I discovered Richard Laymon in the late 80’s. A great writer, great stories, sometimes a little rappey. He became mildly successful in the US late in his career. He died young, at the age of 54 in 2001. Most of his success came from the UK.
The five best ever Laymon books, in my opinion are:
I have read most of his books but not all.
ORDER OF BEAST HOUSE CHRONICLES SERIES
#
Title
Published
1
The Cellar
1980
2
The Beast House
1984
3
The Midnight Tour
1998
4
Friday Night in Beast House
2001
ORDER OF RICHARD LAYMON STANDALONE NOVELS
#
Title
Published
1
Your Secret Admirer (As: Carl Laymon)
1980
2
The Woods Are Dark
1981
3
Out Are the Lights
1982
4
Nightmare Lake (As: Carl Laymon)
1983
5
Night Show
1984
6
Dawson’s City
1984
7
Beware
1985
8
Allhallow’s Eve
1985
9
Night Creature
1986
10
Dark Mountain / Tread Softly (As: Richard Kelly)
1987
11
Thin Air
1987
12
Flesh
1987
13
Resurrection Dreams
1988
14
Midnight’s Lair (As: Richard Kelly)
1988
15
Funland
1989
16
The Stake
1990
17
One Rainy Night
1990
18
Darkness, Tell Us
1991
19
Island
1991
20
Blood Games
1992
21
Alarums
1992
22
Savage
1993
23
Endless Night
1993
24
In the Dark
1994
25
Quake
1995
26
Body Rides
1996
27
Bite
1996
28
After Midnight
1998
29
The Wilds (Short Story)
1998
30
Cuts
1999
31
Among the Missing
1999
32
Come Out Tonight
1999
33
The Traveling Vampire Show
2000
34
Once Upon a Halloween
2000
35
No Sanctuary
2001
36
Night in the Lonesome October
2001
37
Amara / To Wake The Dead
2003
38
The Lake
2004
39
The Glory Bus / Into the Fire
2005
ORDER OF RICHARD LAYMON SHORT STORIES/NOVELLAS
#
Title
Published
1
Shootout at Joe’s (Short Story)
1984
2
Cardiac Arrest (Short Story)
1984
3
Intruder (Short Story)
1984
4
Caller (Short Story)
1985
5
Night Ride
1985
6
Night Games (Short Story)
1985
7
Guts
1985
8
The Cobra
1985
9
Last Hand
1985
10
The Hearse (Short Story)
1985
11
Lonely One (Short Story)
1985
12
Live Bait (Short Story)
1985
13
Marathon
1985
14
The Return (Short Story)
1986
15
Beginner’s Luck
1986
16
Halloween Hunt
1986
17
The Halloween Mouse (Short Story)
2001
ORDER OF RICHARD LAYMON SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
#
Title
Published
1
A Good, Secret Place
1992
2
Fiends
1997
3
A Writer’s Tale
1998
4
Dreadful Tales
2000
5
Madman Stan and Other Stories
2004
6
Short Stories: The Mystery and Men’s Magazines (Short Story)
2014
ORDER OF WORLD’S FINEST MYSTERY AND CRIME STORIES SERIES
ORDER OF HOT BLOOD SERIES
#
Title
Published
1
Hot Blood
1989
2
Hotter Blood: More Tales of Erotic Horror
1991
3
Hottest Blood
1993
4
Deadly After Dark
1994
5
Seeds of Fear
1995
6
Stranger by Night
1995
7
Fear the Fever
1996
8
Kiss and Kill
1997
9
Crimes of Passion
1997
10
Hot Blood X
1998
11
Fatal Attractions
2003
12
Strange Bedfellows
2004
13
Dark Passions
2007
ORDER OF DARK DELICACIES SERIES
#
Title
Published
1
Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre by the World’s Greatest Horror Writers
2005
2
Dark Delicacies II: Fear
2007
3
Dark Delicacies III: Haunted
2009
RICHARD LAYMON ANTHOLOGIES
#
Title
Published
1
Triage
1990
2
Hotter Blood: More Tales of Erotic Horror
1991
3
Ten Tales
1994
4
Grave Tales
2000
5
October Dreams
2000
6
The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2
2000
7
The Children of Cthulhu: Chilling New Tales Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft
I discovered Richard Laymon in the late 80’s. A great writer, great stories, sometimes a little rappey. He became mildly successful in the US late in his career. He died young, at the age of 54 in 2001. Most of his success came from the UK. 
