gary McMahon,,,,,Steven Erikson,Simon Kurt Unsworth)	(2008)
Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction & Fantasy (By: Ellen Datlow)	(2010)
Mysteries of the Diogenes Club (By: Kim Newman)	(2010)
Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth (By: Brian Hodge,Ramsey Campbell,H.P. Lovecraft,Kim Newman,Brian Lumley,Michael Marshall Smith,Conrad Williams,,Stephen Jones,,Caitlín R. Kiernan,,John Glasby,,,Simon Kurt Unsworth)	(2013)
The Mammoth Book of the Mummy (By: )	(2015)

Publication Order of The Beauty of Death Books

The Beauty of Death (By: ,Peter Straub,Ramsey Campbell,Poppy Brite,Edward Lee,,Rena Mason,Tim Waggoner,,,,J.G. Faherty,,,Nick Mamatas,,,,,,Maria Alexander,,,,,,,Alessandro Manzetti)	(2016)
The Beauty of Death, Vol. 2 (With: ,Peter Straub,Ramsey Campbell,Edward Lee,,Brian Evenson,John Langan,Caitlín R. Kiernan,Alessandro Manzetti)	(2017)

Publication Order of Dark Terrors Books

Dark Terrors (By: Richard Christian Matheson,Jeff VanderMeer,Graham Masterton,Peter Straub,Ramsey Campbell,Kim Newman,Steve Tem,Brian Lumley,,Christopher Fowler,Karl Edward Wagner,Michael Marshall Smith,Mark Morris,,,Stephen Jones)	(1995)
Dark Terrors 2 (With: ,Harlan Ellison,Graham Masterton,Peter Straub,Ramsey Campbell,Kim Newman,Steve Tem,Brian Lumley,,Michael Marshall Smith,,Conrad Williams,Stephen Jones,Caitlín R. Kiernan,,Paul J. McAuley)	(1996)
Dark Terrors 3 (By: ,Brian Hodge,Ray Bradbury,Pat Cadigan,Neil Gaiman,Ramsey Campbell,Steve Tem,Ray Garton,Storm Constantine,Christopher Fowler,Michael Marshall Smith,,Conrad Williams,Poppy Brite,,,,Stephen Jones,Caitlín R. Kiernan)	(1997)
Dark Terrors 4 (By: ,Richard Christian Matheson,Lisa Tuttle,Neil Gaiman,Stephen Baxter,Ramsey Campbell,Christopher Fowler,Michael Marshall Smith,,Conrad Williams,Poppy Brite,,,Stephen Jones)	(1998)
Dark Terrors 5 (By: ,Brian Hodge,Richard Christian Matheson,Lisa Tuttle,Tanith Lee,Graham Masterton,Peter Straub,Ramsey Campbell,Kim Newman,,,,Christopher Fowler,Michael Marshall Smith,Eric Brown,,,,,,Stephen Jones,,,Caitlín R. Kiernan,Nancy Kilpatrick,Cherry Wilder)	(2000)
Dark Terrors 6 (By: ,Richard Christian Matheson,,Tanith Lee,Jeff VanderMeer,Graham Masterton,,Stephen Baxter,Ramsey Campbell,Kim Newman,Yvonne Navarro,,Christopher Fowler,Michael Marshall Smith,Conrad Williams,Tim Lebbon,,Trey R. Barker,Stephen Jones,,,Caitlín R. Kiernan,Nancy Kilpatrick,,,,,,,,,,Samantha Lee)	(2002)
Darker Terrors 7 (By: Richard Christian Matheson,Harlan Ellison,Ray Bradbury,Lisa Tuttle,Neil Gaiman,,Stephen Baxter,Ramsey Campbell,Brian Lumley,Christopher Fowler,Karl Edward Wagner,Michael Marshall Smith,,Poppy Brite,,Stephen Jones,Caitlín R. Kiernan)	(2016)

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)
Anthology series.

Publication Order of Anthologies

Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King	(1986)
Gaslight & Ghosts	(1988)
I Shudder at Your Touch: Twenty Two Tales of Sex and Horror	(1991)
Visions of Fear	(1992)
Splatterpunks II: Over the Edge	(1993)
The Giant Book of Terror	(1994)
Space Movies	(1995)
Giant Book of Fantasy Tales	(1996)
Secret City: Strange Tales of London	(1997)
Millenium	(1997)
Dark Detectives	(1999)
Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror	(2006)
The British Fantasy Society: A Celebration	(2006)
Summer Chills	(2007)
Dark Delicacies III: Haunted	(2009)
Hellbound Hearts	(2009)
The Dead That Walk	(2009)
Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters	(2011)
Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed	(2011)
Beyond Rue Morgue Anthology: Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe's 1st Detective	(2013)
Zombies!	(2013)
Mister October, Volume II - An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala	(2013)
Turn Down the Lights	(2013)
Horrorology	(2015)
Gutted	(2016)
Detours	(2016)
Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders	(2017)
Below the Stairs: Tales from the Cellar	(2017)
Behind the Mask - Tales from the Id	(2018)
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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