Bentley Little Reading Order
5 series · 82 books
Bentley Little is a prolific American horror novelist known for his unique style and engaging storytelling. With an impressive catalog of 82 works spanning 5 series, including standalone novels, novellas, and anthologies, he captivates readers with his chilling narratives. Active from 1989 to 2025, Little’s most notable work is "The House," which showcases his mastery of the horror genre.
Anthologies Series
Likely Complete39 books (1990–2023)
Start with Borderlands 1, the first of 39 books in the Anthologies series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  Borderlands 1 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Borderlands 3 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Hottest Blood 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Deadly After Dark 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Mondo James Dean 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Hot Blood X 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Four Dark Nights 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Shivers 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  From the Borderlands 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Shivers II 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Corpse Blossoms 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Horror Library, Volume 3 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  In Laymon's Terms 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  The Best of Cemetery Dance II 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Ruthless 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  A Hacked-Up Holiday Massacre 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Necro Files 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Seeds of Fear 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  What Fears Become 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Cut Corners Volume 1 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  Horror Express Volume Two 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | Psychos 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | The Best Bizarro Fiction of the Decade 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  Walrus Tales 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  After Death... 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  Bleed 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 |  Horror Library, Volume 5 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  Shadow Masters 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  Turn Down the Lights 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | Cemetery Dance: Issue 71 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 |  The Gods of HP Lovecraft 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 | Horror Library, Volume 6 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 | Fantastic Tales of Terror 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  The Washingtonians 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | Unnerving Magazine #15 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 | Horror Library, Volume 7 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 | Horror Library, Volume 8 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
Mondo Series
Complete4 books (1993–1996)
Start with Mondo Barbie(By: John Varley,Lynne Barrett,Julia Alvarez,Philip Levine,A.M. Homes,David Trinidad,Sandra Cisneros,Marge Piercy,Gary Soto,Roberta Allen,Alice McDermott,Hilary Tham,Lyn Lifshin,Rebecca Brown,Denise Duhamel,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Jeanne Beaumont,Lynne McMahon,Kathryn Harrison,Patricia Storace,Richard Grayson,Leslie Shiel,Laura Costas,Sharon Henry,Cookie Lupton,Lisa B. Herskovits,Belinda Subraman,Ellie Schoenfeld,Sparrow .,Gregg Shapiro,Cathryn Hankla,Wayne E. Kline,Jose Padua,Jeff Weddle), the first of 4 books in the Mondo series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  Mondo Barbie(By: John Varley,Lynne Barrett,Julia Alvarez,Philip Levine,A.M. Homes,David Trinidad,Sandra Cisneros,Marge Piercy,Gary Soto,Roberta Allen,Alice McDermott,Hilary Tham,Lyn Lifshin,Rebecca Brown,Denise Duhamel,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Jeanne Beaumont,Lynne McMahon,Kathryn Harrison,Patricia Storace,Richard Grayson,Leslie Shiel,Laura Costas,Sharon Henry,Cookie Lupton,Lisa B. Herskovits,Belinda Subraman,Ellie Schoenfeld,Sparrow .,Gregg Shapiro,Cathryn Hankla,Wayne E. Kline,Jose Padua,Jeff Weddle) 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Mondo Elvis(By: Howard Waldrop,Cornelius Eady,Mark Childress,Susie Mee,Nick Cave,Mark Winegardner,Rafael Alvarez,Greil Marcus,Pagan Kennedy,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Lynne McMahon,Cathryn Hankla,Samuel Charters,Rachel Salazar,Eleanor Earle Crockett,Diane Wakoski,Judy Vernon,David Wojahn,William McCranor Henderson,Janice Eidus,Elizabeth Ash Vélez,Laura Kalpakian,Eri Makino,Ai,Michael Wilkerson,Brian Gilmore) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Mondo Marilyn(By: J.G. Ballard,Michael Hemmingson,Clive Barker,Doris Grumbach,Beth Meacham,Lynne Tillman,Charles Bukowski,David Trinidad,Tom Whalen,Sharon Olds,Leslie Pietrzyk,Lyn Lifshin,Nanci Griffith,Robert Peters,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Jeanne Beaumont,Gregg Shapiro,Judy Grahn,Sam Toperoff,Julia P. Dubner,Bill Morris,John Rechy,L.A. Lantz,Phyllis Burke,Hillary Johnson,Rita Valencia,Michael Lally,Eleanor E. Crocket,Taylor Mead,Susan Compo,Rosanne Daryl Thomas) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Mondo James Dean(With: Lewis Shiner,Jack C. Haldeman II,Michael Hemmingson,Chuck Taylor,Michael Martone,Louisa Ermelino,Terence Winch,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Sparrow .,Janice Eidus,Ai,Tino Villanueva,Edwin Corley,Robert Ready,Reuben Jackson,Stephanie Hart,D.E. Steward,David Plumb,Ed Graczyk,Hilary Howard,James Finney Boylan,Miranda Schwartz) 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
Short Stories/Novellas Series
Ongoing3 books (2012–2025)
Start with The Circle and read in order.
Short Story Collections Series
Complete5 books (1997–2018)
Start with Murmurous Haunts, the first of 5 books in the Short Story Collections series.
Standalone Novels Series
Ongoing31 books (1989–2025)
Start with The Revelation, the first of 31 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  The Revelation 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Mailman 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Death Instinct 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Evil Deeds 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Summoning 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Night School / University 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Dark Dominion / Dominion 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  The Store 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  The House 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  The Ignored 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  The Town / Guests 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  The Walking 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  The Association 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  The Return 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  The Policy 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  The Resort 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Dispatch 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  The Burning 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  The Vanishing 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  The Academy 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  His Father's Son 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  The Disappearance 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  The Haunted 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | The Influence 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  The Consultant 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | The Handyman 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  The Bank 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Gloria 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | DMV 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | Behind 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | City Hall 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Bentley Little written?
- Bentley Little has written 82 books across 5 series. Their published works span from 1989 to 2025.
- What is the first book in each Bentley Little series?
- Here are the first books in Bentley Little's series: Anthologies: Borderlands 1; Mondo: Mondo Barbie(By: John Varley,Lynne Barrett,Julia Alvarez,Philip Levine,A.M. Homes,David Trinidad,Sandra Cisneros,Marge Piercy,Gary Soto,Roberta Allen,Alice McDermott,Hilary Tham,Lyn Lifshin,Rebecca Brown,Denise Duhamel,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Jeanne Beaumont,Lynne McMahon,Kathryn Harrison,Patricia Storace,Richard Grayson,Leslie Shiel,Laura Costas,Sharon Henry,Cookie Lupton,Lisa B. Herskovits,Belinda Subraman,Ellie Schoenfeld,Sparrow .,Gregg Shapiro,Cathryn Hankla,Wayne E. Kline,Jose Padua,Jeff Weddle); Short Stories/Novellas: The Circle; Short Story Collections: Murmurous Haunts.
- What order should I read Bentley Little's books?
- We recommend reading Bentley Little's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is Bentley Little still writing new books?
- Yes, Bentley Little has 2 ongoing series: Short Stories/Novellas, Standalone Novels.