Clay Chapman Books in Order

Clay Chapman has written 33 books, published between 2001 and 2026. The first book is Rest Area (2001) and the newest is Devil Inside (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
33
Published
2001–2026
Pages on record
3,470 in 16 of 33 books

Clay Chapman's catalogue runs to 33 books published between 2001 and 2026, opening with Rest Area (2001) and reaching Devil Inside (2026). Subject headings across the run include American horror tales, children's fiction, secret societies, camps, shipwreck survival, traffic accidents and grief. Series credited to Chapman include Origins, Tribe, Self Storage and Lazaretto, alongside Scream: Curse of Carnage, Absolute Carnage, Typhoid Fever and Iron Fist: Phantom Limb. Phillip Kennedy Johnson shares a credit on one title. Chapman is still publishing.

How many Clay Chapman books are there?

Clay Chapman has 33 books, released between 2001 and 2026. They include 7 series and 16 titles listed outside any series.

Clay Chapman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 33 Clay Chapman 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. 1
    Rest Area2001 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001192
  2. 2
    Miss Corpus2003 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003230
  3. 3
    Commencement2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  4. 4
    Homeroom HeadhuntersTribe #12013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  5. 5
    Camp CannibalTribe #22014 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014320
  6. 6
    Academic AssassinsTribe #32015 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015240
  7. 7
    Self StorageSelf Storage #12016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  8. 8
    Nothing Untoward2017 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017336
  9. 9
    LazarettoLazaretto #12018 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018128
  10. 10
    Iron Fist: Phantom LimbIron Fist: Phantom Limb #12019 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019136
  11. 11
    Typhoid FeverTyphoid Fever #12019 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019112
  12. 12
    The Remaking2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  13. 13
    Origins #1Origins #12020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  14. 14
    Scream, Vol. 1Scream: Curse of Carnage #12020 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020112
  15. 15
    Origins #2Origins #22020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  16. 16
    Scream Vol. 2Scream: Curse of Carnage #22020 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020120
  17. 17
    Origins #3Origins #32021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  18. 18
    Whisper Down the Lane2021 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021304
  19. 19
    Origins #4Origins #42021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  20. 20
    Origins #5Origins #52021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  21. 21
    Origins #6Origins #62021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  22. 22
    Ghost Eaters2022 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022304
  23. 23
    Villains For HireDevil's Reign #42022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022
  24. 24
    Extreme CarnageExtreme Carnage #72022 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022200
  25. 25
    What Kind of Mother2023 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023304
  26. 26
    Stay on the Line2024 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202480
  27. 27
    Kill Your Darling2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024
  28. 28
    Acquired Taste2025 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2025352
  29. 29
    Seance in the Asylum2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025
  30. 30
    Wake Up and Open Your Eyes2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025
  31. 31
    Shiny Happy People2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025
  32. 32
    Bodies of Work2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026
  33. 33
    Devil Inside2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026

Clay Chapman 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.

Origins in order

6 books
  1. 1. Origins #1
  2. 2. Origins #2
  3. 3. Origins #3
  4. 4. Origins #4
  5. 5. Origins #5
  6. 6. Origins #6

Tribe in order

3 books
  1. 1. Homeroom Headhunters
  2. 2. Camp Cannibal
  3. 3. Academic Assassins

Scream: Curse of Carnage in order

2 books
  1. 1. Scream, Vol. 1
  2. 2. Scream Vol. 2

Self Storage in order

1 book
  1. 1. Self Storage

Lazaretto in order

1 book
  1. 1. Lazaretto

Iron Fist: Phantom Limb in order

1 book
  1. 1. Iron Fist: Phantom Limb

Typhoid Fever in order

1 book
  1. 1. Typhoid Fever

Devil's Reign in order

1 book
  1. 4. Villains For Hire

Extreme Carnage in order

1 book
  1. 7. Extreme Carnage

Standalone books

16 books

16 Clay Chapman titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Clay Chapman books in order?

You only need to read Clay Chapman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Clay Chapman

Start with Rest Area (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Clay Chapman book?

Devil Inside (2026) is the newest Clay Chapman book released so far.

Is there a new Clay Chapman book coming?

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

Clay Chapman at a glance

Still publishing
Clay Chapman published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Clay Chapman books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,470 pages across the 16 of 33 books with a recorded length, a median of 215 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Clay Chapman books, 21 of 33, were published in the 2020s.

What the Clay Chapman books are about

11 of the 33 Clay Chapman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 3 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.