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Ray Garton Books in Order

Ray Garton has written 63 books, published between 1984 and 2021. The first book is Seductions (1984) and the newest is Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Ray Garton also publishes as Joseph Locke.

Books
63
Published
1984–2021
Confirmed
1 of 63 titles
Pages on record
10,208 in 41 of 63 books
Reading time
170–255 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,208 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 41 of 63 titles with a page count on record.

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Ray Garton Jr. was an American horror writer for adults and young adults, living from December 2, 1962 to April 21, 2024. Garton wrote at least 68 books, and Live Girls (1987) received a Bram Stoker Award nomination. The catalogue lists 63 Garton books from Seductions (1984) to Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth (2021), including Darklings (1985), Crucifax (1988) and Methods of Madness (1990). Subject tags include vampires, werewolves, revenge and California, and series include Frankenstorm, Davey Owen and Blood and Lace.

How many Ray Garton books are there?

Ray Garton has 63 books, released between 1984 and 2021. They include 4 series and 45 titles listed outside any series.

Ray Garton Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 63 Ray Garton 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 Darklings by Ray Garton (1985)
  2. Cover of Invaders From Mars by Ray Garton (1986)
  3. Cover of Crucifax Autumn by Ray Garton (1988)
  4. Cover of The Nightmares on Elm Street Part 4 and Part 5 (As:Joseph Locke) by Ray Garton (1989)
  5. Cover of Warlock by Ray Garton (1989)
  6. Cover of Methods of Madness by Ray Garton (1990)
  7. Cover of Trade Secrets by Ray Garton (1990)
  8. Cover of The New Neighbor by Ray Garton (1991)
  9. Cover of Kill the Teacher's Pet (As:Joseph Locke) by Ray Garton (1991)
  10. Cover of In a Dark Place by Ray Garton (1992)
  11. Cover of Petrified (As:Joseph Locke) by Ray Garton (1992)
  12. Cover of Dark Channel by Ray Garton (1992)
  13. Cover of Game Over (As:Joseph Locke) by Ray Garton (1993)
  14. Cover of The Teacher (As:Joseph Locke) by Ray Garton (1993)
  15. Cover of Vampire Heart by Ray Garton, book 1 of the Blood and Lace series (1994)
  16. Cover of Deadly Relations by Ray Garton, book 2 of the Blood and Lace series (1994)
  17. Cover of 1-900-Killer (As:Joseph Locke) by Ray Garton (1994)
  18. Cover of Vengeance (As:Joseph Locke) by Ray Garton (1994)
  19. Cover of Pieces of Hate by Ray Garton (1996)
  20. Cover of Shackled by Ray Garton (1997)
  21. Cover of Good Burger (As:Joseph Locke) by Ray Garton (1997)
  22. Cover of All That Glitters by Ray Garton, book 13 of the Sabrina The Teenage Witch series (1998)
  23. Cover of Can't Hardly Wait by Ray Garton (1998)
  24. Cover of Lights, Camera, Action! by Ray Garton, book 22 of the Secret World of Alex Mack series (1998)
  1. 1
    Seductions1984 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984222
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  2. 2
    Darklings1985 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985264
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  3. 3
    Invaders From Mars1986 · 221 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986221
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  4. 4
    Live GirlsDavey Owen #11987 · 319 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987319
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  5. 5
    Crucifax Autumn1988 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988326
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  6. 6
    CrucifaxMacabre Ink Resurrected Horrors #71988 · confirmed 2/4
    1988–
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  7. 7
    The Nightmares on Elm Street Part 4 and Part 5 (As:Joseph Locke)1989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989–
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  8. 8
    Warlock1989 · 228 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989228
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  9. 9
    Methods of Madness1990 · 243 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990243
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  10. 10
    Trade Secrets1990 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990292
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  11. 11
    Lot Lizards1991 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991188
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  12. 12
    The New Neighbor1991 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991276
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  13. 13
    Kill the Teacher's Pet (As:Joseph Locke)1991 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991168
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  14. 14
    In a Dark Place1992 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992240
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  15. 15
    Petrified (As:Joseph Locke)1992 · 165 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992165
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  16. 16
    Dark Channel1992 · 502 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992502
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  17. 17
    Kiss of Death (As:Joseph Locke)1992 · 165 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992165
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  18. 18
    Game Over (As:Joseph Locke)1993 · 178 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993178
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  19. 19
    The Teacher (As:Joseph Locke)1993 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993176
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  20. 20
    Vampire HeartBlood and Lace #11994 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994208
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  21. 21
    Deadly RelationsBlood and Lace #21994 · 166 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994166
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  22. 22
    1-900-Killer (As:Joseph Locke)1994 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994176
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  23. 23
    Vengeance (As:Joseph Locke)1994 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994176
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  24. 24
    Pieces of Hate1996 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996232
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  25. 25
    Biofire1996 · 460 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996460
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  26. 26
    Website1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  27. 27
    Shackled1997 · 560 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997560
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  28. 28
    Good Burger (As:Joseph Locke)1997 · 147 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997147
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  29. 29
    All That GlittersSabrina The Teenage Witch #131998 · 162 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998162
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  30. 30
    Can't Hardly Wait1998 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998191
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Ray Garton 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.

Frankenstorm in order

7 books
  1. 1. Frankenstorm
  2. 2. Severe Risk
  3. 3. Hurricane Quentin
  4. 4. Category 8
  5. 5. Deranged
  6. 6. Chaos Theory
  7. 7. Survivors

Davey Owen in order

2 books
  1. 1. Live Girls
  2. 2. Night Life

Blood and Lace in order

2 books
  1. 1. Vampire Heart
  2. 2. Deadly Relations

Folks in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Folks
  2. 2. No Place Like Home

Ed & Lorraine Warren in order

1 book
  1. 6. In a Dark Place

Macabre Ink Resurrected Horrors in order

1 book
  1. 7. Crucifax

Sabrina The Teenage Witch in order

1 book
  1. 13. All That Glitters

Buffy the Vampire Slayer in order

1 book
  1. 14. Resurrecting Ravana

Secret World of Alex Mack in order

1 book
  1. 22. Lights, Camera, Action!

Standalone books

45 books

45 Ray Garton titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ray Garton books in order?

You only need to read Ray Garton books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Ray Garton

Start with Seductions (1984), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ray Garton book?

Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth (2021) is the newest Ray Garton book released so far.

Is there a new Ray Garton book coming?

No next Ray Garton 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 Ray Garton has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for Ray Garton. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • World Horror Convention Grand Master Award2006Won
  • Bram Stoker Award for Novel1987Shortlistedfor Live Girls

Ray Garton at a glance

Died
Ray Garton died in 2024, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Ray Garton on record dates from 2021.
Release pace
Ray Garton books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
10,208 pages across the 41 of 63 books with a recorded length, a median of 221 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ray Garton books, 25 of 63, were published in the 1990s.

What the Ray Garton books are about

38 of the 63 Ray Garton 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 38. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.