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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books
  • First Book:
    December 2014
  • Latest Book:
    May 2026
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Book List in Order: 9 titles



  • Necrosaurus Rex tells the tale of Martin, a simple janitor, who takes an unfortunate trip through time, becomes a violent mutant, and the father of us all. There’s 14 billion years crushed inside these pages, and most of them are pretty nasty. This...



  • “I’ve had a wonderful time, really the best. Do you want to come inside? It’s still early. I’d love to tell you a story. But first, let me take off my face…” Now That We’re Alone 11 short stories from Nicholas Day, celebrating the weird...



  • 2019 Green Earth Book Awards - Short List Sylvia Samantha White is very good at finding--she just doesn't know exactly what all her "junk" is good for, not yet at least. But when completely ridiculous disaster strikes, she springs into action and use...



  • These are his final moments.In the little city of Wood River, Illinois, a man nicknamed Firecracker knows the end is near. The fire is coming, just like it came for his father, his grandfather, and who knows how many men. After all, folks in those pa...



  • A group of young boys steal a death mask from an antique store and face violent retribution. Inept criminals who dream of a big payday plot to kidnap a child. Four video store clerks venture into a freak Los Angeles snowstorm and discover that not...



  • In his first novel, This Is Horror and Wonderland Award-nominated author Nicholas Day invites you to take a journey into a Hell that is at once uncomfortably familiar, yet unlike anything you've everencountered before: a surveyor finds himself pur...



  • OCTOBER ANIMALS follows four teenage friends-Lizzie Bat, Owl, Spider, and Kat-who live in the riverside city of October, Illinois. Lizzie Bat, still grieving the loss of her father and at odds with her mother, plans to rob the town's Halloween store ...



  • What does nothing sound like? An offbeat history of John Cage’s 4’33”, a musical composition of blank bars, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka.One night in 1952, master pianist David Tudor took the stage in a barnlike c...



  • A wise and tender story about the patience needed for a tree—and a friendship— to grow, from award-winning author Nicholas Day.When it arrives in the spring, it isn’t a peach tree. It's a stick. Nice work, the boy tells his parents. Y...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Nicholas Day has published 9 books.

The next book by Nicholas Day, Nice Work, will be published in May 2026.

The first book by Nicholas Day, Necrosaurus Rex, was published in December 2014.

No. Nicholas Day does not write books in series.