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Christopher Pike Books in Order

Christopher Pike has written 86 books, published between 1985 and 2015. The first book is Getting Even (1985) and the newest is Strange Girl (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
86
Published
1985–2015
Confirmed
77 of 86 titles
Pages on record
16,384 in 79 of 86 books
Reading time
273–410 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 16,384 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 79 of 86 titles with a page count on record.

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Christopher Pike is the pseudonym of Kevin Christopher McFadden, an American author born on November 12, 1955. Pike writes mystery-thrillers, supernatural horror and children's fiction, mostly for young adults, with some adult fiction too. The catalogue lists 86 books from Getting Even and Slumber Party (both 1985) to Strange Girl (2015), with Chain Letter (1986), The Tachyon Web (1986) and Spellbound (1988) among the early titles. Series include Spooksville, Last Vampire, Remember Me, Final Friends, Alosha, Chain Letter and Witch World, and vampires, monsters and witches all appear among the subjects.

Pike's books also include science fiction and noir alongside horror and suspense.

How many Christopher Pike books are there?

Christopher Pike has 86 books, released between 1985 and 2015. They include 7 series and 37 titles listed outside any series.

Christopher Pike Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 86 Christopher Pike books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Slumber Party by Christopher Pike (1985)
  2. Cover of Chain Letter by Christopher Pike, book 1 of the Chain Letter series (1986)
  3. Cover of Weekend by Christopher Pike (1986)
  4. Cover of The Dance by Christopher Pike, book 1 of the Final Friends series (1988)
  5. Cover of The Graduation by Christopher Pike, book 2 of the Final Friends series (1988)
  6. Cover of Last Act by Christopher Pike (1988)
  7. Cover of Spellbound by Christopher Pike (1988)
  8. Cover of Gimme a Kiss by Christopher Pike (1988)
  9. Cover of Remember Me by Christopher Pike, book 1 of the Remember Me series (1989)
  10. Cover of Scavenger Hunt by Christopher Pike (1989)
  11. Cover of Fall Into Darkness by Christopher Pike (1990)
  12. Cover of Witch by Christopher Pike (1990)
  13. Cover of See You Later by Christopher Pike (1990)
  14. Cover of The Party by Christopher Pike, book 3 of the Final Friends series (1991)
  15. Cover of Sati by Christopher Pike (1991)
  16. Cover of Whisper Of Death by Christopher Pike (1991)
  17. Cover of Bury Me Deep by Christopher Pike (1991)
  18. Cover of The Ancient Evil by Christopher Pike, book 2 of the Chain Letter series (1992)
  19. Cover of Master of Murder by Christopher Pike (1992)
  20. Cover of Monster by Christopher Pike (1992)
  21. Cover of The Immortal by Christopher Pike (1993)
  22. Cover of The Wicked Heart by Christopher Pike (1993)
  23. Cover of The Last Vampire by Christopher Pike, book 1 of the Last Vampire series (1994)
  24. Cover of Black Blood by Christopher Pike, book 2 of the Last Vampire series (1994)
  1. 1
    Getting Even1985 · 185 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1985185
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  2. 2
    Slumber Party1985 · confirmed 3/4
    1985–
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  3. 3
    Chain LetterChain Letter #11986 · 185 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1986185
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  4. 4
    Weekend1986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
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  5. 5
    The Tachyon Web1986 · 197 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1986197
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  6. 6
    The DanceFinal Friends #11988 · 226 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1988226
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  7. 7
    The GraduationFinal Friends #21988 · 238 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1988238
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  8. 8
    Last Act1988 · 226 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1988226
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  9. 9
    Spellbound1988 · 211 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1988211
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  10. 10
    Gimme a Kiss1988 · 160 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1988160
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  11. 11
    Remember MeRemember Me #11989 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1989240
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  12. 12
    Scavenger Hunt1989 · 215 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1989215
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  13. 13
    Fall Into Darkness1990 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990224
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  14. 14
    Witch1990 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990240
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  15. 15
    See You Later1990 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990240
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  16. 16
    The PartyFinal Friends #31991 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991224
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  17. 17
    Sati1991 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991256
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  18. 18
    Whisper Of Death1991 · 176 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991176
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  19. 19
    Die Softly1991 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991256
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  20. 20
    Bury Me Deep1991 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991224
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  21. 21
    The Ancient EvilChain Letter #21992 · 196 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992196
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  22. 22
    The Season of Passage1992 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992400
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  23. 23
    Master of Murder1992 · 198 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992198
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  24. 24
    Monster1992 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992240
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  25. 25
    The Eternal Enemy1993 · 180 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993180
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  26. 26
    Road to Nowhere1993 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993256
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  27. 27
    The Immortal1993 · 213 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993213
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  28. 28
    The Wicked Heart1993 · 244 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993244
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  29. 29
    The Last VampireLast Vampire #11994 · 176 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994176
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  30. 30
    Black BloodLast Vampire #21994 · 196 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994196
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Christopher Pike series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Christopher Pike books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Last Vampire in order

9 books
  1. 1. The Last Vampire
  2. 2. Black Blood
  3. 3. Red Dice
  4. 4. Phantom
  5. 5. Evil Thirst
  6. 6. Creatures of Forever
  7. 7. The Eternal Dawn
  8. 8. The Shadow of Death
  9. 9. The Sacred Veil

Final Friends in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Dance
  2. 2. The Graduation
  3. 3. The Party

Remember Me in order

3 books
  1. 1. Remember Me
  2. 2. The Return
  3. 3. The Last Story

Alosha in order

3 books
  1. 1. Alosha
  2. 2. The Shaktra
  3. 3. The Yanti

Chain Letter in order

2 books
  1. 1. Chain Letter
  2. 2. The Ancient Evil

Publication Order of's Tales of Terror Collections

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Witch World in order

2 books
  1. 1. Witch World / Red Queen
  2. 2. Black Knight

Standalone books

37 books

37 Christopher Pike titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Christopher Pike books in order?

You only need to read Christopher Pike books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Christopher Pike

Start with The Secret Path (1995), the first Spooksville book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Getting Even (1985).

What is the newest Christopher Pike book?

Strange Girl (2015) is the newest Christopher Pike book released so far.

Is there a new Christopher Pike book coming?

No next Christopher Pike book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Christopher Pike has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Christopher Pike. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Young-Adult Novel1996Won

Christopher Pike at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Christopher Pike title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Christopher Pike books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
16,384 pages across the 79 of 86 books with a recorded length, a median of 197 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Christopher Pike books, 62 of 86, were published in the 1990s.

What the Christopher Pike books are about

84 of the 86 Christopher Pike books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 64 of 84. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.