Craig DiLouie Standalone Novels books in order

Craig DiLouie's standalone novels span horror, science fiction, and thrillers, featuring everything from child vampires and mutant outcasts to haunted film crews and demonic ex-partners.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Paranoia 2001 Craig DiLouie Buy
2 The Thin White Line 2008 Craig DiLouie Buy
3 The Great Planet Robbery 2008 Craig DiLouie Buy
4 Tooth and Nail 2010 Craig DiLouie Buy
5 Suffer the Children 2014 Craig DiLouie Buy
6 The Alchemists 2017 Craig DiLouie Buy
7 One of Us 2018 Craig DiLouie Buy
8 Our War 2019 Craig DiLouie Buy
9 The Children of Red Peak 2020 Craig DiLouie Buy
10 Strike 2022 Craig DiLouie Buy
11 Episode Thirteen 2023 Craig DiLouie Buy
12 Djinn 2023 Craig DiLouie Buy
13 Q.R.F. 2023 Craig DiLouie Buy
14 How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive 2024 Craig DiLouie Buy
15 Hell’s Eden 2025 Craig DiLouie Buy
16 Castles in the Sky 2025 Craig DiLouie Buy
17 My Ex, The Antichrist 2025 Craig DiLouie Buy

Craig DiLouie’s standalone novels cover a wide range of horror and speculative fiction. His early work includes Paranoia (2001) and The Great Planet Robbery (2008), a science fiction comedy that’s a departure from his usual tone. Tooth and Nail (2010) drops readers into a military zombie scenario set in New York City. Suffer the Children (2014) has one of his most disturbing premises: every child on Earth dies, only to return with an appetite for human blood.

The later standalones show DiLouie expanding his range. One of Us (2018) is set in an alternate 1980s where children born with mutations are kept in brutal labor camps in the rural South. Our War (2019) imagines a second American civil war seen through the eyes of child soldiers. The Children of Red Peak (2020) follows cult survivors drawn back to the site of a mass suicide. Episode Thirteen (2023) takes the found-footage horror concept and applies it to a paranormal investigation show. How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive (2024) is a meta-horror novel set during a slasher film production.

His most recent work continues the variety. Djinn (2023) draws on Middle Eastern mythology, Hell’s Eden (2025) and Castles in the Sky (2025) push into new territory, and My Ex, The Antichrist (2025) takes a darkly comic approach to supernatural horror. DiLouie rarely writes the same book twice, which makes his standalone catalog one of the more unpredictable in modern horror fiction.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Craig DiLouie Standalone Novels series?

There are seventeen books in the Craig DiLouie Standalone Novels series, published between 2001 and 2025.

What is the first book in the Craig DiLouie Standalone Novels series?

The first book in the Craig DiLouie Standalone Novels series is Paranoia, published in 2001.

Which Craig DiLouie standalone novel should I read first?

For horror fans, Suffer the Children (2014) and Episode Thirteen (2023) are great starting points. Suffer the Children has a terrifying premise about children who need human blood to stay alive, while Episode Thirteen follows a ghost-hunting TV crew that encounters something genuinely supernatural. For something more literary, One of Us (2018) is a standout with its alternate-history take on prejudice against mutant children in the American South.

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