Mike Carey Reading Order

14 books (2008–2023)

Start with Liquid City, Vol. 1, the first of 14 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Liquid City, Vol. 1 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	Masked 2010Buy 🇺🇸
3	Beyond Rue Morgue Anthology: Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe's 1st Detective 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	O Horrid Night 2016Buy 🇺🇸
6	Shadows in Salem 2016Buy 🇺🇸
7	Thought Bubble Anthology Collection: 10 Years of Comics 2016Buy 🇺🇸
8	Nights of the Living Dead Anthology 2017Buy 🇺🇸
9	Phantoms 2018Buy 🇺🇸
10	Wonderland 2019Buy 🇺🇸
11	London Centric 2020Buy 🇺🇸
12	Stories of Hope and Wonder: In Support of UK's Healthcare Workers 2020Buy 🇺🇸
13	Best of British Science Fiction 2020 2021Buy 🇺🇸
14	Twice Cursed 2023Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2018–2019)

Start with Barbarella, Vol. 1 and read in order.

#	Title
1	Barbarella, Vol. 1 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	Barbarella Vol. 3 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	Barbarella, Vol. 2 2019Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2007–2008)

Start with Crossing Midnight, Vol. 1 and read in order.

#	Title
1	Crossing Midnight, Vol. 1 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	Crossing Midnight, Vol. 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸
3	Crossing Midnight, Vol. 3 2008Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2009–2011)

Start with Battle School(By: Orson Scott Card,Christopher Yost), the first of 5 books in the Ender Saga Graphic Novels series.

#	Title
1	Battle School(By: Orson Scott Card,Christopher Yost) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	Ender's Game(By: Orson Scott Card,Aaron Johnston) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
3	Ender's Shadow(With: Orson Scott Card) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
4	Command School(By: Orson Scott Card,Christopher Yost) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
5	Burning Earth(By: Orson Scott Card,Aaron Johnston) 2011Buy 🇺🇸

16 books (2019–2024)

Start with Fourever(By: Dan Slott), the first of 16 books in the Fantastic Four series.

6 books (2006–2023)

Start with The Devil You Know, the first of 6 books in the Felix Castor series.

#	Title
1	The Devil You Know 2006Buy 🇺🇸
2	Vicious Circle 2006Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dead Men's Boots 2007Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Naming of the Beasts 2009Buy 🇺🇸
5	Thicker Than Water 2009Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Ghost in Bone 2023Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (2005–2020)

Start with Carver Hale: Twisting the Knife, the first of 7 books in the Graphic Novels series.

#	Title
1	Carver Hale: Twisting the Knife 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Fantastic Four: The Movie 2005Buy 🇺🇸
3	Thirteen 2005Buy 🇺🇸
4	Faker 2008Buy 🇺🇸
5	X-Men: Age of X(With: Jim McCann) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
6	Darkness Visible(With: Arvind Ethan David) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Dollhouse Family 2020Buy 🇺🇸

50 books (1991–2022)

Start with Bloodlines(By: Garth Ennis,William Simpson), the first of 50 books in the Hellblazer Graphic Novels series.

#	Title
1	Bloodlines(By: Garth Ennis,William Simpson) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dangerous Habits(By: Jamie Delano) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Damnation's Flame(By: Garth Ennis) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
4	Fear and Loathing(By: Garth Ennis) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Fear Machine(By: Jamie Delano) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
6	Hard Time(By: Brian Azzarello) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
7	Freezes Over(By: Brian Azzarello) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
8	Good Intentions(By: Brian Azzarello) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
9	Haunted(By: Warren Ellis) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
10	Son of Man(By: Garth Ennis) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
11	Highwater(By: Brian Azzarello) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
12	Setting Sun(By: Warren Ellis) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
13	All His Engines 2005Buy 🇺🇸
14	Rare Cuts(By: Grant Morrison,Garth Ennis,Jamie Delano) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
15	Empathy is the Enemy(By: Denise Mina) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
16	Lady Constantine(By: Andy Diggle) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
17	Papa Midnite(By: Mat Johnson) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Gift 2006Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Devil You Know(By: Jamie Delano) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Red Right Hand(By: Denise Mina) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
21	Joyride(By: Andy Diggle) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
22	The Family Man(By: Jamie Delano) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Laughing Magician(By: Andy Diggle) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
24	Dark Entries(By: Ian Rankin) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
25	Scab(By: Peter Milligan) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
26	The Roots of Coincidence(By: Andy Diggle) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
27	Hooked(By: Peter Milligan) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
28	India(By: Peter Milligan) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
29	Bloody Carnations(By: Peter Milligan) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
30	City of Demons(By: Si Spencer) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
31	Original Sins(By: John Ridgway,Jamie Delano) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
32	Phantom Pains(By: Peter Milligan) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
33	The Devil's Trenchcoat(By: Peter Milligan) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
34	Death and Cigarettes(By: Peter Milligan) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
35	Critical Mass(By: Paul Jenkins) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
36	Rake at the Gates of Hell(By: Garth Ennis) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
37	Shoot(By: Brian Azzarello) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
38	Tainted Love(By: Garth Ennis) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
39	In The Line Of Fire(By: Paul Jenkins) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
40	Last Man Standing(By: Paul Jenkins) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
41	How to Play with Fire(By: Sean Phillips) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
42	Out of Season 2017Buy 🇺🇸
43	The Wild Card 2017Buy 🇺🇸
44	30th Anniversary Celebration(By: Neil Gaiman,Paul Jenkins,Alan Moore,Garth Ennis) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
45	Systems of Control 2019Buy 🇺🇸
46	No Future(By: Peter Milligan) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
47	Regeneration(By: Peter Milligan) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
48	Another Season(By: Peter Milligan) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
49	Sectioned(By: Peter Milligan,Si Spencer) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
50	The Curse of the Constantines(By: Peter Milligan) 2022Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1984–2018)

Start with X-Men: Beauty and the Beast(By: Ann Nocenti,Jim McCann), the first of 10 books in the Jim McCann Graphic Novels series.

#	Title
1	X-Men: Beauty and the Beast(By: Ann Nocenti,Jim McCann) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
2	New Avengers: The Reunion(By: Jim McCann) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
3	Return of the Dapper Men(By: Jim McCann) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
4	Fear Itself(By: Jim McCann) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
5	Hawkeye & Mockingbird/Black Widow(By: Jim McCann) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
6	Time of the Dapper Men(By: Jim McCann) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
7	X-Men: Age of X(With: Jim McCann) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
8	Mouse Guard(By: Jim McCann) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
9	Lost Vegas(By: Jim McCann) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
10	Chaos War: X-Men(By: Jim McCann) 2018Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (2001–2007)

Start with Lucifer, Vol. 1, the first of 11 books in the Lucifer series.

#	Title
1	Lucifer, Vol. 1 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Lucifer, Vol. 2 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	Lucifer Vol. 3 2002Buy 🇺🇸
4	Lucifer, Vol. 4 2003Buy 🇺🇸
5	Lucifer, Vol. 5 2004Buy 🇺🇸
6	Lucifer, Vol. 6 2004Buy 🇺🇸
7	Lucifer, Vol. 7 2005Buy 🇺🇸
8	Lucifer, Vol. 8 2005Buy 🇺🇸
9	Lucifer, Vol. 10 2006Buy 🇺🇸
10	Lucifer, Vol. 9 2006Buy 🇺🇸
11	Lucifer, Vol. 11 2007Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2012–2014)

Start with Lucifer, Book One, the first of 5 books in the Lucifer New Edition series.

#	Title
1	Lucifer, Book One 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Lucifer, Book Three 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	Lucifer, Book Two 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	Lucifer, Book Five 2014Buy 🇺🇸
5	Lucifer, Book Four 2014Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2007–2007)

Start with Confessions of a Blabbermouth(With: Aaron Alexovich,Louise Carey) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Confessions of a Blabbermouth(With: Aaron Alexovich,Louise Carey) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	Re-Gifters 2007Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2023–2024)

Start with Infinity Gate and read in order.

#	Title
1	Infinity Gate 2023Buy 🇺🇸
2	Echo of Worlds(As:M.R. Carey) 2024Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2020–2021)

Start with The Book of Koli and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Book of Koli 2020Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Trials of Koli 2020Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Fall of Koli 2021Buy 🇺🇸

15 books (2006–2015)

Start with She-Devil With a Sword(With: Michael Avon Oeming), the first of 15 books in the Red Sonja series.

#	Title
1	She-Devil With a Sword(With: Michael Avon Oeming) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
2	Arrowsmith(With: Michael Avon Oeming,J.T. Krul) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Rise of Kulan Gath(By: Michael Avon Oeming) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
4	Animals & More(By: Michael Avon Oeming) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
5	Death(By: Brian Reed,Ron Marz) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
6	Travels Vol. 1(By: Jimmy Palmiotti) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
7	World on Fire(By: Michael Avon Oeming,Brian Reed) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
8	Born Again(By: Brian Reed) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
9	Blood Dynasty(By: Brian Reed) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
10	War Season(By: Eric Trautmann) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
11	Machines of Empire(By: Eric Trautmann) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
12	Echoes of War(By: Eric Trautmann) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
13	Swords Against The Jade Kingdom(By: Eric Trautmann) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Long March Home(By: Eric Trautmann,Brandon Jerwa) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
15	Travels Vol. 2(By: Michael Avon Oeming) 2015Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2009–2009)

#	Title
1	Secret Invasion 2009Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2010–2010)

1 book (2019–2019)

#	Title
1	The Complete Short Stories of Mike Carey 2019Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2008–2018)

Start with Voodoo Child, the first of 6 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Voodoo Child 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Steel Seraglio(With: Linda Carey,Louise Carey) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	The City of Silk and Steel(With: Louise Carey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
4	The House of War and Witness(With: Linda Carey,Louise Carey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
5	Fellside(As:M.R. Carey) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
6	Someone Like Me(As:M.R. Carey) 2018Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2013–2016)

Start with Suicide Risk, Vol. 1, the first of 6 books in the Suicide Risk series.

#	Title
1	Suicide Risk, Vol. 1 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	Suicide Risk, Vol. 2 2014Buy 🇺🇸
3	Suicide Risk, Vol. 3 2014Buy 🇺🇸
4	Suicide Risk, Vol. 4 2015Buy 🇺🇸
5	Suicide Risk, Vol. 5 2015Buy 🇺🇸
6	Suicide Risk Vol. 6 2016Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2014–2017)

Start with The Girl With All the Gifts and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Girl With All the Gifts 2014Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Boy on the Bridge 2017Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2018–2018)

#	Title
1	The Highest House 2018Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (2010–2015)

Start with The Unwritten, Vol. 1, the first of 11 books in the The Unwritten series.

#	Title
1	The Unwritten, Vol. 1 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Unwritten, Vol. 2 2010Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Unwritten, Vol. 3 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Unwritten, Vol. 4 2011Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Unwritten, Vol. 5 2012Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Unwritten, Vol. 6 2012Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Unwritten, Vol. 7 2013Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Unwritten, Vol. 10 2014Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Unwritten, Vol. 8 2014Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Unwritten, Vol. 9 2014Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Unwritten, Vol. 11 2015Buy 🇺🇸

15 books (2010–2024)

Start with The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition, the first of 15 books in the The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series.

#	Title
1	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition 2015Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition 2016Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition 2017Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition 2018Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition 2020Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 2020Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 2021Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 2022Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 2023Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 2024Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2010–2010)

#	Title
1	The Torch(With: Alex Ross) 2010Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (2004–2015)

Start with Doom(By: Warren Ellis), the first of 11 books in the Ultimate Fantastic Four series.

#	Title
1	Doom(By: Warren Ellis) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Fantastic(By: Brian Michael Bendis,Mark Millar) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
3	N-Zone(By: Warren Ellis) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
4	Crossover(By: Mark Millar) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
5	Frightful(By: Mark Millar) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
6	Inhuman(By: Mark Millar) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
7	God War 2007Buy 🇺🇸
8	Devils 2015Buy 🇺🇸
9	Ghosts 2015Buy 🇺🇸
10	Salem's Seven 2015Buy 🇺🇸
11	Silver Surfer 2015Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (2010–2013)

Start with Vampirella Masters Series, Vol. 1, the first of 7 books in the Vampirella Masters series.

#	Title
1	Vampirella Masters Series, Vol. 1 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Vampirella Masters Series, Vol. 2 2010Buy 🇺🇸
3	Vampirella Masters Series Vol, 5 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	Vampirella Masters Series Vol, 6 2011Buy 🇺🇸
5	Vampirella Masters Series, Vol. 3 2011Buy 🇺🇸
6	Vampirella Masters Series Vol, 7 2012Buy 🇺🇸
7	Vampirella Masters Series, Vol. 8 2013Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1998–2004)

Start with Jonny Double(By: Brian Azzarello) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Jonny Double(By: Brian Azzarello) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	Sgt. Rock: Between Hell and a Hard Place(By: Brian Azzarello) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	My Faith in Frankie 2004Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2007–2007)

Start with Wetworks, Vol. 1 and read in order.

#	Title
1	Wetworks, Vol. 1 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	Wetworks, Vol. 2 2007Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (2008–2014)

Start with Angels and Demons(By: Craig Kyle,Christopher Yost), the first of 8 books in the X-Force Graphic Novels series.

#	Title
1	Angels and Demons(By: Craig Kyle,Christopher Yost) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	Old Ghosts(By: Craig Kyle,Christopher Yost) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
3	Not Forgotten(By: Craig Kyle,Christopher Yost) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
4	X-Force: Sex + Violence(By: Craig Kyle,Christopher Yost) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
5	X-Men: Second Coming(With: Matt Fraction,Craig Kyle,Christopher Yost) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
6	X-Necrosha(By: Craig Kyle,Christopher Yost) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
7	Complete Collection Vol. 1(By: Christopher Yost) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Complete Collection Vol. 2(By: Craig Kyle,Christopher Yost) 2014Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2018–2018)

#	Title
1	Marauders 2018Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (2008–2015)

Start with Divided He Stands, the first of 11 books in the X-Men Legacy series.

15 books (1983–2020)

Start with The Dark Phoenix Saga(By: John Byrne,Chris Claremont,Glynis Wein,Terry Kevin Austin), the first of 15 books in the X-Men Milestones series.

3 books (2010–2016)

Start with X-Men Origins(By: Christopher Yost) and read in order.

1 book (2009–2009)

#	Title
1	X-Men: Manifest Destiny, Vol. 1 2009Buy 🇺🇸