Book Series Guide

Mike Carey

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Michael James Carey is a British writer whose work spans prose fiction, graphic novels, serialized comics, short stories, poetry, film, and television. Under Mike Carey he is best known for Lucifer, Hellblazer, The Unwritten, X-Men, and the Felix Castor novels. He also writes prose fiction as M. R. Carey, including The Girl with All the Gifts, Fellside, the Rampart Trilogy, and the Pandominion duology. The Steel Seraglio and The House of War and Witness were co-written with Linda Carey and Louise Carey; The Dead Sea Deception was published under the pseudonym Adam Blake.

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The Girl with All the Gifts

Best-known accessible standalone novel and entry point to Carey's prose fiction.

Cover of The Devil You Know

The Devil You Know

First Felix Castor novel and the clearest entry point to Carey's urban-fantasy fiction.

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Lucifer

Carey's signature long-form comic series and a complete major run.

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The Unwritten

Definitive creator-owned metafictional comic series co-created with Peter Gross.

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Books by series

novel-series · ongoing

Felix Castor

A supernatural-noir novel series featuring London exorcist and freelance investigator Felix Castor.

Series guide →
  1. 1 Cover of The Devil You Know
    The Devil You Know

    Book 1 · novel · 2006

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  2. 2 Cover of Vicious Circle
    Vicious Circle

    Book 2 · novel · 2006

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  3. 3 Cover of Dead Men's Boots
    Dead Men's Boots

    Book 3 · novel · 2007

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  4. 4 Cover of Thicker Than Water
    Thicker Than Water

    Book 4 · novel · 2009

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  5. 5 Cover of The Naming of the Beasts
    The Naming of the Beasts

    Book 5 · novel · 2009

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comic-series · complete

Lucifer

Carey's long-running Vertigo series about Lucifer Morningstar, preceded by a Sandman Presents miniseries.

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  1. 1
    The Sandman Presents: Lucifer: The Morningstar Option

    Book 1 · comic-series · 1999 Optional

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  2. 2 Cover of Lucifer
    Lucifer

    Book 2 · comic-series · 2000

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comic-series · complete

Petrefax

A Sandman Presents fantasy comic about the young undertaker Petrefax.

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  1. 1
    The Sandman Presents: Petrefax

    Book 1 · comic-series · 2000

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comic-series · complete

Hellblazer

Carey's 2002–2007 run on John Constantine, including the original graphic novel All His Engines.

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  1. 1
    Hellblazer

    Book 1 · comic-series · 2002

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  2. 2
    Hellblazer: All His Engines

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2005 Optional

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comic-series · complete

Crossing Midnight

A Vertigo fantasy-horror comic series created with Jim Fern.

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  1. 1
    Crossing Midnight

    Book 1 · comic-series · 2007

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comic-series · complete

The Unwritten

A Vertigo metafictional comic series co-created with Peter Gross.

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  1. 1 Cover of The Unwritten
    The Unwritten

    Book 1 · comic-series · 2009

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  2. 2 Cover of The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice
    The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2013 Optional

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  3. 3
    The Unwritten: Apocalypse

    Book 3 · comic-series · 2014

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comic-series · complete

Wetworks

Carey's WildStorm revival of the supernatural action series Wetworks.

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  1. 1
    Wetworks

    Book 1 · comic-series · 2006

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comic-series · complete

Ultimate Fantastic Four

Carey's run on Marvel's Ultimate Fantastic Four, including the related Ultimate X4 material.

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  1. 1 Cover of Ultimate Fantastic Four
    Ultimate Fantastic Four

    Book 1 · comic-series · 2005

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comic-series · complete

X-Men / X-Men: Legacy

Carey's six-year Marvel run beginning with X-Men volume 2 and continuing as X-Men: Legacy.

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  1. 1
    X-Men / X-Men: Legacy

    Book 1 · comic-series · 2006

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  2. 2 Cover of X-Men: No More Humans
    X-Men: No More Humans

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2014 Optional

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comic-series · complete

Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword

Carey and Michael Avon Oeming's Red Sonja comic series.

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  1. 1
    Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword

    Book 1 · comic-series · 2005

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comic-series · complete

Barbarella

Carey's Dynamite Barbarella comic series.

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  1. 1
    Barbarella

    Book 1 · comic-series · 2017

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novel-series · complete

The Rampart Trilogy

A post-apocalyptic science-fiction trilogy published as M. R. Carey.

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  1. 1
    The Book of Koli

    Book 1 · novel · 2020

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  2. 2
    The Trials of Koli

    Book 2 · novel · 2020

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  3. 3
    The Fall of Koli

    Book 3 · novel · 2021

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novel-series · complete

The Pandominion

A science-fiction duology about humanity's expansion across alternate dimensions, published as M. R. Carey.

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  1. 1
    Infinity Gate

    Book 1 · novel · 2023

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  2. 2
    Echo of Worlds

    Book 2 · novel · 2024

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novel-series · ongoing

The Girl with All the Gifts

A linked-world science-fiction and horror series published as M. R. Carey.

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  1. 1
    The Girl with All the Gifts

    Book 1 · novel · 2014

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  2. 2
    The Boy on the Bridge

    Book 2 · novel · 2017 Optional

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comic-series · complete

Suicide Risk

A Boom! Studios superhero crime comic series.

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  1. 1 Cover of Suicide Risk
    Suicide Risk

    Book 1 · comic-series · 2013

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comic-series · complete

Darkness Visible

A supernatural crime comic co-written with Arvind Ethan David.

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  1. 1 Cover of Darkness Visible
    Darkness Visible

    Book 1 · comic-series · 2017

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comic-series · complete

Dollhouse Family

A Hill House Comics supernatural horror series co-created with Peter Gross and Vince Locke.

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  1. 1
    Dollhouse Family

    Book 1 · comic-series · 2020

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Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (19)
  1. The Dead Sea Deception

    novel · 2011

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  2. Cover of The Steel Seraglio
    The Steel Seraglio

    novel · 2012

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  3. Cover of The House of War and Witness
    The House of War and Witness

    novel · 2014

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  4. Fellside

    novel · 2016

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  5. Someone Like Me

    novel · 2018

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  6. Once Was Willem

    novel · 2025

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  7. Outlaw Planet

    novel · 2025

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  8. The Tinder Box

    novel · 2026

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  9. Writers on Comics Scriptwriting, Volume 2

    nonfiction · 2003

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  10. Cover of The Sandman Presents: The Furies
    The Sandman Presents: The Furies

    graphic-novel · 2002

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  11. Cover of My Faith in Frankie
    My Faith in Frankie

    graphic-novel · 2004

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  12. Cover of God Save the Queen
    God Save the Queen

    graphic-novel · 2007

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  13. Re-Gifters

    graphic-novel · 2007

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  14. Cover of Confessions of a Blabbermouth
    Confessions of a Blabbermouth

    graphic-novel · 2007

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  15. Fantastic Four: The Movie

    graphic-novel · 2005

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  16. Untouchable

    graphic-novel · 2010

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  17. Cover of The Highest House
    The Highest House

    graphic-novel · 2018

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  18. Shock: Volume 1

    graphic-novel · 2018

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  19. GhostBox

    graphic-novel · 2025

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Short fiction (1)
  1. The Complete Short Stories of Mike Carey

    short-fiction-collection · 2019

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Other (9)
  1. Cover of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere
    Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

    comic-series · 2005

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  2. Faker

    comic-series · 2007

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  3. Cover of Ultimate Elektra: Devil's Due
    Ultimate Elektra: Devil's Due

    comic-series · 2004

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  4. Cover of Ultimate Vision
    Ultimate Vision

    comic-series · 2007

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  5. Cover of Spellbinders: Signs and Wonders
    Spellbinders: Signs and Wonders

    comic-series · 2005

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  6. Vampirella: Revelations

    comic-series · 2006

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  7. Voodoo Child

    comic-series · 2007

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  8. The Stranded

    comic-series · 2007

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  9. Cover of Rowans Ruin
    Rowans Ruin

    comic-series · 2015

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