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John Farris Books in Order

John Farris has written 45 books, published between 1956 and 2025. The first book is The Corpse Next Door (1956) and the newest is Last Poems (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
45
Published
1956–2025
Pages on record
9,795 in 31 of 45 books
Reading time
163–245 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,795 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 31 of 45 titles with a page count on record.

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John Farris, born John Lee Farris on July 26, 1936, is an American novelist, screenwriter and playwright. Farris reached best-seller status at twenty-three, is most famous for The Fury (Playboy Press, 1976) and is known for southern Gothic fiction. The catalogue lists 45 books from The Corpse Next Door (1956) to Last Poems (2025). Baby Moll (1958) and Danger in My Blood (1959) are listed under the name Steve Brackeen, and Harrison High (1959) sits alongside The Girl from Harrison High (1968). Subject tags include horror, psychics, fathers and daughters, and Georgia.

How many John Farris books are there?

John Farris has 45 books, released between 1956 and 2025. 7 of them belong to the Harrison High series.

John Farris Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 45 John Farris 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 Baby Moll (As: Steve Brackeen) by John Farris (1958)
  2. Cover of Sharp Practice by John Farris (1974)
  3. Cover of The Uninvited / Unearthly by John Farris (1982)
  4. Cover of Son of the Endless Night by John Farris (1985)
  5. Cover of Wildwood by John Farris (1986)
  6. Cover of Nightfall by John Farris (1987)
  7. Cover of Scare Tactics by John Farris (1988)
  8. Cover of The Dust Bowl by John Farris, book 1 of the World Disasters series (1989)
  9. Cover of Bad Blood by John Farris (1989)
  10. Cover of Hiroshima by John Farris, book 2 of the World Disasters series (1990)
  11. Cover of Fiends by John Farris (1990)
  12. Cover of Sacrifice by John Farris (1994)
  13. Cover of Dragonfly by John Farris (1995)
  14. Cover of Soon She Will Be Gone by John Farris (1997)
  15. Cover of Solar Eclipse by John Farris (1999)
  16. Cover of The Fury and the Power by John Farris, book 3 of the Fury series (2003)
  17. Cover of Elvisland by John Farris (2004)
  18. Cover of Phantom Nights by John Farris (2005)
  19. Cover of You Don't Scare Me by John Farris (2007)
  20. Cover of Avenging Fury by John Farris, book 4 of the Fury series (2008)
  21. Cover of High Bloods by John Farris (2009)
  1. 1
    The Corpse Next Door1956 · confirmed 1/4
    1956–
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  2. 2
    Baby Moll (As: Steve Brackeen)1958 · confirmed 1/4
    1958–
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  3. 3
    Harrison HighHarrison High #11959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
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  4. 4
    Danger in My Blood (As: Steve Brackeen)1959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
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  5. 5
    The Long Night of Dawn1962 · confirmed 1/4
    1962–
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  6. 6
    King Windom1967 · confirmed 1/4
    1967–
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  7. 7
    When Michael Calls1967 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1967256
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  8. 8
    The Girl from Harrison HighHarrison High #21968 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968208
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  9. 9
    The Captors1969 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969320
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  10. 10
    The Trouble at Harrison HighHarrison High #31971 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971156
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  11. 11
    Shadow on Harrison HighHarrison High #41972 · confirmed 1/4
    1972–
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  12. 12
    Happy Anniversary Harrison HighHarrison High #51973 · confirmed 1/4
    1973–
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  13. 13
    Return to Harrison HighHarrison High #61973 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973144
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  14. 14
    Crisis at Harrison HighHarrison High #71974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
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  15. 15
    Sharp Practice1974 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974286
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  16. 16
    The FuryFury #11976 · 341 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976341
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  17. 17
    All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By1977 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977352
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  18. 18
    Shatter1981 · 283 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981283
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  19. 19
    Catacombs1981 · 439 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981439
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  20. 20
    The Uninvited / Unearthly1982 · 261 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982261
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  21. 21
    Son of the Endless Night1985 · 509 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985509
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  22. 22
    Minotaur1985 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985384
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  23. 23
    Wildwood1986 · 445 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986445
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  24. 24
    Nightfall1987 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987320
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  25. 25
    Scare Tactics1988 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988310
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  26. 26
    The Dust BowlWorld Disasters #11989 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198964
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  27. 27
    The Axeman Cometh1989 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989288
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  28. 28
    Bad Blood1989 · 325 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989325
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  29. 29
    HiroshimaWorld Disasters #21990 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199064
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  30. 30
    Fiends1990 · 314 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990314
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John Farris 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.

Harrison High in order

7 books
  1. 1. Harrison High
  2. 2. The Girl from Harrison High
  3. 3. The Trouble at Harrison High
  4. 4. Shadow on Harrison High
  5. 5. Happy Anniversary Harrison High
  6. 6. Return to Harrison High
  7. 7. Crisis at Harrison High

Fury in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Fury
  2. 2. The Fury and the Terror
  3. 3. The Fury and the Power
  4. 4. Avenging Fury

World Disasters in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Dust Bowl
  2. 2. Hiroshima

Standalone books

32 books

32 John Farris titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read John Farris books in order?

You only need to read John Farris books in order within the Harrison High series, which holds 7 of the 45 John Farris books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with John Farris

Start with The Corpse Next Door (1956), the earliest published title.

What is the newest John Farris book?

Last Poems (2025) is the newest John Farris book released so far.

Is there a new John Farris book coming?

No next John Farris 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 Farris at a glance

Still publishing
John Farris published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
John Farris books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
9,795 pages across the 31 of 45 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most John Farris books, 11 of 45, were published in the 1980s.

What the John Farris books are about

29 of the 45 John Farris 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 7 of 29. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.