Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson has written at least 141 books. Their most popular book is I Am Legend with 910 saves with an average rating of 3.93⭐.

Author Bio

Richard Matheson was born in Allendale, New Jersey, the son of Norwegian immigrant parents. He was raised in Brooklyn and starting writing at age eight. He graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1943. He served as an infantry soldier in World War II. He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1949. His first short story, "Born of Man and Woman," appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1950. Between 1950 and 1971, he wrote dozens of stories, frequently blending elements of science fiction, horror and fantasy. In 1951 he moved to California and became a screenwriter, writing episodes for The Twilight Zone, Lawman, and Star Trek, and screenplays for horror movies such as The Devil Rides Out and Steven Spielberg's Duel. During the 1950s he published a handful of Western stories. His autobiographical war novel The Beardless Warriors was published in 1960.

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Details	Rating	Readers Count
I Am Legend Richard Matheson	3.93	560 reads
Hell House Richard Matheson	3.32	100 reads
What Dreams May Come Richard Matheson	3.73	32 reads
A Stir of Echoes Richard Matheson	3.38	25 reads
The Shrinking Man Richard Matheson	3.61	12 reads
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories Richard Matheson	3.6	14 reads
The science fiction hall of fame	4.17	9 reads
Somewhere in Time Richard Matheson	3.59	11 reads
The Dark descent David G. Hartwell King, Stephen John Collier M. R. James Lucy Clifford Russell Kirk H. P. Lovecraft Shirley Jackson Harlan Ellison Nathaniel Hawthorne Ray Bradbury Michael Shea Edith Nesbit Karl Edward Wagner Robert Aickman Fritz Leiber Robert Bloch Charles L. Grant Manly Wade Wellman Disch, Thomas M. Theodore Sturgeon Clive Barker Edgar Allan Poe Charlotte Perkins Gilman William Faulkner Robert Hichens Richard Matheson Joanna Russ Dennis Etchison David Herbert Lawrence Tanith Lee Flannery O'Connor Ramsey Campbell Henry James Jr. Gene Wolfe Charles Dickens Joyce Carol Oates Walter De la Mare Ivan Turguenev Robert Chambers Oliver Onions Fitz-James O'Brien Ambrose Bierce Edith Wharton Algernon Blackwood Philip K. Dick Stephen King Thomas M. Disch D. H. Lawrence Gene Wolfe Robert W. Chambers Ambrose Bierce J. Sheridan Le Fanu	4.5	4 reads
The Best of Richard Matheson Richard Matheson	3.5	11 reads
Io sono leggenda Simona Fefè (Translator) Richard Matheson	3.83	10 reads
Duel Duel: Terror Stories by Richard Matheson Richard Matheson	3.67	3 reads
Eu Sou A Lenda Richard Matheson	3.6	10 reads
Road Rage Richard Matheson Stephen King Joe Hill	3.67	4 reads
Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror	3	3 reads
Other Kingdoms Richard Matheson	2	3 reads
The Incredible Shrinking Man Richard Matheson	3	4 reads
Road Rage Road Rage Richard Matheson	3.75	4 reads
The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories Tanith Lee Fritz Leiber Richard Matheson Robert Bloch Mary Elizabeth Braddon John William Polidori R. Chetwynd-Hayes August Derleth James Malcolm Rymer Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Charles L. Grant Clark Ashton Smith Robert Aickman Carl Jacobi Steve Rasnic Tem M.R. James Charles Beaumont E.F. Benson C.M. Kornbluth Manly Wade Wellman Algernon Blackwood Chelsea Quinn Yarbro F. Marion Crawford Ramsey Campbell P. Schuyler Miller C.L. Moore Suzy McKee Charnas Lord Byron J. Sheridan Le Fanu Bram Stoker	4	2 reads
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural	0	0 reads
Button, Button Button, Button: Uncanny Stories Richard Matheson	2.88	3 reads
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century	0	2 reads
7 Steps to Midnight 7 Steps to Midnight Richard Matheson	2.5	2 reads
Journal of the Gun Years Richard Matheson	4	1 read
Shadow on the Sun Richard Matheson	0	1 read
Twilight Zone: The Original Stories Richard Matheson Charles G. Waugh	4.67	3 reads
Weird Tales	0	1 read
Я - легенда Richard Matheson М. Панкратов (Translator)	3.5	2 reads
The Box: Uncanny Stories Richard Matheson	2.5	3 reads
The Box The Box Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
La casa infernal Richard Matheson	2	2 reads
Tre millimetri al giorno Richard Matheson	3	1 read
Omnibus of Science Fiction Omnibus of Science Fiction Alan E. Nourse Ralph Williams Raymond F. Jones Ray Bradbury Fredric Brown Lester del Rey Arthur C. Clarke David H. Keller Lewis Padgett Fletcher Pratt Damon Knight Mark Clifton L. Sprague de Camp Paul Ernst Murray Leinster Ross Rocklynne H.B. Fyfe Jack London Eric Frank Russell Theodore Sturgeon Ann Griffith Isaac Asimov James Blish Donald A. Wollheim A.E. van Vogt William Tenn Katherine Anne MacLean Jack Vance Anthony Boucher Richard Matheson André Maurois Wyman Guin Robert Abernathy Chester S. Geier A.J. Deutsch Russ Winterbotham W. Hilton-Young John Leimert Ralph Robin B.F. Ruby Will H. Gray H. P. Lovecraft John D. MacDonald	5	1 read
Hot Blood: Tales of Erotic Horror	3	1 read
Collected Stories Collected Stories Richard Matheson	2	1 read
Pesadilla a 20.000 pies y otros relatos insólitos y terroríficos Pesadilla a 20.000 pies y otros relatos insólitos y terroríficos Richard Matheson	3.5	2 reads
Bid Time Return Bid Time Return Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Midnight Under the Big Top Stephen King Joe Hill Neil Gaiman Kelley Armstrong Tananarive Due Lisa Morton Amanda C. Davis Nayad A. Monroe Ray Bradbury Norman Prentiss G.O. Clark Marge Simon Bruce Boston Robert Payne Cabeen David E. Cowen Alessandro Manzetti Christina Sng Stephanie M. Wytovich K.A. Opperman Ashley Dioses Terri Adamczyk Robert R. McCammon Richard Matheson Richard Chizmar Billy Chizmar Jeff Strand Amanda Downum Robert Brouhard Dominick Cancilla Heather Graham Josh Malerman	4	1 read
By the Gun Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Soy leyenda Richard Matheson	4	1 read
Tutti i racconti, Vol. 1 Richard Matheson	5	2 reads
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous	0	0 reads
I Am Legend and other stories I Am Legend and other stories Richard Matheson Robertson Dean	3.5	2 reads
Blood Thirst Richard Matheson Susan Casper Suzy McKee Charnas John Cheever F. Marion Crawford August Derleth Hanns Heinz Ewers Laura Anne Gilman Lafcadio Hearn M.R. James Fritz Leiber C.L. Moore Anne Rice Whitley Strieber Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Roger Zelazny Woody Allen Charles Beaumont E.F. Benson Algernon Blackwood Edward Bryant Leslie Roy Carter Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Fredric Brown Joyce Carol Oates Tanith Lee Stephen King	0	0 reads
Woman Woman Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Now You See It . . . Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Je suis une légende Richard Matheson	5	2 reads
Hunted past reason Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Ride the Nightmare Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Steel: And Other Stories Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
The Devil's Generation Ray Bradbury Henry Kuttner C.L. Moore Richard Matheson Robert Bloch August Derleth Robert Silverberg Anthony Boucher Clifford D. Simak Algernon Blackwood	0	0 reads
The Fiend in You The Fiend in You	0	0 reads
American Fantastic Tales American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now	0	1 read
Fantasex Nicoletta Vallorani (Translator) Ettore Mancino (Translator)	0	0 reads
The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories: Two Centuries of Great Stories with a Bite	0	0 reads
Beyond Belief	0	0 reads
The Monster Book Of Monsters	0	1 read
Laughing Space: An Anthology of Science Fiction Humor	3	1 read
Horror 7: Lo mejor del terror contemporáneo	0	0 reads
Vamps: Deadly Women of the Night	0	0 reads
65 Great Spine Chillers	4	1 read
Los mejores relatos de anticipación Lino Lope Bermejo (Translator) Miguel Giménez Sales (Translator) Jaime Piñeiro González (Translator)	0	0 reads
The Science fiction hall of fame	4	1 read
The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories Anne Serling-Sutton Charles Beaumont Lynn A. Venable Lewis Padgett Paul W. Fairman Jerome Bixby Manly Wade Wellman Damon Knight Price Day Ray Bradbury Malcolm Jameson Henry Slesar Ambrose Bierce	0	1 read
Steel and other stories Richard Matheson	0	1 read
The memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Richard Matheson's Hell House, Book 3 Simon Fraser Ian Edginton Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
I Am Legend Richard Matheson	4	1 read
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More Stories Not for the Nervous Ellis Peters Richard Matheson Henry Slesar Robert Arthur Lucille Fletcher Jack Ritchie Miriam Allen deFord Margaret St. Clair Allan Ullman Hal Dresner Idris Seabright Mike Marmer	0	0 reads
Legends of the gun years Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Fiends and Creatures Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Vincent Price: The Art of Fear Denis Meikle Richard Matheson Roger Corman	0	0 reads
I Am Legend Richard Matheson Manuel Figueroa (Translator)	5	1 read
Richard Matheson's I Am Legend Richard Matheson's I Am Legend Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Kolchak Kolchak: The Night Strangler Jeff Rice Richard Matheson	5	1 read
Collected Stories, Vol. 2 Collected Stories, Vol. 2 Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Collected Stories, Vol. 3 Collected Stories, Vol. 3 Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
The Night Strangler Jeff Rice Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Felices pesadillas: Los mejores relatos de terror aparecidos en Valdemar, 1987-2003 Charles Nodier Wilkie Collins Claude Vignon Ambrose Bierce Bram Stoker Guy de Maupassant Robert Louis Stevenson F. Marion Crawford Washington Irving Arthur Conan Doyle M.R. James W.W. Jacobs Arthur Quiller-Couch Arthur Machen Rudyard Kipling W.B. Yeats H. G. Wells E.F. Benson Honoré de Balzac William Hope Hodgson Horacio Quiroga Richard Barham Middleton Henry S. Whitehead Franz Kafka Robert E. Howard Richard Matheson Pilar Pedraza Alexandre Dumas Nathaniel Hawthorne Edgar Allan Poe Théophile Gautier Charles Dickens J. Sheridan Le Fanu Fitz-James O'Brien Hugh Harvey Saki H. P. Lovecraft	0	0 reads
Come Fygures, Come Shadowes Come Fygures, Come Shadowes Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Someone Is Bleeding Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
The Path: A New Look At Reality Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
The Gun Fight The Gun Fight Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
The Shores of Space Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Born of Man and Woman Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Shock II Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Shock III: 13 Electrifying Tales Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Shock Waves Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Shock! Shock! Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
Earthbound Earthbound: An Erotic Ghost Story Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
The Box e altri racconti Richard Matheson	4	1 read
Completely Doomed Completely Doomed Robert Bloch Richard Matheson David J. Schow	0	0 reads
Sunt o legendă Sunt o legendă Richard Matheson	4	1 read
A Treasury of American Horror Stories Michael Shea Robert Arthur Robert S. Phillips Suzette Haden Elgin John D. MacDonald Mary Elizabeth Counselman Robert Louis Stevenson Babette Rosmond Mark Twain Jeffrey Goddin Barry N. Malzberg Tom Reamy Joel Townsley Rogers Wardon Allan Curtis Raccoona Sheldon James Tiptree Jr. Carl Jacobi Harry Harrison Henderson Starke William F. Nolan Richard Wilson Isaac Asimov Frederik Pohl James MacCreigh Stephen Vincent Benét Algis Budrys Edwin L. Sabin Donald A. Wollheim Manly Wade Wellman Robert Adams Davis Grubb Zealia Bishop Bill Pronzini Nelson S. Bond Ardath Mayhar Jerome Bixby Whitley Strieber David H. Keller Stephen Grendon Sterling E. Lanier August Derleth Edward D. Hoch Richard Matheson John S. McFarland Robert Bloch H. P. Lovecraft	0	0 reads
Bienvenidos al Sabbath: Antología de relatos de satanismo y brujería Algernon Blackwood Erckmann-Chatrian Robert Louis Stevenson Pilar Pedraza Nathaniel Hawthorne E.F. Benson E. Hoffmann Price Joris-Karl Huysmans Richard Garnett Stephen Vincent Benét Robert E. Howard Robert Bloch Anatole France Vernon Lee Clive Barker Edward Gorey Henry S. Whitehead Richard Matheson Karl Edward Wagner H. P. Lovecraft	0	0 reads
Ben, Efsane Richard Matheson Özgen Berkol Doğan (translator)	4	1 read
Hell House Hell House: A Novel Richard Matheson	0	0 reads
The Dead That Walk: Flesh-Eating Stories Weston Ochse Robert E. Howard Joe R. Lansdale Kim Newman Yvonne Navarro Joe Hill Stephen King Richard Matheson Clive Barker Ramsey Campbell Michael Marshall Smith H. P. Lovecraft	0	0 reads
Olen legenda Olen legenda Richard Matheson Vuokko Aitosalo (Translator)	4	1 read
More of Christopher Lee's New Chamber of Horrors John Collier Ray Bradbury Dennis Wheatley Richard Matheson Algernon Blackwood Fritz Leiber H. P. Lovecraft	0	0 reads