Joe McKinney Books in Order
31 books are credited to Joe McKinney, published between 2006 and 2022; 1 of them appeared after Joe McKinney's death in 2021. The first book is Dead City (2006) and the newest is Forlorn Hope (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 31
- Published
- 2006–2022
- Pages on record
- 2,987 in 9 of 31 books
Joe McKinney (1968-2021) was a San Antonio author who also served as a Patrol Supervisor with the San Antonio Police Department. McKinney wrote horror, and the catalogue records zombies, epidemics, monsters and paranormal fiction among its subjects, with Texas and Houston as settings. The listing holds 31 books published between 2006 and 2022, from Dead City (2006) to Forlorn Hope (2022), and includes the Retreat series. Anthology volumes in the listing, among them Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales, carry other contributors including Nancy Kilpatrick, Paul Kane and Jeremy C. Shipp.
How many Joe McKinney books are there?
Joe McKinney has 31 books, released between 2006 and 2022. 1 of them were published after Joe McKinney's death in 2021. They include 4 series and 11 titles listed outside any series.
Joe McKinney Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 31 Joe McKinney 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.
- 120062881/4
- 2Quarantined2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 320105121/4
- 4Dodging Bullets2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 5The Crossing2011 · 90 pages · confirmed 1/42011901/4
- 62011–1/4
- 720114001/4
- 8The Red Empire2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 9Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 10Inheritance2012 · 354 pages · confirmed 1/420123541/4
- 1120124061/4
- 122013–1/4
- 132013–1/4
- 142013–1/4
- 152013–2/4
- 16Crooked House2013 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/420131581/4
- 17The Savage Dead2013 · 359 pages · confirmed 1/420133591/4
- 18Lost Girl of the Lake2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 19Dead World Resurrection2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 2020144201/4
- 212014–1/4
- 222014–1/4
- 232014–1/4
- 242014–1/4
- 25Dog Days2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 262015–1/4
- 272015–1/4
- 282016–1/4
- 292016–1/4
- 302018–1/4
- 312022–1/4
Joe McKinney 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.
Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales in order
6 booksRetreat in order
6 books- 1. Pandemic
- 2. Slaughterhouse
- 3. Die Laughing
- 4. Alamo
- 5. Crucible
- 6. Forlorn Hope
Dead World in order
4 booksDead Lands in order
2 booksBest New Zombie Tales in order
1 bookJournalstone's DoubleDown in order
1 bookStandalone books
11 books11 Joe McKinney titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Joe McKinney books in order?
You only need to read Joe McKinney books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Joe McKinney
Start with Dead City (2006), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Joe McKinney book?
Forlorn Hope (2022) is the newest Joe McKinney book released so far.
Is there a new Joe McKinney book coming?
No next Joe McKinney book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Joe McKinney at a glance
- Died
- Joe McKinney died in 2021, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Joe McKinney are still being published after Joe McKinney's death in 2021; the newest appeared in 2022.
- Release pace
- Joe McKinney books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,987 pages across the 9 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 359 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Joe McKinney books, 28 of 31, were published in the 2010s.
What the Joe McKinney books are about
10 of the 31 Joe McKinney 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 9 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Horror 9 of 10 books
- Zombies 3 of 10 books
- Epidemics 2 of 10 books
- Texas 2 of 10 books
- United States 2 of 10 books