Order of Michael Richan Books

Michael Richan is an American horror fiction author renowned for his extensive The River series. He has penned several books within this series, along with the spinoff series, The Downsiders, and the prequel series, Eliza. Residing in Washington State, Richan has been crafting horror fiction for more than forty years and shows no intention of stopping. The River series includes a vast number of books, and Richan maintains a recommended reading order list on his website.

Michael Richan became a published novelist in 2013 with the novel The Bank of the River. Below is a list of Michael Richan's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of River Universe Reading Order Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Bank of the River	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
A Haunting in Oregon	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Ghosts of Our Fathers	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Eximere	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Suicide Forest	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Devil's Throat	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Blood Oath, Blood River	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Diablo Horror	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Impossible Coin	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Haunting at Grays Harbor	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Graves of Plague Canyon	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
It Walks At Night	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Dark River: A	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Blackham Mansion Haunting	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Cycle of the Shen	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Blood Gardener	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
A Christmas Haunting at Point No Point	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Massacre Mechanism	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Port of Missing Souls	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Nightmares of Quiet Grove	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Capricorn	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Haunting of Johansen House	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Evocation	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Descent Into Hell Street	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Remains	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Node	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Inheritance	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Dead Kingdom	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Spirit Lake	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Divertimento	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of The River Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Bank of the River	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
A Haunting in Oregon	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Ghosts of Our Fathers	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Eximere	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Suicide Forest	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Devil's Throat	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Diablo Horror	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Haunting at Grays Harbor	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
It Walks At Night	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Cycle of the Shen	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
A Christmas Haunting at Point No Point	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Port of Missing Souls	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Haunting of Johansen House	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Evocation	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Node	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Spirit Lake	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of The Downwinders Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Blood Oath, Blood River	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Impossible Coin	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Graves of Plague Canyon	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Blackham Mansion Haunting	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Massacre Mechanism	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Nightmares of Quiet Grove	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Descent Into Hell Street	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Remains	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Inheritance	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Dead Kingdom	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
House on Fire	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Dark River Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Dark River: A	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Blood Gardener	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Capricorn	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Divertimento	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Malfunction 61	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of I Reside Here Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
I Reside Here	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
I Reside Here II	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Mausoleum Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Mausoleum: Anomaly	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Mausoleum: Hex Roots	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Mausoleum: Memento Mori	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The School of Revenge	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Slaughter, Idaho	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Coldwater Haunting	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Seances	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
Aunt Death	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Haunting of Briarwood Manor	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Warder	(2024)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

Publication Order of The Haunting of Pitmon House Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Haunting of Pitmon House	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
The Haunting of Waverly Hall	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available
A Haunting In Wisconsin	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Not available

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