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Kim Newman Short Story Books in Order

Kim Newman Short Story contains 8 books, published between 1990 and 2010. The first book is The Original Dr. Shade and Other Stories (1990) and the newest is Mysteries of the Diogenes Club (2010). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
1990–2010
Total pages
2,443 across 8 books
Reading time
41–61 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,443 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

See all 8 books in order Printable Kim Newman Short Story checklist

Kim Newman Short Story gathers eight collections dated 1990 to 2010, with Kim Newman credited on seven and Michael Marshall Smith on one. Recorded subjects include short stories, English horror tales, English science fiction, vampires and monsters. The Original Dr. Shade and Other Stories (1990) opens the listing, and Famous Monsters (1995), Unforgivable Stories (1999), Where The Bodies Are Buried (2000) and Dead Travel Fast (2005) follow. Mysteries of the Diogenes Club (2010) closes it.

How many Kim Newman Short Story books are there?

Kim Newman Short Story has 8 books, released between 1990 and 2010.

Kim Newman Short Story Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Kim Newman Short Story 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 Original Dr. Shade and Other Stories by Kim Newman, book 1 of the Kim Newman Short Story series (1990)
  2. Cover of Famous Monsters by Kim Newman, book 2 of the Kim Newman Short Story series (1995)
  3. Cover of Binary 2 by Michael Marshall Smith, book 3 of the Kim Newman Short Story series (1998)
  4. Cover of Unforgivable Stories by Kim Newman, book 4 of the Kim Newman Short Story series (1999)
  5. Cover of Dead Travel Fast by Kim Newman, book 6 of the Kim Newman Short Story series (2005)
  6. Cover of The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club by Kim Newman, book 7 of the Kim Newman Short Story series (2007)
  7. Cover of Mysteries of the Diogenes Club by Kim Newman, book 8 of the Kim Newman Short Story series (2010)
  1. 2
    Famous Monsters1995 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995464
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  2. 3
    Binary 21998 · 91 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199891
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  3. 4
    Unforgivable Stories1999 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999352
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  4. 5
    Where The Bodies Are Buried2000 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000144
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  5. 6
    Dead Travel Fast2005 · 321 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005321
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  6. 7
    The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club2007 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007400
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  7. 8
    Mysteries of the Diogenes Club2010 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010320
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Do you have to read Kim Newman Short Story books in order?

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

Where to start with Kim Newman Short Story

Start with The Original Dr. Shade and Other Stories (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kim Newman Short Story book?

Mysteries of the Diogenes Club (2010) is the newest Kim Newman Short Story book released so far.

Is there a new Kim Newman Short Story book coming?

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

Awards Kim Newman Short Story has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 4 nominations for Kim Newman Short Story. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Kim Newman Short Story at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Kim Newman Short Story title on record dates from 2010, 16 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Kim Newman Short Story books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,443 pages across all 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kim Newman Short Story books, 4 of 8, were published in the 1990s.
Attribution
Of the 8 titles, 7 are credited to Kim Newman and 1 to Michael Marshall Smith.

What the Kim Newman Short Story books are about

4 of the 8 Kim Newman Short Story books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.