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Clive Barker Books in Order
Clive Barker is a renowned English author, filmmaker, and visual artist. Born in Liverpool, England, he is the son of Joan Rubie, a painter and school welfare officer, and Leonard Barker, a personnel director. Barker's academic background includes studying English and Philosophy at Liverpool University, where his picture remains displayed in the Philosophy Department entrance hall. Barker's work often explores themes of horror, fantasy, and the supernatural, as seen in notable novels such as "Hellraiser" and "Cabal". He has received numerous awards for his contributions to LGBTQ+ rights, including the 2003 Davidson/Valentini Award at the GLAAD Media Awards. Barker's writing is influenced by his spiritual beliefs, which include a faith in God and the afterlife. His distinctive voice, shaped by a series of throat surgeries, has become a signature aspect of his public persona.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Clive Barker's book series? Clive Barker has written 16 book series. The most notable is the Abarat series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Clive Barker
- #1
Abarat: The First Book of Hours(2002) - #2
Days of Magic, Nights of War(2004) - #3
Absolute Midnight(2011)
- #1
The Great and Secret Show(1989) - #2
Everville(1994)
- #1
Books of Blood, Vol. 1(1984) - #2
Books of Blood Volume 2(1984) - #3
Books Of Blood Volume 3(1984) - #4
Book Of Blood Volume 4 / The Inhuman Condition(1985) - #5
Book of Blood Volume 5 / In the Flesh(1985) - #6
Books of Blood Volume 6(1985)
- #1
Book of the Damned(1991) - #2
Book of the Damned II(1992) - #3
Book of the Damned III(1992) - #4
Book of the Damned IV(1993)
- #1
Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 1(2011) - #2
Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 2(2012) - #3
Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Vol. 3(2012) - #4
Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 4(2012) - #5
Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 5(2013)
- #1
Clive Barker's Next Testament Vol. 1(2013) - #2
Clive Barker's Next Testament Vol. 2(2015) - #3
Clive Barker's Next Testament Vol. 3(2015)
- #1
The Odd Job (By: Bernard McKenna,Colin Bostock-Smith)(1978) - #2
Dracula in Love (By: John Shirley)(1979) - #3
Killer Flies (By: MarkKendall)(1983) - #4
In Darkness Waiting (By: John Shirley)(1988) - #5
The Rain Ghost (By: Garry Douglas Kilworth)(1990) - #6
Courage Under Fire (By: Patrick Sheane Duncan)(1996) - #7
A Private War (By: Patrick Sheane Duncan)(2002) - #8
Criminal Macabre (By: Steve Niles)(2007) - #9
The Visitor (By: Chauncey G. Parker III)(2019) - #10
The Nightmare Blonde (By: Morton Wolson)(2024) - #11
Spook City (With: Ramsey Campbell,Peter Atkins,Doug Bradley,Angus MacKenzie)(2024)
- #1
Galilee(1998)
- #1
Age of Desire (With: P. Craig Russell)(2008) - #2
Edgar Allan Poe Turns 200: Halloween Comic Book (With: Roger Corman)(2018)
- #1
Imajica(1991) - #2
The Fifth Dominion(1995) - #3
The Reconciliation(1995)
- #1
Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King(1986) - #2
Cutting Edge(1986) - #3The Dark Descent(1987)
- #4
Gaslight & Ghosts(1988) - #5Horror Factor 7(1988)
- #6
Splatter-Punks: The Definitive Anthology(1990) - #7
Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield(1990) - #8
I Shudder at Your Touch: Twenty Two Tales of Sex and Horror(1991) - #9
The Mammoth Book of Vampires(1992) - #10
An Exploration of Horror: Foundations of Fear(1992) - #11The Giant Book of Zombies(1993)
- #12
Best New Horror 4(1993) - #13
Splatterpunks II(1993) - #14
The Mammoth Book of Zombies(1993) - #15
The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein(1994) - #16The Mammoth Book of Erotica(1994)
- #17
The Giant Book of Terror(1994) - #18
Sea-Cursed(1994) - #19
Foundations of Fear: Volume III: Visions of Fear(1994) - #20
The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men / The Mammoth Book of Werewolves(1994) - #21
Space Movies(1995) - #22
Mondo Marilyn(1995) - #23
Dark Terrors 2(1996) - #24
Giant Book of Fantasy Tales(1996) - #25
Secret City(1997) - #26
Millenium(1997) - #27
Dark Detectives(1999) - #28
Dark Delicacies(2005) - #29
Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror(2006) - #30
The British Fantasy Society: A Celebration(2006) - #31
Best New Horror 17(2006) - #32
Summer Chills(2007) - #33
The Mammoth Book of Monsters(2007) - #34
Dark Delicacies II: Fear(2007) - #35
The New Weird(2008) - #36The Living Dead(2008)
- #37Hellbound Hearts(2009)
- #38
The Dead That Walk(2009) - #39
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror(2010) - #40Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters(2011)
- #41
Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed(2011) - #42
The Mammoth Book of Body Horror(2012) - #43
Beyond Rue Morgue Anthology: Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe's 1st Detective(2013) - #44
Shivers VII(2013) - #45
Zombies!: Tales of the Walking Dead(2013) - #46
Mister October, Volume II(2013) - #47
Turn Down the Lights(2013) - #48Best New Horror 25(2014)
- #49Horrorology(2015)
- #50
Gutted(2016) - #51
The Dark North(2016) - #52
Detours(2016) - #53
Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders(2017) - #54
Below the Stairs: Tales from the Cellar(2017) - #55
The Beauty of Death, Vol. 2(2017) - #56
Behind the Mask - Tales from the Id(2018) - #57
Beneath the Waves: Tales from the Deep(2018) - #58
Best of Best New Horror Volume 2(2020) - #59
Out of the Ruins: The Apocalyptic Anthology(2021) - #60Revelations(2022)
- #61
Multiverses: An anthology of alternate realities(2023) - #62Spook City(2024)
- #1
Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden (With: Stephen Jones)(1991) - #2
Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror (With: Stephen Jones)(1997) - #3
Rare Flesh(2003) - #4
The Hellraiser Chronicles (With: Stephen Jones)(2004) - #5
Visions of Heaven and Hell(2005) - #6The Painter, the Creature, and the Father of Lies(2008)
- #1
Murder Mysteries (By: Neil Gaiman,P. Craig Russell)(1992) - #2
Coraline (By: Neil Gaiman,P. Craig Russell)(2008) - #3Age of Desire (With: P. Craig Russell)(2008)
- #1The History of the Devil(1999)
- #2
The Magician(2017) - #3
Hunters in the Snow(2018) - #4
Crazyface(2018) - #5
Frankenstein in Love(2021) - #6
Nightlives(2021)
- #1Edgar Allan Poe Turns 200: Halloween Comic Book (With: Roger Corman)(2018)
- #1
The Damnation Game(1985) - #2
Weaveworld(1987) - #3
Cabal(1988) - #4The Thief of Always(1992)
- #5Sacrament(1996)
- #6
Coldheart Canyon(2001) - #7Mister B. Gone(2007)
- #8Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament(1984)
- #9
Dread(1984) - #10
Rawhead Rex(1984) - #11
The Yattering And Jack(1984) - #12In the Hills, the Cities(1984)
- #13
The Last Illusion(1985) - #14
The Life of Death(1985) - #15The Forbidden(1985)
- #16The Hellbound Heart(1986)
- #17
The Nightbreed Chronicles(1989) - #18Son of Celluloid(1991)
- #19Haeckel\'s(2005)
- #20
The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Circus(2009) - #21
Tortured Souls(2014) - #22
Infernal Parade(2017) - #23
Hellraiser: The Toll(2018) - #24
Books of Blood I-III(1984) - #25
Books of Blood, Volumes 4-6(1985) - #26
Tapping the Vein(1989) - #27
Lord of Illusions(1995) - #28
Incarnations(1995) - #29
Forms of Heaven(1996) - #30
The Essential Clive Barker(1999) - #31Clive Barker's First Tales(2013)
- #32
Chiliad(2014) - #33
The Scarlet Gospels(2015) - #34Tonight, Again(2015)
- #35
Clive Barker's the Body Book(2018)
About Clive Barker
Clive Barker is a renowned English author, filmmaker, and visual artist. Born in Liverpool, England, he is the son of Joan Rubie, a painter and school welfare officer, and Leonard Barker, a personnel director. Barker's academic background includes studying English and Philosophy at Liverpool University, where his picture remains displayed in the Philosophy Department entrance hall. Barker's work often explores themes of horror, fantasy, and the supernatural, as seen in notable novels such as "Hellraiser" and "Cabal". He has received numerous awards for his contributions to LGBTQ+ rights, including the 2003 Davidson/Valentini Award at the GLAAD Media Awards. Barker's writing is influenced by his spiritual beliefs, which include a faith in God and the afterlife. His distinctive voice, shaped by a series of throat surgeries, has become a signature aspect of his public persona.
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