Robert R McCammon Books in Order

Robert R McCammon has written 58 books, published between 1978 and 2026. The first book is Baal (1978) and the newest is McCammon's Shoppe of Olde Curiosities (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
58
Published
1978–2026
Confirmed
53 of 58 titles
Pages on record
9,321 in 22 of 58 books

Robert R. McCammon is an American novelist from Birmingham, Alabama, born in 1952 and one of the names behind the American horror boom of the late 1970s and 1980s. By 1991 The Wolf's Hour, Stinger and Swan Song had each reached the New York Times list, with around 5 million copies in print. Since 2002 McCammon has written the Matthew Corbett books, a historical mystery series about an 18th-century magistrate's clerk in colonial America. 58 catalogued books run from Baal (1978) to McCammon's Shoppe of Olde Curiosities (2026). The median book runs 406 pages.

Source: Wikidata

How many Robert R McCammon books are there?

Robert R McCammon has 58 books, released between 1978 and 2026. They include 3 separate series.

Robert R McCammon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 58 Robert R McCammon 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.

  1. 1
    BaalRobert R. McCammon Standalone Novels #11978 · confirmed 3/4
    1978–
  2. 2
    Bethany's SinRobert R. McCammon Standalone Novels #21980 · confirmed 3/4
    1980–
  3. 3
    The Night BoatRobert R. McCammon Standalone Novels #31980 · confirmed 3/4
    1980–
  4. 4
    They ThirstRobert R. McCammon Standalone Novels #41981 · 412 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1981412
  5. 5
    Mystery WalkRobert R. McCammon Standalone Novels #51983 · 388 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1983388
  6. 6
    Usher's PassingRobert R. McCammon Standalone Novels #61984 · 401 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1984401
  7. 7
    The Red HouseRobert R. McCammon Short Stories/Novellas #11985 · confirmed 3/4
    1985–
  8. 8
    Yellowjacket SummerRobert R. McCammon Short Stories/Novellas #21986 · confirmed 3/4
    1986–
  9. 9
    The Deep End (Short Story)Robert R. McCammon Short Stories/Novellas #31987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
  10. 10
    Best Friends (Short Story)Robert R. McCammon Short Stories/Novellas #41987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
  11. 11
    Doom City (short story)Robert R. McCammon Short Stories/Novellas #51987 · confirmed 3/4
    1987–
  12. 12
    Swan SongRobert R. McCammon Standalone Novels #71987 · 956 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1987956
  13. 13
    StingerRobert R. McCammon Standalone Novels #81987 · 10 pages · confirmed 3/4
    198710
  14. 14
    Blue WorldRobert R. McCammon Short Story #11989 · 464 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1989464
  15. 15
    The Wolf's HourMichael Gallatin #11989 · confirmed 3/4
    1989–
  16. 16
    Eat Me (Short Story)Robert R. McCammon Short Stories/Novellas #61989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989–
  17. 17
    ChicoRobert R. McCammon Short Stories/Novellas #71989 · confirmed 3/4
    1989–
  18. 18
    PinRobert R. McCammon Short Stories/Novellas #81989 · confirmed 3/4
    1989–
  19. 19
    Something Passed ByRobert R. McCammon Short Stories/Novellas #91989 · confirmed 3/4
    1989–
  20. 20
    Yellachile’s CageRobert R. McCammon Short Stories/Novellas #101989 · confirmed 3/4
    1989–
  21. 21
    MineRobert R. McCammon Standalone Novels #91990 · 487 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990487
  22. 22
    Boy's LifeRobert R. McCammon Standalone Novels #101991 · 580 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991580
  23. 23
    Gone SouthRobert R. McCammon Standalone Novels #111992 · 392 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992392
  24. 24
    Speaks the NightbirdMatthew Corbett #12002 · 792 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002792
  25. 25
    The Queen of BedlamMatthew Corbett #22007 · 656 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007656
  26. 262009–
  27. 27
    Mister SlaughterMatthew Corbett #42010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
  28. 28
    The Hunter from the WoodsMichael Gallatin #22011 · 328 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011328
  29. 29
    The FiveRobert R. McCammon Standalone Novels #122011 · 608 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011608
  30. 30
    The Providence RiderMatthew Corbett #52012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–

Robert R McCammon series in order

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

Robert R McCammon 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.

Robert R. McCammon Short Stories/Novellas

18 books

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

Robert R. McCammon Standalone Novels

14 books

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

Michael Gallatin in order

9 books
  1. 1. The Wolf's Hour
  2. 2. The Hunter from the Woods
  3. 3. Death of a Hunter
  4. 4. The Great White Way
  5. 5. The Man from London
  6. 6. The Room at the Bottom of the Stairs
  7. 7. Sea Chase
  8. 8. The Wolf and the Eagle
  9. 9. The Wolf's Hour: Dramatized Adaptation

Robert R. McCammon Short Story

3 books

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

I Travel By Night in order

2 books
  1. 1. I Travel by Night
  2. 2. Last Train from Perdition

Do you have to read Robert R McCammon books in order?

You only need to read Robert R McCammon 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 Robert R McCammon

Start with Speaks the Nightbird (2002), the first Matthew Corbett book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Baal (1978).

What is the newest Robert R McCammon book?

McCammon's Shoppe of Olde Curiosities (2026) is the newest Robert R McCammon book released so far.

Is there a new Robert R McCammon book coming?

No next Robert R McCammon 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 Robert R McCammon has won

Wikidata records 9 awards and 14 nominations for Robert R McCammon. 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.

Robert R McCammon at a glance

Still publishing
Robert R McCammon published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Robert R McCammon books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
9,321 pages across the 22 of 58 books with a recorded length, a median of 406 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Robert R McCammon books, 27 of 58, were published in the 2010s.

When Robert R McCammon books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Robert R McCammon titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 27 titles.

1970s
1
1980s
19
1990s
3
2000s
3
2010s
27
2020s
5

58 books total across 6 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Robert R McCammon books are about

27 of the 58 Robert R McCammon 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 11 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.