P. J. Night Books in Order
P. J. Night has written 28 books, published between 2011 and 2024. The first book is Truth or Dare (2011) and the newest is Best Friends Forever - GN (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 28
- Published
- 2011–2024
- Pages on record
- 1,304 in 9 of 28 books
P. J. Night is the author credited on You're Invited to a Creepover, a series of horror stories for younger readers. The catalogue lists 28 titles from 2011, when Truth or Dare, Ready for a Scare and The Show Must Go On! appeared, to Best Friends Forever - GN (2024). Sleepovers, middle schools, ghosts, monsters and curses appear among the subject headings. Don't Drink the Punch! (2012) and No Trick-or-Treating (2012) are among the other titles.
You're Invited to a Creepover features a different main character in each book, encountering strange events involving ghosts, curses, or other unexplained occurrences at sleepovers, school, or in the neighborhood. Each book stands alone but follows a similar structure of buildup, twists, and open endings.
How many P. J. Night books are there?
P. J. Night has 28 books, released between 2011 and 2024. 3 of them belong to the You're Invited to a Creepover series.
P. J. Night Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 28 P. J. Night 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.
- 12011–2/4
- 22011–2/4
- 3You Can't Come in Here2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 4Ready for a Scare2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 5There's Something Out There2011 · 149 pages · confirmed 1/420111491/4
- 62012–1/4
- 7Best Friends Forever2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 8Is She for Real2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 9Together Forever2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 10No Trick-or-Treating2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 11It's All Downhill from Here2012 · 132 pages · confirmed 1/420121321/4
- 12What a Doll2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 13Read It and Weep2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 14Off the Wall2013 · 141 pages · confirmed 1/420131411/4
- 15Home, Sweet Haunt2013 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/420131441/4
- 16The House Next Door2013 · 137 pages · confirmed 1/420131371/4
- 17Your Worst Nightmare2013 · 137 pages · confirmed 1/420131371/4
- 18The Ride of Your Life2014 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/420141441/4
- 19The Terror Behind the Mask2014 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420141601/4
- 20Will You Be My Friend2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 21Don't Move a Muscle2016 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420161601/4
- 22It Spells Z-O-M-B-I-E2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 23Truth or Dare - GN2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 24You Can't Come in Here - GN2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 25Ready for a Scare - GN2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 26The Show Must Go On - GN2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 27There's Something Out There - GN2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 28Best Friends Forever - GN2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
P. J. Night 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.
You're Invited to a Creepover in order
3 booksStandalone books
25 books25 P. J. Night titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read P. J. Night books in order?
You only need to read P. J. Night books in order within the You're Invited to a Creepover series, which holds 3 of the 28 P. J. Night books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with P. J. Night
Start with Truth or Dare (2011), the earliest published title.
What is the newest P. J. Night book?
Best Friends Forever - GN (2024) is the newest P. J. Night book released so far.
Is there a new P. J. Night book coming?
No next P. J. Night book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
P. J. Night at a glance
- Still publishing
- P. J. Night published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- P. J. Night books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,304 pages across the 9 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 144 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most P. J. Night books, 22 of 28, were published in the 2010s.
What the P. J. Night books are about
19 of the 28 P. J. Night 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 18 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 18 of 19 books
- Horror 13 of 19 books
- Sleepovers 7 of 19 books
- Friendship 5 of 19 books
- Middle schools 4 of 19 books
- Ghosts 3 of 19 books
- Interpersonal relations 3 of 19 books
- JUVENILE FICTION / Bedtime & Dreams 3 of 19 books






















