Novels (and other fiction)

• The Corpse Next Door (Graphic Books, 1956) (as John Farris)
• The Body on the Beach (Bouregy & Curl, 1957, hc) (as Steve Brackeen)
• Baby Moll (Crest, 1958, pb) (as Steve Brackeen)
• Danger in My Blood (Crest, 1958, pb) (as Steve Brackeen)
• Harrison High (Rinehart & Co.,, 1959) (as John Farris)
• Delfina (Gold Medal, 1962, pb) (as Steve Brackeen)
• The Long Light of Dawn (Putnam, 1962) (as John Farris)
• Guardians, The (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964, hc) (as Steve Brackeen)
• King Windom (Trident, 1967) (as John Farris from here on)
• When Michael Calls (Trident, 1967)
• The Girl from Harrison High (Pocket Books, 1968, pb)
• The Captors (Trident, 1969)
• A Sudden Stillness (1970)
• Trouble at Harrison High, The (Pocket Books, 1970, pb)
• Shadow on Harrison High (Pocket Books, 1972, pb)
• Happy Anniversary, Harrison High (Pocket Books, 1973, pb)
• Crisis at Harrison High (Pocket Books, 1974, pb)
• Sharp Practice (Simon & Schuster, 1974)
• The Fury (Playboy Press, 1976)
• Bad Blood (1977)
• All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By (Playboy Press, 1977; published in the UK as Bad Blood)
• Shatter (W. H. Allen [UK] 1980) (true first)
• Catacombs (Delacorte, 1981)
• The Uninvited (Delacorte, 1982)
• Son of the Endless Night (1984)
• Minotaur (Tor, 1985, pb)
• Wildwood (Tor, 1986, pb)
• Nightfall (Tor, 1987, pb)
• Scare Tactics (1988)
• The Axeman Cometh (Tor, 1989, pb)
• Fiends (Dark Harvest, 1990 [limited edition])
• Demonios (1991)
• Sacrifice (Tor, 1994)
• Dragonfly (Tor/Forge, 1995)
• Soon She Will Be Gone (Tor/Forge, 1997)
• Solar Eclipse (Forge, 1999)
• The Fury and the Terror (2001)
• The Fury and the Power (2003)
• Phantom Nights' (2004)
• Elvisland (Babbage Press, 2004)
• Avenging Fury (2008)
• You Don't Scare Me (2007)
• High Bloods (2009)

Short stories

• "You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream"
• "The Ransome Women"
• "Story Time with the Bluefield Strangler"

Screenplays

• Dear Dead Delilah (1972)
• The Fury (1978)