Necroscope Books in Order
Brian Lumley has written 20 Necroscope books, published between 1986 and 2020. The first book is Necroscope (1986) and the newest is Necroscope: The Last of the Lost Years, Vol. II (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
Also searched as The Necroscope.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 1986–2020
- Pages on record
- 8,225 in 17 of 20 books
- Reading time
- 137–206 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,225 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 20 titles with a page count on record.
Necroscope is a horror sequence by Brian Lumley built on the character Harry Keogh. Twenty books are catalogued between 1986 and 2020. Necroscope (1986) opens the run, followed by Wamphyri! (1989), The Source (1989), Deadspeak (1990) and Deadspawn (1991), then Blood Brothers (1992), The Last Aerie (1993) and Bloodwars (1994). The Lost Years (1995) begins a second strand, and the last catalogued volume is Necroscope: The Last of the Lost Years, Vol. II (2020). Vampires, E-Branch, deadspeak, mobius and England run through the subjects.
How many Necroscope books are there?
Necroscope has 20 books, released between 1986 and 2020.
Necroscope Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Necroscope 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.
- 119865052/4
- 219894702/4
- 31989–2/4
- 419904872/4
- 519916082/4
- 619925762/4
- 719937582/4
- 819948162/4
- 919955932/4
- 1019954152/4
- 1119964142/4
- 1219995572/4
- 1320004462/4
- 1420014452/4
- 1520064482/4
- 1620073192/4
- 17Necroscope: Harry and the PiratesNew Adventures Of The Necroscope #22009 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/420091922/4
- 182010–2/4
- 1920131762/4
- 202020–2/4
Do you have to read Necroscope books in order?
You should read the Necroscope books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Necroscope book also stands alone.
Where to start with Necroscope
Start with Necroscope (1986), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Necroscope book?
Necroscope: The Last of the Lost Years, Vol. II (2020) is the newest Necroscope book released so far.
Is there a new Necroscope book coming?
No next Necroscope book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Necroscope
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Necroscope. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- August Derleth Award1995Shortlistedfor Bloodwars
Necroscope at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Necroscope title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Necroscope books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 8,225 pages across the 17 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 470 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Necroscope books, 9 of 20, were published in the 1990s.
What the Necroscope books are about
17 of the 20 Necroscope 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 15 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Horror 15 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective 10 of 17 books
- Vampires 10 of 17 books
- Harry Keogh (Fictitious character) 9 of 17 books
- Keogh, harry (fictitious character) 8 of 17 books
- England 7 of 17 books
- Human-alien encounters 7 of 17 books
More books by Brian Lumley
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Brian Lumley books in order 67 books