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Eric Red Books in Order

Eric Red has written 12 books, published between 2005 and 2021. The first book is Containment (2005) and the newest is The Crimson Trail (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2005–2021
Pages on record
1,508 in 6 of 12 books
Reading time
25–38 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,508 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Eric Red checklist

Eric Red, born Eric Joseph Durdaller on February 16, 1961, is an American screenwriter, director and novelist. Red wrote the horror films The Hitcher and Near Dark, and wrote and directed Cohen and Tate. The catalogue lists 12 books from 2005 to 2021, including the Joe Noose and Men Who Walk Like Wolves series, with subject headings for westerns, thrillers and frontier life. Containment (2005) is the first title; The Guns of Santa Sangre (2013), It Waits Below (2014) and Noose (2018) follow, and The Crimson Trail (2021) is the latest.

How many Eric Red books are there?

Eric Red has 12 books, released between 2005 and 2021. They include 2 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.

Eric Red Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Eric Red 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 Containment by Eric Red (2005)
  2. Cover of Don't Stand so Close by Eric Red (2012)
  3. Cover of Strange Fruit by Eric Red (2014)
  4. Cover of It Waits Below by Eric Red (2014)
  5. Cover of Branded by Eric Red, book 3 of the Joe Noose series (2021)
  6. Cover of The Crimson Trail by Eric Red, book 4 of the Joe Noose series (2021)
  1. 1
    Containment2005 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005104
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  2. 2
    Don't Stand so Close2012 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012278
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  3. 3
    The Guns of Santa SangreMen Who Walk Like Wolves #12013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  4. 4
    Strange Fruit2014 · 142 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014142
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  5. 5
    It Waits Below2014 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014280
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  6. 6
    White Knuckle2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  7. 7
    The Wolves Of El DiabloMen Who Walk Like Wolves #22017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  8. 8
    NooseJoe Noose #12018 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018352
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  9. 9
    Hanging FireJoe Noose #22019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  10. 10
    Stopping Power2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  11. 11
    BrandedJoe Noose #32021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  12. 12
    The Crimson TrailJoe Noose #42021 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021352
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Eric Red 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.

Joe Noose in order

4 books
  1. 1. Noose
  2. 2. Hanging Fire
  3. 3. Branded
  4. 4. The Crimson Trail

Men Who Walk Like Wolves in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Guns of Santa Sangre
  2. 2. The Wolves Of El Diablo

Standalone books

6 books

6 Eric Red titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Eric Red books in order?

You only need to read Eric Red books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Eric Red

Start with Containment (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Eric Red book?

The Crimson Trail (2021) is the newest Eric Red book released so far.

Is there a new Eric Red book coming?

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

Eric Red at a glance

Paused
No new Eric Red title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Eric Red books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,508 pages across the 6 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 279 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Eric Red books, 8 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Eric Red books are about

4 of the 12 Eric Red books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: westerns is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.