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Clive Barker Books in Order

17 series including Encyclopocalypse Classics Series, Books of Blood Series and more

★ 4 NYT bestsellers 17 series 144 books Latest: The Nightmare Blonde ( By: Morton Wolson) (2024)

Clive Barker has written 144 books since 1978. The catalogue splits into 17 series, with Encyclopocalypse Classics the most substantial at 11 books. As of 2024, the latest we've recorded is The Nightmare Blonde.

New York Times Bestsellers

4 books

Clive Barker has placed 4 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 10 weeks on the charts.

Cover of The Great and Secret Show
The Great and Secret Show
Book of the Art Series

4 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #14 · debuted Feb 1990

Full chart history →
Cover of Imajica
Imajica
Imajica Series

3 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #14 · debuted Sep 1991

Full chart history →

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Reading Order

17 series · 144 books
The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker

Book of the Art Series

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1 The Great and Secret Show 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Everville 1994 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Imajica by Clive Barker

Imajica Series

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1 Imajica 1991 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Fifth Dominion 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Reconciliation 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Abarat Series

0 of 3 read
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1 Abarat: The First Book of Hours 2002 🏆 Borders Original Voices Award 2002British Fantasy Award 2005Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Days of Magic, Nights of War 2004 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Absolute Midnight 2011 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
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1 Books of Blood, Vol. 1 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Books of Blood Volume 2 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Books Of Blood Volume 3 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Book Of Blood Volume 4 / The Inhuman Condition 1985 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Book of Blood Volume 5 / In the Flesh 1985 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Books of Blood Volume 6 1985 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Galilee by Clive Barker

Galilee Series

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1 Galilee 1998 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
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1 Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 1 (Short Story) 2011 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 2 (Short Story) 2012 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Vol. 3 (Short Story) 2012 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 4 (Short Story) 2012 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 5 (Short Story) 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Clive Barker's Next Testament Series

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1 Clive Barker's Next Testament Vol. 1 (Short Story) 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Clive Barker's Next Testament Vol. 2 (Short Story) 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Clive Barker's Next Testament Vol. 3 (Short Story) 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Clive Barker's Book of the Damned Series

0 of 4 read
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1 Book of the Damned 1991 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Book of the Damned II 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Book of the Damned III 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Book of the Damned IV 1993 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
The Damnation Game by Clive Barker

Clive Barker Other Novels

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1 The Damnation Game 1985 British Book Award 1988Bram Stoker Award 1987World Fantasy Award 1986Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Weaveworld 1987 Locus Award 1988World Fantasy Award 1988Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Cabal 1988 World Fantasy Award 1989Full award history → 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 The Thief of Always 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Sacrament 1996 🏆 Lambda Literary Award 1997Locus Award 1997British Fantasy Award 1997Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Coldheart Canyon 2001 🏆 Audie Award 2002Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Mister B. Gone 2007 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Clive Barker Short Stories/Novellas

0 of 16 read
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1 Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament (Short Story) 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Dread 1984 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Rawhead Rex 1984 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 The Yattering And Jack 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 In the Hills, the Cities 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 The Last Illusion 1985 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 The Life of Death 1985 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 The Forbidden 1985 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 The Hellbound Heart 1986 World Fantasy Award 1987Full award history → 🎬 2 adaptations → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 The Nightbreed Chronicles (Short Story) 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 Son of Celluloid (Short Story) 1991 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Haeckel\'s 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Circus 2009 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 Tortured Souls (Short Story) 2014 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 Infernal Parade (Short Story) 2017 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 Hellraiser: The Toll (Short Story) 2018 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Clive Barker Short Story Collections

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1 Books of Blood I-III 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Tapping the Vein with P. Craig Russell 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Lord of Illusions 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Incarnations 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Forms of Heaven 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 The Essential Clive Barker 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Clive Barker's First Tales (Short Story) 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Chiliad (Short Story) 2014 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 The Scarlet Gospels 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 Tonight, Again 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 Clive Barker's the Body Book 2018 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Clive Barker Graphic Novels

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1 Age of Desire with P. Craig Russell 2008 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Edgar Allan Poe Turns 200: Halloween Comic Book with Roger Corman 2018 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Clive Barker Non-Fiction

6 books · 1991–2008

Roger Corman Graphic Novels

1 book · 2018

Mondo Series

4 books · 1993–1996

Clive Barker Anthologies

59 books · 1986–2024

Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English writer, film director, and visual artist. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the *Books of Blood*, which established him as a leading horror writer. He has since written many novels and other works, and his fiction has been adapted into films, notably the *Hellraiser* and *Candyman* series. He was also the executive producer of the film *Gods and Monsters*.

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