Richard Kadrey

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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 1988
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Another Coop Heist

1 - The Everything Box (Apr-2016)
2 - The Wrong Dead Guy (Mar-2017)

Carrion City

1 - The Dead Take the A Train (Oct-2022)

Sandman Slim

1 - Sandman Slim (Aug-2009)
2 - Kill the Dead (Oct-2010)
3 - Aloha from Hell (Oct-2011)
3.5 - Devil in the Dollhouse (Aug-2012)
4 - Devil Said Bang (Sep-2012)
5 - Kill City Blues (Aug-2013)
6 - The Getaway God (Sep-2014)
7 - Killing Pretty (Aug-2015)
8 - The Perdition Score (Jul-2016)
9 - The Kill Society (Jun-2017)
10 - Hollywood Dead (Sep-2018)
11 - Ballistic Kiss (Aug-2020)
12 - King Bullet (Aug-2021)

Book List in Order: 30 titles

  • Metrophage

    New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey’s first novel -- the cult classic dystopian cyberpunk tale -- now back in print after twenty years in a special signed, collectible edition.Welcome to the near future: Los Angeles in the late 21st ce...

  • Kamikaze L'Amour

    To start off the new century, rock sensation Ryder fakes his own death and checks into a sanitarium. Three weeks later, he takes off for San Francisco, where his first sight is a mangrove swamp that's the new northern tip of the Amazon rain forest.Th...

  • From Myst to Riven

    With full-color photographs, MYST / RIVEN: The Art of the Game gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the luminous art and fantastic creation of the world's bestselling CD-ROM phenomenon, MYST, and its stunning sequel, RIVEN....

  • Kamikaze L'Amour: A Novel of the Future

  • Angel Scene/Teeth And Tongue Landscape

    ANGEL SCENE: (written and illustrated by Richard Kadrey)

    Richard Kadrey, one of the few masters of cyberpunk, brings us into the world of the angels - biologically-engineered killing machines, created by the Men in Suits to be the ultimate assassi...

  • Butcher Bird

    Butcher Bird, an early protoype for dark urban fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of Sandman Slim, is reissued in a special tenth anniversary edition. Spyder Lee is a happy man. He lives in San Francisco and owns a tattoo shop. H...

  • Accelerate

    • In futuristic L.A. where neo-tribes inhabit the urban sprawl, a reluctant leader named Marne is warned that a "Black Network" inside the LAPD is hunting down tribal leaders- and she's next on the list! When Marne discovers a secret dimension...

  • Sandman Slim

    Sandman Slim - 1

    Supernatural fantasy has a new antihero Life sucks, and then you die. Or, if you're James Stark, you spend eleven years in Hell as a hitman before finally escaping, only to land back in the hell-on-earth that is Los Angeles. Now Stark's back, a...

  • Kill the Dead

    Sandman Slim - 2

    Death bites. Life is worse. After eleven years of torment, James Stark, a.k.a. Sandman Slim, crawled out of Hell, took bloody revenge for his girlfriend's murder, and saved the world along the way. Now Lucifer himself comes to town to produce his ...



  • Aloha from Hell

    Sandman Slim - 3

    Supernatural fantasy's greatest anti-hero goes back to hell! In Sandman Slim Stark came back from hell for revenge. In Kill the Dead he tackled both a zombie plague and being Lucifer's bodyguard. Once again all is not right in L.A. Lucifer i...

  • Devil in the Dollhouse

    Sandman Slim - 3.5

    James Stark, a.k.a. Sandman Slim, has a new job, but being the new Lucifer in town gives fresh meaning to the word "Hell." Especially when he hears of hideous massacres near a haunted fortress out on Hell's frontier. As far as Stark's concerned, t...

  • Devil Said Bang

    Sandman Slim - 4

    What do you do after you've escaped Hell, gone back, uncovered the true nature of God, and then managed to become the new Lucifer? Well, if you're James Stark, you have to figure out how to run Hell while also trying to get back out of it . . . again...

  • Suspect Zero

    In this terrifying tale by New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey, a young aspiring serial killer goes in search of a mentor--the supreme, the ultimate killer. What he finds is much greater and much worse than he ever could have imagined. ...

  • Kill City Blues

    Sandman Slim - 5

    Another day, another apocalypse James Stark, aka Sandman Slim, has managed to get out of Hell, renounce his title as the new Lucifer, and settle back into life in L.A. But he also lost the Qomrama Om Ya, an all-powerful weapon from the banished ol...

  • Dead Set

    Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey creates a wonderful, stand-alone dark fantasy After her father's funeral, Zoe moved to the big city with her mother to start over. But change always brings trials, and life in the city is ...

  • The Getaway God

    Sandman Slim - 6

    End times are here again! Half-human, half-angel, ex-Lucifer, and eternal troublemaker James Stark, aka Sandman Slim, has made a few enemies. None, though, are as fearsome as the vindictive Angra Om Ya the insatiable, destructive old gods. But the...

  • Killing Pretty

    Sandman Slim - 7

    Sandman Slim investigates Death’s death in this hip, propulsive urban fantasy through a phantasmagoric LA rife with murder, mayhem, and magic. James Stark has met his share of demons and angels, on earth and beyond. Now, he’s come face to face...

  • The Everything Box

    Another Coop Heist - 1

    Reminiscent of the edgy, offbeat humor of Chris Moore and Matt Ruff, the first entry in a whimsical, fast-paced supernatural series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim novels--a dark and humorous story involving a doomsday ...

  • The Perdition Score

    Sandman Slim - 8

    Sandman Slim returns in a stunning, high-octane thriller filled with the intense kick-ass action and inventive fantasy that are the hallmarks of New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey. The request from Thomas Abbot, the Augur of the Sub ...



  • The Wrong Dead Guy

    Another Coop Heist - 2

    In this fast paced sequel to The Everything Box -- the second entry in New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey’s comedic supernatural series -- chaos ensues when Coop and the team at DOPS steal a not-quite-dead and very lovesick ancient Eg...

  • The Kill Society

    Sandman Slim - 9

    Sandman Slim returns in this stunning, high-octane ninth thriller in the series, filled with the intense, kick-ass action and inventive fantasy that are the hallmarks of New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey. Sandman Slim has been to He...

  • Lucifer Vol. 3: Blood in the Streets

    He�s faced down God Himself, and lived (and died, and lived again) to tell the tale. Now Lucifer Morningstar, the most irresistible antihero in all of Creation, is free to turn the final page on his past and begin a brand-new chapter in his legenda...

  • Hollywood Dead

    Sandman Slim - 10

    Life and death takes on an entirely new meaning for half-angel, half-human hero James Stark, aka, Sandman Slim, in this insanely inventive, high-intensity tenth supernatural noir thriller in the New York Times bestselling series. James Stark is ba...

  • The Grand Dark

    From the bestselling author of the Sandman Slim series, a lush, dark, stand-alone fantasy built off the insurgent tradition of China Mieville and M. John Harrison -- a subversive tale that immerses us in a world where the extremes of bleakness and be...

  • Ballistic Kiss

    Sandman Slim - 11

    Sandman Slim is back in Los Angeles and kicking more supernatural ass in this inventive, high-octane page-turner -- the next to last volume in the popular and acclaimed fantasy adventure series from New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey. ...

  • Across the Dark Water

    An uncontrollable plague has left the city in ruins and trapped in perpetual quarantine. A thief hires a guide to lead him safely through the city’s many dangers to the one person who can give him the travel papers he needs to escape.At the Publish...

  • King Bullet

    Sandman Slim - 12

    The incredible finale of the page-turning, high-octane Sandman Slim series filled with an explosive ending and intense kick-ass action from New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey. It’s been three months since Stark stopped a death cult...

  • The Dead Take the A Train

    Carrion City - 1

    Bestselling authors Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey have teamed up to deliver a dark new story with magic, monsters, and mayhem, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Joe Hill.Julie is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-year-old whose only retirement plan ...

  • The Secrets of Insects

    The Secrets of Insects is the first short story collection by New York Times bestselling writer Richard Kadrey. Covering more than 20 years of his career, these tales take readers from the plains of Siberia to a decimated Los Angeles, from Hell to lo...



  • The Pale House Devil

    A gripping, snappy creature feature from the master of horror noir about two detectives -- one dead, one living -- hired by an embittered old landowner to banish a bloody cosmic monster from his ancestral home, perfect for fans of Cassandra Khaw, Cha...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Richard Kadrey has published 30 books.

Richard Kadrey does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Pale House Devil, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Richard Kadrey, Metrophage, was published in February 1988.

Yes. Richard Kadrey has 3 series.
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