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Richard Matheson Books in Order
Every Richard Matheson book in publication order — 66 in total, spanning 1953–2020.
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fury on Sunday | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Someone is Bleeding | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Woman / Third from the Sun / Born of Man | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | I Am Legend / The Omega Man | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Incredible Shrinking Man / The Shrinking Man | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | A Stir of Echoes | 1958 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Ride the Nightmare | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Beardless Warriors of World War II | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Comedy of Terrors | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Hell House | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Night Stalker | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Night Strangler | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Somewhere In Time / Bid Time Return | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | What Dreams May Come | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Earthbound | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Journal of the Gun Years | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Gun Fight | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | 7 Steps to Midnight | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Shadow on the Sun | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Now You See It... | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Passion Play | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Hunger and Thirst | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Camp Pleasant | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Hunted Past Reason | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Abu and the 7 Marvels | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Come Fygures, Come Shadowes | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | The Link | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Other Kingdoms | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Generations | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Leave Yesterday Alone | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slaughter House | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Pride | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Third from the Sun: Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Shores of Space | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Nightmare at 20,000 Feet | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Shock!: Thirteen Tales to Thrill and Terrify | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Shock II: Thirteen Tales to Haunt the Imagination | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Shock III | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Shock Waves | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Duel | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Collected Stories, Vol. 1 | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | By the Gun | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Twilight Zone Scripts | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Kolchak Scripts | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Darker Places | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Collected Stories, Vol. 2 | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Collected Stories, Vol. 3 | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Unrealized Dreams | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Bloodlines | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Button, Button: Uncanny Stories | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Visions of Death: Richard Matheson's Edgar Allan Poe Scripts, Vol. 1 | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Box | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Visions Deferred | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Richard Matheson Uncollected: Backteria and Other Improbable Tales | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Steel and Other Stories | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Road Rage | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Off Beat: Uncollected Stories | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Completely Doomed | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Path | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Mediums Rare | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | A Primer of Reality | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Richard Matheson Companion | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Kiss the Whip | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Masques V | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 66, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fury on Sunday | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Someone is Bleeding | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Slaughter House | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Woman / Third from the Sun / Born of Man | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | I Am Legend / The Omega Man | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Third from the Sun: Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Incredible Shrinking Man / The Shrinking Man | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Shores of Space | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | A Stir of Echoes | 1958 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Ride the Nightmare | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Beardless Warriors of World War II | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Nightmare at 20,000 Feet | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Shock!: Thirteen Tales to Thrill and Terrify | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Comedy of Terrors | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Shock II: Thirteen Tales to Haunt the Imagination | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Shock III | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Shock Waves | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Hell House | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Duel | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Night Stalker | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Night Strangler | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Somewhere In Time / Bid Time Return | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | What Dreams May Come | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Earthbound | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Collected Stories, Vol. 1 | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Journal of the Gun Years | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | The Gun Fight | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | 7 Steps to Midnight | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | The Path | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Shadow on the Sun | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | By the Gun | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Now You See It... | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | The Twilight Zone Scripts | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Passion Play | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Hunger and Thirst | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Mediums Rare | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Camp Pleasant | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | Hunted Past Reason | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | Abu and the 7 Marvels | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | Pride | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | A Primer of Reality | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | Come Fygures, Come Shadowes | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Kolchak Scripts | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Darker Places | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Collected Stories, Vol. 2 | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Collected Stories, Vol. 3 | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Unrealized Dreams | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Kiss the Whip | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | The Link | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | Bloodlines | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | Masques V | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | Button, Button: Uncanny Stories | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | Visions of Death: Richard Matheson's Edgar Allan Poe Scripts, Vol. 1 | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | Completely Doomed | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | The Richard Matheson Companion | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | The Box | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | Visions Deferred | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | Other Kingdoms | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | Richard Matheson Uncollected: Backteria and Other Improbable Tales | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | Steel and Other Stories | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | Generations | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | Road Rage | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | Leave Yesterday Alone | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | Off Beat: Uncollected Stories | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
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