Order of Brian Keene Books
Brian Keene is an American author of horror, dark fantasy, crime and thriller novels, graphic novels and comic books. His novel The Rising is credited with helping to inspire pop culture’s fascination with zombies, alongside Robert Kirkman‘s Walking Dead series and the film 28 Days Later. His films Ghoul, The Ties That Bind and Fast Zombies Suck have been adapted for film (and several others are in development or have been optioned). Keene has written for such franchises as Doctor Who, Hellboy, Masters of the Universe and Superman. He lives in rural Pennsylvania and has two sons.
Brian Keene made his debut as a published author in 2001 with the collection No Rest for the Wicked. Below is a list of Brian Keene’s books in order of when they were originally published:
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Publication Order of The Rising Books
| The Rising | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| City of the Dead | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Deliverance | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Earthworm Gods Books
| Earthworm Gods / The Conqueror Worms | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Earthworm Gods II: Deluge | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Clickers Books
| Clickers | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Clickers II: The Next Wave | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Clickers III: Dagon Rising | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Clickers vs Zombies | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Clickers Never Die | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Levi Stoltzfus Books
| Ghost Walk | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Gathering of Crows | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Last of the Albatwitches | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Last Zombie Books
| Inferno | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Neverland | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Before the After | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The End | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead New World | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Lost Level Books
| The Lost Level | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Return to the Lost Level | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hole in the World | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Bastards Books
(with Steven L. Shrewsbury)
| King of the Bastards | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Throne of the Bastards | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Curse of the Bastards | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of LeHorn's Hollow Books
| Dark Hollow / The Rutting Season | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ghost Walk | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Labyrinth Books
| The Seven | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Submerged | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Terminal | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hollow | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ghoul | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead Sea | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Kill Whitey | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Castaways | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Urban Gothic | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shades | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Damned Highway | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Entombed | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| An Occurrence in Crazy Bear Valley | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Complex | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pressure | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| School's Out | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| White Fire | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Suburban Gothic | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Thor: Metal Gods | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Island of the Dead | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Rise and Fall of Babylon | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Halves | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Darkness on the Edge of Town | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cage | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Scratch | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Jack's Magic Beans | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Take The Long Way Home | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tequila's Sunrise | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Alone | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sundancing | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Girl on the Glider | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| With Teeth | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| No Rest for the Wicked | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 4 X 4 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Talking Smack | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Rise and Fall of Babylon | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| No Rest At All | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fear of Gravity | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Little Silver Book of Streetwise Stories | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Unhappy Endings | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Intermusings | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blood on the Page | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Where We Live and Die | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| All Dark, All The Time | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Love Letters From A Nihilist | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Plays
| Terminal: The Play | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
| Dead of Night | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Doom Patrol, Volume 3 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Jobs in Hell | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sympathy For The Devil | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Running with the Devil | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The New Fear | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Leader of the Banned | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Trigger Warnings | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Unsafe Spaces | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Other Words | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| End of the Road | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Love and Hate in the Time of Covid | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Masters of the Universe: Origins of Eternia Books
| Origin of Hordak | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Origin of Skeletor #1 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of The X-Files Books
| Goblins | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Hunter | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Ground Zero | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Whirlwind | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Ruins | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Antibodies | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Skin | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Fight the Future | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| I Want to Believe | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Trust No One | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Truth Is Out There | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Perihelion | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: The Clickers series is written with J.F. Gonzales. The Last Zombie was written with Fred Perry. Shades was written with Geoff Cooper. The Damned Highway was written with Nick Mamatas. King of the Bastards was written with Steven L. Shrewksbury. Earthworm Gods was originally titled The Conqueror Worms.
4 x 4 also has stories by Geoff Cooper, Michael T. Huyck and Michael Oliveri. The Rise and Fall of Babylon also has stories by John Urbancik. Infernally Yours also has stories by John Everson, Charlee Jacob, Edward Lee, John Shirley and Maynard Sims. Four Rode Out also has stories by Tim Curran, Tim Lebbon and Steve Vernon. Zombies: The Recent Dead also has stories by Max Brooks, Tobias S. Buckell, Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Lebbon, Kelly Link and Kit Reed. Intermusings also includes stories by Brian A. Hopkins, Patricia Lee Macomber, Stephen Mark Rainey, John B. Rosenman, Richard Rowand, Brett Alexander Savory and David Niall Wilson. Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road also includes stories by J.F. Gonzalez, Ryan Harding, Jack Ketchum, Edward Lee, Shane McKenzie, Bryan Smith, James Bryan Smith, Nate Southard and Wrath James White.
The Crane House was written with Kealan Patrick Burke, Al Sarrantonio, Rick Hautala, Bev Vincent, Brian Freeman, James A. Moore, James Newman, Ronald Kelly, Norman Prentiss, and Ray Garton. Terminal: The Play was written with Roy C. Booth. Dust/Divorcing the Dead was written with Kelli Owen.
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Brian Keene Synopsis: The Rising by Brian Keene is the first book in the Rising series. It is the story of Jim Thurmond, a determined father battling his way across a post-apocalyptic zombie landscape, to find his young son. Accompanied by Martin, a preacher still holding to his faith, and Frankie, a recovering heroin addict with an indomitable will to survive, Jim travels from state to state and town to town, facing an endless onslaught of undead hordes, and the evils perpetrated by his fellow man.