Michaelbrent Collings Books in Order
Michaelbrent Collings has written 52 books, published between 2009 and 2025. The first book is Messenger of Powers (2009) and the newest is The Big Bad Wolf (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 52
- Published
- 2009–2025
- Pages on record
- 11,879 in 37 of 52 books
- Reading time
- 198–297 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,879 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 37 of 52 titles with a page count on record.
Michaelbrent Collings is an American horror novelist who also wrote the screenplays for the films Barricade (2012) and Darkroom (2013). His novels have been finalists for the Bram Stoker Award, the Whitney Awards and the Dragon Award. The catalogue holds 52 titles dated 2009 to 2025, from Messenger of Powers (2009) to The Big Bad Wolf (2025), across series including Billy Jones, Sword Chronicles, Stranger, Grimmworld and Good Mormon Girl Mysteries. Books run a median of 308 pages.
How many Michaelbrent Collings books are there?
Michaelbrent Collings has 52 books, released between 2009 and 2025. They include 5 series and 31 titles listed outside any series.
Michaelbrent Collings Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 52 Michaelbrent Collings 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.
- 120094122/4
- 2California Construction Law and Public Contracting in California2010 · 196 pages · confirmed 2/420101962/4
- 32010–2/4
- 4Run2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 52010–2/4
- 6Rising Fears2010 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/420101922/4
- 7The Art of Teaching Martial Arts2011 · 226 pages · confirmed 2/420112262/4
- 8Mr. Gray / The Meridans2011 · 440 pages · confirmed 2/420114402/4
- 9The Loon2011 · 418 pages · confirmed 2/420114182/4
- 10Celestia2011 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/420112942/4
- 11Stolen2011 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/420112802/4
- 12The Stranger Inside2011 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/420112082/4
- 13Perdition2011 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/420112922/4
- 1420123082/4
- 15The Haunted2012 · 458 pages · confirmed 2/420124582/4
- 16Apparition2012 · 428 pages · confirmed 2/420124282/4
- 17Peter & Wendy / Hooked / Lost Girl2012 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/420122962/4
- 1820133282/4
- 1920132462/4
- 2020133722/4
- 2120132202/4
- 2220132102/4
- 232013–2/4
- 24Darkbound2013 · 271 pages · confirmed 2/420132712/4
- 25Killing Time2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 26Kindled2014 · confirmed 2/42014–2/4
- 2720142782/4
- 2820141802/4
- 2920142182/4
- 30Crime Seen2014 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/420142322/4
- 31This Darkness Light2014 · 430 pages · confirmed 2/420144302/4
- 32Twisted2014 · 370 pages · confirmed 2/420143702/4
- 3320154972/4
- 3420152162/4
- 3520154742/4
- 36The Ridealong2015 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/420152522/4
- 37The Deep2015 · 388 pages · confirmed 2/420153882/4
- 382016–2/4
- 39The House That Death Built2016 · 314 pages · confirmed 2/420163142/4
- 40The Longest Con2016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 41The Darklights2017 · 380 pages · confirmed 2/420173802/4
- 42Though Darkness Falls2018 · confirmed 2/42018–2/4
- 43Predators2018 · 450 pages · confirmed 2/420184502/4
- 44Darkling Smiles2019 · 423 pages · confirmed 2/420194232/4
- 452019–2/4
- 46Terminal2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 47Scavenger Hunt2019 · 362 pages · confirmed 2/420193622/4
- 482020–2/4
- 49Future Tense2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 50Light-Years From Home2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 512024–2/4
- 5220253202/4
Michaelbrent Collings books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Colony in order
7 booksBilly Jones in order
3 booksFairy Tales books in order
3 books by Michaelbrent CollingsSword Chronicles in order
3 booksStranger in order
2 books- 1. Strangers
- 2. Stranger Still
Grimmworld in order
2 booksGood Mormon Girl Mysteries in order
1 bookStandalone books
31 books31 Michaelbrent Collings titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Michaelbrent Collings books in order?
You only need to read Michaelbrent Collings books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Michaelbrent Collings
Start with Messenger of Powers (2009), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Michaelbrent Collings book?
The Big Bad Wolf (2025) is the newest Michaelbrent Collings book released so far.
Is there a new Michaelbrent Collings book coming?
No next Michaelbrent Collings book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Michaelbrent Collings at a glance
- Still publishing
- Michaelbrent Collings published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Michaelbrent Collings books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 11,879 pages across the 37 of 52 books with a recorded length, a median of 308 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Michaelbrent Collings books, 46 of 52, were published in the 2010s.
What the Michaelbrent Collings books are about
11 of the 52 Michaelbrent Collings books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 3 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.