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Richard Laymon Books in Order
Every Richard Laymon book in publication order — 129 in total, spanning 1980–2014.
Publication Order of Beast House Chronicles Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Cellar | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Beast House | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Midnight Tour | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Friday Night in Beast House | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Your Secret Admirer (As: Carl Laymon) | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Woods Are Dark | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Out Are the Lights | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Nightmare Lake (As: Carl Laymon) | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Night Show | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Dawson's City | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Beware | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Allhallow's Eve | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Night Creature | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Dark Mountain / Tread Softly (As: Richard Kelly) | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  Thin Air | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  Flesh | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  Resurrection Dreams | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 |  Midnight's Lair (As: Richard Kelly) | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 |  Funland | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 |  The Stake | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 |  One Rainy Night | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 |  Darkness, Tell Us | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 |  Island | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 |  Blood Games | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 |  Alarums | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 |  Savage | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 |  Endless Night | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 |  In the Dark | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 |  Quake | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 |  Body Rides | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 |  Bite | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 |  After Midnight | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 |  The Wilds | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 |  Cuts | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 |  Among the Missing | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 |  Come Out Tonight | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 |  The Traveling Vampire Show | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 |  Once Upon a Halloween | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 |  No Sanctuary | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 |  Night in the Lonesome October | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 |  Amara / To Wake The Dead | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 |  The Lake | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 |  The Glory Bus / Into the Fire | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Shootout at Joe's | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Cardiac Arrest | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Intruder | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Caller | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Night Ride | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Night Games | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Guts | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  The Cobra | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Last Hand | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  The Hearse | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  Lonely One | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  Live Bait | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  Marathon | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 |  The Return | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 |  Beginner's Luck | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 |  Halloween Hunt | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 |  The Halloween Mouse | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out Are the Lights and Other Tales | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  A Good, Secret Place | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Fiends | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  A Writer's Tale | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Dreadful Tales | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Madman Stan and Other Stories | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Short Stories: The Mystery and Men�� Magazines | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Making Of America Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Texans | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Ranchers | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Homesteaders | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The Alaskans | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Golden Staters | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The River People | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  The Land Grabbers | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  The Wildcatters | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Gunfighters | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  The Donner People | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  The Buffalo People | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  The Frontier Healers | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  The Far Islanders | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 |  The Border Breed | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 |  The Boomers | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 |  The Cajuns | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 |  The Nightriders | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 |  The Express Riders | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 |  The Wranglers | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 |  The Creoles | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 |  The Sooners | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 |  The Vigilantes | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 |  The Baja People | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 |  The Yukon Breed | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 |  The Voyageurs | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 |  The Whalers | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 |  The Prophet's People | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 |  The Copper Kings | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 |  The Trail Blazers | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 |  The Canadians | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 |  The Caribbeans | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 |  The Robber Barons | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 |  The Assassins | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 |  The Outlaws | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 |  The Fugitives | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 |  The Frontier Detectives | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 |  The Rough Riders | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 |  The Bounty Hunters | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 |  The Texas Rangers | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 |  The Raiders | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 |  Warriors of the Code | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 |  The Sixgun Apostles | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Making Of The Cities Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cincinnati | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Baton Rouge | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Omaha | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Women Who Won The West Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tempest of Tombstone | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Dodge City Darling | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Duchess of Denver | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Lost Lady of Laramie | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Flame Of Virginia City | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Angel of Hangtown | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Belle of Fort Smith | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Princess of Powder River | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Americana: The Making of the Cities Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Portland | 0 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Triage | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Ten Tales | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 129, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cellar | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Your Secret Admirer (As: Carl Laymon) | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Texans | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Ranchers | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Homesteaders | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Alaskans | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Golden Staters | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Woods Are Dark | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The River People | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Land Grabbers | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Wildcatters | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Gunfighters | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Donner People | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Buffalo People | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The Frontier Healers | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Far Islanders | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Border Breed | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Boomers | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The Cajuns | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Out Are the Lights | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Out Are the Lights and Other Tales | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | The Nightriders | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Express Riders | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | The Wranglers | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | The Creoles | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | The Sooners | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | The Vigilantes | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Tempest of Tombstone | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Dodge City Darling | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Duchess of Denver | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Lost Lady of Laramie | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Flame Of Virginia City | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Angel of Hangtown | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Belle of Fort Smith | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Princess of Powder River | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Nightmare Lake (As: Carl Laymon) | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | The Baja People | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | The Yukon Breed | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | The Voyageurs | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | The Whalers | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | The Prophet's People | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | The Copper Kings | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | The Trail Blazers | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | The Canadians | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | The Caribbeans | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | The Robber Barons | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | The Beast House | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Night Show | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Dawson's City | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Shootout at Joe's | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | Cardiac Arrest | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | Intruder | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | The Assassins | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | The Outlaws | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | The Fugitives | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | The Frontier Detectives | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | The Rough Riders | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | The Bounty Hunters | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | The Texas Rangers | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | The Raiders | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | Beware | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | Allhallow's Eve | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | Caller | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | Night Ride | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | Night Games | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | Guts | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 67 | The Cobra | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 68 | Last Hand | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 69 | The Hearse | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 70 | Lonely One | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 71 | Live Bait | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 72 | Marathon | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 73 | Warriors of the Code | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 74 | Night Creature | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 75 | The Return | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 76 | Beginner's Luck | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 77 | Halloween Hunt | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 78 | Dark Mountain / Tread Softly (As: Richard Kelly) | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 79 | Thin Air | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 80 | Flesh | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 81 | The Sixgun Apostles | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 82 | Resurrection Dreams | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 83 | Midnight's Lair (As: Richard Kelly) | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 84 | Funland | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 85 | The Stake | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 86 | One Rainy Night | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 87 | Cincinnati | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 88 | Baton Rouge | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 89 | Triage | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 90 | Darkness, Tell Us | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 91 | Island | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 92 | Blood Games | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 93 | Alarums | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 94 | A Good, Secret Place | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 95 | Omaha | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 96 | Savage | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 97 | Endless Night | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 98 | In the Dark | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 99 | Ten Tales | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 100 | Quake | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 101 | Body Rides | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 102 | Bite | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 103 | Fiends | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 104 | The Midnight Tour | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 105 | After Midnight | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 106 | The Wilds | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 107 | A Writer's Tale | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 108 | Cuts | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 109 | Among the Missing | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 110 | Come Out Tonight | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 111 | The Traveling Vampire Show | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 112 | Once Upon a Halloween | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 113 | Dreadful Tales | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 114 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 115 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 116 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 117 | Friday Night in Beast House | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 118 | No Sanctuary | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 119 | Night in the Lonesome October | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 120 | The Halloween Mouse | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 121 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 122 | Amara / To Wake The Dead | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 123 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 124 | The Lake | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 125 | Madman Stan and Other Stories | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 126 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 127 | The Glory Bus / Into the Fire | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 128 | Short Stories: The Mystery and Men�� Magazines | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 129 | Portland | 0 | Amazon US UK |
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