Tamara Thorne Books in Order
Tamara Thorne has written 39 books, published between 1991 and 2023. The first book is Winter Scream (As: Chris Curry, With: Lisa Dean) (1991) and the newest is The Selkie Wives (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 39
- Published
- 1991–2023
- Pages on record
- 4,958 in 13 of 39 books
Tamara Thorne writes American horror and was born in Los Angeles on 20 November 1957. Thorne also publishes as Chris Curry, the name on Winter Scream (1991), written with Lisa Dean and nominated for the 1991 Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel, and on Trickster (1992) and Panic (1994). The 39 catalogued books reach The Selkie Wives in 2023, at a median of 384 pages. Vampires, covens, ghosts and haunted places recur, and the series list holds the Ravencrest Saga, the Sorority Trilogy, Old Wives' Tales, and Vampires of Candle Bay and Crimson Cove.
How many Tamara Thorne books are there?
Tamara Thorne has 39 books, released between 1991 and 2023. They include 6 series and 16 titles listed outside any series.
Tamara Thorne Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 39 Tamara Thorne 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.
- 1Winter Scream (As: Chris Curry, With: Lisa Dean)1991 · confirmed 1/41991–1/4
- 2Trickster (As:Chris Curry)1992 · confirmed 1/41992–1/4
- 3Panic (As:Chris Curry)1994 · 370 pages · confirmed 1/419943701/4
- 4Haunted1995 · 478 pages · confirmed 1/419954781/4
- 5Moonfall1996 · 427 pages · confirmed 1/419964271/4
- 6Body House1999 · confirmed 1/41999–1/4
- 72001–1/4
- 8Candle Bay2001 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/420014801/4
- 9Bad Things2002 · confirmed 1/42002–1/4
- 10The Forgotten2002 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420023841/4
- 1120032541/4
- 1220032211/4
- 1320032861/4
- 14Thunder Road2004 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420043521/4
- 15Ghosthunting Southern California2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 16Good Vibrations / Slippery When Wet2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 172015–1/4
- 18The Cliffhouse Haunting2015 · 404 pages · confirmed 1/420154041/4
- 19Five Nights in a Haunted Cabin2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 20Mother2016 · 462 pages · confirmed 1/420164621/4
- 212017–1/4
- 222018–1/4
- 2320183641/4
- 242018–1/4
- 252018–1/4
- 262019–1/4
- 272019–1/4
- 282019–1/4
- 292019–1/4
- 302019–1/4
- 31Brimstone2019 · 476 pages · confirmed 1/420194761/4
- 322020–1/4
- 332020–1/4
- 342020–1/4
- 352020–1/4
- 362020–1/4
- 372020–1/4
- 382021–1/4
- 392023–1/4
Tamara Thorne series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Tamara Thorne 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.
Ravencrest Saga: Shadowland in order
5 booksRavencrest Saga in order
4 booksSorority Trilogy in order
3 booksOld Wives' Tales in order
2 books- 1. Eternity
- 2. The Selkie Wives
Vampires of Candle Bay and Crimson Cove in order
1 bookStandalone books
16 books16 Tamara Thorne titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Tamara Thorne books in order?
You only need to read Tamara Thorne books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Tamara Thorne
Start with Begotten (2018), the first Ravencrest Saga: Exorcism book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Winter Scream (As: Chris Curry, With: Lisa Dean) (1991).
What is the newest Tamara Thorne book?
The Selkie Wives (2023) is the newest Tamara Thorne book released so far.
Is there a new Tamara Thorne book coming?
No next Tamara Thorne book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Tamara Thorne at a glance
- Paused
- No new Tamara Thorne title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Tamara Thorne books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,958 pages across the 13 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tamara Thorne books, 17 of 39, were published in the 2010s.
What the Tamara Thorne books are about
10 of the 39 Tamara Thorne 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 5 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Horror 5 of 10 books
- California 2 of 10 books
- Covens 2 of 10 books
- Greek letter societies 2 of 10 books
- Thrillers 2 of 10 books







