Weston Ochse Reading Order

20 books (1979–2025)

Start with Alien(By: Archie Goodwin), the first of 20 books in the Alien series.

#	Title
1	Alien(By: Archie Goodwin) 1979Buy 🇺🇸
2	Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual(By: Lee Brimmicombe-Wood) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	Aliens: The Set Photography(By: Simon Ward) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
4	Alien: Covenant Origins - The Official Prequel to the Blockbuster Film(By: Titan Books) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
5	Alien: Covenant(By: Alan Dean Foster) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
6	Aliens: Bug Hunt(By: Heather Graham,Jonathan Maberry,Yvonne Navarro) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Cold Forge(By: Alex White) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
8	Echo(By: Mira Grant) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
9	Isolation(By: Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
10	Prototype(By: Tim Waggoner) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Making of Alien(By: J.W. Rinzler) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
12	Phalanx(By: Scott Sigler) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
13	Infiltrator 2021Buy 🇺🇸
14	Into Charybdis(By: Alex White) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
15	Alien - Inferno's Fall(By: Philippa Ballantine,Clara Carija) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
16	Alien: Colony War(By: David M. Barnett) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
17	Vasquez(By: V. Castro) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
18	Alien: Enemy of My Enemy(By: Mary SanGiovanni) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
19	Aliens: Bishop(By: T.R. Napper) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
20	Alien: Seventh Circle(By: Philippa Ballantine,Clara Carija) 2025Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2021–2022)

Start with Aliens vs. Predators - AVP: Ultimate Prey(By: Jonathan Maberry,Maurice Broaddus,Scott Sigler,Chris Ryall,Louis Ozawa Changchien) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Aliens vs. Predators - AVP: Ultimate Prey(By: Jonathan Maberry,Maurice Broaddus,Scott Sigler,Chris Ryall,Louis Ozawa Changchien) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
2	Aliens vs. Predators: Rift War(With: Yvonne Navarro) 2022Buy 🇺🇸

26 books (2002–2021)

Start with Tourniquet Heart, the first of 26 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Tourniquet Heart 2002Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Children of Cthulhu 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	Damned Nation 2006Buy 🇺🇸
4	In Laymon's Terms 2008Buy 🇺🇸
5	Shroud 7 2009Buy 🇺🇸
6	Terrible Beauty, Fearful Symmetry 2009Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Dead That Walk 2009Buy 🇺🇸
8	House of Fear 2011Buy 🇺🇸
9	Shock Totem 4 Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted 2011Buy 🇺🇸
10	Psychos 2012Buy 🇺🇸
11	Beyond Rue Morgue Anthology: Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe's 1st Detective 2013Buy 🇺🇸
12	Mister October, Volume I: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala 2013Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Haunted Mansion Project Year Two 2013Buy 🇺🇸
14	Allen K’s Inhuman Magazine #6, Spring 2015 2014Buy 🇺🇸
15	Explosions: Stories of Our Landmined World 2014Buy 🇺🇸
16	Horror 101: The Way Forward 2014Buy 🇺🇸
17	SNAFU 2014Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Library of the Dead 2015Buy 🇺🇸
19	V-Wars: Night Terrors 2015Buy 🇺🇸
20	Secret Agendas 2016Buy 🇺🇸
21	Dead Bait 4 2017Buy 🇺🇸
22	Joe Ledger: Unstoppable 2017Buy 🇺🇸
23	Clickers Forever 2018Buy 🇺🇸
24	A Very DC Halloween 2019Buy 🇺🇸
25	Infinite Stars 2019Buy 🇺🇸
26	Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the MostHaunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World 2021Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2015–2015)

Start with Apocalypse Weird: Last Meal(By: Michael Bunker), the first of 4 books in the Apocalypse Weird series.

#	Title
1	Apocalypse Weird: Last Meal(By: Michael Bunker) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
2	Red Palm 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	Texocalypse Now(By: Michael Bunker) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Seal Bearer(By: David Bruns) 2015Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2003–2021)

Start with Appalachian Galapagos, the first of 5 books in the Collections series.

#	Title
1	Appalachian Galapagos 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	Multiplex Fandango 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Ghost Heart 2014Buy 🇺🇸
4	FUBAR 2015Buy 🇺🇸
5	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A 21st Century Modernization 2021Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2012–2012)

#	Title
1	The Loup Garou Kid 2012Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2012–2014)

Start with SEAL Team 666, the first of 4 books in the SEAL Team 666 series.

#	Title
1	SEAL Team 666 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Age of Blood 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	Border Dogs 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	Reign of Evil 2014Buy 🇺🇸

15 books (2014–2025)

Start with SNAFU(With: Jonathan Maberry,James A. Moore,W.D. Gagliani,Greig Beck,Christine Morgan,Curtis C. Chen,David Benton,Tyson Mauermann,Brian W.Taylor,Steve Ruthenbeck,Eric S. Brown,Kirsten Cross,David W. Amendola,Neal Litherland,Wayland Smith,JeffHewitt), the first of 15 books in the SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror series.

#	Title
1	SNAFU(With: Jonathan Maberry,James A. Moore,W.D. Gagliani,Greig Beck,Christine Morgan,Curtis C. Chen,David Benton,Tyson Mauermann,Brian W.Taylor,Steve Ruthenbeck,Eric S. Brown,Kirsten Cross,David W. Amendola,Neal Litherland,Wayland Smith,JeffHewitt) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
2	Wolves at the Door(By: James A. Moore,R.P.L. Johnson,Kirsten Cross,David W. Amendola,Steve Coate,John W. Dennehy,Brian W. Taylor) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	Black Ops(By: Jonathan Maberry,Nicholas Sansbury Smith,John O'Brien,Hank Schwaeble,James Lovegrove) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
4	Future Warfare(By: Mike Resnick,Alan Baxter,Benjamin Cheah,Tim Marquitz,Asher Wismer,Jay Werkheiser,Steve Lewis,Anthony Izzo) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
5	Hunters(By: James A. Moore,Patrick Freivald,Christine Morgan,Seth Skorkowsky,Tim Marquitz,R.P.L. Johnson,Kirsten Cross,Brad Hodson,James A. Moore III) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
6	Unnatural Selection(By: James A. Moore,Christopher Golden,Richard Lee Byers,Tim Lebbon,Lee Murray,Charles R. Rutledge,Michael McBride,Justin Bell,David W. Amendola) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
7	Resurrection(By: James A. Moore,Charles R. Rutledge,N.X. Sharps,Evan Dicken,Matthew Summers,Justin Coates,Dirk Patton,Daniel Finley,Mark Renshaw,John McNichol) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
8	Last Stand(By: B. Michael Radburn,Patrick Freivald,Alan Baxter,Justin Bell,Joshua Reynolds,Matthew Summers,Anna Stephens,Justin Coates) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
9	Medivac(By: Jeremy Robinson,James A. Moore,Kane Gilmour,Alan Baxter,Greig Beck,Charles R. Rutledge,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
10	Holy War(By: James A. Moore,B. Michael Radburn,Kirsten Cross,Justin Bell,Evan Dicken,Duncan McGeary) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
11	Survival of the Fittest(By: Jeremy Robinson,Matt Hilton,Kane Gilmour,Alan Baxter,Tim Marquitz,S.D. Perry,Jack Hanson) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
12	Dead or Alive(By: James A. Moore,Alan Baxter,David Benton,Charles R. Rutledge,Edward M. Erdelac,Joshua Reynolds,Justin Coates,John W. Salvage,W. D. Gagliani) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
13	Punk'd(By: James A. Moore,Greg Chapman,Alan Baxter,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis,Justin Coates,Mark Renshaw,Amanda Bridgeman,Pamela Jeffs,Richard Beauchamp,Myna Chang) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
14	AI Insurrection(By: Alan Baxter,Charles R. Rutledge,Anthony J. Melchiorri,R.P.L. Johnson,Kirsten Cross,Steve Lewis,Justin Coates,Pamela Jeffs) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
15	Contagion(By: Jonathan Maberry,Charles R. Rutledge,Martin Livings,Josh Reynolds,Benjamin Spada) 2025Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2001–2012)

Start with Natural Selection, the first of 4 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	Natural Selection 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Redemption Roadshow 2008Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Crossing of Aldo Ray 2009Buy 🇺🇸
4	Righteous 2012Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2018–2019)

Start with Burning Sky and read in order.

#	Title
1	Burning Sky 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dead Sky 2019Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2023–2023)

9 books (2005–2022)

Start with Scarecrow Gods, the first of 9 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Scarecrow Gods 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Blaze of Glory 2009Buy 🇺🇸
3	Velvet Dogma 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	Babylon Smiles 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	Halfway House 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	Bone Chase 2020Buy 🇺🇸
7	Recalled to Life 2020Buy 🇺🇸
8	A Hole in the World 2021Buy 🇺🇸
9	Red Unicorn 2022Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2014–2017)

Start with Grunt Life and read in order.

#	Title
1	Grunt Life 2014Buy 🇺🇸
2	Grunt Traitor 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	Grunt Hero 2017Buy 🇺🇸

20 books (2002–2016)

Start with School's Out Forever(By: Scott K. Andrews), the first of 20 books in the The Afterblight Chronicles series.

#	Title
1	School's Out Forever(By: Scott K. Andrews) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Culled(By: Simon Spurrier) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
3	Kill or Cure(By: Rebecca Levene) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
4	School's Out(By: Scott K. Andrews) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
5	Arrowhead(By: Paul Kane) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
6	Dawn Over Doomsday(By: Jasper Bark) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
7	Operation Motherland(By: Scott K. Andrews) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
8	Arrowland(By: Paul Kane) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
9	Broken Arrow(By: Paul Kane) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
10	Children's Crusade(By: Scott K. Andrews) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
11	Death Got No Mercy(By: Al Ewing) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
12	Blood Ocean 2012Buy 🇺🇸
13	Hooded Man(By: Paul Kane) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
14	Dead Kelly(By: C.B. Harvey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
15	Journal of the Plague Year(By: ColinHarvey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
16	Orbital Decay(By: Malcolm F. Cross) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Bloody Deluge(By: Adrian Tchaikovsky) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
18	Fall Out(By: Simon Guerrier) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
19	Children of the Cull(By: Cavan Scott) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
20	Even in the Cannon's Mouth(By: Adrian Tchaikovsky) 2016Buy 🇺🇸

16 books (2006–2017)

Start with Death Hulk(By: Matthew Sprange), the first of 16 books in the Tomes of the Dead series.

#	Title
1	Death Hulk(By: Matthew Sprange) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Devil's Plague(By: Mark Beynon) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Words of Their Roaring(By: Matthew Smith) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
4	Anno Mortis(By: Rebecca Levene) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
5	I, Zombie(By: Al Ewing) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
6	Hungry Hearts(By: Gary McMahon) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
7	Tide of Souls(By: Simon Bestwick) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
8	Way of the Barefoot Zombie(By: Jasper Bark) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
9	Empire of Salt 2010Buy 🇺🇸
10	Stronghold(By: Paul Finch) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
11	Viking Dead(By: Toby Venables) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
12	Brain-Eating Britain(By: Gary McMahon,Simon Bestwick,Matthew Smith) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Secret Zombie History of the World(By: Paul Finch,Matthew Sprange,Toby Venables) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
14	Dead Stop(By: Mark Clapham) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Lazarus Conundrum(By: PaulStarkey) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Death and Life of Schneider Wrack(By: Nate Crowley) 2017Buy 🇺🇸