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Clive Barker Books in Order

Clive Barker has written 80 books, published between 1984 and 2024. The first book is Books of Blood I-III (1984) and the newest is Spook City (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
80
Published
1984–2024
Confirmed
80 of 80 titles
Pages on record
15,719 in 45 of 80 books
Reading time
262–393 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 15,719 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 45 of 80 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Clive Barker, author

Clive Barker, born 5 October 1952, is a British writer, filmmaker and visual artist. The Books of Blood, a series of short stories from the 1980s, made Barker a leading horror author, and the catalogue opens with those volumes in 1984 and 1985, along with Dread and Rawhead Rex. Films adapted from Barker's work include the Hellraiser series, whose first installment Barker also wrote and directed, and the Candyman series. Barker's paintings and illustrations have hung in US galleries and appear in the books. Imajica and Abarat are among the listed series, and Spook City (2024) is the newest title.

How many Clive Barker books are there?

Clive Barker has 80 books, released between 1984 and 2024. They include 11 separate series.

Clive Barker Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 80 Clive Barker 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 Books of Blood I-III by Clive Barker, book 1 of the Clive Barker Short Story series (1984)
  2. Cover of Rawhead Rex by Clive Barker, book 3 of the Clive Barker Short Stories/Novellas series (1984)
  3. Cover of The Damnation Game by Clive Barker, book 1 of the Clive Barker Standalone Novels series (1985)
  4. Cover of Books of Blood, Volumes 4-6 by Clive Barker, book 2 of the Clive Barker Short Story series (1985)
  5. Cover of Book Of Blood Volume 4 / The Inhuman Condition by Clive Barker, book 4 of the Books of Blood series (1985)
  6. Cover of Book of Blood Volume 5 / In the Flesh by Clive Barker, book 5 of the Books of Blood series (1985)
  7. Cover of The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, book 9 of the Clive Barker Short Stories/Novellas series (1986)
  8. Cover of Volume I: The Color of Evil by Clive Barker, book 1 of the Dark Descent series (1987)
  9. Cover of Weaveworld by Clive Barker, book 2 of the Clive Barker Standalone Novels series (1987)
  10. Cover of Cabal by Clive Barker, book 3 of the Clive Barker Standalone Novels series (1988)
  11. Cover of The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker, book 1 of the Book of the Art series (1989)
  12. Cover of Tapping the Vein by Clive Barker, book 3 of the Clive Barker Short Story series (1989)
  13. Cover of The Nightbreed Chronicles by Clive Barker, book 10 of the Clive Barker Short Stories/Novellas series (1989)
  14. Cover of Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield by Clive Barker, book 2 of the Dark Descent series (1990)
  15. Cover of Book of the Damned by Clive Barker, book 1 of the Clive Barker's Book of the Damned series (1991)
  16. Cover of Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden by Clive Barker, book 1 of the Clive Barker Non-Fiction series (1991)
  17. Cover of Imajica by Clive Barker, book 1 of the Imajica series (1991)
  18. Cover of Volume III:A Fabulous, Formless Darkness by Clive Barker, book 3 of the Dark Descent series (1991)
  19. Cover of Son of Celluloid by Clive Barker, book 11 of the Clive Barker Short Stories/Novellas series (1991)
  20. Cover of An Exploration of Horror: Foundations of Fear by Clive Barker, book 1 of the Foundations of Fear Anthology series
  21. Cover of The Thief of Always by Clive Barker, book 4 of the Clive Barker Standalone Novels series (1992)
  22. Cover of Everville by Clive Barker, book 2 of the Book of the Art series (1994)
  23. Cover of Foundations of Fear: Volume III: Visions of Fear by Clive Barker, book 4 of the Foundations of Fear Anthology series
  24. Cover of The Fifth Dominion by Clive Barker, book 2 of the Imajica series (1995)
  1. 1
    Books of Blood I-IIIClive Barker Short Story #11984 · 476 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1984476
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  2. 2
    Books of Blood, Vol. 1Books of Blood #11984 · confirmed 3/4
    1984–
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  3. 3
    Books of Blood Volume 2Books of Blood #21984 · confirmed 3/4
    1984–
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  4. 4
    DreadClive Barker Short Stories/Novellas #21984 · confirmed 3/4
    1984–
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  5. 5
    Books Of Blood Volume 3Books of Blood #31984 · confirmed 3/4
    1984–
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  6. 6
    Rawhead RexClive Barker Short Stories/Novellas #31984 · confirmed 3/4
    1984–
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  7. 7
    The Yattering And JackClive Barker Short Stories/Novellas #41984 · confirmed 3/4
    1984–
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  8. 8
    The Damnation GameClive Barker Standalone Novels #11985 · 433 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1985433
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  9. 9
    Books of Blood, Volumes 4-6Clive Barker Short Story #21985 · 152 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1985152
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  10. 10
    Book Of Blood Volume 4 / The Inhuman ConditionBooks of Blood #41985 · 254 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1985254
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  11. 11
    Book of Blood Volume 5 / In the FleshBooks of Blood #51985 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1985192
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  12. 12
    Books of Blood Volume 6Books of Blood #61985 · confirmed 3/4
    1985–
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  13. 13
    The Last IllusionClive Barker Short Stories/Novellas #61985 · confirmed 3/4
    1985–
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  14. 14
    The Life of DeathClive Barker Short Stories/Novellas #71985 · confirmed 3/4
    1985–
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  15. 15
    The Hellbound HeartClive Barker Short Stories/Novellas #91986 · 176 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1986176
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  16. 16
    Volume I: The Color of EvilDark Descent #11987 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1987448
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  17. 17
    WeaveworldClive Barker Standalone Novels #21987 · 672 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1987672
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  18. 18
    CabalClive Barker Standalone Novels #31988 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1988368
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  19. 19
    The Great and Secret ShowBook of the Art #11989 · 658 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1989658
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  20. 20
    Tapping the VeinClive Barker Short Story #31989 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1989256
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  21. 21
    The Nightbreed ChroniclesClive Barker Short Stories/Novellas #101989 · 80 pages · confirmed 3/4
    198980
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  22. 22
    Volume II: The Medusa In The ShieldDark Descent #21990 · 624 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990624
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  23. 23
    Book of the DamnedClive Barker's Book of the Damned #11991 · confirmed 3/4
    1991–
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  24. 24
    Clive Barker's Shadows in EdenClive Barker Non-Fiction #11991 · 465 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991465
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  25. 25
    ImajicaImajica #11991 · 576 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991576
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  26. 26
    Volume III:A Fabulous, Formless DarknessDark Descent #31991 · 585 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991585
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  27. 27
    Son of CelluloidClive Barker Short Stories/Novellas #111991 · confirmed 3/4
    1991–
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  28. 28
    An Exploration of Horror: Foundations of FearFoundations of Fear Anthology #11992 · 660 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992660
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  29. 29
    Book of the Damned IIClive Barker's Book of the Damned #21992 · confirmed 3/4
    1992–
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  30. 30
    Book of the Damned IIIClive Barker's Book of the Damned #31992 · confirmed 3/4
    1992–
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Clive Barker 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.

Clive Barker Short Stories/Novellas

13 books

13 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Clive Barker Short Story

12 books

12 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Clive Barker Standalone Novels

7 books

7 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Books of Blood in order

6 books
  1. 1. Books of Blood, Vol. 1
  2. 2. Books of Blood Volume 2
  3. 3. Books Of Blood Volume 3
  4. 4. Book Of Blood Volume 4 / The Inhuman Condition
  5. 5. Book of Blood Volume 5 / In the Flesh
  6. 6. Books of Blood Volume 6

Clive Barker Non-Fiction

6 books

6 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Playscripts in order

6 books
  1. 1. The History of the Devil
  2. 2. The Magician
  3. 3. Hunters in the Snow
  4. 4. Crazyface
  5. 5. Frankenstein in Love
  6. 6. Nightlives

Clive Barker's Hellraiser (2011) in order

5 books
  1. 1. Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 1
  2. 2. Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 2
  3. 3. Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Vol. 3
  4. 4. Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 4
  5. 5. Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vol. 5

Clive Barker's Book of the Damned in order

4 books
  1. 1. Book of the Damned
  2. 2. Book of the Damned II
  3. 3. Book of the Damned III
  4. 4. Book of the Damned IV

Dark Descent in order

3 books
  1. 1. Volume I: The Color of Evil
  2. 2. Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield
  3. 3. Volume III:A Fabulous, Formless Darkness

Imajica in order

3 books
  1. 1. Imajica
  2. 2. The Fifth Dominion
  3. 3. The Reconciliation

Abarat in order

3 books
  1. 1. Abarat: The First Book of Hours
  2. 2. Days of Magic, Nights of War
  3. 3. Absolute Midnight

Clive Barker's Next Testament in order

3 books
  1. 1. Clive Barker's Next Testament Vol. 1
  2. 2. Clive Barker's Next Testament Vol. 2
  3. 3. Clive Barker's Next Testament Vol. 3

Book of the Art in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Great and Secret Show
  2. 2. Everville

Foundations of Fear Anthology

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Galilee in order

1 book
  1. 1. Galilee

Clive Barker Graphic Novels in order

1 book
  1. 2. Edgar Allan Poe Turns 200: Halloween Comic Book

Mondo in order

1 book
  1. 3. Mondo Marilyn

P. Craig Russell Graphic Novels in order

1 book
  1. 3. Age of Desire

Encyclopocalypse Classics in order

1 book
  1. 11. Spook City

Clive Barker Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Clive Barker books run from Books of Blood I-III (1984) to Spook City (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Clive Barker in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Clive Barker books in order?

You only need to read Clive Barker books in order within each series: the books listed here span 11 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Clive Barker

Start with Books of Blood I-III (1984), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Clive Barker book?

Spook City (2024) is the newest Clive Barker book released so far.

Is there a new Clive Barker book coming?

No next Clive Barker 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 Clive Barker has won

Wikidata records 11 awards and 27 nominations for Clive Barker. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement2026Won
  • Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement2012Won
  • Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers2004Wonfor Days of Magic, Nights of War
  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel1998Wonfor Imajica
  • Julia-Verlanger Award1997Wonfor Imajica
  • World Horror Convention Grand Master Award1995Won
  • Inkpot Award1991Won
  • Cosmos 2000 Award1990Wonfor Weaveworld
  • British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction1986Wonfor The Forbidden
  • British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction1985Wonfor In the Hills, the Cities
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Collection1985Wonfor Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Vols. I-III
  • Bram Stoker Award for Novel2015Shortlistedfor The Scarlet Gospels

Clive Barker at a glance

Still publishing
Clive Barker published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Clive Barker books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
15,719 pages across the 45 of 80 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Clive Barker books, 24 of 80, were published in the 1990s.

What the Clive Barker books are about

51 of the 80 Clive Barker 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 23 of 51. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.