Book of the Damned Books in Order

The Book of the Damned series gathers Clive Barker’s in‑universe companion volumes to Hellraiser—strange, lavishly illustrated books that read like occult scrapbooks from the world of the puzzle box. Rather than straightforward narratives, they are mosaics of diary entries, case notes, diagrams, and fragments of forbidden lore.

Published under the banner Clive Barker’s Book of the Damned: A Hellraiser Companion, each volume presents itself as a kind of grimoire compiled by those who have brushed up against the Cenobites and survived long enough to write about it. Pages might contain sketches of the Lament Configuration, letters from doomed collectors, or theological musings about the order that presides over Hell’s experiments.

Across the four books, readers glimpse the history of Philip LeMarchand, the craftsman who designed the infamous boxes, and the cults and secret societies that have grown up around his work. Marginal stories hint at other configurations, other doorways, and other bargains struck in quiet rooms where the air smells of incense and cold metal.

The tone is closer to a cursed art book than to a conventional comic. Full‑color spreads mix elegant design with splashes of blood and intricate mechanical detail. Barker’s influence is clear in the mix of sacred and profane imagery, where angels, torture devices, and baroque architecture all jostle for space.

You don’t need to read these volumes to follow the main Hellraiser stories, but they greatly enrich the experience. They answer some questions about the mythology while raising others, suggesting that the Cenobites and their works have been haunting human history far longer than any one film or novella can show.

This page lays out the Book of the Damned issues in order and describes what each adds to the larger Hellraiser tapestry, making it easier for readers to decide when and how to dip into these dense, chilling companions.