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Mondo Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Mondo books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Mondo series? Start with "Borderlands 1" (1990) and follow publication order through all 41 books.
The complete Mondo reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Borderlands 1
1990

Borderlands 3
1991

Hottest Blood
1993

Deadly After Dark
1994

Mondo James Dean
1996

Hot Blood X
1998

Shivers
2002

Four Dark Nights
2002

From the Borderlands
2003

Shivers II
2003

Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection
2003

Corpse Blossoms
2005

Horror Library, Volume 3
2008

The Best of Cemetery Dance II
2008

Ruthless
2010

Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within
2010

Seeds of Fear
2011

What Fears Become
2011

Necro Files
2011

A Hacked-Up Holiday Massacre
2011

The Best Bizarro Fiction of the Decade
2012

Cut Corners Volume 1
2012

Walrus Tales
2012

Horror Express Volume Two
2012

Psychos
2012

After Death
2013

Shadow Masters
2013

Bleed
2013

Horror Library, Volume 5
2013

Turn Down the Lights
2013

Cemetery Dance: Issue 71
2014

The Gods of HP Lovecraft
2015

Horror Library, Volume 6
2017

D.O.A. III
2017

The Washingtonians
2018

Fantastic Tales of Terror
2018

The Horror Zine's Book of Ghost Stories
2020

Unnerving Magazine #15
2021

Horror Library, Volume 7
2022

Horror Library, Volume 8
2023

The Horror Zine's Book of Monster Stories
2024
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