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Jonathan Maberry is an American author writing on different genres including young adult fiction, mystery, short stories, horror, comic and fiction. Besides writing, he is also an editor, magazine feature writer, lecturer, content creator and anthropologist.
Order of Pine Deep Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Ghost Road Blues | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Dead Man's Song | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Bad Moon Rising | 2008 | Description / Buy |
Order of Pine Deep Short Stories/Novellas
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Darkness on the Edge of Town | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Long Way Home | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Trouble | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Mister Pockets | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Whistlin' Past the Graveyard | 2016 | Description / Buy |
Order of Joe Ledger Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Patient Zero | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Dragon Factory | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The King of Plagues | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Zero Tolerance | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Missing Files | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Assassin's Code | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Extinction Machine | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Code Zero | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Predator One | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Kill Switch | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Dogs of War | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Deep Silence | 2018 | Description / Buy |
Order of Joe Ledger Short Stories/Novellas
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Material Witness | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Special Ops | 2014 | Description / Buy |
Order of Joe Ledger Anthologies
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Unstoppable | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Secret Missions Volume One and Two | 2021 | Description / Buy |
Order of Benny Imura Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Rot & Ruin | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Dust & Decay | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Flesh & Bone | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Fire & Ash | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Bits & Pieces | 2015 | Description / Buy |
Order of Benny Imura Short Stories/Novellas
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Dead & Gone (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Tooth & Nail (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy |
Order of Benny Imura Collections
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Tales of the Rot & Ruin | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Dead of Night Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Dead of Night | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Fall of Night | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Still of Night | 2018 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Nightsiders Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Orphan Army | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Vault of Shadows | 2016 | Description / Buy |
Order of Deadlands Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Ghostwalkers | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Thunder Moon Rising | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Boneyard | 2017 | Description / Buy |
Order of Kagen The Damned Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Kagen the Damned | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Order of Broken Lands Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Broken Lands | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Lost Roads | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Order of Rogue Team International Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Rage | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Relentless | 2021 | Description / Buy |
Order of Limbus, Inc Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Limbus, Inc. | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Limbus, Inc. - Book II | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Limbus, Inc. - Book III | 2016 | Description / Buy |
Order of Marvel Universe Vs. Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Marvel Universe vs. the Punisher | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Marvel Universe vs. the Avengers | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Rot & Ruin Graphic Novels Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Rot & Ruin #1 | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Rot & Ruin #2 | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Rot & Ruin #3 | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Rot & Ruin #4 | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Rot & Ruin Warrior Smart | 2015 | Description / Buy |
Order of Sam Hunter Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Tales from the Fire Zone | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Beneath the Skin | 2016 | Description / Buy |
Order of SNAFU Anthology Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
2 | SNAFU: Wolves at the Door | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
3 | SNAFU: Future Warfare | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
4 | SNAFU: Unnatural Selection | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
5 | SNAFU: Black Ops | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
6 | SNAFU: Resurrection | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
7 | SNAFU: Last Stand | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
8 | SNAFU: Medivac | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
9 | SNAFU: Survival of the Fittest | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
10 | SNAFU: Hunters | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
11 | SNAFU: Holy War | 2021 | Description / Buy |
Order of V-Wars: Chronicles of the Vampire Wars Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | V-Wars | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Blood and Fire | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
3 | All of Us Monsters | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Night Terrors | 2015 | Description / Buy |
Order of The X-Files: Origins Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Devil's Advocate | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Agent of Chaos | 2017 | Description / Buy |
Order of Apocalypse Triptych Anthology Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The End is Nigh | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The End is Now | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The End Has Come | 2015 | Description / Buy |
Order of Jonathan Maberry Standalone Novels
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Wolfman | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Mars One | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Glimpse | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Ink | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Order of Jonathan Maberry Short Stories
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Wind Through the Fence | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Like Part of the Family | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Dark of Night | 2016 | Description / Buy |
Order of Jonathan Maberry Short Story Collections
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Possessed: Spine Tingling Tales from Ten Masters of Horror (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Empty Graves: Tales of the Living Dead | 2021 | Description / Buy |
Order of Jonathan Maberry Graphic Novels
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Marvel Zombies Return | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Black Panther: Power | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
3 | DoomWar | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Captain America: Hail Hydra | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Bad Blood | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Road of the Dead (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Pandemica: Jonathan Maberry (Short Story) | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Order of Jonathan Maberry Non-Fiction Books
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Vampire Universe | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Cryptopedia | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Zombie CSU | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
4 | THEY BITE! | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Wanted Undead or Alive | 2010 | Description / Buy |
Order of Aliens Collections
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume One | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Two | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Three | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Four | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Five | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Six | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Seven | 2018 | Description / Buy |
Order of Alliance Archives Role-Playing Universe Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Stories in Between: A Between Books Anthology | 2010 | Description / Buy |
Order of Oz Reimagined Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Dorothy Dreams (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Emeralds to Emeralds, Dust to Dust (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Boy Detective of Oz (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
4 | A Meeting in Oz (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Off to See the Emperor (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Cobbler of Oz | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Lost Girls of Oz (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Blown Away (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
9 | A Tornado of Dorothys (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
10 | The Veiled Shanghai (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Dead Blue (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
12 | The Great Zeppelin Heist of Oz (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Beyond the Naked Eye (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
14 | City So Bright (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
15 | One Flew Over the Rainbow (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy |
Order of The X-Files Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Goblins | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Whirlwind | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Ground Zero | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Ruins | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Antibodies | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Skin | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Fight the Future | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
8 | I Want to Believe | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
9 | X-Files: Trust No One | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
10 | X-Files: The Truth Is Out There | 2016 | Description / Buy |
Jonathan Maberry Anthologies
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Possessed: Spine Tingling Tales from Ten Masters of Horror | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Monster's Corner | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Triumph of The Walking Dead: Robert Kirkman's Zombie Epic on Page and Screen | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Before Plan 9 | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
6 | 21st Century Dead | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Appalachian Undead | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Oz Reimagined | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Four Summoner's Tales | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Mister October, Volume I: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
12 | The End is Nigh | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Dark Duets | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
14 | SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Out of Tune | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
16 | X-Files: Trust No One | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Horror 201: The Silver Scream Vol. 1 | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Horror Anthology 2015 | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
19 | X-Files: The Truth Is Out There | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
20 | New Blood | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Dark of Night - Flesh and Fire | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Out of Tune Book 2 | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Dread: A Head Full of Bad Dreams | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Urban Allies | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
25 | Scary Out There | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
26 | X-Files: Secret Agendas | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Horror Anthology 2016 | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
28 | SNAFU: Black Ops | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Aliens: Bug Hunt | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
30 | Dark Cities | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Nights of the Living Dead Anthology | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
32 | Unstoppable | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
33 | Hardboiled Horror | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
34 | My Favorite Story Podcast Author Anthology | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
35 | The Demons of King Solomon | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
36 | Robots vs. Fairies | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
37 | C.H.U.D. Lives! | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
38 | Don’t Turn Out the Lights | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
39 | Turning the Tied | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
40 | Aliens vs. Predators - AVP: Ultimate Prey | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
41 | Gilded Glass: Twisted Myths and Shattered Fairy Tales | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
42 | Classic Monsters Unleashed | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Maberry grew up in Kensington and attended Frankford before joining Temple University. Growing up in a harsh environment, he started training martial arts while he was six years old. This played a major role in inspiring his writing career kick which started in 1990. Maberry wrote on different martial arts topics including Ultimate Jujutsu, Judo and You and Ultimate Sparring. This made him recognized in International Martial Arts Hall of Fame later in 2003 and 2004 due to his writing on the topics. He has diverted to write on different genres in order to attract wide readership.
For the past two decades, Jonathan has been lecturing and guiding young writers on correct career choices. He currently resides in Del Mar, California together with his wife.
Jonathan Maberry Awards
Jonathan Maberry has won different awards in his diversified writing career. His first award was in 2003 when he was inducted in the Martial Arts Wall of Fame for his outstanding topics on martial arts. His first novel Ghost Road Blues’ was recognized by Bram Stocker Awards for being the best first novel. Since then he has scooped different Bram Stocker awards from different books and accomplishments. Maberry other awards include Dead Letter Award, Cybils Award, Melinda Awards and Eva Perry Medal.
Jonathan Maberry Books Turned Into Movies/TV
His work was adopted by Javier Marxuach in May 2010 in Department Zero television show. However the television show was later produced by ABC television. There are plans to produce different books to movies from Joe Ledger series.
Best Jonathan Maberry Books
The following is a review of three top novels by Maberry.
Ghost Road Blues: Ghost Road Blues is a Bram Stocker award winning novel under Pine Deep Trilogy.
The novel is based on a horror story featuring the struggle between residents of Pine Deep village and evil ghosts that appears to be everywhere they turn. The evil is believed to have been buried a long time but has now resurfaced. The villagers are marking thirty years since a serial killer caused a mass murder in Pine Deep village. Tourist are flocking the village to enjoy largest Halloween celebration in the country.
A month before Halloween, the ancient evil reappears and is now stronger than before. The villagers cannot hide from the evil since it is everywhere walking in the streets and having different faces. The struggle appears to be hard for the residents of Pine Deep village. Will they manage to reclaim their souls from the evil?
Rot and Ruin: This is the first book under Benny Imura series by Jonathan Maberry released on 2010. The book won Eva Perry Mock Printz medal and Cybils awards.
The science fiction story is based on the life of Benny Imura living in a zombie infested village. Every teenager is required to find a job on turning fifteen but Benny and his friend Chong are unable to find any job. The only option available is to become zombie hunter but Benny does not accept the offer. Chong becomes a hunter and Benny is left at home.
Benny has no option but to try his luck, he asks his elder brother Tom to guide him through. He later realise that zombies deserve respect just like the dead. While villagers continue to hunt for zombies on the spot, Benny and Tom develop a different view on zombies. In the end, Benny and Tom get reunited with their families before zombie infestation era. They are however forced to run away from their parents who have already been infested.
Patient Zero: The urban fantasy novel was released in 2009 and is the first book in Joe Ledger Series.
The main character is Joe Ledger who works as a Baltimore Detective. He has been recently been recruited by the government to help in secret investigation. This is after failure of Homeland Security fails to handle some security issues which expose the country to terror attack. This special group is named Department of Military science.
El Mujahid and his group create a viral disease that transforms people to zombies. Joe Ledger has a hard first assignment in preventing El Mujahid team from releasing the deadly weapon that will completely turn the whole population to zombies. Human life is at risk, will Ledger be able to save the human race from the deadly terror attack.
When Does The Next Jonathan Maberry book come out?
Jonathan Maberry doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is Kagen the Damned and was released on May, 10th 2022. It is the newest book in the Kagen The Damned Series.