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Non-Fiction Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Non-Fiction books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Non-Fiction series? Start with "True Tales of the Scarlet Sponge" (2001) and follow publication order through all 29 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
True Tales of the Scarlet Sponge
2001
Proactive Contrition: A Meta-Memoir
2012
Pain Grin
1993
Lover Doll
1994
For You the Living
2012
With Wounds Still Wet
2010
Double Dare
2012
I Can't Come Clean
2014
Rapid Transit: Volume 1
2017
Rapid Transit: Volume 2
2022
The Years Best Horror Stories XIV
1986
Dark Destiny
1990
Splatter-Punks: The Definitive Anthology
1990
Dante's Disciples
1991
The Second Charnel House Anthology of Bad Poetry
1992
The Year's Best Horror Stories XX
1992
The King is Dead: Tales of Elvis Postmortem
1994
Love in Vein
1994
Bizarre Sex: And Other Crimes of Passion
1994
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories
1995
Vampire Detectives
1995
More Phobias
1995
Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories
1998
Darkside: Horror for the Next Millenium
1998
October Dreams
2000
Sex Crimes
2003
Shivers VI
2010
Seeds of Fear
2011
Illustrated Masques
2012
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