Editing Judge Dredd (section)

===Novels===
From 1993 to 1995, [[Virgin Books]] published nine Judge Dredd novels. In August 2015, these novels were re-released as e-books.<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 August 2015|title=Judge Dredd Novels Hit Amazon|url=http://www.2000adonline.com/news/14-08-2015/judgedreddnovelshitamazon/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090527/http://www.2000adonline.com/news/14-08-2015/judgedreddnovelshitamazon/|archive-date=4 March 2016|website=2000adonline.com}}</ref> The books are:

* ''[[Deathmasques]]'' ([[Dave Stone]], August 1993 {{ISBN|0-352-32873-8}})
* ''[[The Savage Amusement]]'' ([[David Bishop (writer)|David Bishop]], August 1993 {{ISBN|0-352-32874-6}})
* ''[[Dreddlocked]]'' ([[Stephen Marley (writer)|Stephen Marley]], October 1993 {{ISBN|0-352-32875-4}})
* ''[[Cursed Earth Asylum]]'' ([[David Bishop (writer)|David Bishop]], December 1993 {{ISBN|0-352-32893-2}})
* ''[[The Medusa Seed]]'' ([[Dave Stone]], January 1994 {{ISBN|0-352-32895-9}})
* ''[[Dread Dominion]]'' ([[Stephen Marley (writer)|Stephen Marley]], May 1994 {{ISBN|0-352-32929-7}})
* ''[[The Hundredfold Problem]]'' ([[John Grant (author)|John Grant]], August 1994 {{ISBN|0-352-32942-4}}) (Re-released by BeWrite Books in 2003, rewritten as a non-Dredd novel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=specials&choice=hundred|title=BARNEY – prog zone|work=2000ad.org}}</ref>)
* ''[[Silencer (Judge Dredd novel)|Silencer]]'' ([[David Bishop (writer)|David Bishop]], November 1994 {{ISBN|0-352-32960-2}})
* ''[[Wetworks (Judge Dredd novel)|Wetworks]]'' ([[Dave Stone]], February 1995 {{ISBN|0-352-32975-0}})

Also in 1995, [[St. Martin's Press]] published two novelizations of [[Judge Dredd (film)|the film]]:<ref>The 2000 AD Links Project,{{cite web|title=Top Thrill of the Month: Judge Dredd: Necropolis|url=http://www.2000ad.nu/linksproject/index.php?zone=collector&page=dreddboo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516163232/http://www.2000ad.nu/linksproject/index.php?zone=collector&page=dreddboo|archive-date=16 May 2013|access-date=2011-07-31}}</ref>

* ''Judge Dredd'' ([[Neal Barrett Jr.]], June 1995 {{ISBN|0-312-95628-2}})
* ''Judge Dredd: The Junior Novelisation'' (Graham Marks, May 1995 {{ISBN|0-7522-0671-0}})

In 1997, Virgin published a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novel by Dave Stone which had originally been intended to feature Judge Dredd, called ''[[Burning Heart (novel)|Burning Heart]]''. However this idea was abandoned after the film was released, and Dredd was replaced by another character called Adjudicator Joseph Craator.<ref>[http://www.pagefillers.com/dwrg/burn.htm Doctor Who Ratings Guide]</ref>

From 2003 to 2007, [[Black Flame (publisher)|Black Flame]] published official ''2000 AD'' novels, including a new run of Judge Dredd novels. After Black Flame closed in 2007, Rebellion picked up the rights to their "2000 AD" titles in 2011, and began republishing them as [[e-books]]. Their nine Judge Dredd books are:

* ''[[Dredd Vs Death]]'' ([[Gordon Rennie]], October 2003 {{ISBN|1-84416-061-0}})
* ''[[Bad Moon Rising (Judge Dredd novel)|Bad Moon Rising]]'' ([[David Bishop (writer)|David Bishop]], June 2004 {{ISBN|1-84416-107-2}})
* ''[[Black Atlantic]]'' (Peter J. Evans & [[Simon Jowett]], June 2004 {{ISBN|1-84416-108-0}})
* ''[[Eclipse (Judge Dredd novel)|Eclipse]]'' ([[James Swallow]], August 2004 {{ISBN|1-84416-122-6}})
* ''[[Kingdom of the Blind]]'' ([[David Bishop (writer)|David Bishop]], November 2004 {{ISBN|1-84416-133-1}})
* ''[[The Final Cut (Judge Dredd novel)|The Final Cut]]'' ([[Matt Smith (comics editor)|Matt Smith]], February 2005 {{ISBN|1-84416-135-8}})
* ''[[Swine Fever (Cartmel novel)|Swine Fever]]'' ([[Andrew Cartmel]], May 2005 {{ISBN|1-84416-174-9}})
* ''[[Whiteout (Judge Dredd novel)|Whiteout]]'' ([[James Swallow]], September 2005 {{ISBN|1-84416-219-2}})
* ''[[Psykogeddon]]'' ([[Dave Stone]], January 2006 {{ISBN|1-84416-321-0}})

In July 2012, three of these novels – Gordon Rennie's ''Dredd Vs Death'', David Bishop's ''Kingdom of the Blind'', and Matt Smith's ''The Final Cut'' – were republished in a single paperback volume titled ''Dredd'', as a tie-in with [[Dredd|the 2012 film]] of the same title. ({{ISBN|9781781080771}})

In August 2012, Rebellion announced a new series of [[e-book]]s under the series title ''Judge Dredd: Year One'', about Dredd's first year as a judge (the stories in the comic strip having begun in his 20th year when he was already a veteran).<ref>{{cite web|title=2000 AD Online – Judge Dredd: Year One City Fathers|url=http://2000adonline.com/news/15-08-2012/judge_dredd_year_one_city_fathers/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101050803/http://2000adonline.com/news/15-08-2012/judge_dredd_year_one_city_fathers/|archive-date=1 January 2016|work=2000 AD Online}}</ref> All three stories were published by [[Abaddon Books]] in a paperback book called ''Judge Dredd Year One Omnibus'' in October 2014.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Judge Dredd Year One: Omnibus|isbn=978-1781082744|last1=Smith|first1=Matthew|last2=Carroll|first2=Michael|last3=Ewing|first3=Al|date=28 October 2014|publisher=Abaddon }}</ref>

* ''City Fathers'' ([[Matt Smith (comics editor)|Matthew Smith]], August 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rebellionstore.com/products/city_fathers|title=City Fathers by Matthew Smith|work=Rebellion Publishing Store}}</ref>
* ''The Cold Light of Day'' ([[Michael Carroll (comics)|Michael Carroll]], July 2014)
* ''Wear Iron'' ([[Al Ewing]], October 2014)

In 2016 and 2017, more e-books were published under the series title ''Judge Dredd: Year Two'':

* ''The Righteous Man'' (Michael Carroll, January 2016)
* ''Down and Out'' (Matthew Smith, September 2016)
* ''Alternative Facts'' ([[Cavan Scott]], October 2017)

In 2020, more e-books were published under the series title ''Judge Dredd: Year Three'':

* ''Fallen Angel'' (Michael Carroll)
* ''Machineries of Hate'' (Matthew Smith)
* ''Bitter Earth'' (Lauren Sills)

====Novels about related characters====
As well as novels starring Judge Dredd, there are other novels and novellas in the franchise about other characters. For a list of books about Anderson, see [[Judge Anderson#Novels]].

Michael Carroll wrote three novellas about Dredd's brother, [[Rico Dredd]], under the series title ''Rico Dredd: The Titan Years''. They were originally published as e-books, but the trilogy was published in an omnibus paperback volume by Abaddon Books in 2019.<ref>"Bad to the Bone" by Stephen Jewell, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #407, pp. 51-52</ref>
* ''The Third Law'' (June 2014)
* ''The Process of Elimination'' (October 2018)
* ''For I Have Sinned'' (March 2019)

Another series of books, collectively called ''Judges'', is about the first generation of judges, and are set six decades before Dredd's first stories to appear in the comic.<ref>''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #396, pp. 36–39</ref> The books, all published by Abaddon Books, are:
* ''The Avalanche'' (Michael Carroll, May 2018)
* ''When the Light Lay Still'' (Charles J. Eskew, August 2018)
* ''Lone Wolf'' ([[George Mann (writer)|George Mann]], January 2019)
* ''Golgotha'' (Michael Carroll, July 2019)
* ''Psyche'' ([[Maura McHugh]], January 2020)
* ''The Patriots'' (Joseph Elliott-Coleman, March 2020)
These six books were later republished in two omnibus volumes. A seventh book in the series was published in 2021:
* ''Necessary Evil'' (Michael Carroll, July 2021)

A trilogy about the [[Dark Judges]], ''The Fall of Deadworld'', was written by ''2000&nbsp;AD'''s editor, [[Matt Smith (comics editor)|Matt Smith]], and published by Abaddon Books:
* ''Red Mosquito'' (September 2019)
* ''Bone White Seeds'' (February 2020)
* ''Grey Flesh Flies'' (April 2020)
These were collected into an omnibus edition in June 2020.

A trilogy of novellas called ''The Apocalypse War'', all written by John Ware, was released in 2022:
* "Pack Instinct"
* "The World Will End Today"
* "The Bloody Fist of Justice"
These were collected in an omnibus edition called ''Apocalypse War Dossier''.

====Other books====
* ''Judge Fear's Big Day Out and Other Stories'' (2020), a collection of short stories by various writers which originally appeared in the ''Judge Dredd Megazine'', edited by Michael Carroll.