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Kim Newman Books in Order

Kim Newman has written 61 books, published between 1983 and 2026. The first book is Seminal Movies (1983) and the newest is Model Actress Whatever (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Kim Newman also publishes as Jack Yeovil.

Books
61
Published
1983–2026
Pages on record
13,617 in 39 of 61 books
Reading time
227–340 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,617 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 39 of 61 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Kim Newman, author

Kim Newman, born 31 July 1959, is an English film critic, journalist and fiction writer. Newman's work covers film history, horror fiction and alternative history, and Newman traces the first two interests to watching Tod Browning's Dracula at age eleven. Awards include the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award and the BSFA Award. Seminal Movies (1983) is the first catalogued title, Nightmare Movies (1984) and Apocalypse Movies (1986) follow, and Model Actress Whatever (2026) is the newest, with Anno Dracula, Warhammer: Vampire Genevieve and Drearcliff Grange School among the series.

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 September 2026.

  1. Cover of Nightmare Movies by Kim Newman (1984)
  2. Cover of Apocalypse Movies by Kim Newman (1986)
  3. Cover of Horror: 100 Best Books by Kim Newman (1988)
  4. Cover of The Night Mayor by Kim Newman (1989)
  5. Cover of The Original Dr. Shade and Other Stories by Kim Newman, book 1 of the Kim Newman Short Story series (1990)
  6. Cover of Wild West Movies by Kim Newman (1990)
  7. Cover of Bad Dreams by Kim Newman (1991)
  8. Cover of Jago by Kim Newman (1991)
  9. Cover of Anno Dracula by Kim Newman, book 1 of the Anno Dracula series (1992)
  10. Cover of The Quorum by Kim Newman (1994)
  11. Cover of Famous Monsters by Kim Newman, book 2 of the Kim Newman Short Story series (1995)
  12. Cover of The Bloody Red Baron by Kim Newman, book 2 of the Anno Dracula series (1995)
  13. Cover of Back in the USSA by Kim Newman (1996)
  14. Cover of Judgment of Tears / Dracula Cha Cha Cha by Kim Newman, book 3 of the Anno Dracula series (1998)
  15. Cover of Unforgivable Stories by Kim Newman, book 4 of the Kim Newman Short Story series (1999)
  16. Cover of Millennium Movies by Kim Newman (1999)
  17. Cover of Life's Lottery by Kim Newman (1999)
  18. Cover of Anno Dracula 1899 by Kim Newman, book 5 of the Anno Dracula series (2000)
  19. Cover of SF - UK by Kim Newman (2000)
  20. Cover of Time and Relative by Kim Newman, book 1 of the Doctor Who Short Stories/Novellas series (2001)
  21. Cover of Dead Travel Fast by Kim Newman, book 6 of the Kim Newman Short Story series (2005)
  22. Cover of Horror: Another 100 Best Books by Kim Newman (2005)
  23. Cover of The Man from the Diogenes Club by Kim Newman, book 4 of the Diogenes Club series (2006)
  24. Cover of The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club by Kim Newman, book 7 of the Kim Newman Short Story series (2007)
  1. 1
    Seminal Movies1983 · confirmed 2/4
    1983–
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  2. 2
    Nightmare Movies1984 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984255
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  3. 3
    Apocalypse Movies1986 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986272
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  4. 4
    Horror: 100 Best Books1988 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988256
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  5. 5
    DrachenfelsWarhammer: Vampire Genevieve #11989 · confirmed 2/4
    1989–
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  6. 6
    The Night Mayor1989 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989272
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  7. 8
    Fantasy Tales 4Fantasy Tales #41990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  8. 9
    Wild West Movies1990 · 237 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990237
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  9. 10
    Bad Dreams1991 · 521 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991521
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  10. 11
    Jago1991 · 734 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991734
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  11. 12
    Anno DraculaAnno Dracula #11992 · 547 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992547
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  12. 13
    Genevieve UndeadWarhammer: Vampire Genevieve #21993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  13. 14
    Beasts in VelvetWarhammer: Vampire Genevieve #31993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  14. 15
    Out of the Night, When the Full Moon Is Bright...1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  15. 16
    The Quorum1994 · 511 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994511
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  16. 17
    Famous MonstersKim Newman Short Story #21995 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995464
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  17. 18
    The Bloody Red BaronAnno Dracula #21995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  18. 19
    Back in the USSA1996 · 356 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996356
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  19. 20
    Coppola\'s Dracula1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  20. 21
    Judgment of Tears / Dracula Cha Cha ChaAnno Dracula #31998 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998512
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  21. 22
    Unforgivable StoriesKim Newman Short Story #41999 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999352
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  22. 23
    Andy Warhol's Dracula1999 · 68 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199968
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  23. 24
    Millennium Movies1999 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999272
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  24. 25
    Life's Lottery1999 · 605 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999605
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  25. 26
    Anno Dracula 1899Anno Dracula #52000 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000400
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  26. 27
    Where The Bodies Are BuriedKim Newman Short Story #52000 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000144
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  27. 28
    SF - UK2000 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000160
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  28. 29
    Seven Stars2000 · 143 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000143
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  29. 30
    Time and RelativeDoctor Who Short Stories/Novellas #12001 · 120 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001120
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Kim Newman series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

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.

Anno Dracula in order

6 books
  1. 1. Anno Dracula
  2. 2. The Bloody Red Baron
  3. 3. Judgment of Tears / Dracula Cha Cha Cha
  4. 4. Johnny Alucard
  5. 5. Anno Dracula 1899
  6. 6. Anno Dracula 1999

Warhammer: Vampire Genevieve in order

4 books
  1. 1. Drachenfels
  2. 2. Genevieve Undead
  3. 3. Beasts in Velvet
  4. 4. Silver Nails

Warhammer Horror in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Vampire Genevieve
  2. 40. Vampire Genevieve Audiobook Collection

David Case Short Story

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Drearcliff Grange School in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School
  2. 2. The Haunting of Drearcliff Grange School

Doctor Who Short Stories/Novellas

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Fantasy Tales in order

1 book
  1. 4. Fantasy Tales 4

Diogenes Club in order

1 book
  1. 4. The Man from the Diogenes Club

BFI Film Classics in order

1 book
  1. 85. Quatermass And The Pit

Standalone books

34 books

34 Kim Newman titles here are not listed as part of any series.

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 The Original Dr. Shade and Other Stories (1990), the first Kim Newman Short Story book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Seminal Movies (1983).

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.

  • 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.

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