Brian James Freeman Books in Order
Brian James Freeman has written 20 books, published between 2004 and 2020. The first book is Black Fire (As: James Kidman) (2004) and the newest is The Girl Who Builds Monsters (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 2004–2020
- Confirmed
- 2 of 20 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,453 in 13 of 20 books
- Reading time
- 41–61 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,453 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 20 titles with a page count on record.
Brian James Freeman writes horror. Born in 1979, the American author released a first novel, Black Fire, in 2004 under the pen name James Kidman, and that book drew a Bram Stoker Award nomination in the best first novel category. Short fiction by Freeman has run in magazines and anthologies. The catalogue holds 20 books published between 2004 and 2020, ending at The Girl Who Builds Monsters (2020). Recorded subjects include paranormal fiction, monsters, artists and psychic trauma in children.
How many Brian James Freeman books are there?
Brian James Freeman has 20 books, released between 2004 and 2020.
Brian James Freeman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Brian James Freeman 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.
- 1Black Fire (As: James Kidman)2004 · confirmed 2/42004–2/4
- 2Blue November Storms2004 · 152 pages · confirmed 2/420041522/4
- 3Seven Stories2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 4The Painted Darkness2010 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/420101602/4
- 5The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 6Monster Night2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 7The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Trivia Book2012 · 442 pages · confirmed 2/420124422/4
- 8More Than Midnight2012 · 175 pages · confirmed 2/420121752/4
- 9Fate and The Exorcist2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 10Weak And Wounded2013 · 98 pages · confirmed 2/42013982/4
- 11Dreamlike States2014 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/420141282/4
- 122015–3/4
- 13The Christmas Spirit2016 · 24 pages · confirmed 2/42016242/4
- 14Reading Stephen King2017 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/420174002/4
- 15Darkness Whispers2017 · 162 pages · confirmed 3/420171623/4
- 16The Halloween Children2017 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/420173002/4
- 17The Zombie Who Cried Human2018 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/42018642/4
- 18Lost and Lonely2018 · confirmed 2/42018–2/4
- 19Walking with Ghosts2018 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/420183082/4
- 20The Girl Who Builds Monsters2020 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/42020402/4
Brian James Freeman 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.
Dark Screams Anthology
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
19 books19 Brian James Freeman titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Brian James Freeman books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 20 Brian James Freeman books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Brian James Freeman
Start with Black Fire (As: James Kidman) (2004), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Brian James Freeman book?
The Girl Who Builds Monsters (2020) is the newest Brian James Freeman book released so far.
Is there a new Brian James Freeman book coming?
No next Brian James Freeman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Brian James Freeman at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Brian James Freeman title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Brian James Freeman books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,453 pages across the 13 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 160 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Brian James Freeman books, 17 of 20, were published in the 2010s.
What the Brian James Freeman books are about
3 of the 20 Brian James Freeman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Horror 1 of 3 books
- Artists 1 of 3 books
- Monsters 1 of 3 books
- Paranormal fiction 1 of 3 books
- Psychic trauma in children 1 of 3 books
- Récits d'horreur américains 1 of 3 books








