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Brian Keene Books in Order

Brian Keene has written 83 books, published between 1998 and 2024. The first book is Jobs in Hell (1998) and the newest is Island of the Dead (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
83
Published
1998–2024
Pages on record
9,628 in 41 of 83 books
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Brian Keene, born September 22, 1967, is an American author, podcaster and film producer working in horror, dark fantasy, crime fiction and comic books. Keene received the 2014 World Horror Grandmaster Award and two Bram Stoker Awards, and has written for Doctor Who, Thor, Hellboy, Alien, Masters of the Universe and The X-Files. The catalogue lists 83 books from Jobs in Hell (1998) to Island of the Dead (2024), including The Rising (2003) and Terminal (2004). Series include Clickers, Earthworm Gods, Levi Stoltzfus, Lost Level and LeHorn's Hollow.

How many Brian Keene books are there?

Brian Keene has 83 books, released between 1998 and 2024. They include 9 series and 54 titles listed outside any series.

Brian Keene Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 83 Brian Keene 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.

  1. Cover of No Rest for the Wicked by Brian Keene (2001)
  2. Cover of 4 X 4 by Brian Keene (2001)
  3. Cover of The Rising by Brian Keene, book 1 of the Rising series (2003)
  4. Cover of No Rest At All by Brian Keene (2003)
  5. Cover of Terminal by Brian Keene (2004)
  6. Cover of Sympathy For The Devil by Brian Keene (2004)
  7. Cover of Fear of Gravity by Brian Keene (2004)
  8. Cover of Earthworm Gods / The Conqueror Worms by Brian Keene, book 1 of the Earthworm Gods series (2005)
  9. Cover of City of the Dead by Brian Keene, book 2 of the Rising series (2005)
  10. Cover of Dark Hollow / The Rutting Season by Brian Keene, book 1 of the LeHorn's Hollow series (2006)
  11. Cover of Clickers II: The Next Wave by Brian Keene, book 2 of the Clickers series (2006)
  12. Cover of Earthworm Gods II: Deluge by Brian Keene, book 2 of the Earthworm Gods series (2007)
  13. Cover of Ghoul by Brian Keene (2007)
  14. Cover of Dead Sea by Brian Keene (2007)
  15. Cover of The New Fear by Brian Keene (2007)
  16. Cover of Kill Whitey by Brian Keene (2008)
  17. Cover of Dead of Night by Brian Keene (2009)
  18. Cover of Castaways by Brian Keene (2009)
  19. Cover of Unhappy Endings by Brian Keene (2009)
  20. Cover of Urban Gothic by Brian Keene (2009)
  21. Cover of A Gathering of Crows by Brian Keene, book 2 of the Levi Stoltzfus series (2010)
  22. Cover of Clickers III: Dagon Rising by Brian Keene, book 3 of the Clickers series (2010)
  23. Cover of Darkness on the Edge of Town by Brian Keene (2010)
  24. Cover of Inferno by Brian Keene, book 1 of the Last Zombie series (2011)
  1. 1
    Jobs in Hell1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  2. 2
    No Rest for the Wicked2001 · 146 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001146
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  3. 3
    4 X 42001 · 185 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001185
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  4. 4
    Talking Smack2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  5. 5
    The Rise and Fall of Babylon2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  6. 6
    The RisingRising #12003 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003220
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  7. 7
    No Rest At All2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  8. 8
    Terminal2004 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004306
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  9. 9
    Sympathy For The Devil2004 · 261 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004261
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  10. 10
    Fear of Gravity2004 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004232
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  11. 11
    Earthworm Gods / The Conqueror WormsEarthworm Gods #12005 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005280
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  12. 12
    City of the DeadRising #22005 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005316
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  13. 13
    Dark Hollow / The Rutting SeasonLeHorn's Hollow #12006 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006384
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  14. 14
    Clickers II: The Next WaveClickers #22006 · 254 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006254
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  15. 15
    The Hollow2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  16. 16
    Running with the Devil2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  17. 17
    Earthworm Gods II: DelugeEarthworm Gods #22007 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007264
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  18. 18
    Ghoul2007 · 341 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007341
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  19. 19
    Dead Sea2007 · 337 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007337
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  20. 20
    The New Fear2007 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007328
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  21. 21
    The Resurrection and the Life2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  22. 22
    Ghost WalkLevi Stoltzfus #12008 · 275 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008275
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  23. 23
    Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes from the End of the WorldEarthworm Gods #32008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  24. 24
    Kill Whitey2008 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008304
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  25. 25
    A Little Silver Book of Streetwise Stories2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  26. 26
    Dead of Night2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  27. 27
    Halves2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  28. 28
    Castaways2009 · 285 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009285
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  29. 29
    Unhappy Endings2009 · 332 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009332
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  30. 30
    Urban Gothic2009 · 301 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009301
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Brian Keene 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.

Last Zombie in order

5 books
  1. 1. Inferno
  2. 2. Neverland
  3. 3. Before the After
  4. 4. The End
  5. 5. Dead New World

Rising in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Rising
  2. 2. City of the Dead
  3. 3. Deliverance

Earthworm Gods in order

3 books
  1. 1. Earthworm Gods / The Conqueror Worms
  2. 2. Earthworm Gods II: Deluge
  3. 3. Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes from the End of the World

Levi Stoltzfus in order

3 books
  1. 1. Ghost Walk
  2. 2. A Gathering of Crows
  3. 3. Last of the Albatwitches

Lost Level in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Lost Level
  2. 2. Return to the Lost Level
  3. 3. Hole in the World

Saga of Rogan in order

3 books
  1. 1. King of the Bastards
  2. 2. Throne of the Bastards
  3. 4. Curse of the Bastards

Clickers in order

3 books
  1. 2. Clickers II: The Next Wave
  2. 3. Clickers III: Dagon Rising
  3. 4. Clickers vs Zombies

Labyrinth in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Seven
  2. 2. Submerged

LeHorn's Hollow in order

1 book
  1. 1. Dark Hollow / The Rutting Season

Masters of the Universe: Origins of Eternia in order

1 book
  1. 1. Origin of Hordak

Standalone Plays

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Doom Patrol in order

1 book
  1. 2. Fire Away

Standalone books

54 books

54 Brian Keene titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Brian Keene books in order?

You only need to read Brian Keene books in order within each series: the books listed here span 9 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Brian Keene

Start with Jobs in Hell (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Brian Keene book?

Island of the Dead (2024) is the newest Brian Keene book released so far.

Is there a new Brian Keene book coming?

No next Brian Keene book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Brian Keene has won

Wikidata records 3 awards and 1 nomination for Brian Keene. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • World Horror Convention Grand Master Award2014Won
  • Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel2003Wonfor The Rising
  • Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction2001Won
  • Locus Award for Best Anthology2026Shortlistedfor The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand

Brian Keene at a glance

Still publishing
Brian Keene published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Brian Keene books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
9,628 pages across the 41 of 83 books with a recorded length, a median of 254 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Brian Keene books, 43 of 83, were published in the 2010s.

What the Brian Keene books are about

20 of the 83 Brian Keene books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: horror is tagged on 6 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.