Order of Peter Straub Books
Peter Straub is an American author of horror novels and poetry. He has won the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award. Peter is the son of a salesman and a nurse. His parents wanted him to become an athlete, a doctor or a minister; all he wanted to do was learn how to read, and he soon did. But soon after, he was hit by a car in a near-death experience and had to undergo surgeries, take a year off school and spend time as a wheelchair. This only led to him reading more. Years later, he would attend the University of Wisconsin and earn his English degree with honours. A year later, he got his MA at Columbia.
Peter Straub made his debut as a published author in 1972 with the poetry collection Ishmael. His first novel, Marriages, was the next year. Below is a list of Peter Straub’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Blue Rose Trilogy Books
Koko | (1988) | |
Mystery | (1990) | |
The Throat | (1993) | |
The Juniper Tree and Other Blue Rose Stories | (2010) |
Publication Order of Criminal Records Books
Pork Pie Hat | (2000) |
Publication Order of Talisman Books
(with Stephen King)
The Talisman | (1984) | |
Black House | (2001) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Marriages | (1973) | |
Julia / Full Circle | (1975) | |
If You Could See Me Now | (1977) | |
Ghost Story | (1979) | |
Shadowland | (1980) | |
Floating Dragon | (1982) | |
The General’s Wife | (1982) | |
Under Venus | (1985) | |
The Hellfire Club | (1996) | |
Mr. X | (1999) | |
Lost Boy Lost Girl | (2003) | |
In The Night Room | (2003) | |
The Skylark | (2010) | |
A Dark Matter | (2010) | |
The Skylark is an earlier, much longer version of A Dark Matter. |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Mrs. God | (1990) | |
The Ghost Village | (1993) | |
Fee | (1994) | |
Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff | (1998) | |
A Special Place | (2009) | |
The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine | (2011) | |
The Buffalo Hunter | (2012) | |
Perdido | (2015) | |
The Process (is a Process All Its Own) | (2017) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Ishmael | (1972) | |
Open Air | (1972) | |
Leeson Park and Belsize Square | (1983) | |
Houses Without Doors | (1990) | |
The Horror Writers Association Presents Peter Straub’s Ghosts | (1995) | |
Magic Terror | (2000) | |
The Little Blue Book of Rose Stories | (2005) | |
5 Stories | (2008) | |
Interior Darkness | (2016) |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
The Talisman: Road of Trials | (2009) | |
The Green Woman | (2010) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Sides | (2007) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King | (1982) | |
Cutting Edge | (1986) | |
Horror Factor 7 | (1988) | |
The Picador Book of the New Gothic | (1991) | |
Best New Horror 2 | (1991) | |
The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection | (1991) | |
Fourth Annual Collection | (1991) | |
Best New Horror 4 | (1993) | |
The Giant Book of Terror | (1994) | |
Black Thorn, White Rose | (1994) | |
The Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1996 | (1995) | |
Dark Terrors | (1995) | |
Dark Terrors 2 | (1996) | |
Murder on the Run | (1998) | |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 | (1999) | |
Dark Terrors 5 | (2000) | |
October Dreams | (2000) | |
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11 | (2000) | |
Opening Shots, Vol. II | (2001) | |
The Wavedancer Benefit: A Tribute to Frank Muller | (2002) | |
Poe’s Children | (2008) | |
The Best of Cemetery Dance II | (2008) | |
American Fantastic Tales | (2009) | |
Shivers VI | (2010) | |
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror | (2010) | |
Hint Fiction | (2010) | |
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2010 | (2010) | |
Happily Ever After | (2011) | |
Rage Against the Night | (2011) | |
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four | (2012) | |
The Best Horror of the Year Volume 4 | (2012) | |
Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top | (2012) | |
Ghosts: Recent Hauntings | (2012) | |
Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny | (2013) | |
xo Orpheus | (2013) | |
Mister October, Volume II | (2013) | |
Turn Down the Lights | (2013) | |
Best New Horror #26 | (2015) | |
The Monstrous | (2015) | |
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold | (2016) | |
The Beauty of Death | (2016) | |
Detours | (2016) | |
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine | (2017) | |
The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 | (2017) | |
The Beauty of Death, Vol. 2 | (2017) | |
Mythic Journeys | (2019) | |
Dark Screams: Volume Three | (2021) | |
Voices in the Dark | (2022) |
Notes: The Talisman series was written with Stephen King. The Talisman, Vol. 1: The Road of Trials was written with Stephen King. The Green Woman was co-authored with Michael Easton. The New Wave Fabulists was edited with Bradford Morrow. Julia was also published as Full Circle.