Order of Michael Richan Books
Michael Richan is an American author of horror fiction best known for writing the massive and wide spanning The River series of books.
Richan has written numerous books in the series including the spinoff series, The Downsiders and the prequel series, Eliza. Richan lives in Washington State and has been writing horror fiction for over forty years of his life with no signs of stopping. There are a ton of books in The River series and Richan keeps a suggested reading order list at his website.
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Publication Order of River Universe Reading Order Books
| The Bank of the River | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Haunting in Oregon | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ghosts of Our Fathers | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Eximere | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Suicide Forest | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Devil's Throat | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blood Oath, Blood River | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Diablo Horror | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Impossible Coin | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Haunting at Grays Harbor | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Graves of Plague Canyon | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| It Walks At Night | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dark River: A | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Blackham Mansion Haunting | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cycle of the Shen | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Blood Gardener | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Christmas Haunting at Point No Point | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Massacre Mechanism | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Port of Missing Souls | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Nightmares of Quiet Grove | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Capricorn | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Haunting of Johansen House | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Evocation | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Descent Into Hell Street | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Remains | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Node | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inheritance | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dead Kingdom | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Spirit Lake | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Divertimento | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| There is a short story Residual you can read after The Bank of the River free at michaelrichan.com. While standalone, The Haunting of Pitmon House, The Haunting of Waverly Hall and A Haunting in Wisconsion center on Eliza's early years prior to meeting Steven and Roy and will be enjoyed more if read in order. | ||
Publication Order of The River Books
| The Bank of the River | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Haunting in Oregon | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ghosts of Our Fathers | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Eximere | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Suicide Forest | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Devil's Throat | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Diablo Horror | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Haunting at Grays Harbor | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| It Walks At Night | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cycle of the Shen | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Christmas Haunting at Point No Point | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Port of Missing Souls | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Haunting of Johansen House | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Evocation | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Node | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Spirit Lake | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Downwinders Books
| Blood Oath, Blood River | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Impossible Coin | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Graves of Plague Canyon | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Blackham Mansion Haunting | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Massacre Mechanism | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Nightmares of Quiet Grove | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Descent Into Hell Street | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Remains | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inheritance | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dead Kingdom | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| House on Fire | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Dark River Books
| The Dark River: A | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Blood Gardener | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Capricorn | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Divertimento | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Malfunction 61 | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of I Reside Here Books
| I Reside Here | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| I Reside Here II | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Mausoleum Books
| Mausoleum: Anomaly | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mausoleum: Hex Roots | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mausoleum: Memento Mori | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The School of Revenge | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Slaughter, Idaho | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Coldwater Haunting | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Seances | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Aunt Death | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Haunting of Briarwood Manor | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Haunting of Pitmon House Books
| The Haunting of Pitmon House | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Haunting of Waverly Hall | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Haunting In Wisconsin | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
If You Like Michael Richan Books, You’ll Love…
The Bank of the River is the book that started it all. The story sees a man named Stephen who was always being skeptical of hauntings, but his new home is changing his mind about that as ghostly apparitions are appearing. His father Roy knows exactly what is going on because he has the gift and can see things that others cannot. He passed that gift onto Steven, but he’s always been too skeptical of it to use it. He’ll need it now though as the ghostly apparitions become relentless and more dangerous. The father and son find something far more sinister than they imagined hiding in the house and they’ll need each other to fight the evil in the home.
Mausoleum: Anomaly is the start of another series set in the River universe. This book sees a man named Nate who is hired to protect the mausoleum as behind its wall there is a powerful, dangerous secret. The existence of the mausoleum attracts dangerous creatures and it is not very easy to guard. Nate and his colleagues must patrol the building using their gifts to ward off danger. However, when one of their ranks is murdered, they find that their defenses aren’t as strong as they thought.