Order of Richard Christian Matheson Books
Richard Christian Matheson is an American author of horror novels and short stories, as well as screenplays. He is the son of novelist Richard Matheson. As an author, he is best known for the novel Created By and the novella The Ritual of Illusion, while much of his work has been on television and movies, including working on The A-Team, Knight Rider, Tales from the Crypt, The Shining (TV series), Three’s Company, The Incredible Hulk and much more. He has also written several feature films.
Richard Christian Matheson made his debut as a novelist in 1993 with Created By. Prior to that, he has had short stories published in anthologies going as far back as 1977. Below is a list of Richard Christian Matheson’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Created By | (1993) |    |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Holiday | (1988) | |
| Pride | (2002) | |
| The Ritual of Illusion | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks | (1987) | |
| Dystopia | (2000) | |
| Zoopraxis | (2017) | |
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 The Best Horror of the Year Anthology Books
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One | (2009) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two | (2010) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three | (2011) | |
| Roots and All | (2011) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four | (2012) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six | (2014) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven | (2015) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight | (2016) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine | (2017) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year Volume 10 | (2018) | |
| The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction | (2018) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year Volume 11 | (2019) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year Volume 12 | (2020) | |
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 The Diogenes Club Books
| Shadows Over Innsmouth | (1994) | |
| Best New Horror 5 | (1994) | |
| Cthulhu 2000 | (1995) | |
| Dark Terrors 2 | (1996) | |
| Dark of the Night | (1997) | |
| White of the Moon | (1999) | |
| Where The Bodies Are Buried | (2000) | |
| Infinity Plus One | (2001) | |
| Embrace the Mutation | (2002) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14 | (2003) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection | (2003) | |
| Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth | (2005) | |
| Best New Horror 16 | (2005) | |
| Adventure | (2005) | |
| The Man from the Diogenes Club | (2006) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006: 19th Annual Collection | (2006) | |
| Best New Horror 18 | (2007) | |
| Summer Chills | (2007) | |
| Infinity Plus | (2007) | |
| The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club | (2007) | |
| The Fair Folk | (2008) | |
| Best New Horror 19 | (2008) | |
| Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction & Fantasy | (2010) | |
| Mysteries of the Diogenes Club | (2010) | |
| Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth | (2013) | |
| The Mammoth Book of the Mummy | (2015) | |
Publication Order of Hot Blood Books
| Hot Blood Tales of Erotic Horror | (1989) | |
| Hotter Blood: More Tales of Erotic Horror | (1991) | |
| Hottest Blood | (1993) | |
| Deadly After Dark | (1994) | |
| Seeds of Fear | (1995) | |
| Fear the Fever | (1996) | |
| Kiss and Kill | (1997) | |
| Crimes of Passion | (1997) | |
| Hot Blood X | (1998) | |
| Fatal Attractions | (2003) | |
| Strange Bedfellows | (2004) | |
| Dark Passions | (2007) | |
| Stranger by Night | (2011) | |
| Anthology series. | ||
Publication Order of Hell Comes To Hollywood Books
(with Eric J. Guignard)
| Hell Comes to Hollywood, Volume I | (2012) | |
| Hell Comes To Hollywood, Volume II | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Dark Terrors Books
| Dark Terrors | (1995) | |
| Dark Terrors 2 | (1996) | |
| Dark Terrors 3 | (1997) | |
| Dark Terrors 4 | (1998) | |
| Dark Terrors 5 | (2000) | |
| Dark Terrors 6 | (2002) | |
| Darker Terrors 7 | (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
| Whispers | (1977) | |
| Shadows 2 | (1979) | |
| Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror | (1980) | |
| Razored Saddles | (1989) | |
| Obsessions | (1991) | |
| The Bradbury Chronicles | (1991) | |
| Dark of the Night | (1997) | |
| Robert Bloch's Psychos | (1997) | |
| Millenium | (1997) | |
| Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror | (2006) | |
| Dark Delicacies III: Haunted | (2009) | |
| Hellbound Hearts | (2009) | |
| Visitants | (2010) | |
| A Book of Horrors | (2011) | |
| The Devil's Coattails | (2012) | |
| Four For Fantasy | (2013) | |
| Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013 | (2013) | |
| Hell Comes To Hollywood, Volume II | (2014) | |
| Corruption at the Crossroad | (2017) | |
| Freedom of Screech | (2019) | |
| Body Shocks | (2021) | |
| Classic Monsters Unleashed | (2022) | |
If You Like Richard Christian Matheson Books, You’ll Love…
Richard Christian Matheson Synopses: Created By is a standalone novel by Richard Christian Matheson. Alan White is a hot young writer-producer looking for the smash hit that will make his career. He thinks he’s found it with a new TV show called The Mercenary. The network has never seen anything like it. It’s full of sex, violence and nudity, and the ratings are through the roof. Alan couldn’t be happier. Until the morning’s headlines start to read like a rerun of the previous night’s episode. Until The Mercenary begins to take on a terrifying life of its own. Until it becomes chillingly clear that Alan must cancel his creation – before it cancels him.
The Ritual of Illusion is a novella by Richard Christian Matheson. Academy Award-winning actress, Sephanie Vamore, meteors to iconic fame … but like cinema itself, nothing is as it appears. The fifty witnesses to her mythic ascent and bizarre fate are film royalty… many based on Hollywood glitterati; directors, stars, agents, studio heads, screenwriters, lovers, producers. Her story is told in the style of Rashomon with dialogue alone – each hypnotic character adding poignant or lurid details to the shocking truth of what she really is.