Order of Richard Matheson Books

Richard Matheson (1926-2013) was an American writer known for his contributions to horror, science fiction, and fantasy through novels, stories, and screenplays. Numerous adaptations of his works have been made into films, including I Am Legend (adapted four times), The Shrinking Man, Hell House, What Dreams May Come, Somewhere in Time, A Stir of Echoes, and Button, Button. He also penned some of the most iconic episodes of The Twilight Zone, such as “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.” Matheson began his publishing career in 1950 with the short story "Born of Man and Woman." His debut novel, a suspense piece titled Fury on Sunday, was released in 1953. Below is a chronological list of Richard Matheson’s books based on their original publication dates:

Richard Matheson became a published novelist in 1951 with the novel Through Channels. Below is a list of Richard Matheson's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Someone is Bleeding	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fury on Sunday	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Woman / Third from the Sun / Born of Man	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
I Am Legend / The Omega Man	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Incredible Shrinking Man / The Shrinking Man	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Stir of Echoes	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ride the Nightmare	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Beardless Warriors of World War II	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Comedy of Terrors	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hell House	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Night Stalker	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Night Strangler	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Somewhere In Time / Bid Time Return	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
What Dreams May Come	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Earthbound	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Journal of the Gun Years	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Gun Fight	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
7 Steps to Midnight	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shadow on the Sun	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Now You See It...	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Passion Play	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hunger and Thirst	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Camp Pleasant	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hunted Past Reason	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Abu and the 7 Marvels (With: William Stout)	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Come Fygures, Come Shadowes	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Link	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Other Kingdoms	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Generations	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Leave Yesterday Alone	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Through Channels	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Long Distance Call	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dress of White Silk	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Witch War	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Blood Son / Drink My Blood / Drink My Red Blood	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Slaughter House	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Wet Straw	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Disappearing Act	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Legion of Plotters	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mad House	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dance of the Dead	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Old Haunts	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Children of Noah	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Holiday Man	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Distributor	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
First Anniversary	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Likeness of Julie	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Pride (With: Richard Christian Matheson)	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Born Of Man And Woman	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Third From The Sun: Tales Of Science Fiction And Fantasy	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Shores Of Space	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Nightmare At 20,000 Feet	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shock!: Thirteen Tales To Thrill And Terrify	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shock Ii: Thirteen Tales To Haunt The Imagination	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shock Iii	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shock Waves	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Duel	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Collected Stories, Vol. 1	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
By The Gun	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Twilight Zone Scripts	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Kolchak Scripts	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Darker Places	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Collected Stories, Vol. 2	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Collected Stories, Vol. 3	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Unrealized Dreams	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bloodlines	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Button, Button: Uncanny Stories	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Visions Of Death: Richard Matheson's Edgar Allan Poe Scripts, Vol. 1	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Box	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Visions Deferred	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Richard Matheson Uncollected: Backteria And Other Improbable Tales	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Steel And Other Stories	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Road Rage (With: Stephen King,Joe Hill,Chris Ryall)	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best Of Richard Matheson	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Off Beat: Uncollected Stories	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Graphic Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Completely Doomed	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Path	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mediums Rare	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Primer of Reality	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Richard Matheson Companion	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Foundations of Fear Anthology Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
An Exploration of Horror: Foundations of Fear (With: George R.R. Martin,Robert A. Heinlein,David G. Hartwell,Peter Straub,Daphne du Maurier,Clive Barker,Carlos Fuentes,Arthur Machen,Gerald Durrell)	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Foundations of Fear: Volume III: Visions of Fear (With: David G. Hartwell,E.T.A. Hoffmann,Philip K. Dick,Clive Barker,Octavia E. Butler,Gerald Durrell)	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Dark Descent Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield (With: Stephen King,Flannery O'Connor,William Faulkner,Theodore Sturgeon,David G. Hartwell,Tanith Lee,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,Michael Bishop,Ramsey Campbell,Henry James,H.P. Lovecraft,Joanna Russ,Charlotte Perkins Gilman,D.H. Lawrence,Dennis Etchison,Thomas M. Disch,Clive Barker,Robert Aickman,Robert Hichens,Edgar Allen Poe)	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1953	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3 - F-675	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Star Science Fiction Stories 3	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Best of Science Fiction: No. 10	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
If This Goes On	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fantastic Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, January 1967	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Space Suits & Gumshoes	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Star Science Fiction Stories No. 5	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Great Black Magic Stories	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rod Serling's Other Worlds	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
65 Great Spine Chillers	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Laughing Space: An Anthology of Science Fiction Humor	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rod Serling's Night Gallery Reader	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Duel — Horror Stories of the Road	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hot Blood Tales of Erotic Horror	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Exploration of Horror: Foundations of Fear	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Foundations of Fear: Volume III: Visions of Fear	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
American Pulp	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Taps and Sighs	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Kiss the Whip	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Masques V	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best of Cemetery Dance II	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dead That Walk	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mammoth Book of Body Horror	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Time Traveler's Almanac	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flight or Fright	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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