Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zeppelins West | 2001 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 2 | Flaming Zeppelins | 2010 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 3 | Flaming London | 2005 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 4 | The Sky Done Ripped | 2019 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 5 | The Human Front | 2001 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 6 | Lucky Strike | 2009 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 7 | The Left Left Behind | 2009 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 8 | Mammoths of the Great Plains | 2010 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 9 | The Underbelly | 2010 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 10 | Modem Times 2.0 | 2011 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 11 | The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow | 2011 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 12 | The Wild Girls | 2011 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 13 | Report from Planet Midnight | 2012 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 14 | Surfing the Gnarl | 2012 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 15 | New Taboos | 2013 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 16 | Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials | 2013 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 17 | The Science of Herself | 2013 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 18 | Raising Hell | 2014 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 19 | Gypsy | 2015 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 20 | My Life, My Body | 2015 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 21 | Miracles Ain’t What They Used to Be | 2016 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 22 | Fire. | 2017 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 23 | Totalitopia | 2017 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 24 | The Atheist in the Attic | 2018 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 25 | Thoreau’s Microscope | 2018 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 26 | A City Made of Words | 2019 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
| 27 | The Beatrix Gates | 2019 | Joe R. Lansdale | Buy |
The Ned the Seal sequence begins with Zeppelins West (2001), a steampunk adventure in which Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show takes to the skies in a zeppelin, accompanied by Ned, a trained seal. Flaming London (2005) and The Sky Done Ripped (2019) continue the series, with Flaming Zeppelins (2010) collecting the first two books.
This reading order also includes related titles published by PM Press and other small publishers, covering Lansdale’s more experimental and politically charged shorter works. The Ned the Seal books are among Lansdale’s most playful and genre-defying creations.