Kim Newman Books in Order

How many Kim Newman books are there?

Kim Newman has 61 books, released between 1983 and 2026. They include 3 series and 34 titles listed outside any series.

Kim Newman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 61 Kim Newman 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 November 2026.

Kim Newman 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.

Do you have to read Kim Newman books in order?

You only need to read Kim Newman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Kim Newman

Start with Seminal Movies (1983), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kim Newman book?

Model Actress Whatever (2026) is the newest Kim Newman book released so far.

Is there a new Kim Newman book coming?

No next Kim Newman 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 Kim Newman has won

Wikidata records 3 awards and 32 nominations for Kim Newman. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.

• Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction2005Won
• British Fantasy Award for Best Collection2001Wonfor Where the Bodies Are Buried
• BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction1990Wonfor The Original Dr Shade
• Locus Award for Best Horror Novel2020Shortlistedfor Daikaiju
• World Fantasy Award for Best Novella2016Shortlistedfor Guignol
• Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2014Shortlistedfor Johnny Alucard
• Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2012Shortlistedfor Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles
• Locus Award for Best Collection2011Shortlistedfor Mysteries of the Diogenes Club
• World Fantasy Award for Best Novella2008Shortlistedfor Cold Snap
• World Fantasy Award for Best Collection2008Shortlistedfor The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club
• British Fantasy Award for Best Collection2007Shortlistedfor The Man from the Diogenes Club
• World Fantasy Award for Best Novella2007Shortlistedfor The Man Who Got Off the Ghost Train

Kim Newman at a glance

Still publishing

Kim Newman published a book as recently as 2026.

Release pace

Kim Newman books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

13,617 pages across the 39 of 61 books with a recorded length, a median of 356 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Kim Newman books, 19 of 61, were published in the 2010s.

When Kim Newman books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Kim Newman titles appeared. 1990s was the most productive decade with 19 titles.

What the Kim Newman books are about

33 of the 61 Kim Newman 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 10 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Horror 10 of 33 books
• History and criticism 8 of 33 books
• England 5 of 33 books
• Vampires 4 of 33 books
• Count Dracula (Fictitious character) 3 of 33 books
• Horror films, history and criticism 3 of 33 books
• London (England) 3 of 33 books
• Motion pictures 3 of 33 books
• Science fiction films 3 of 33 books
• Apocalypse in motion pictures 2 of 33 books