Charlie Huston

Charlie Huston is an American author best known for the writing of horror, crime fiction, and superhero comic books. The author likes to refer to himself as a pulp fiction rather than noir writer. He is best known for the Joe Pitt Casebooks, the Hank Thompson trilogy, several marvel comics and a series of popular single standing novels.

The best place to start is the Hank Thompson series, the earliest of Charlie Huston's multi-book series: it opens with Caught Stealing (2004) and runs to 3 books across 2004–2006, ending with A Dangerous Man (2006). Charlie Huston's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Charlie Huston has 50 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2004 and 2025. 42 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Joe Pitt series with 5 books — and 8 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Charlie Huston's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Hank Thompson (2004–2006, 3 books), Joe Pitt (2005–2009, 5 books) and Moon Knight (2007–2009, 5 books), plus 1 more.

This guide splits Charlie Huston's 50 books into 5 named series and 8 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Joe Pitt (5 books, 2005–2009); Moon Knight (5 books, 2007–2009); Hank Thompson (3 books, 2004–2006); Wolverine: The Best There Is (2 books, 2011–2012); Deadpool (27 books, 2008–2025).