Peter Haining books in order
British journalist and author
- Lived
- 1940–2007
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Books
- 76
Peter Haining published 15 novels, 2 novellas, 19 short story collections, 14 non-fiction books, 1 children's book and 25 other books, beginning with Gothic Tales of Terror (1972). The best-known is The Anatomy of Witchcraft (1972).
Updated September 2026
Where to start with Peter Haining
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The Anatomy of Witchcraft
Peter Haining's most-read book.
Standalone novels in order
The Hollywood Nightmare (1970)
A Circle of Witches (1971)
The Wild Night Company: Irish Stories of Fantasy and Horror (1971)
The Magic Valley Travellers (1974)
The Ancient Mysteries Reader (1975)
The Dracula Scrapbook (1976)
The Shilling Shockers (1978)
Greasepaint and Ghosts (1982)
Doctor Who (1983)
The Television Sherlock Holmes (1991)
Space Movies (1995)
The Vampire Hunter's Casebook (1997)
The Flying Sorcerers (1998)
The Mammoth Book of Armchair Detectives & Screen Crimes (1998)
The Classic Era of the American Pulp Magazines (2001)
Novellas in order
The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook (1973)
The Essential Seducer (1994)
Short story collections in order
Gothic Tales of Terror (1972)
The Unspeakable People (1974)
The Fantastic Pulps (1975)
Weird Tales, a Facsimile of the World's Most Famous Fantasy Magazine (1976)
Deadly Nightshade (1977)
The Second Book of Unknown Tales of Horror (1978)
Vampire (1985)
Lbw (1986)
Tales of Dungeons and Dragons (1986)
Irish Tales of Terror (1988)
Poltergeist (1988)
Murder on the Menu (1991)
Great Irish Detective Stories (1993)
The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1993)
Great Irish Tales of Horror (1995)
London After Midnight (1996)
The Orion Book of Murder (1996)
Wizards of Odd (1996)
Great Irish Stories of Childhood (1997)
Non-fiction in order
The Channel Islands (1974)
Mystery! (1977)
The H. G. Wells Scrapbook (1978)
The Leprechaun's Kingdom (1978)
The Mystery and Horrible Murders of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979)
Raquel Welch (1985)
Elvis in Private (1987)
Sweeney Todd (1997)
The Classic Era of Crime Fiction (2002)
The Flying Bomb War (2002)
Cannibal Killers (2006)
World's Most Evil Cults (2006)
A Secret History of Cults (2009)
Wrotten English (2011)
Children's books in order
Magician's Circle (2003)
Other books in order
Detours into the Macabre (1956)
Summoned from the Tomb (1966)
The Anatomy of Witchcraft (1972)
The Magicians; the Occult in Fact and Fiction (1973)
The Monster Makers (1974)
An Illustrated History of Witchcraft (1975)
Terror! (1976)
Ancient Mysteries (1977)
Art of Mystery and Detective Stories (1986)
Ghosts (1987)
James Bond (1987)
The Spitfire Log (1989)
A Dictionary of Ghosts (1993)
Masters of the Macabre (1993)
The Armchair Detective (1993)
Peter Cushing's Monster Movies (1994)
On the Case with Agatha Christie's "Poirot" (1995)
20 Stories Pulp Fictions (1996)
The Mammoth Book of Movie Detectives & Screen Crimes (1998)
The Walls of Illusion (1998)
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000)
A Slip of the Pen (2004)
Banzai Hunters (2006)
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (2007)
True Hauntings (2008)
About Peter Haining
Peter Alexander Haining was a British journalist, author and anthologist who lived and worked in Suffolk.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peter Haining FAQ
- How many books has Peter Haining written?
- Peter Haining published 15 novels, 2 novellas, 19 short story collections, 14 non-fiction books, 1 children's book and 25 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Peter Haining's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with The Anatomy of Witchcraft.
- What is Peter Haining's last book?
- A Secret History of Cults (2009).
- What is Peter Haining's most famous book?
- The Anatomy of Witchcraft (1972) is Peter Haining's most widely read book.
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.