Bentley Little Reading Order

41 books (1990–2023)

Bentley Little edited this 39-book horror anthology series published between 1990 and 2023, featuring collections such as Borderlands, Hottest Blood, Deadly After Dark, and Horror Library alongside various best-of compilations and themed volumes. The series appears to be complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Borderlands 1. These anthologies showcase short horror fiction from multiple authors across the span of three decades, offering readers diverse terror narratives and styles within each volume.

Start with Borderlands 1, the first of 39 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Borderlands 1 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Borderlands 3 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Hottest Blood 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Deadly After Dark 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Mondo James Dean 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Hot Blood X 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Four Dark Nights 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Shivers 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	From the Borderlands 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Shivers II 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Corpse Blossoms 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Horror Library, Volume 3 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	In Laymon's Terms 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Best of Cemetery Dance II 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Ruthless 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	A Hacked-Up Holiday Massacre 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Necro Files 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Seeds of Fear 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	What Fears Become 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Cut Corners Volume 1 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Horror Express Volume Two 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Psychos 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Best Bizarro Fiction of the Decade 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Walrus Tales 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	After Death... 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Bleed 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Horror Library, Volume 5 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Shadow Masters 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Turn Down the Lights 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Cemetery Dance: Issue 71 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	The Gods of HP Lovecraft 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	D.O.A. III 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Horror Library, Volume 6 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Fantastic Tales of Terror 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	The Washingtonians 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Unnerving Magazine #15 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Horror Library, Volume 7 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Horror Library, Volume 8 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1993–1996)

The Mondo series is a four-book collection of literary anthologies published between 1993 and 1996, each dedicated to exploring different cultural icons through short fiction and poetry. The series includes Mondo Barbie, Mondo Elvis, Mondo Marilyn, and Mondo James Dean, with each volume featuring contributions from numerous established and emerging writers across multiple genres. These books should be read in publication order and are now complete. Each anthology stands alone while forming part of a larger cultural commentary on twentieth-century American icons.

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
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 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
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 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
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 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
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 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2012–2025)

Bentley Little's horror series of short story collections spans from 2012 to 2025 with three books released so far and more planned. Each collection should be read in publication order, beginning with The Circle, followed by The Washingtonians (co-written with Richard T. Chizmar and Johnathon Schaech), and most recently Landscaping. This ongoing series offers readers Little's distinctive approach to horror through short fiction and novellas.

Start with The Circle and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Circle 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Washingtonians(With: Richard T. Chizmar,Johnathon Schaech) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Landscaping 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1997–2018)

Bentley Little's Short Story Collections series comprises five horror short story compilations published between 1997 and 2018. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Murmurous Haunts and concluding with Walking Alone. Notable entries include Cut Corners Volume 1, a collaborative work featuring contributions from Ramsey Campbell and Ray Garton alongside Little's own stories.

Start with Murmurous Haunts, the first of 5 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	Murmurous Haunts 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Collection 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Cut Corners Volume 1(With: Ramsey Campbell,Ray Garton) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Indignities of the Flesh 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Walking Alone 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

31 books (1989–2025)

Bentley Little's horror fiction spans 31 standalone novels published from 1989 to 2025, with the series still ongoing. Each book functions as an independent story unrelated to the others, allowing readers to begin anywhere, though publication order is recommended for those wanting to experience Little's evolution as a writer. Starting with The Revelation in 1989, this collection showcases Little's distinctive approach to horror across multiple decades and narrative styles.

Start with The Revelation, the first of 31 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Revelation 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Mailman 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Death Instinct 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Evil Deeds 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Summoning 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Night School / University 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Dark Dominion / Dominion 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Store 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The House 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Ignored 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Town / Guests 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Walking 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Association 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Return 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Policy 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Resort 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Dispatch 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Burning 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Vanishing 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Academy 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	His Father's Son 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Disappearance 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Haunted 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Influence 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Consultant 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Handyman 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Bank 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Gloria 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	DMV 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Behind 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	City Hall 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible