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Crow Books in Order

Crow contains 8 books, published between 1996 and 2001. The first book is City of Angels (1996) and the newest is The Hellbound (2001). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
1996–2001
Pages on record
1,272 in 5 of 8 books
Reading time
21–32 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,272 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

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Crow is a multi-author book series built around the fictional character Crow, with 8 books published between 1996 and 2001. Chet Williamson and Poppy Z. Brite are each credited on 2 books, and David Bischoff, S.P. Somtow, Norman Partridge and A.A. Attanasio on 1 each. The run opens with City of Angels (1996) and closes with The Hellbound (2001), taking in Quoth the Crow and A Murder of Crows (both 1998) and Wicked Prayer (2000). Subject tags include revenge, murder, horror, New Orleans and a fictional character named Jared Poe.

How many Crow books are there?

Crow has 8 books, released between 1996 and 2001.

Crow Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Crow 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 City of Angels by Chet Williamson, book 1 of the Crow series (1996)
  2. Cover of Clash by Night by Chet Williamson, book 2 of the Crow series (1997)
  3. Cover of The Lazarus Heart by Poppy Z. Brite, book 3 of the Crow series (1998)
  4. Cover of Quoth the Crow by David Bischoff, book 4 of the Crow series (1998)
  5. Cover of A Murder of Crows by Poppy Z. Brite, book 5 of the Crow series (1998)
  6. Cover of Wicked Prayer by Norman Partridge, book 7 of the Crow series (2000)
  7. Cover of The Hellbound by A.A. Attanasio, book 8 of the Crow series (2001)
  1. 1
    City of Angels1996 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996250
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  2. 2
    Clash by Night1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  3. 3
    The Lazarus Heart1998 · 213 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998213
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  4. 4
    Quoth the Crow1998 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998277
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  5. 5
    A Murder of Crows1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  6. 6
    Temple of Night1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  7. 7
    Wicked Prayer2000 · 295 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000295
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  8. 8
    The Hellbound2001 · 237 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001237
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Where to start with Crow

Start with City of Angels (1996), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Crow book?

The Hellbound (2001) is the newest Crow book released so far.

Is there a new Crow book coming?

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

Crow at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Crow title on record dates from 2001, 25 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Crow books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,272 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 250 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Crow books, 6 of 8, were published in the 1990s.
Attribution
Of the 8 titles, 2 are credited to Chet Williamson, 2 to Poppy Z. Brite, 1 to David Bischoff and 1 to S.P. Somtow. A further 2 writers are credited.

What the Crow books are about

6 of the 8 Crow books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy, contemporary is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.