Douglas Clegg Books in Order
Douglas Clegg has written 40 books, published between 1988 and 2019. The first book is The Halloween Man (1988) and the newest is The Poisoner's Garden and Others: Selected Poems (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 40
- Published
- 1988–2019
- Pages on record
- 8,464 in 27 of 40 books
- Reading time
- 141–212 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,464 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 27 of 40 titles with a page count on record.
Douglas Clegg writes horror and dark fantasy, and was an early mover in electronic publishing. Haunted houses, vampires and the contest of good and evil run through the subject headings, and the work divides into Harrow House, Vampyricon, the Chronicles of Mordred, Criminally Insane and Dark Coming of Age. The catalogue holds 40 titles from The Halloween Man (1988) to The Poisoner's Garden and Others: Selected Poems (2019), at a median of 359 pages, with the 2000s the densest decade. Goat Dance (1989), Neverland (1991) and Naomi (1998) sit on the list.
How many Douglas Clegg books are there?
Douglas Clegg has 40 books, released between 1988 and 2019. They include 5 series and 24 titles listed outside any series.
Douglas Clegg Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 40 Douglas Clegg 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.
- 1The Halloween Man1988 · 360 pages · confirmed 1/419883601/4
- 2Goat Dance1989 · 408 pages · confirmed 1/419894081/4
- 3Breeder1990 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419903201/4
- 4Neverland1991 · 373 pages · confirmed 1/419913731/4
- 5Dark of the Eye1994 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/419943361/4
- 6The Children's Hour1995 · 383 pages · confirmed 1/419953831/4
- 7You Come When I Call You1996 · 393 pages · confirmed 1/419963931/4
- 81997–1/4
- 9Naomi1998 · 359 pages · confirmed 1/419983591/4
- 10The Nightmare Chronicles1999 · 360 pages · confirmed 1/419993601/4
- 1120003591/4
- 122000–1/4
- 1320013771/4
- 1420023401/4
- 15The Hour Before Dark2002 · 370 pages · confirmed 1/420023701/4
- 1620031961/4
- 17A Madness of Starlings2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 1820043841/4
- 192004–1/4
- 2020043241/4
- 21The Machinery of Night2004 · 721 pages · confirmed 1/420047211/4
- 22Afterlife2004 · 261 pages · confirmed 1/420042611/4
- 2320053701/4
- 2420062601/4
- 2520062911/4
- 26Wild Things2006 · 97 pages · confirmed 1/42006971/4
- 2720061131/4
- 282007–1/4
- 292009–1/4
- 30The Stain2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 31Coming of Age2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 32Night Asylum: Tales of Mystery & Horror2012 · 424 pages · confirmed 1/420124241/4
- 33Lights Out2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 34Funerary Rites2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 35I Am Infinite, I Contain Multitudes2017 · 131 pages · confirmed 1/420171311/4
- 362019–1/4
- 37Dinner with the Cannibal Sisters2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 38Belinda in the Pool: A Short Story2019 · 44 pages · confirmed 1/42019441/4
- 39The Faces2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 40The Poisoner's Garden and Others: Selected Poems2019 · 110 pages · confirmed 1/420191101/4
Douglas Clegg 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.
Harrow House in order
6 books- 1. Mischief
- 2. The Infinite
- 3. Nightmare House
- 4. The Necromancer
- 5. The Abandoned
- 6. Isis
Criminally Insane in order
3 books- 1. Bad Karma
- 2. Night Cage
- 3. Red Angel
Dark Coming of Age in order
3 books- 1. Purity
- 2. The Attraction
- 3. The Words
Vampyricon in order
3 booksChronicles of Mordred in order
1 bookStandalone books
24 books24 Douglas Clegg titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Douglas Clegg books in order?
You only need to read Douglas Clegg books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Douglas Clegg
Start with The Halloween Man (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Douglas Clegg book?
The Poisoner's Garden and Others: Selected Poems (2019) is the newest Douglas Clegg book released so far.
Is there a new Douglas Clegg book coming?
No next Douglas Clegg 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 Douglas Clegg has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 3 nominations for Douglas Clegg. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection1999Wonfor The Nightmare Chronicles
- Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection2004Shortlistedfor The Machinery of Night
- Bram Stoker Award for Novel2002Shortlistedfor The Hour Before Dark
- Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel1989Shortlistedfor Goat Dance
Douglas Clegg at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Douglas Clegg title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Douglas Clegg books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,464 pages across the 27 of 40 books with a recorded length, a median of 359 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Douglas Clegg books, 19 of 40, were published in the 2000s.
What the Douglas Clegg books are about
21 of the 40 Douglas Clegg 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 13 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Horror 13 of 21 books
- Thrillers 5 of 21 books
- Haunted houses 4 of 21 books
- Romans, nouvelles 3 of 21 books
- Fantasy 2 of 21 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 21 books
- Vampires 2 of 21 books