L.A. Banks Books in Order
L.A. Banks has written 46 books, published between 1996 and 2011. The first book is Sundance (1996) and the newest is The Hidden Darkness #4 (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 46
- Published
- 1996–2011
- Confirmed
- 46 of 46 titles
- Pages on record
- 13,346 in 38 of 46 books
- Reading time
- 222–334 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,346 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 38 of 46 titles with a page count on record.
L.A. Banks has 46 books catalogued from 1996 to 2011, and the author is listed as likely complete. Sundance (1996) and Slow Burn (1997) are the earliest, followed by Love Lessons, Love Notes and Rivers of the Soul (2001), then Soul Food and Through the Storm (2002). Minion appeared in 2003. Series include Vampire Huntress, Crimson Moon, Betrayal of the Trust and Scarface. Vampires, werewolves, Damali Richards, African American women and women martial artists appear in the subject tags, along with romance, horror and paranormal fiction.
How many L.A. Banks books are there?
L.A. Banks has 46 books, released between 1996 and 2011. They include 5 separate series.
L.A. Banks Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 46 L.A. Banks 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.
- 119964093/4
- 219973153/4
- 320012883/4
- 420012883/4
- 520015163/4
- 620023173/4
- 720023773/4
- 820022653/4
- 920023193/4
- 1020033043/4
- 1120033063/4
- 1220043733/4
- 132004–3/4
- 1420043153/4
- 1520053043/4
- 1620054483/4
- 1720054973/4
- 1820053203/4
- 1920062373/4
- 2020063463/4
- 2120063113/4
- 2220061283/4
- 2320065443/4
- 2420064323/4
- 2520062883/4
- 2620073423/4
- 272007–3/4
- 2820072283/4
- 2920074003/4
- 3020074803/4
- 3120083583/4
- 3220083403/4
- 3320085123/4
- 3420082793/4
- 3520093523/4
- 3620093363/4
- 3720092923/4
- 4020103363/4
- 412010–3/4
- 4220104923/4
- 432011–3/4
- 4420113523/4
L.A. Banks characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
L.A. Banks 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.
L.A. Banks Standalone Novels
14 books14 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Vampire Huntress in order
13 books- 1. Minion
- 2. The Awakening
- 3. The Hunted
- 4. The Bitten
- 5. The Forbidden
- 6. Dawn and Darkness
- 7. The Damned
- 8. The Forsaken
- 9. The Wicked
- 10. The Cursed
- 11. The Darkness
- 12. The Shadows
- and 1 more in the table above
Crimson Moon in order
6 booksBetrayal of the Trust in order
4 booksVampire Huntress Graphic Novel in order
4 booksScarface in order
2 booksDark in order
2 booksVegas Bites Series in order
1 book- 1. Vegas Bites
Do you have to read L.A. Banks books in order?
You only need to read L.A. Banks books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read L.A. Banks books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Minion (2003), the first Vampire Huntress Legend book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Sundance (1996).
What is the newest L.A. Banks book?
The Hidden Darkness #4 (2011) is the newest L.A. Banks book released so far.
Is there a new L.A. Banks book coming?
No next L.A. Banks book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
L.A. Banks at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest L.A. Banks title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- L.A. Banks books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 13,346 pages across the 38 of 46 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most L.A. Banks books, 35 of 46, were published in the 2000s.
What the L.A. Banks books are about
37 of the 46 L.A. Banks books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: vampires is tagged on 17 of 37. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Vampires 17 of 37 books
- African Americans 15 of 37 books
- African American women 8 of 37 books
- Damali Richards (Fictitious character) 8 of 37 books
- Werewolves 6 of 37 books
- Women martial artists 6 of 37 books
- Fantasy 5 of 37 books
- Paranormal fiction 5 of 37 books
- Romance 5 of 37 books
- Horror 4 of 37 books
- Supernatural 4 of 37 books
- Suspense 4 of 37 books