Michael Richan

About Michael Richan Following in the footsteps of luminaries such as Stephen King and Clive Barker, the American novelist and writer Michael Richan is a world renowned author of horror fiction. Creating stories that resonate with his many reader from all across the globe, the novelist has written extensively, creating a large number of fictional works. Working for over thirty-five years and counting, he's made a name for himself throughout the industry as a highly inspired and creative writer.

The best place to start is the River Universe Reading Order series, the earliest of Michael Richan's multi-book series: it opens with The Bank of the River (2013) and runs to 30 books across 2013–2021, ending with Divertimento (2021). Michael Richan's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Michael Richan has 77 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2013 and 2024. 70 of them belong to 7 named series — the largest being the River Universe Reading Order series with 30 books — and 7 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. Michael Richan's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are River Universe Reading Order (2013–2021, 30 books), The River (2013–2021, 16 books) and The Downwinders (2014–2022, 11 books), plus 4 more.

This guide splits Michael Richan's 77 books into 7 named series and 7 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: River Universe Reading Order (30 books, 2013–2021); The River (16 books, 2013–2021); The Downwinders (11 books, 2014–2022); Dark River (5 books, 2015–2023); Mausoleum (3 books, 2020–2021), plus 2 further series.