Richard Kadrey books

Richard Kadrey is an American science fiction and urban fantasy author best known for the Sandman Slim series, with additional work in comics, short fiction, and non-fiction.

Another Coop Heist Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Everything Box 2016 Buy
The Wrong Dead Guy 2017 Buy

Anthologies

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 1988 Buy
Semiotext SF 1991 Buy
Storming the Reality Studio 1991 Buy
Omni Best Science Fiction One 1992 Buy
Omni Visions Two 1994 Buy
Bangs & Whimpers 1999 Buy
Angel Scene / Teeth and Tongue Landscape 2003 Buy
2020 Visions 2004 Buy
Children of Lovecraft 2016 Buy
When Things Get Dark 2021 Buy
Body Shocks 2021 Buy
Screams from the Dark 2022 Buy
Christmas and Other Horrors 2023 Buy
Winter in the City 2024 Buy
Appalachian Strong: A Charity Anthology Benefiting the Survivors of Hurricane Helene 2025 Buy

Carrion City

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Dead Take the a Train 2023 Buy

Discreet Eliminators Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Pale House Devil 2023 Buy
The Flesh King 2025 Buy

Graphic Novels

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Accelerate 2007 Buy

Lucifer

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Lucifer Vol 3 2017 Buy

Non-Fiction

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Covert Culture Sourcebook 1994 Buy
Covert Culture Sourcebook 2.0 1994 Buy
From Myst to Riven 1997 Buy

Orbit Science Fiction Yearbooks Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 1988 Buy
The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Two 1989 Buy
The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three 1990 Buy

Sandman Slim Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Sandman Slim 2009 Buy
Kill the Dead 2010 Buy
Aloha from Hell 2011 Buy
Devil in the Dollhouse 2012 Buy
Devil Said Bang 2012 Buy
Kill City Blues 2013 Buy
The Getaway God 2014 Buy
Killing Pretty 2015 Buy
The Perdition Score 2016 Buy
The Kill Society 2017 Buy
Hollywood Dead 2018 Buy
Ballistic Kiss 2020 Buy
King Bullet 2021 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Black Neurology 2003 Buy
Suspect Zero 2013 Buy
A Cautionary Tale 2016 Buy
Bad Blood 2016 Buy
Concrete Bouquet 2016 Buy
Across the Dark Water 2021 Buy

Short Story Collections

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Secrets of Insects 2023 Buy

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Metrophage 1988 Buy
Kamikaze L’Amour 1995 Buy
Butcher Bird 2005 Buy
Dead Set 2013 Buy
The Grand Dark 2019 Buy

The Hellblazer (2016) Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Poison Truth 2017 Buy
The Hellblazer Vol. 2: The Smokeless Fire 2017 Buy
The HellblazerVol. 3: The Inspiration Game 2018 Buy
The Hellblazer, Volume 4: The Good Old Days 2018 Buy

Richard Kadrey is an American author who works across urban fantasy, science fiction, horror, and comics. He came up through the cyberpunk movement in the late 1980s and later found his biggest audience with the Sandman Slim series, which ran for thirteen books between 2009 and 2021. His writing tends toward dark humor, noir settings, and protagonists who operate on the margins of both human and supernatural worlds.

Beyond Sandman Slim, Kadrey has written the Another Coop Heist series (comic supernatural heist stories), the Discreet Eliminators series, and Carrion City. He has also contributed to DC Comics properties, writing volumes of The Hellblazer and Lucifer. His earlier work includes the cyberpunk novel Metrophage and non-fiction books on underground culture. His short stories and anthologies span science fiction, horror, and fantasy publications going back to the late 1980s.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Richard Kadrey written?

Richard Kadrey has written 57 books across thirteen series.

What was Richard Kadrey's first book?

Richard Kadrey’s first book is Metrophage, published in 1988.

What is Richard Kadrey best known for?

He is best known for the Sandman Slim series, a thirteen-book urban fantasy sequence following James Stark, a magician who escapes from Hell and works as a supernatural fixer in Los Angeles.

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