James Axler Reading Order
4 series · 235 books
James Axler is a prolific author best known for his thrilling action-adventure novels, particularly the post-apocalyptic series "Deathlands." Active from 1986 until 2025, he has penned an impressive 235 books across four series, including "Earthblood," "Outlanders," and various anthologies. His engaging storytelling and imaginative worlds have captivated readers for decades.
Anthologies Series
Complete1 book (2006–2006)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Aftermath 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
Deathlands Series
Ongoing156 books (1986–2025)
Start with Pilgrimage to Hell, the first of 156 books in the Deathlands series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Pilgrimage to Hell 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Red Holocaust 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Crater Lake 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Homeward Bound 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Neutron Solstice 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Dectra Chain 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Ice and Fire 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Pony Soldiers 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Northstar Rising 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Red Equinox 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Time Nomads 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Dark Carnival 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Latitude Zero 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Seedling 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Chill Factor 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Moon Fate 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Deep Empire 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Fury's Pilgrims 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  Shockscape 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Cold Asylum 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  Rider, Reaper 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Road Wars 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  Trader Redux 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Twilight Children 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  Bloodlines 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  Emerald Fire 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  Genesis Echo 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  Ground Zero 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | Shadowfall 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  Bitter Fruit 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  Circle Thrice 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 |  Crossways 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 |  Eclipse at Noon 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 |  Keepers of the Sun 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 |  Stoneface 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  Demons of Eden 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 |  Nightmare Passage 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 |  Skydark 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 |  The Mars Arena 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 |  Watersleep 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 |  Crucible of Time 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 | Dark Emblem 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 |  Freedom Lost 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 |  Way of the Wolf 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 |  Dark Reckoning(With: Nick Pollotta) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 |  Encounter 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 |  Gaia's Demise(With: Nick Pollotta) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 |  Gemini Rising(With: Nick Pollotta) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 |  Starfall 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 | Pandora's Redoubt(With: Nick Pollotta) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 |  Rat King 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 |  Shadow World 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 |  Zero City(With: Nick Pollotta) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 |  Judas Strike(With: Nick Pollotta) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 55 |  Savage Armada(With: Nick Pollotta) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 56 |  Shadow Fortress(With: Nick Pollotta) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 57 |  Sunchild 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 58 |  Amazon Gate 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 59 |  Breakthrough 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 60 |  Destiny's Truth 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 61 |  Salvation Road 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 62 | Bloodfire(With: Nick Pollotta) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 63 |  Damnation Road Show 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 64 |  Devil Riders(With: Nick Pollotta) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 65 |  Skydark Spawn 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 66 |  Death Hunt 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 67 |  Hellbenders 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 68 |  Separation 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 69 |  Shaking Earth 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 70 |  Atlantis Reprise 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 71 |  Black Harvest 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 72 |  Ritual Chill 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 73 |  Vengeance Trail 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 74 |  Labyrinth 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 75 |  Perdition Valley(With: Nick Pollotta) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 76 |  Shatter Zone(With: Nick Pollotta) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 77 |  Strontium Swamp 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 78 |  Apocalypse Unborn 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 79 |  Cannibal Moon 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 80 |  Remember Tomorrow 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 81 | Sky Raider(With: Nick Pollotta) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 82 |  Sunspot 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 83 | Desert Kings(With: Nick Pollotta) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 84 |  Plague Lords 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 85 |  Thunder Road 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 86 |  Alpha Wave 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 87 |  Dark Resurrection 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 88 |  Desolation Crossing 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 89 |  Eden's Twilight(With: Nick Pollotta) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 90 |  Prophecy 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 91 |  Time Castaways(With: Nick Pollotta) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 92 |  Arcadian's Asylum 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 93 |  Baptism of Rage 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 94 |  Blood Harvest 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 95 |  Doom Helix 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 96 |  Downrigger Drift 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 97 |  Moonfeast(With: Nick Pollotta) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 98 |  Lost Gates 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 99 |  Perception Fault 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 100 | Playfair's Axiom 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 101 | Prodigal's Return(With: Nick Pollotta) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 102 |  Tainted Cascade(With: Nick Pollotta) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 103 |  Crimson Waters 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 104 |  Haven's Blight 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 105 |  Hell Road Warriors 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 106 |  No Man's Land 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 107 |  Palaces of Light 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 108 |  Wretched Earth 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 109 |  Chrono Spasm 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 110 |  Dark Fathoms 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 111 |  Motherlode 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 112 |  Nemesis 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 113 |  Sins of Honor(With: Nick Pollotta) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 114 | Siren Song 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 115 |  Storm Breakers 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 116 |  Blood Red Tide 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 117 |  Desolation Angels 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 118 |  End Program 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 119 |  Hanging Judge 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 120 |  Polestar Omega 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 121 |  Child of Slaughter 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 122 |  Devil's Vortex 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 123 |  End Day 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 124 |  Forbidden Trespass 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 125 |  Hive Invasion 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 126 |  Iron Rage 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 127 | Bad Blood 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 128 | Gaia's Promise 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 129 | Survival in Doubt 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 130 | Angels Of Our Nature 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 131 | City of Dark 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 132 | Phreak Farm 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 133 | Feeding Frenzy 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 134 | Grim Choices 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 135 | Glory's Stockpile 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 136 | Killville 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 137 | Trade War 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 138 | Exodus From Hell 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 139 | Rift of the Magi 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 140 | Who Lives and Who Dies 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 141 | Grave Capitol 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 142 | Hell Reclaimed 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 143 | Into Delirium 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 144 | Sea Hag 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 145 | Kraken 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 146 | Memory Box 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 147 | Animal Kingdom 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 148 | Caged Goddess 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 149 | Devil's Redoubt 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 150 | Extinction Generation 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 151 | Cruel Seasons 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 152 | Mutie Nation 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 153 | Cemetery Tango 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 154 | Doom Horizon 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 155 | Reaper's Peace 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 156 | Wraith Winter 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
Earthblood Series
Complete3 books (1993–1994)
Start with Earth Blood and read in order.
Outlanders Series
Complete75 books (1997–2015)
Start with Destiny Run, the first of 75 books in the Outlanders series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Destiny Run 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Exile to Hell 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Savage Sun 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Doomstar Relic 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Iceblood 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Omega Path 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Parallax Red 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Armageddon Axis 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Hellbound Fury 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Night Eternal 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Outer Darkness 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Doom Dynasty 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Hell Rising 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Shadow Scourge 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Wreath of Fire(With: Mel Odom) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Purgatory Road 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Sargasso Plunder(With: Mel Odom) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Tigers of Heaven 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  Tomb of Time 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Devil in the Moon 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  Dragoneye 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Far Empire 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  Prodigal Chalice(With: Mel Odom) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Awakening 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | Equinox Zero 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  Sea of Plague 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  Talon and Fang 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  Mad God's Wrath 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 |  Mask of the Sphinx 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  Sun Lord 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  Uluru Destiny 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 |  Cerberus Storm 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 |  Children of the Serpent 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 |  Evil Abyss 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 |  Successors 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  Hydra's Ring 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 |  Lords of the Deep 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 |  Refuge 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 |  Rim of the World 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 |  Closing the Cosmic Eye 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 |  Dark Goddess 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 |  Death Cry 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 |  Ghostwalk 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 |  Satan's Seed 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 | Skull Throne 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 |  Grailstone Gambit 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 |  Pantheon of Vengeance 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 |  Janus Trap 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 |  Serpent's Tooth 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 |  Shadow Box 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 |  Warlord of the Pit 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 | Distortion Offensive 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 |  Infinity Breach 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 |  Oblivion Stone 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 55 |  Reality Echo 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 56 |  Cradle of Destiny 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 57 |  Infestation Cubed 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 58 |  Scarlet Dream 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 59 | Truth Engine 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 60 |  Dragon City 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 61 |  Genesis Sinister 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 62 |  God War 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 63 |  Planet Hate 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 64 |  Cosmic Rift 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 65 |  Immortal Twilight 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 66 |  Savage Dawn 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 67 |  Sorrow Space 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 68 |  Wings of Death 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 69 |  Judgment Plague 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 70 |  Necropolis 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 71 |  Shadow Born 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 72 |  Angel of Doom 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 73 |  Apocalypse Unseen 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 74 |  Hell's Maw 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 75 | Terminal White 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has James Axler written?
- James Axler has written 235 books across 4 series. Their published works span from 1986 to 2025.
- What is the first book in each James Axler series?
- Here are the first books in James Axler's series: Deathlands: Pilgrimage to Hell; Earthblood: Earth Blood; Outlanders: Destiny Run.
- What order should I read James Axler's books?
- We recommend reading James Axler's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is James Axler still writing new books?
- Yes, James Axler has 1 ongoing series: Deathlands.