Order of Walking Dead Books

The Walking Dead is a series of graphic novels and novels created by American writer Robert Kirkman and American artist Tony Moore. The focus of the series is on Kentucky police officer Rick Grimes, who along with his family and many others, must survive a zombie apocalypse. The series is set in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2010, the series was premiered as a television drama adaptation, developed by Frank Darabont.

Robert Kirkman began his Walking Dead series in 2003, with the first graphic novel (Days Gone Bye) published in 2004. Each graphic novels is comprised of six issues of the comic book series. Tony Moore pencilled the first six issues, while Charlie Adlard has done the art ever since. The comic book series is currently ongoing. The “Governor” novel series began in 2011 with Rise of the Governor and concluded in 2014 with The Fall of the Governor, Part 2. Below is a list of Robert Kirkman’s Walking Dead books in order of when they were originally published (which is the same as their chronological order):

Publication Order of Walking Dead Graphic Novels

Days Gone Bye	(2004)
Miles Behind Us	(2004)
Safety Behind Bars	(2005)
The Heart's Desire	(2005)
The Best Defense	(2006)
This Sorrowful Life	(2007)
The Calm Before	(2007)
Made to Suffer	(2007)
Here We Remain	(2009)
What We Become	(2009)
Fear the Hunters	(2010)
Life Among Them	(2010)
Too Far Gone	(2010)
No Way Out	(2011)
We Find Ourselves	(2011)
A Larger World	(2012)
Something to Fear	(2012)
What Comes After	(2013)
March to War	(2013)
All Out War, Part 1	(2014)
All Out War, Part 2	(2014)
A New Beginning	(2014)
Whispers Into Screams	(2015)
Life and Death	(2015)
No Turning Back	(2016)
Call to Arms	(2016)
The Whisperer War	(2017)
A Certain Doom	(2017)
Lines We Cross	(2018)
New World Order	(2018)
Rotten Core	(2019)