Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Vol. 1 |
1969 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series II |
1972 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Horror Stories No. 3 |
1973 |
Buy |
| The Satyr’s Head: Tales of Terror |
1975 |
Buy |
| Nameless Places |
1975 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series IV |
1976 |
Buy |
| Disciples of Cthulhu |
1976 |
Buy |
| Cold Fear |
1977 |
Buy |
| Weirdbook 12 |
1977 |
Buy |
| Spine-Chillers |
1978 |
Buy |
| Gaslight & Ghosts |
1988 |
Buy |
| Weird Tales 295 |
1989 |
N/A |
| Dark Voices 2 |
1990 |
Buy |
| Best New Horror |
1990 |
Buy |
| Dark Voices 3 |
1991 |
Buy |
| Dante’s Disciples |
1991 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Vampires |
1992 |
Buy |
| The Giant Book of Zombies |
1993 |
N/A |
| The Giant Book of Best New Horror |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Zombies |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Starry Wisdom: A Tribute to H.P. Lovecraft |
1994 |
Buy |
| Sea-Cursed |
1994 |
Buy |
| Dark Terrors |
1995 |
Buy |
| Dark Terrors 2 |
1996 |
Buy |
| Giant Book of Fantasy Tales |
1996 |
Buy |
| Seductive Spectres |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Dracula |
1997 |
Buy |
| Crimes of Passion |
1997 |
Buy |
| In the Shadow of the Gargoyle |
1998 |
Buy |
| Dark Detectives |
1999 |
Buy |
| Unnatural Selection of Darwinian Nightmares |
2000 |
Buy |
| Dark Homage, Volume 1 |
2002 |
Buy |
| Keep Out The Night |
2002 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of New Terror |
2004 |
Buy |
| Great Ghost Stories |
2004 |
Buy |
| Dark Delicacies |
2005 |
Buy |
| Best New Horror 17 |
2006 |
Buy |
| Summer Chills |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Monsters |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Ghost Quartet |
2008 |
Buy |
| Best New Horror 20 |
2009 |
Buy |
| Best New Horror 21 |
2010 |
Buy |
| Stranger by Night |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Book of Cthulhu |
2011 |
Buy |
| Lore: A Quaint and Curious Volume of Selected Stories |
2011 |
Buy |
| Danse Macabre |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Body Horror |
2012 |
Buy |
| Mammoth Books presents More Than Human |
2012 |
Buy |
| Blood Rites |
2013 |
Buy |
| Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth |
2013 |
Buy |
| Darker Terrors 7 |
2016 |
Buy |
| Dark Places, Evil Faces |
2017 |
Buy |
| In the Footsteps of Dracula |
2017 |
Buy |
| Masters of Horror |
2017 |
Buy |
Dreamlands Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Hero of Dreams |
1986 |
Buy |
| Ship of Dreams |
1986 |
Buy |
| Mad Moon of Dreams / Second Visit |
1987 |
Buy |
Dreamlands Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Iced on Aran and Other Dream Quests |
1990 |
Buy |
House Of Doors Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Maze of Worlds |
1998 |
Buy |
| The House of Doors |
1990 |
Buy |
Necroscope Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Necroscope |
1986 |
Buy |
| Nekroskop |
1986 |
N/A |
| Necroscope II: Wamphyri! / Vamphyri! |
1989 |
Buy |
| Vamphyri! |
1996 |
N/A |
| Blutmesse |
1989 |
N/A |
| Deadspeak |
1990 |
N/A |
| Necroscope IV: Deadspeak |
1990 |
Buy |
| Deadspawn |
1991 |
N/A |
| Necroscope V: Deadspawn |
1991 |
Buy |
| Blood Brothers |
1992 |
Buy |
| The Last Aerie |
1993 |
Buy |
| Bloodwars |
1994 |
Buy |
| Nekroskop: Stracone lata |
1995 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: Resurgence: The Lost Years, Volume 2 |
1996 |
Buy |
| Nekroskop: Odrodzenie |
1996 |
N/A |
| Invaders |
1999 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: Invaders |
1999 |
Buy |
| Necroscope: Defilers |
2000 |
Buy |
| Nekroskop: Piętno |
2000 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: Avengers |
2001 |
Buy |
| Obrońcy |
2001 |
N/A |
| Necroscope III: The Source |
1989 |
Buy |
| Necroscope: The Touch |
2006 |
Buy |
| Necroscope: The Plague-Bearer |
2010 |
Buy |
| Nekroskop 17: Nosiciel |
2010 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: The Lost Years |
1995 |
Buy |
| Necroscope: The Mobius Murders |
2013 |
Buy |
| Harry Keogh |
2003 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: Harry and the Pirates: and Other Tales from the Lost Years |
2009 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: The Last of the Lost Years, Vol. I |
1995 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: The Last of the Lost Years, Vol. II |
2020 |
Buy |
Necroscope Collections Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Nekroskop |
1986 |
N/A |
| Necroscope and Other Weird Heroes! |
2007 |
Buy |
| Vamphyri! |
1996 |
N/A |
| Blutmesse |
1989 |
N/A |
| Deadspeak |
1990 |
N/A |
| Deadspawn |
1991 |
N/A |
| Blood Brothers |
1992 |
N/A |
| The Last Aerie |
1993 |
N/A |
| Bloodwars |
1994 |
N/A |
| Nekroskop: Stracone lata |
1995 |
N/A |
| Nekroskop: Odrodzenie |
1996 |
N/A |
| Invaders |
1999 |
N/A |
| Nekroskop: Piętno |
2000 |
N/A |
| Obrońcy |
2001 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: The Touch |
2006 |
N/A |
| Nekroskop 17: Nosiciel |
2010 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: The Möbius Murders |
2013 |
N/A |
| Harry Keogh |
2003 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: Harry and the Pirates: and Other Tales from the Lost Years |
2009 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: The Last of the Lost Years, Vol. I |
1995 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: The Last of the Lost Years, Vol. II |
2025 |
N/A |
Necroscope: E-Branch Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Nekroskop |
1986 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: Invaders |
1999 |
Buy |
| Vamphyri! |
1996 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: Defilers |
2000 |
Buy |
| Blutmesse |
1989 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: Avengers |
2001 |
Buy |
| Deadspeak |
1990 |
N/A |
| Deadspawn |
1991 |
N/A |
| Blood Brothers |
1992 |
N/A |
| The Last Aerie |
1993 |
N/A |
| Bloodwars |
1994 |
N/A |
| Nekroskop: Stracone lata |
1995 |
N/A |
| Nekroskop: Odrodzenie |
1996 |
N/A |
| Invaders |
1999 |
N/A |
| Nekroskop: Piętno |
2000 |
N/A |
| Obrońcy |
2001 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: The Touch |
2006 |
N/A |
| Nekroskop 17: Nosiciel |
2010 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: The Möbius Murders |
2013 |
N/A |
| Harry Keogh |
2003 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: Harry and the Pirates: and Other Tales from the Lost Years |
2009 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: The Last of the Lost Years, Vol. I |
1995 |
N/A |
| Necroscope: The Last of the Lost Years, Vol. II |
2025 |
N/A |
Necroscope: The Lost Years#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Lost Years |
1995 |
Buy |
Necroscope: Vampire World Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Blood Brothers |
1992 |
Buy |
| The Last Aerie |
1993 |
Buy |
| Bloodwars |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Savage Truth |
- |
N/A |
| The Savage War |
- |
N/A |
| The Savage End |
- |
N/A |
New Adventures Of The Necroscope Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Necroscope: The Touch |
2006 |
Buy |
| Necroscope: Harry and the Pirates |
2009 |
Buy |
Primal Land Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Tales of the Primal Land |
2015 |
Buy |
Psychomech Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Psychomech |
1984 |
Buy |
| Psychosphere |
1984 |
Buy |
| Psychamok |
1985 |
Buy |
Shadows Over Innsmouth Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth |
2013 |
Buy |
| Shadows Over Innsmouth |
1994 |
Buy |
| Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth |
2005 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Born of the Winds |
1975 |
N/A |
| Name and Number |
1986 |
Buy |
| Fruiting Bodies |
1988 |
Buy |
| The House Of The Temple |
2004 |
Buy |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Caller of the Black |
1971 |
Buy |
| The Horror at Oakdeene and Others |
1977 |
Buy |
| Ghoul Warning And Other Omens |
1982 |
Buy |
| Synchronicity, Or Something |
1988 |
Buy |
| Dagon’s Bell and Other Discords |
1988 |
Buy |
| Return of the Deep Ones |
1991 |
Buy |
| The Compleat Khash |
1991 |
Buy |
| Fruiting Bodies and Other Fungi |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Second Wish And Other Exhalations |
1995 |
Buy |
| A Coven of Vampires |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Whisperer and Other Voices |
2001 |
Buy |
| Beneath the Moors and Darker Places |
2002 |
Buy |
| The Brian Lumley Companion |
2002 |
Buy |
| Brian Lumley’s Freaks |
2004 |
Buy |
| Screaming Science Fiction |
2006 |
Buy |
| Necroscope and Other Weird Heroes! |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Taint and Other Novellas |
2007 |
Buy |
| Haggopian and Other Stories |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Nonesuch and Others |
2009 |
Buy |
| No Sharks in the Med and Other Stories |
2012 |
Buy |
| Earth, Air, Fire & Water |
2017 |
Buy |
| Brian Lumley’s The Best of the Rest |
2023 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Beneath the Moors |
1974 |
Buy |
| Khai of Khem |
1981 |
Buy |
| Demogorgon |
1987 |
Buy |
| The Fly-By-Nights |
2011 |
Buy |
Tales of the Primal Land Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The House of Cthulhu |
1984 |
Buy |
| Tarra Khash |
1991 |
Buy |
| Tarra Khash: Hrossak!: Tales of the Primal Land |
1991 |
N/A |
| Sorcery in Shad |
1991 |
Buy |
Titus Crow Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Compleat Crow |
1986 |
N/A |
| The Burrowers Beneath |
1974 |
Buy |
| Titus Crow |
1999 |
N/A |
| The Transition of Titus Crow |
1975 |
Buy |
| The Clock of Dreams |
1978 |
Buy |
| Titus Crow, Volume 3: In The Moons of Borea, Elysia |
1978 |
N/A |
| Spawn of the Winds |
1978 |
Buy |
| In the Moons of Borea |
1979 |
Buy |
| Elysia |
1989 |
Buy |
Titus Crow Collections Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Compleat Crow |
1986 |
Buy |
| Titus Crow |
1999 |
N/A |
| The Transition of Titus Crow |
1975 |
N/A |
| Titus Crow, Volume 3: In The Moons of Borea, Elysia |
1978 |
N/A |
| Spawn of the Winds |
1978 |
N/A |
| In the Moons of Borea |
1979 |
N/A |
| Elysia |
1989 |
N/A |
Brian Lumley is one of the most prolific authors in horror and dark fantasy, with nearly 200 books published across a career that began in 1969. His best-known work is the Necroscope series, which spans multiple sub-series including the main Necroscope sequence, Vampire World, E-Branch, The Lost Years, and the New Adventures of the Necroscope. Combined, the Necroscope-related entries make up the largest portion of his catalog and have been appearing from 1986 through 2020.
Lumley has deep roots in Lovecraftian fiction. His Titus Crow series (starting with The Burrowers Beneath in 1974) and Tales of the Primal Land are set in worlds influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos, and he has contributed to many horror anthologies over the decades, from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Vol. 1 (1969) through collections like Dark Delicacies and Masters of Horror. His short story collections alone number over 20 volumes, with titles like Fruiting Bodies and Other Fungi, A Coven of Vampires, and The Taint and Other Novellas.
Beyond Lovecraftian horror, Lumley wrote the Dreamlands trilogy, the Psychomech sci-fi series, the House of Doors books, and several standalone novels. His work covers paranormal fiction, urban fantasy, and science fiction alongside his horror output. With publications spanning from the late 1960s through 2025, Lumley’s catalog is both enormous and varied within the darker corners of speculative fiction.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Brian Lumley written?
Brian Lumley has written 201 books across nineteen series.
What was Brian Lumley's first book?
Brian Lumley’s first book is Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Vol. 1, published in 1969.
What genres does Brian Lumley write in?
Brian Lumley writes novellas, paranormal, short stories, and urban fantasy. Their best-known work includes the Dreamlands series.