William Nolan

William Nolan is a renowned American author of western, science fiction, horror, fantasy, magical realism, literary fiction, and crime fiction novels. He has written several mind-blowing book series in his career, including The Black Mask series, The Kincaid series, The Logan series, and The Challis series. Some of his most notable works include Burnt Offerings, Trilogy of Terror, Logan's Run, etc.

The best place to start is the Max Brand Short Story Collections series, the earliest of William Nolan's multi-book series: it opens with The Village Street and Other Poems (1922) and runs to 28 books across 1922–2022, ending with Luck and a Horse (2022). William Nolan's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

William Nolan has 118 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1922 and 2026. 44 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Max Brand Short Story Collections series with 28 books — and 74 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. William Nolan's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Max Brand Short Story Collections (1922–2022, 28 books), Logan (1967–1980, 3 books) and Sam Space (1971–2010, 3 books), plus 2 more.

This guide splits William Nolan's 118 books into 6 named series and 74 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Max Brand Short Story Collections (28 books, 1922–2022); Logan's Run Graphic Novels (4 books, 2010–2019); The Black Mask Boys (4 books, 1985–1998); Logan (3 books, 1967–1980); Sam Space (3 books, 1971–2010), plus 1 further series.