John A. Russo Books in Order
John A. Russo has written 44 books, published between 1974 and 2024. The first book is Night of the Living Dead (1974) and the newest is Dead Time in Deadwood (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 44
- Published
- 1974–2024
- Pages on record
- 5,144 in 29 of 44 books
- Reading time
- 86–129 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,144 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 29 of 44 titles with a page count on record.
John A. Russo, born in 1939 and sometimes credited as Jack Russo or John Russo, is an American novelist, screenwriter and film director. Russo co-wrote the screenplay for Night of the Living Dead (1968) with its director, George A. Romero, and afterwards became an author of horror fiction. The catalogue holds 44 books published between 1974 and 2024, opening with Night of the Living Dead (1974) and taking in Return of the Living Dead (1979), Midnight (1980), Black Cat (1982) and Day Care (1985) before Dead Time in Deadwood (2024). Subjects cover horror comics and graphic novels, horror films, independent film-makers, and motion picture production and direction. Living Dead is recorded as a character entry.
How many John A. Russo books are there?
John A. Russo has 44 books, released between 1974 and 2024. 2 of them belong to the Living Dead series.
John A. Russo Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 44 John A. Russo 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.
- 11974–1/4
- 2The Majorettes1979 · confirmed 1/41979–1/4
- 319791471/4
- 4Midnight1980 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/419801911/4
- 5Limb to Limb1981 · 259 pages · confirmed 1/419812591/4
- 6Black Cat1982 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/419822301/4
- 7Bloodsisters1982 · confirmed 1/41982–1/4
- 8The Awakening1983 · 357 pages · confirmed 1/419833571/4
- 9Complete Night Of Living Dead Film1985 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/419851201/4
- 10Day Care1985 · confirmed 1/41985–1/4
- 11Scare Tactics1986 · 241 pages · confirmed 1/419862411/4
- 12Inhuman1986 · confirmed 1/41986–1/4
- 13The Filmmaker's Guide to Producing Low Budget Independent Motion Pictures1987 · confirmed 1/41987–1/4
- 14Voodoo Dawn1987 · confirmed 1/41987–1/4
- 15Living Things1988 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419882881/4
- 16Making Movies1989 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/419893001/4
- 17How to Make and Market Your Own Feature Movie for $10,000 or Less1995 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/419952221/4
- 18Hell's Creation1995 · 305 pages · confirmed 1/419953051/4
- 1920061201/4
- 2020072401/4
- 2120111601/4
- 22Tau Kappa Zombie2012 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420121121/4
- 23The Song of the Dead2012 · 72 pages · confirmed 1/42012721/4
- 24The Zombie Kidz' Exercise & Coloring Book2012 · 36 pages · confirmed 1/42012361/4
- 25Earthlings2012 · 84 pages · confirmed 1/42012841/4
- 26The Busy Executive's Exercise Manual2012 · 58 pages · confirmed 1/42012581/4
- 27The Complete Night of the Living Dead Filmbook & Scrapbook2012 · 138 pages · confirmed 1/420121381/4
- 28The Death of Our Democracy2012 · 76 pages · confirmed 1/42012761/4
- 29My Life with the Undead2012 · 46 pages · confirmed 1/42012461/4
- 30Writing Movies2012 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/420121581/4
- 31Murder, Mayhem, Mystery2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 32Dealey Plaza2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 33The Academy2014 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/420142801/4
- 34The Booby Hatch2014 · 146 pages · confirmed 1/420141461/4
- 35Belly Timber2015 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/420151821/4
- 36Night of the Living Dead: A Play in Three Acts2016 · 114 pages · confirmed 1/420161141/4
- 37My Uncle John Is A Zombie!2018 · 194 pages · confirmed 1/420181941/4
- 38Epidemic of the Living Dead2018 · 268 pages · confirmed 1/420182681/4
- 392022–1/4
- 40The Night They Came Home2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 41The Unearthly2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 42Dead Lives Matter2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 43The Hog Lady2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 44Dead Time in Deadwood2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
John A. Russo 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.
Graphic Standalone Novels
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Living Dead in order
2 booksStandalone books
38 books38 John A. Russo titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read John A. Russo books in order?
You only need to read John A. Russo books in order within the Living Dead series, which holds 2 of the 44 John A. Russo books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with John A. Russo
Start with Night of the Living Dead (1974), the earliest published title.
What is the newest John A. Russo book?
Dead Time in Deadwood (2024) is the newest John A. Russo book released so far.
Is there a new John A. Russo book coming?
No next John A. Russo book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
John A. Russo at a glance
- Still publishing
- John A. Russo published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- John A. Russo books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,144 pages across the 29 of 44 books with a recorded length, a median of 160 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most John A. Russo books, 18 of 44, were published in the 2010s.
What the John A. Russo books are about
11 of the 44 John A. Russo books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: comics & graphic novels, horror is tagged on 4 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Comics & graphic novels, horror 4 of 11 books
- Production and direction 3 of 11 books
- Motion pictures 2 of 11 books