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Deadlands Books in Order

Deadlands contains 7 books, published between 2011 and 2017. The first book is Deadlands (2011) and the newest is Boneyard (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
7
Published
2011–2017
Confirmed
3 of 7 titles
Pages on record
2,140 in 6 of 7 books
Reading time
36–54 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,140 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 7 titles with a page count on record.

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Deadlands appears in the catalogue as a 7-book series listed under Sarah Lotz, published from 2011 to 2017. Sarah Lotz is credited on 4 books, Jonathan Maberry and Seanan McGuire on 1 each, and one title carries no credit. The titles are Deadlands (2011), Death of a Saint (2013), The Army Of The Lost (2014), Ghostwalkers (2015), Ash Remains (2015), Thunder Moon Rising (2016) and Boneyard (2017). Subjects include horror, zombies, steampunk, westerns, South Africa and the Deadlands game.

How many Deadlands books are there?

Deadlands has 7 books, released between 2011 and 2017.

Deadlands Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Deadlands 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 Deadlands by Sarah Lotz, book 1 of the Deadlands series (2011)
  2. Cover of Death of a Saint by Sarah Lotz, book 2 of the Deadlands series (2013)
  3. Cover of The Army Of The Lost by Sarah Lotz, book 3 of the Deadlands series (2014)
  4. Cover of Boneyard by Seanan McGuire, book 3 of the Deadlands series (2017)
  1. 1
    Deadlands2011 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011320
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  2. 1
    Ghostwalkers2015 · 476 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015476
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  3. 2
    Death of a Saint2013 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013384
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  4. 2
    Thunder Moon Rising2016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  5. 3
    The Army Of The Lost2014 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014336
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  6. 3
    Boneyard2017 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017336
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  7. 4
    Ash Remains2015 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015288
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Do you have to read Deadlands books in order?

You should read the Deadlands books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Deadlands book also stands alone.

Where to start with Deadlands

Start with Deadlands (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Deadlands book?

Boneyard (2017) is the newest Deadlands book released so far.

Is there a new Deadlands book coming?

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

Deadlands at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Deadlands title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Deadlands books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,140 pages across the 6 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Deadlands books, 7 of 7, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 7 titles, 4 are credited to Sarah Lotz, 1 to Jonathan Maberry and 1 to Seanan McGuire. One title carries no credit.

What the Deadlands books are about

6 of the 7 Deadlands books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.