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Scott Nicholson Books in Order

Scott Nicholson has written 65 books, published between 2000 and 2019. The first book is Flowers (2000) and the newest is Tribulation (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
65
Published
2000–2019
Confirmed
1 of 65 titles
Pages on record
7,464 in 29 of 65 books
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Horror and thrillers set in the rural Appalachian mountains are the work of Scott Nicholson, an American novelist born on 24 June 1962. The Red Church, his debut, reached the Bram Stoker Award shortlist as a finalist. The catalogue holds 65 books published between 2000 and 2019, taking in the Solom novels, the Zapheads post-apocalyptic series, the Sheriff Frank Littlefield mysteries and the October Girls books. Haunted places, cults and mountain folklore recur, and the last catalogued title is Tribulation in 2019.

How many Scott Nicholson books are there?

Scott Nicholson has 65 books, released between 2000 and 2019. They include 9 series and 34 titles listed outside any series.

Scott Nicholson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 65 Scott Nicholson 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 The Red Church by Scott Nicholson, book 1 of the Sheriff Frank Littlefield series (2000)
  2. Cover of The Harvest by Scott Nicholson (2003)
  3. Cover of The Farm by Scott Nicholson (2006)
  4. Cover of They Hunger by Scott Nicholson (2007)
  5. Cover of Scattered Ashes by Scott Nicholson (2008)
  6. Cover of The Gorge by Scott Nicholson (2010)
  7. Cover of Disintegration by Scott Nicholson (2010)
  8. Cover of Chronic Fear by Scott Nicholson, book 1 of the Fear series (2011)
  9. Cover of Monster's Ink by Scott Nicholson (2011)
  10. Cover of The Shock by Scott Nicholson, book 1 of the After series (2012)
  11. Cover of The Manor by Scott Nicholson (2012)
  12. Cover of First Light by Scott Nicholson, book 3 of the After series (2013)
  13. Cover of McFall by Scott Nicholson (2013)
  14. Cover of Bone and Cinder by Scott Nicholson, book 1 of the Zapheads series (2014)
  15. Cover of Afterburn by Scott Nicholson, book 1 of the Next series (2015)
  16. Cover of Red Scare by Scott Nicholson, book 6 of the After series (2015)
  17. Cover of Blood and Frost by Scott Nicholson, book 3 of the Zapheads series (2016)
  18. Cover of Directive 17 by Scott Nicholson, book 4 of the Next series (2016)
  19. Cover of Resurrection by Scott Nicholson, book 1 of the Arize series (2018)
  1. 1
    Flowers2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  2. 2
    The Red ChurchSheriff Frank Littlefield #12000 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000286
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  3. 3
    The Harvest2003 · 383 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003383
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  4. 4
    Forever Never Ends2003 · 356 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003356
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  5. 5
    The Home2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  6. 6
    The Farm2006 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006384
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  7. 7
    They Hunger2007 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007352
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  8. 8
    Scattered Ashes2008 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008282
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  9. 9
    Crystal & BoneOctober Girls #12010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  10. 10
    The ScarecrowSolom #12010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  11. 11
    The Skull Ring2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  12. 12
    Write Good or Die2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  13. 13
    Drummer BoySheriff Frank Littlefield #22010 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010304
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  14. 14
    October GirlsOctober Girls #22010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  15. 15
    The Manor: A Supernatural Screenplay2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  16. 16
    Ashes2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  17. 17
    Zombie Bits2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  18. 18
    Dirt2010 · 70 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201070
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  19. 19
    Speed Dating with the Dead2010 · 346 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010346
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  20. 20
    The Gorge2010 · 388 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010388
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  21. 21
    Disintegration2010 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010304
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  22. 22
    If I Were Your Monster2010 · 28 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201028
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  23. 23
    Head Cases2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  24. 24
    Bad Day For Balloons2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  25. 25
    Chronic FearFear #12011 · 301 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011301
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  26. 26
    Liquid FearFear #22011 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011273
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  27. 27
    Too Many Witches2011 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201132
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  28. 28
    Monster's Ink2011 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011124
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  29. 29
    Crime Beat2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  30. 30
    Transparent Lovers2011 · 71 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201171
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Scott Nicholson 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.

After in order

7 books
  1. 1. The Shock
  2. 2. The Echo
  3. 3. First Light
  4. 4. Milepost 291
  5. 5. Whiteout
  6. 6. Red Scare
  7. 7. Dying Light

Next in order

6 books
  1. 1. Afterburn
  2. 2. Earth Zero
  3. 3. Radiophobia
  4. 4. Directive 17
  5. 5. Crucible
  6. 6. Half Life

Solom in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Scarecrow
  2. 2. The Narrow Gate
  3. 3. The Preacher

Zapheads in order

3 books
  1. 1. Bone and Cinder
  2. 2. Scars and Ashes
  3. 3. Blood and Frost

Arize in order

3 books
  1. 1. Resurrection
  2. 2. Revelation
  3. 3. Tribulation

Sheriff Frank Littlefield in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Red Church
  2. 2. Drummer Boy

October Girls in order

2 books
  1. 1. Crystal & Bone
  2. 2. October Girls

Fear in order

2 books
  1. 1. Chronic Fear
  2. 2. Liquid Fear

Sabrina Vickers, Vampire Angel in order

1 book
  1. 1. Fangs In Vain

MIM*X in order

1 book
  1. 1. Soft Robots

Wayward Pines Universe in order

1 book
  1. 3. What Geneva Dreams

Standalone books

34 books

34 Scott Nicholson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Scott Nicholson books in order?

You only need to read Scott Nicholson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 9 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Scott Nicholson

Start with Flowers (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Scott Nicholson book?

Tribulation (2019) is the newest Scott Nicholson book released so far.

Is there a new Scott Nicholson book coming?

No next Scott Nicholson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Scott Nicholson at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Scott Nicholson title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Scott Nicholson books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
7,464 pages across the 29 of 65 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Scott Nicholson books, 57 of 65, were published in the 2010s.

What the Scott Nicholson books are about

15 of the 65 Scott Nicholson 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 7 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.