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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 "The New Gods" (1980) and follow publication order through all 38 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The New Gods
1980
Film Tricks (With: David Everitt)
1980
The Manly Handbook
1982
Discoveries
1983
Not-The-A-Team Beauty Book (With: David Everitt)
1984
The Bosom Serpent
1988
American Voices
1988
Deviant
1989
Deranged
1990
Start Collecting Comic Books
1990
Depraved
1994
The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers (With: David Everitt)
1996
Original Sin: The Visionary Art of Joe Coleman
1997
The Manipulator: Virile Video & Two-Fisted Cinema
1997
Bestial
1998
Real to Reel
2000
Fiend
2000
Panzram: A Journal of Murder
2002
Fatal
2003
The Serial Killer Files
2003
Savage Pastimes
2005
The Devil's Gentleman
2007
The Whole Death Catalog
2009
Killer Colt
2010
Psycho USA
2012
The Mad Sculptor
2014
Man-Eater
2015
Beauty Slain in Bath
2015
Hell's Princess
2018
Ripped from the Headlines!
2020
Maniac
2021
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? (With: Eric Powell)
2021
Butcher's Work
2022
Murderabilia
2023
50 States of Murder
2025
Killer Verse: Poems of Murder and Mayhem
2011
Serial Killer Quarterly Vol.1 No.3 "Unsolved in North America"
2014
Reel Verse
2019
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