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Peter Straub Books in Order

Peter Straub has written 39 books, published between 1972 and 2017. The first book is Ishmael (1972) and the newest is The Process (is a Process All Its Own) (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
39
Published
1972–2017
Pages on record
9,580 in 29 of 39 books
Reading time
160–240 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,580 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 29 of 39 titles with a page count on record.

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Horror and psychological crime define Peter Straub's work, with the Vietnam War and its veterans behind a good deal of it. Ghost Story (1979), Shadowland (1980) and Floating Dragon (1982) belong to the horror line, while the Blue Rose Trilogy brings in serial murder and Tom Pasmore. Thirty-nine catalogued titles run from Ishmael (1972) to The Process (is a Process All Its Own) in 2017.

How many Peter Straub books are there?

Peter Straub has 39 books, released between 1972 and 2017. They include 2 series and 34 titles listed outside any series.

Peter Straub Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 39 Peter Straub 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 Open Air by Peter Straub (1972)
  2. Cover of Ghost Story by Peter Straub (1979)
  3. Cover of Shadowland by Peter Straub (1980)
  4. Cover of Floating Dragon by Peter Straub (1982)
  5. Cover of Under Venus by Peter Straub (1985)
  6. Cover of Mrs. God by Peter Straub (1990)
  7. Cover of Houses Without Doors by Peter Straub (1990)
  8. Cover of The Hellfire Club by Peter Straub (1996)
  9. Cover of Mr. X by Peter Straub (1999)
  10. Cover of Pork Pie Hat by Peter Straub, book 1 of the Criminal Records series (2000)
  11. Cover of Magic Terror by Peter Straub (2000)
  12. Cover of In The Night Room by Peter Straub (2003)
  13. Cover of The Little Blue Book of Rose Stories by Peter Straub (2005)
  14. Cover of Sides by Peter Straub (2007)
  15. Cover of A Special Place by Peter Straub (2009)
  16. Cover of The Juniper Tree and Other Blue Rose Stories by Peter Straub, book 4 of the Blue Rose Trilogy (2010)
  17. Cover of The Skylark by Peter Straub (2010)
  18. Cover of A Dark Matter by Peter Straub (2010)
  19. Cover of The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine by Peter Straub (2011)
  20. Cover of The Buffalo Hunter by Peter Straub (2012)
  21. Cover of Interior Darkness by Peter Straub (2016)
  22. Cover of The Process (is a Process All Its Own) by Peter Straub (2017)
  1. 1
    Ishmael1972 · 21 pages · confirmed 2/4
    197221
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  2. 2
    Open Air1972 · 47 pages · confirmed 2/4
    197247
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  3. 3
    Marriages1973 · confirmed 2/4
    1973–
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  4. 4
    Julia / Full Circle1975 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975255
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  5. 5
    If You Could See Me Now1977 · 353 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977353
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  6. 6
    Ghost Story1979 · 528 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979528
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  7. 7
    Shadowland1980 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980480
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  8. 8
    Floating Dragon1982 · 655 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982655
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  9. 9
    The General's Wife1982 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982128
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  10. 10
    Leeson Park and Belsize Square1983 · confirmed 2/4
    1983–
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  11. 11
    Under Venus1985 · 289 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985289
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  12. 12
    KokoBlue Rose Trilogy #11988 · confirmed 2/4
    1988–
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  13. 13
    Mrs. God1990 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990336
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  14. 14
    MysteryBlue Rose Trilogy #21990 · 548 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990548
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  15. 15
    Houses Without Doors1990 · 454 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990454
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  16. 16
    The Ghost Village1993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  17. 17
    The ThroatBlue Rose Trilogy #31993 · 689 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993689
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  18. 18
    Fee1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  19. 19
    The Horror Writers Association Presents Peter Straub's Ghosts1995 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995312
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  20. 20
    The Hellfire Club1996 · 526 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996526
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  21. 21
    Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  22. 22
    Mr. X1999 · 640 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999640
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  23. 23
    Pork Pie HatCriminal Records #12000 · 148 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000148
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  24. 24
    Magic Terror2000 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000416
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  25. 25
    Lost Boy Lost Girl2003 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003336
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  26. 26
    In The Night Room2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  27. 27
    The Little Blue Book of Rose Stories2005 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005128
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  28. 28
    Sides2007 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007310
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  29. 29
    5 Stories2008 · 125 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008125
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  30. 30
    A Special Place2009 · 136 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009136
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  31. 31
    The Green Woman2010 · 151 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010151
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  32. 32
    The Juniper Tree and Other Blue Rose StoriesBlue Rose Trilogy #42010 · 287 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010287
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  33. 33
    The Skylark2010 · 552 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010552
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  34. 34
    A Dark Matter2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  35. 35
    The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  36. 36
    The Buffalo Hunter2012 · 155 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012155
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  37. 37
    Perdido2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  38. 38
    Interior Darkness2016 · 479 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016479
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  39. 39
    The Process (is a Process All Its Own)2017 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201796
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Peter Straub 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.

Blue Rose Trilogy in order

4 books
  1. 1. Koko
  2. 2. Mystery
  3. 3. The Throat
  4. 4. The Juniper Tree and Other Blue Rose Stories

Criminal Records in order

1 book
  1. 1. Pork Pie Hat

Standalone books

34 books

34 Peter Straub titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Peter Straub books in order?

You only need to read Peter Straub books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Peter Straub

Start with Ishmael (1972), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Peter Straub book?

The Process (is a Process All Its Own) (2017) is the newest Peter Straub book released so far.

Is there a new Peter Straub book coming?

No next Peter Straub 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 Peter Straub has won

Wikidata records 12 awards and 43 nominations for Peter Straub. 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 Novel2010Wonfor A Dark Matter
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology2010Wonfor American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps
  • Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement2005Won
  • Bram Stoker Award for Novel2004Wonfor In the Night Room
  • Bram Stoker Award for Novel2003Wonfor Lost Boy, Lost Girl
  • Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection2000Wonfor Magic Terror: Seven Tales
  • Bram Stoker Award for Novel1999Wonfor Mr. X
  • World Horror Convention Grand Master Award1997Won
  • Bram Stoker Award for Novel1993Wonfor The Throat
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Novella1993Wonfor The Ghost Village
  • World Fantasy Award for Best Novel1989Wonfor Koko
  • August Derleth Award1984Wonfor Floating Dragon

Peter Straub at a glance

Died
Peter Straub died in 2022, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Peter Straub on record dates from 2017.
Release pace
Peter Straub books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
9,580 pages across the 29 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 312 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Peter Straub books, 10 of 39, were published in the 1990s.

What the Peter Straub books are about

25 of the 39 Peter Straub 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 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.