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Before he created Lecter, Harris wrote two excellent standalone thrillers that are often forgotten in the shadow of the cannibal. These are proof that he didn't need Lecter to be great.

Critics noted that Harris’s prose is still beautiful—he writes Florida heat and humidity like nobody else. However, many felt the plot was undercooked and the villain (Schneider) was a pale imitation of Lecter.

[11, 22]. By placing a cannibalistic doctor at the center of his universe, Harris forces readers to confront the idea that evil is not just found in the "other," but can be sophisticated, educated, and deeply intertwined with the institutions meant to protect us [17, 22]. Will Graham Thomas Harris Books

The series follows the brilliant, cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Readers can enjoy the series in the order they were written or chronologically by the story's timeline. Publication Order Chronological Story Order Red Dragon Hannibal Rising (Prequel) The Silence of the Lambs Red Dragon The Silence of the Lambs Hannibal Rising Red Dragon (1981)

: Harris's most famous work, where FBI trainee Clarice Starling seeks Lecter's help to catch the serial killer "Buffalo Bill". Before he created Lecter, Harris wrote two excellent

Set in Miami, the story follows Cari Mora, a Colombian caretaker who survived the horrors of the drug wars. She is watching a mansion that sits above a hidden cache of gold. A vicious, obsessive, and sexually perverse killer named Hans-Peter Schneider (a rich German art dealer) wants the gold. The novel becomes a cat-and-mouse game between Mora and Schneider.

The masterpiece. The book that sold millions, won the author an unprecedented amount of acclaim (including the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel), and became only the third novel in history to win the Anthony Award for Best Novel. However, many felt the plot was undercooked and

For hardcore fans only. It proves Harris is still capable of beautiful writing, but it lacks the spark of Red Dragon or Lambs .

Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane