===
The Saga of Larten Crepsley=== This is a four-book series covering 200 years in the life of Larten Crepsley, a vampire first introduced to readers in
The Saga of Darren Shan. •
Birth of a Killer. Released in the UK and US in October 2010. •
Ocean of Blood. Released in UK and US in April 2011. •
Palace of the Damned. Released in UK and US in September 2011. •
Brothers to the Death. Released in UK and US in April/May 2012. ===
The Saga of Darren Shan (also known as the
Cirque Du Freak series) === ====
Vampire Blood Trilogy==== •
Cirque Du Freak () • ''
The Vampire's Assistant'' (/) •
Tunnels of Blood () ====
Vampire Rites Trilogy==== •
Vampire Mountain () •
Trials of Death () •
The Vampire Prince ()
Vampire War Trilogy •
Hunters of the Dusk () •
Allies of the Night () •
Killers of the Dawn () ====
Vampire Destiny Trilogy==== •
The Lake of Souls () •
Lord of the Shadows () •
Sons of Destiny () ===
The Demonata=== •
Lord Loss •
Demon Thief •
Slawter •
Bec •
Blood Beast •
Demon Apocalypse • ''
Death's Shadow'' •
Wolf Island •
Dark Calling • ''
Hell's Heroes''
The City Trilogy The City Trilogy was written for adult readers and was originally released under O'Shaughnessy's own name. The third book was never published and the original versions are now
out of print. They were published by
Orion Publishing Group. However, in March 2008,
Ayuamarca was re-published as
Procession of the Dead (with substantial changes) by the Voyager imprint of
HarperCollins (O'Shaughnessy's children's publisher). ''Hell's Horizon
was released in March 2009 and City of the Snakes'' was released in March 2010. All three books are now also available in the US, as well as in several other countries. •
Ayuamarca – Renamed
Procession of the Dead – First published in the United Kingdom in February 1999 and later in Russia. Re-released in the UK in March 2008. • ''Hell's Horizon'' – Sequel to Ayuamarca. First published in the United Kingdom in February 2000. Re-released in March 2009. ===
Zom-B=== On 12 October 2011, it was announced that O'Shaughnessy's next series for teenagers under the name of
Darren Shan would focus on zombies, and that the title of the series was
Zom-B. There were twelve books in total. The first book was released in the UK and USA in late September 2012, and the last book was released in April 2016. •
Zom-B, released in the UK on 27 September 2012. •
Zom-B Underground, released in the UK on 3 January 2013. •
Zom-B City, released in the UK on 14 March 2013. •
Zom-B Angels, released in the UK on 20 June 2013. •
Zom-B Baby, released in the UK on 26 September 2013. •
Zom-B Gladiator, released in the UK on 2 January 2014. •
Zom-B Mission, released in the UK on 27 March 2014. •
Zom-B Clans, released in the UK on 3 July 2014. •
Zom-B Family, released in the UK on 25 September 2014. •
Zom-B Bride, released in the UK on 24 February 2015. •
Zom-B Fugitive, released in the UK in August 2015 •
Zom-B Goddess, released in the UK in April 2016 There were nine books released in total, making up three volumes when they were collected into omnibus editions.
Volume One •
Archibald Lox and the Bridge Between Worlds, released 1 April 2020. •
Archibald Lox and the Empress of Suanpan, released 1 April 2020. •
Archibald Lox and the Vote of Alignment, released 1 April 2020. •
Archibald Lox Volume One: The Missing Princess — collects the first three books in a single Volume, the way the story arc was originally written, released 31 October 2020.
Volume Two •
Archibald Lox and the Forgotten Crypt, released 1 July 2021. •
Archibald Lox and the Slides of Bon Repell, released 3 August 2021. •
Archibald Lox and the Rubicon Dictate, released 1 September 2021. •
Archibald Lox Volume Two: The Kidnapped Prince — collects books four through six in a single Volume, the way the story arc was originally written, released 1 November 2021.
Volume Three •
Archibald Lox and the Sinkhole to Hell released 31 May 2022. •
Archibald Lox and the Pick of Loxes, released 28 June 2022. •
Archibald Lox and the Legion of the Lost, released 26 July 2022. •
Archibald Lox Volume Three: The Exiled King — collects books seven through nine in a single Volume, the way the story arc was originally written, released 25 October 2022.
Stand-alone books Koyasan A short novel released for
World Book Day in the UK in 2006. The paperback edition is out of print, but it is available in ebook format through Kindle on Amazon stores worldwide. It has also been translated and released in several other countries. ====
The Thin Executioner==== A one-off novel,
The Thin Executioner was released in April 2010. Inspired in part by
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and based in a brutal, fantastical world, it details the perilous quest of Jebel, the thin and scrawny son of a respected executioner, to petition a fire god for invincibility, so that he can succeed his father. O'Shaughnessy has stated that this is his favourite out of all of the books he has written.
Lady of the Shades Lady of the Shades was released in the UK and Ireland on 30 August 2012. announcing that he would be publishing the rest of his adult books under this pen name in the future. •
The Evil and the Pure – released 2014. •
Sunburn – released 2015. •
An Other Place – released 2016. • ''Midsummer's Bottom'' – released 2018. •
Molls Like it Hot – released 2019. •
Father of the Future – released 2023.
Online short spin-off stories • "An Essay on Vampires" "by" Steve Leonard – book 1
tie-in story. • "Annie's Diary" – book 1 tie-in story. • "Tiny Terrors" – book 2 tie-in story. • "Transylvania Trek" – a short story "written" by Sam Grest. • "Shanta Claus" (only available at Christmas) • "Lonely Lefty" – book 3 tie-in story. • "Bride of Sam Grest" – another short story "written" by Sam Grest. • "An Affair of the Night" – book 5 tie-in story (should be read just before or after book 5).
Short stories • "Hagurosan" – Originally written for ''Kids' Night In''. • "Young Alan Moore" – Originally written for
Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman, a book written to celebrate the 50th birthday of
Alan Moore. • "The Good Ship Tree" – Originally written for the
Times Educational Supplement, and accepted. • "Life's a Beach" – Originally written for the
Times Educational Supplement, but rejected. • "Guyifesto—Who We Are" – Originally written for
Guys Write For Guys Read. (Play on words of "
manifesto") •
The Saga of Darren Shan tie-in short stories –
See above Unpublished books In July 2009, O'Shaughnessy revealed that he had written first drafts of 53 books in total. Most of those have now been published, although there are several which have yet to see the light of day, which he plans to release in the future, most probably under his
Darren Dash umbrella. There are also a few that will very likely never be published. O'Shaughnessy has not revealed details of any of his unpublished books, with two exceptions —
Mute Pursuit and
The Cannibal King: •
Mute Pursuit – A futuristic cross between
The Terminator and
Stephen King's
The Dark Tower; this was Shan's first completed book at age seventeen. •
The Cannibal King – This was originally going to be the 12th book of
The Saga of Darren Shan – book 11 was originally meant to be much longer, including elements from the first half of what became
Sons of Destiny.
The Cannibal King was never published because it was originally part of the planned 24-book Saga. Shan had planned to write 18—24 books for The Saga, with half of them taking place in the future wasteworld shown in Book 10,
The Lake of Souls. For reasons explained on his web site, Shan decided to end the series with
Sons of Destiny, which was written and released instead of
The Cannibal King. He never reveals anything that he wrote in this book, because there is a possibility that he might one day write a follow-up series to The Saga, which would take parts of this book as its starting point. ==Television and film==