James Herbert Books in Order

Dog-sized mutant rats erupt from London's slums, tearing through vagrants, schoolchildren and commuters while officials dither. Art teacher Harris and a handful of allies must trace the infestation’s source before the city is completely overrun.

A mysterious fog released from a buried installation rolls across England, driving anyone it touches into murderous, suicidal madness. Environmental investigator John Holman races to understand the weapon’s origins as the country descends into escalating, chaotic violence.

After a passenger jet crashes outside a small English town, co-pilot David Keller walks from the wreckage without a scratch. Haunted by guilt and ghostly visions, he digs into the crash and uncovers a malevolent presence tied to the dead.

A mongrel puppy slowly realises he once lived as a human man. As memories return, Fluke searches for the wife and child he left behind, discovering what happened to him and what it means to love them from the outside.

Private detective Harry Steadman’s routine case on a sinister arms dealer pulls him into a neo-Nazi cult obsessed with the Spear of Destiny. As occult ritual collides with political conspiracy, he must stop fanatics from unleashing an ancient, devastating power.

Years after the first rat plague, monstrous black rats have spread to the countryside around Epping Forest. Wildlife wardens and scientists confront a new outbreak as the creatures breed unseen in barns, sewers and woods, preparing for another bloody surge.

A derelict suburban house hides a living darkness that drives people to unthinkable savagery. Paranormal investigator Chris Bishop tracks the spreading shadow across the city, uncovering its link to a dead cult leader and a violence that feeds on fear.

Police officer Jim Kelso is sent to a grim coastal town to investigate drug smuggling, dogged by a lifetime of strange bad luck. As the inquiry turns brutal, a supernatural force tied to his past closes in on him.

When nuclear war devastates London, the survivors huddle in bunkers and ruins—only to find the mutant rats have endured too. A small group fights through the shattered city, battling hunger, rival factions and a new rat empire rising from the rubble.

In a quiet village, deaf-mute child Alice Pagett is suddenly cured beside an old tree and begins performing apparent miracles. Reporter Gerry Fenn and the Church investigate as pilgrims flock in, only to find something far darker than a holy shrine.

Teacher Jonathan Childes fled his psychic visions after helping catch a child killer. On a remote island, the nightmares start again—and this time the murderer can see him back, using their link to close in on everyone Jon cares about.

Musician Mike and illustrator Midge escape London for a ramshackle cottage called Gramarye, a place that boosts their creativity and seems touched by gentle magic. As odd events mount and a nearby occult group circles, they learn Gramarye’s power cuts both ways.

Bodyguard Liam Halloran is hired to protect psychic mineral-finder Felix Kline at a secluded estate named Neath. Industrial espionage soon gives way to occult terror as Liam discovers the true source of Kline’s gift and the ancient evil bound to the house.

Hard-drinking skeptic David Ash, a psychic investigator, visits isolated Edbrook House to debunk an elderly nanny’s ghost stories. Over three terrifying nights with the strange Mariell siblings, he confronts vicious hauntings and the buried trauma that shaped his disbelief.

Paparazzo Joe Creed thrives on sleazy celebrity shots until he photographs something impossible at a famous actress’s funeral. Hunted by sinister figures who want the film destroyed, he uncovers a decaying cabal of fallen angels hiding in modern London.

Meteorologist James Rivers notices bizarre lights and massive storms clustering across the globe. Drawn into the orbit of a reclusive scientist, a widow and her psychic twins, he slowly realises the planet itself may be preparing a catastrophic reckoning.

This nonfiction companion tours real locations that inspired Herbert’s fiction—graveyards, abandoned houses, ruined churches and foggy streets—blending history, legend and personal reflection to show how specific British places fed the atmosphere of his horror novels.

In this graphic-novel return to the Rats universe, a lone traveller crosses a post-apocalyptic city where mutant rats rule and mutilated humans scavenge in the ruins. His journey becomes a violent, nightmarish descent into Herbert’s bleak future.

Paranormal investigator David Ash is sent to Sleath, a picture-postcard village plagued by mass hauntings. As he and local allies peel back the town’s history, a web of buried crimes stirs vengeful spirits and pushes Ash toward the edge of sanity.

In an alternate 1948, Hitler’s dying order has unleashed a plague that killed most of London. Immune American pilot Hoke is hunted through the ruined city by diseased Blackshirts who need his blood, forcing desperate alliances and brutal running battles.

Disfigured private investigator Nicholas Dismas takes what seems a routine insurance case and stumbles on a hidden institution for children the world prefers not to see. His search for the truth tangles with his own mysterious origins and ideas of monstrosity.

Recovering from a stroke, Thom Kindred returns to the estate where he grew up and discovers the fairy stories of his childhood are real. Amid woodland spirits, witches and erotic enchantments, he becomes the focus of a vicious battle between good and evil.

James True has learned to slip out of his body—until one night he returns to find he’s been murdered. Trapped as a wandering spirit, he watches the investigation unfold and hunts the serial killer who has destroyed his family.

Grieving parents Gabe and Eve Caleigh rent remote Crickley Hall to escape the loss of their son. The house’s wartime history as an orphanage soon bleeds into the present as brutal apparitions target their daughters and hint at what happened to the missing boy.

Now a seasoned ghost hunter, David Ash travels to Comraich Castle, a fortress asylum for disgraced elites, to investigate violent phenomena. Inside, he faces conspiracies, infamous missing figures and a psychic force powerful enough to tear the fortress apart.