Kim Newman Books in Order (Updated August 8, 2026)

Kim Newman has one of those bibliographies where recognizing a character does not necessarily mean you have found the next book in a series.

His fiction repeatedly draws on vampires, secret societies, Victorian literature, old films, pulp heroes, supernatural investigators, and alternate versions of familiar historical figures. Characters such as Genevieve Dieudonné and members of the Diogenes Club can appear in more than one body of work, sometimes in versions that should not be forced into a single timeline.

For that reason, Kim Newman is best read in continuity groups.

The largest is Anno Dracula. The other important sequences are the Diogenes Club, Drearcliff Grange School, the Vampire Genevieve Warhammer books written as Jack Yeovil, and the Dark Future novels.

Most of his remaining novels can be read independently.

The Four Reading Rules That Prevent Most Confusion

Keep these points in mind before choosing a book:

1. Start Anno Dracula with Anno Dracula, even though later books return to earlier periods in the timeline.
2. Treat Genevieve Dieudonné in Warhammer separately from her appearances in Newman’s Anno Dracula-related fiction.
3. Read the three core Diogenes Club collections in publication order, but do not try to make every Newman story containing a Diogenes reference part of one rigid sequence.
4. Remember that Jack Yeovil is Kim Newman. The Genevieve and Dark Future books under that name belong in a complete Newman bibliography.

For the broadest introduction to his fiction, Anno Dracula remains the natural first choice.

For something self-contained, Jago, The Quorum, An English Ghost Story, or Something More Than Night requires far less continuity tracking.

Anno Dracula Books in Publication Order

Anno Dracula imagines a world in which the events of Bram Stoker’s Dracula ended very differently. Dracula survives, becomes Prince Consort to Queen Victoria, and vampirism becomes an open part of society.

The principal book sequence is:

1. Anno Dracula (1992)
2. The Bloody Red Baron (1995)
3. Dracula Cha Cha Cha (1998)
4. Johnny Alucard (2013)
5. One Thousand Monsters (2017)
6. Daikaiju (2019)

Publication order is the best order for a first reading.

That recommendation may seem strange once you notice that One Thousand Monsters takes place in 1899, long before the twentieth-century settings of several earlier-published books.

The reason is simple: the series was designed outward rather than chronologically. Later-written books revisit gaps in the alternate history while assuming that readers already understand Newman’s version of the world.

The Anno Dracula Title Problem

Several Anno Dracula books have appeared under more than one title or in expanded editions.

Dracula Cha Cha Cha and Judgment of Tears

The third main novel was originally published in the United States as:

Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959

It is the same core novel later published as:

Dracula Cha Cha Cha

Do not count those as two separate books.

The later Titan edition is commonly titled Anno Dracula 1959: Dracula Cha Cha Cha and includes additional material.

Johnny Alucard

The full chronological-style title is sometimes given as:

Anno Dracula 1976-1991: Johnny Alucard

This is still the fourth principal published volume, not a collection of fifteen separate annual installments.

One Thousand Monsters

The fuller title is:

Anno Dracula 1899: One Thousand Monsters

Its date refers to the setting, not its position in publication order.

Daikaiju

This is also encountered as:

Anno Dracula 1999: Daikaiju

Again, the year identifies its place in the alternate history.

Anno Dracula Chronological Order

Readers who already know the series and want the principal long-form material arranged by period can use:

1. Anno Dracula, set in 1888
2. Anno Dracula 1895: Seven Days in Mayhem
3. One Thousand Monsters, set in 1899
4. The Bloody Red Baron, set during World War I
5. Dracula Cha Cha Cha, set in 1959
6. Johnny Alucard, covering events from the 1970s into the early 1990s
7. Daikaiju, set in 1999

This is not the ideal first read.

Chronological order moves One Thousand Monsters, published in 2017, ahead of books Newman wrote decades earlier. That changes the way returning characters and the wider alternate history are revealed.

Use chronology for a reread. Use publication order when entering the series.

Where Does Anno Dracula 1895: Seven Days in Mayhem Fit?

Anno Dracula 1895: Seven Days in Mayhem is a comic-book story written by Newman with art by Paul McCaffrey.

It was originally issued as five comic issues and subsequently collected.

Chronologically it belongs between:

1. Anno Dracula
2. Anno Dracula 1895: Seven Days in Mayhem
3. One Thousand Monsters

It is optional for a novels-first reader.

The comic expands the history between the Victorian setting of the first novel and the later Anno Dracula eras, but you do not need it before reading The Bloody Red Baron.

Anno Dracula 1899 and Other Stories

Anno Dracula 1899 and Other Stories is a collection rather than another numbered main novel.

It gathers Anno Dracula-related shorter fiction and other Newman stories.

Because the collection contains supplementary material rather than a single continuous next chapter, it should not be inserted as though it were Anno Dracula Book 5.

Status: Optional collection

Read it after you are comfortable with the main setting.

What About the Anno Dracula Novellas?

Newman has written a considerable amount of shorter fiction filling gaps in the Anno Dracula timeline.

Later editions of the novels often contain additional stories. For example, expanded editions may include material set in years not represented by a principal novel.

This creates a problem with hyper-detailed online reading lists: the exact contents depend partly on which editions you own.

The dependable approach is:

First reading: follow the six principal books in publication order.

Expanded reading: add the stories and comics afterward, arranging them by their stated in-world dates if desired.

That avoids buying duplicate material simply because a novella was later incorporated into an expanded edition.

The Best Anno Dracula Order for a New Reader

Use:

1. Anno Dracula
2. The Bloody Red Baron
3. Dracula Cha Cha Cha
4. Johnny Alucard
5. One Thousand Monsters
6. Daikaiju

Then add:

1. Anno Dracula 1895: Seven Days in Mayhem
2. Anno Dracula 1899 and Other Stories
3. Bonus novellas included in expanded editions

This preserves the publication experience without requiring you to reconstruct every fictional year before you begin.

Is the Anno Dracula Series Complete?

The six principal books listed above are the currently published major sequence.

Newman has continued to produce Anno Dracula-related short fiction and supplementary material, so the fictional universe is broader than six novels.

As of August 8, 2026, no later principal Anno Dracula novel has been published after Daikaiju.

That does not mean the setting should be considered permanently closed.

The Diogenes Club Books in Order

Newman’s Diogenes Club is derived from the institution mentioned in Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, but Newman develops it into a supernatural and paranormal organization operating across generations.

The three core collections are:

1. The Man from the Diogenes Club (2006)
2. The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club (2007)
3. Mysteries of the Diogenes Club (2010)

The recurring central figure in much of this material is Richard Jeperson.

These are collections of cases rather than three conventional novels following one continuous plot.

Publication order remains the easiest route because recurring characters and Newman’s version of the Club become increasingly established.

Where Does Seven Stars Fit?

Seven Stars (2000) predates the three dedicated Diogenes Club collections and contains material connected to the Club’s wider history.

It is better treated as an earlier related collection rather than as a formally numbered Diogenes Club Book 1.

For readers wanting the broader material, a useful order is:

1. Seven Stars
2. The Man from the Diogenes Club
3. The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club
4. Mysteries of the Diogenes Club

For someone interested specifically in Richard Jeperson, beginning with The Man from the Diogenes Club is simpler.

Are Anno Dracula and the Diogenes Club Connected?

They overlap conceptually and through recurring institutions and characters.

Newman has used versions of the Diogenes Club and its personnel in Anno Dracula material as well as in other stories.

The important qualification is that Newman’s fiction does not always reward an attempt to build one perfectly consistent crossover timeline.

Treat the Diogenes Club and Anno Dracula as closely related bodies of Newman fiction, while following each book sequence independently.

Recognizing a character from another Newman story is often an added layer rather than a signal that you skipped a required novel.

Model Actress Whatever and the Diogenes Club World

Model Actress Whatever (2026) is Newman’s newest novel.

It takes place in an alternate 2020s Britain where a Beatles album released in the 1970s changed the world and superpowered individuals became part of society.

The novel draws on Newman’s long-running superhero and Dr Shade material, which is associated with the broader territory explored in his Diogenes Club fiction.

For a reader interested only in the new novel, however, earlier Diogenes Club collections should be treated as helpful background, not compulsory prerequisites.

The practical recommendation is:

Read Model Actress Whatever independently if that is the book that interests you.

Read the Diogenes material first only if you want to recognize more of Newman’s recurring fictional history.

Drearcliff Grange School Books in Order

The Drearcliff novels concern Amy Thomsett and an unusual girls’ school populated by students with extraordinary backgrounds and abilities.

Read:

1. The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School (2015)
2. The Haunting of Drearcliff Grange School (2018)

The second book follows the first.

Status: Two published novels

Unlike Anno Dracula, there is no reason to create an alternate chronology. Read them in publication order.

Is Drearcliff Connected to the Diogenes Club?

There are links to Newman’s wider recurring cast and concepts.

Characters and ideas associated with Dr Shade, extraordinary heroes, and Newman’s secret-history material turn up across these stories.

That makes Drearcliff part of a larger network of Newman references, but it should still be approached as its own two-book sequence.

Begin with The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School.

You do not need to read every Diogenes Club story first.

Vampire Genevieve Books in Order

Before Anno Dracula became his signature vampire series, Newman wrote Warhammer fiction under the name Jack Yeovil.

The Genevieve books are set in the Warhammer world and must be kept separate from Anno Dracula, even though both contain a vampire named Genevieve Dieudonné.

The official sequence is:

1. Drachenfels (1989)
2. Genevieve Undead (1993)
3. Beasts in Velvet (1991)
4. Silver Nails (2002)

That order may look wrong because Beasts in Velvet was published before Genevieve Undead.

However, Newman’s official bibliography and later omnibus sequence identify Genevieve Undead as Vampire Genevieve Book 2 and Beasts in Velvet as Book 3.

Use that sequence for reading.

What Is Genevieve Undead?

Despite the title looking like a standard second novel, Genevieve Undead consists of three linked novellas.

They continue Genevieve’s adventures after Drachenfels.

It is therefore best treated as the second volume of the sequence rather than separated into three entries on a basic reading-order list.

What Is Silver Nails?

Silver Nails is a collection of connected Warhammer stories.

It is officially grouped as the fourth Vampire Genevieve volume.

Read it after Beasts in Velvet.

The Vampire Genevieve Omnibus

The Vampire Genevieve collects all four volumes:

1. Drachenfels
2. Genevieve Undead
3. Beasts in Velvet
4. Silver Nails

For a new reader, the omnibus is the easiest way to obtain the complete Genevieve sequence.

Do not add the omnibus as a fifth book if you already own the four individual volumes.

Status: Collection of existing material

Is Warhammer Genevieve the Same Genevieve as Anno Dracula?

Not in a way that should make you combine the two series into one literal continuity.

Kim Newman reused Genevieve Dieudonné outside the Warhammer setting, most notably in Anno Dracula.

The characters share important aspects of identity and conception, but the Warhammer books belong to the Warhammer world while Anno Dracula has its own alternate history.

Treat them as separate continuities featuring alternate versions of Genevieve.

There is no reading-order requirement between Drachenfels and Anno Dracula.

Dark Future Books in Order

Newman also wrote four Dark Future tie-in novels as Jack Yeovil.

Read them as:

1. Demon Download (1990)
2. Krokodil Tears (1991)
3. Comeback Tour (1991)
4. Route 666 (1994)

These books belong to Games Workshop’s Dark Future setting, not Warhammer.

They should therefore be separated from the Vampire Genevieve books despite sharing the Jack Yeovil byline.

Status: Four-book Jack Yeovil sequence

Is Route 666 a Novel or an Anthology?

There are different uses of the title Route 666 in Newman’s bibliography, which can make catalogs confusing.

For the Dark Future reading sequence, Route 666 is the fourth relevant volume.

When checking editions, make sure you are looking at the Jack Yeovil Dark Future material rather than assuming every listing with that title represents a distinct additional novel.

Bloody Students and Orgy of the Blood Parasites

This is another duplicate-title trap.

Bloody Students and Orgy of the Blood Parasites are the same basic novel.

Newman originally wrote it as Bloody Students. It was later published under the title Orgy of the Blood Parasites and under the Jack Yeovil name.

A later Titan edition of Bad Dreams includes the novel under its original title, Bloody Students.

Therefore:

Bloody Students = Orgy of the Blood Parasites

Do not count them as two separate novels.

The work is not part of the Dark Future or Vampire Genevieve sequences merely because one edition uses the Jack Yeovil byline.

Kim Newman Standalone and Separate Novels

A substantial portion of Newman’s fiction can be read without committing to one of the major series.

The Night Mayor

The Night Mayor (1989) was Newman’s first published novel.

It mixes virtual reality with film noir and imagined cinematic worlds.

It is a valid standalone starting point.

Bad Dreams

Bad Dreams (1990) is independent horror.

Later editions may also include Bloody Students, previously published as Orgy of the Blood Parasites.

That bundled edition contains two works, not a newly expanded single story.

Jago

Jago (1991) is a standalone horror novel.

No earlier Newman fiction is required.

The Quorum

The Quorum (1994) is another independent horror novel involving a group of men whose ambitions carry supernatural consequences.

It can be read on its own.

Life’s Lottery

Life’s Lottery (1999) is structurally unusual.

It allows the reader to make choices that determine different routes through the protagonist’s life.

It is not part of a series.

Time and Relative

Time and Relative (2001) is a Doctor Who novella.

It belongs to Doctor Who continuity rather than Newman’s original fictional worlds.

Status: Separate tie-in continuity

Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles

Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles (2011) reworks the Sherlock Holmes world from the criminal side.

The stories focus on Professor Moriarty and Colonel Sebastian Moran.

It does not require Anno Dracula or the Diogenes Club collections, even though Newman’s interest in Victorian fictional characters naturally creates thematic overlap.

Status: Separate Sherlockian project

An English Ghost Story

An English Ghost Story (2014) is a self-contained supernatural novel.

It requires no series background.

Angels of Music

Angels of Music (2016) uses the Phantom of the Opera’s Erik as the head of an organization of female agents.

Its structure plays with familiar figures from popular fiction, but it is not an Anno Dracula sequel.

Status: Separate continuity

Something More Than Night

Something More Than Night (2021) is set in 1930s Hollywood and uses figures including Raymond Chandler and Boris Karloff within a supernatural mystery.

It can be read independently.

A Christmas Ghost Story

A Christmas Ghost Story (2025) is a novella-length supernatural work.

It is separate from Newman’s major numbered series.

Status: Standalone novella

Model Actress Whatever

Model Actress Whatever (2026) is an alternate-history superhero novel set in a transformed version of modern Britain.

It contains connections to Newman’s broader recurring superhero and secret-history material, but it works as a new novel rather than as a numbered sequel to Drearcliff or the three Diogenes Club collections.

Status: Connected wider Newman material, readable independently

Back in the USSA

Back in the USSA (1997), written with Eugene Byrne, is a collection of linked alternate-history stories imagining a radically different twentieth-century political history.

It is not part of Anno Dracula.

The similarity lies in the alternate-history method, not continuity.

Treat it as a separate project.

Kim Newman Short Story Collections

Newman has published numerous short-fiction collections, including:

1. The Original Dr. Shade and Other Stories (1994)
2. Famous Monsters (1995)
3. Back in the USSA (1997), with Eugene Byrne
4. Seven Stars (2000)
5. Where the Bodies Are Buried (2000)
6. Unforgivable Stories (2000)
7. Dead Travel Fast (2005)
8. The Man from the Diogenes Club (2006)
9. The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club (2007)
10. Mysteries of the Diogenes Club (2010)
11. Anno Dracula 1899 and Other Stories (2017)

Collections are especially important with Newman because some recurring characters originated in short fiction rather than novels.

Even so, not every collection belongs in one master story sequence.

The Diogenes Club collections and Anno Dracula 1899 and Other Stories are the most relevant to readers already following those specific worlds.

Which Kim Newman Books Are Actually Connected?

The cleanest classification is not simply “connected” or “unconnected.”

Newman works with several levels of connection.

Direct Series Continuity

These should be read in order:

Anno Dracula

Drearcliff Grange School

Vampire Genevieve

Dark Future

Recurring Shared-World Material

These have meaningful connections but are less rigid:

The Diogenes Club collections

Seven Stars

Dr Shade-related fiction

Model Actress Whatever

Some Drearcliff material also intersects with this wider network.

Alternate Versions of Recurring Characters

Genevieve Dieudonné is the major example.

Her appearance in Warhammer does not make Warhammer part of Anno Dracula.

Separate Continuities

Books such as:

Jago

The Quorum

Life’s Lottery

An English Ghost Story

Something More Than Night

can be read without constructing a wider Newman timeline.

Kim Newman Fiction in Broad Publication Order

For readers who want a career-spanning view rather than a recommended story sequence, the major novels and book-length fiction can be arranged approximately as follows:

1. The Night Mayor (1989)
2. Drachenfels (1989), as Jack Yeovil
3. Bad Dreams (1990)
4. Demon Download (1990), as Jack Yeovil
5. Krokodil Tears (1991), as Jack Yeovil
6. Comeback Tour (1991), as Jack Yeovil
7. Jago (1991)
8. Beasts in Velvet (1991), as Jack Yeovil
9. Anno Dracula (1992)
10. Genevieve Undead (1993), as Jack Yeovil
11. The Quorum (1994)
12. Orgy of the Blood Parasites (1994), as Jack Yeovil, originally Bloody Students
13. Route 666 (1994), as Jack Yeovil
14. The Bloody Red Baron (1995)
15. Back in the USSA (1997), with Eugene Byrne
16. Dracula Cha Cha Cha (1998)
17. Life’s Lottery (1999)
18. Time and Relative (2001)
19. Silver Nails (2002), as Jack Yeovil
20. Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles (2011)
21. Johnny Alucard (2013)
22. An English Ghost Story (2014)
23. The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School (2015)
24. Angels of Music (2016)
25. One Thousand Monsters (2017)
26. The Haunting of Drearcliff Grange School (2018)
27. Daikaiju (2019)
28. Something More Than Night (2021)
29. A Christmas Ghost Story (2025)
30. Model Actress Whatever (2026)

This is useful bibliographically, but it is not a recommended reading order.

Jumping from Dark Future to standalone horror, then Warhammer, then Anno Dracula would repeatedly abandon one continuity for another.

Kim Newman Nonfiction

Newman is also a major film critic and has written or edited substantial nonfiction.

Notable titles include:

1. Nightmare Movies
2. Ghastly Beyond Belief, with Neil Gaiman
3. Horror: 100 Best Books, with Stephen Jones
4. Wild West Movies
5. The BFI Companion to Horror
6. Millennium Movies
7. Cat People
8. Horror: Another 100 Best Books, with Stephen Jones
9. Doctor Who: A Critical Reading of the Series
10. Quatermass and the Pit
11. Kim Newman’s Video Dungeon
12. The Definitive Guide to Horror Movies, with James Marriott

These do not belong in a fiction reading order.

Readers looking specifically for “Kim Newman books in order” should separate his criticism from his novels and story collections.

What Is Kim Newman’s Latest Book?

As of August 8, 2026, Newman’s latest published novel is Model Actress Whatever.

It was published on May 12, 2026.

The book follows Chrissie Chambers in an alternate Britain transformed by a world-changing Beatles album and the emergence of superpowered people.

It follows A Christmas Ghost Story, published in 2025, in Newman’s recent fiction bibliography.

No newer Kim Newman novel with a confirmed publication date was identified as of this update.

Is Model Actress Whatever an Anno Dracula Book?

No.

It is not part of the principal Anno Dracula sequence.

Although Newman’s fiction frequently reuses ideas, characters, organizations, and alternate-history techniques, Model Actress Whatever should not be inserted after Daikaiju as Anno Dracula Book 7.

Treat it separately.

Kim Newman Books in Order FAQs

What Kim Newman book should I read first?

Start with Anno Dracula if you want his signature fictional universe.

For a standalone horror novel, Jago or An English Ghost Story requires less commitment.

For his Warhammer fiction, begin with Drachenfels.

How many main Anno Dracula books are there?

There are six principal published books:

1. Anno Dracula
2. The Bloody Red Baron
3. Dracula Cha Cha Cha
4. Johnny Alucard
5. One Thousand Monsters
6. Daikaiju

There are also shorter stories, expanded editions, and the Seven Days in Mayhem comic.

Should I read Anno Dracula chronologically?

Not the first time.

Publication order preserves the order in which Newman expanded the alternate history.

Chronological order is better used for a reread.

Where does One Thousand Monsters fit?

Chronologically, it is set in 1899.

In publication order, it comes after Johnny Alucard.

For a first reading, leave it in publication order.

Is Judgment of Tears a different book from Dracula Cha Cha Cha?

No.

Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959 is an alternate title for the novel later known as Dracula Cha Cha Cha.

Do not count both.

Is Johnny Alucard a collection?

It is a book-length Anno Dracula volume constructed from interconnected material spanning several years of the alternate history.

For reading-order purposes, treat it as the fourth principal Anno Dracula book.

Where does Seven Days in Mayhem go?

Chronologically it is set in 1895, after Anno Dracula and before One Thousand Monsters.

It is a comic and remains optional for readers following only prose books.

Do I need the Anno Dracula short stories?

No.

They expand the timeline and recurring cast, but the principal books can be followed without tracking down every shorter work first.

What order are the Drearcliff books?

Read:

1. The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School
2. The Haunting of Drearcliff Grange School

What order are the Vampire Genevieve books?

Use:

1. Drachenfels
2. Genevieve Undead
3. Beasts in Velvet
4. Silver Nails

This is the sequence used by the official Genevieve bibliography and omnibus.

Why was Genevieve Undead published after Beasts in Velvet?

The books’ publication history does not perfectly match their later official numbering.

For current reading purposes, Genevieve Undead is Book 2 and Beasts in Velvet is Book 3.

Is The Vampire Genevieve another sequel?

No.

It is an omnibus collecting the four Genevieve volumes.

Is Jack Yeovil Kim Newman?

Yes.

Jack Yeovil is the name Newman used for his Games Workshop fiction and some other work.

What order are the Dark Future novels?

Read:

1. Demon Download
2. Krokodil Tears
3. Comeback Tour
4. Route 666

Is Orgy of the Blood Parasites part of Dark Future?

No.

It was published under the Jack Yeovil name, but that does not make it a Dark Future novel.

It is the novel also known as Bloody Students.

Are Bloody Students and Orgy of the Blood Parasites different books?

No.

They are alternate titles for the same work.

Are Anno Dracula and Vampire Genevieve connected?

Not as one literal continuity.

Both contain versions of Genevieve Dieudonné, but the Jack Yeovil Genevieve books take place in the Warhammer world.

Keep the series separate.

Is the Diogenes Club part of Anno Dracula?

Newman uses the Diogenes Club and related characters across multiple stories, including Anno Dracula-related material.

The safest approach is to acknowledge the overlap without treating every appearance as part of one mandatory linear sequence.

What is Kim Newman’s newest novel?

As of August 8, 2026, it is Model Actress Whatever, published May 12, 2026.

The Most Reliable Kim Newman Reading Plan

There is no advantage in reading Kim Newman’s entire bibliography from 1989 onward as one uninterrupted sequence.

Instead, choose one continuity and stay with it.

For Anno Dracula:

1. Anno Dracula
2. The Bloody Red Baron
3. Dracula Cha Cha Cha
4. Johnny Alucard
5. One Thousand Monsters
6. Daikaiju

For Warhammer Genevieve:

1. Drachenfels
2. Genevieve Undead
3. Beasts in Velvet
4. Silver Nails

For Dark Future:

1. Demon Download
2. Krokodil Tears
3. Comeback Tour
4. Route 666

For Drearcliff:

1. The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School
2. The Haunting of Drearcliff Grange School

For the Diogenes Club, begin with The Man from the Diogenes Club, then continue through The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club and Mysteries of the Diogenes Club. Add Seven Stars when you want the wider connected material.

Everything else can largely be chosen on its own.

The central lesson with Newman is that recurrence is not always continuity. He deliberately lets characters, fictional institutions, literary figures, and alternate versions of people echo across different books. Following each named sequence in its own publication or official reading order is far more dependable than attempting to squeeze his entire fiction catalog into one enormous universe.