Anne Billson Books in Order
Anne Billson has written 17 books, published between 1988 and 2019. The first book is Screen Lovers (1988) and the newest is The Ex (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 17
- Published
- 1988–2019
- Pages on record
- 1,650 in 8 of 17 books
Anne Billson, born 1954 in Southport, England, works as a novelist, photographer and film critic. Billson's fiction sets horror beside satire, in novels including Suckers (1993), Stiff Lips (1997), The Coming Thing and The Half Man. Granta named Billson among the Best Young British Novelists in 1993. The criticism side of the catalogue holds My Name Is Michael Caine: A Life in Film (1992), The Thing (1997), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2005) and Let the Right One In (2010). Seventeen books are listed, from Screen Lovers (1988) to The Ex (2019), with Camillography the one series.
How many Anne Billson books are there?
Anne Billson has 17 books, released between 1988 and 2019. 1 of them belong to the Camillography series.
Anne Billson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 17 Anne Billson books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Screen Lovers1988 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/419882081/4
- 2Dream Demon1989 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419891921/4
- 3My Name Is Michael Caine: A Life in Film1992 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419921921/4
- 4Suckers1993 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/419933121/4
- 5Stiff Lips1997 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/419973841/4
- 61997962/4
- 7Buffy the Vampire Slayer2005 · 154 pages · confirmed 1/420051541/4
- 820101121/4
- 9Spoilers Part 12012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 10Spoilers Part 22012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 11Billson Film Database2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 12Breast Man2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 13The Coming Thing2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 14Cats on Film2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 152019–1/4
- 16The Half Man2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 17The Ex2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
Anne Billson books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Devils Advocates in order
1 bookCamillography in order
1 book- 1. Blood Pearl
BFI Film Classics in order
1 book- 9. The Thing
Standalone books
14 books14 Anne Billson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Anne Billson books in order?
You only need to read Anne Billson books in order within the Camillography series, which holds 1 of the 17 Anne Billson books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Anne Billson
Start with Screen Lovers (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Anne Billson book?
The Ex (2019) is the newest Anne Billson book released so far.
Is there a new Anne Billson book coming?
No next Anne Billson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Anne Billson
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Anne Billson. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel1993Shortlistedfor Suckers
Anne Billson at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Anne Billson title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Anne Billson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,650 pages across the 8 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Anne Billson books, 10 of 17, were published in the 2010s.
What the Anne Billson books are about
7 of the 17 Anne Billson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history and criticism is tagged on 2 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History and criticism 2 of 7 books
- Actors and actresses 2 of 7 books
- Motion pictures, history 2 of 7 books





