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Rachel Caine Books in Order

63 books are credited to Rachel Caine, published between 1993 and 2025; 3 of them appeared after Rachel Caine's death in 2020. The first book is The Undead (1993) and the newest is Darkwater Lane (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Rachel Caine also publishes as Julie Fortune.

Books
63
Published
1993–2025
Confirmed
5 of 63 titles
Pages on record
9,182 in 29 of 63 books
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Photo of Rachel Caine, author

Rachel Caine was the pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad (April 27, 1962 to November 1, 2020), an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, suspense and horror. The catalogue lists 63 books under the Caine name, starting with The Undead (1993) and Cold Kiss (1995). Series include Weather Warden, Outcast Season, Morganville Vampires, Stillhouse Lake, Great Library, Red Letter Days and Revivalist. Subjects on file include vampires, weather control, jinn and university towns.

In the Great Library series, the Library of Alexandria still stands and holds power over all human knowledge, in a history where it was never destroyed by fire. Jess Brightwell, recruited into its service as a young book smuggler, uncovers secrets about how that power is used and has to decide whether to oppose it.

How many Rachel Caine books are there?

Rachel Caine has 63 books, released between 1993 and 2025. 3 of them were published after Rachel Caine's death in 2020. They include 7 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Rachel Caine Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 63 Rachel Caine 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 Cold Kiss by Rachel Caine, book 2 of the Undead series (1995)
  2. Cover of Ill Wind by Rachel Caine, book 1 of the Weather Warden series (2003)
  3. Cover of Exile, Texas by Rachel Caine (2003)
  4. Cover of Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine, book 3 of the Weather Warden series (2004)
  5. Cover of Devil's Bargain by Rachel Caine, book 1 of the Red Letter Days series (2005)
  6. Cover of Chill Factor by Rachel Caine, book 5 of the Weather Warden series (2005)
  7. Cover of Windfall by Rachel Caine, book 7 of the Weather Warden series (2005)
  8. Cover of Devil's Due by Rachel Caine, book 2 of the Red Letter Days series (2006)
  9. Cover of Firestorm by Rachel Caine, book 8 of the Weather Warden series (2006)
  10. Cover of The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine, book 2 of the Morganville Vampires series (2007)
  11. Cover of First Day of the Rest of Your Life (in Many Bloody Returns) by Rachel Caine (2007)
  12. Cover of Midnight Alley by Rachel Caine, book 4 of the Morganville Vampires series (2007)
  13. Cover of Thin Air by Rachel Caine, book 9 of the Weather Warden series (2007)
  14. Cover of Undone by Rachel Caine, book 1 of the Outcast Season series (2008)
  15. Cover of Feast of Fools by Rachel Caine, book 5 of the Morganville Vampires series (2008)
  16. Cover of Lord of Misrule by Rachel Caine, book 6 of the Morganville Vampires series (2008)
  17. Cover of Carpe Corpus by Rachel Caine, book 7 of the Morganville Vampires series (2009)
  18. Cover of Fade Out by Rachel Caine, book 8 of the Morganville Vampires series (2009)
  19. Cover of Cape Storm by Rachel Caine, book 12 of the Weather Warden series (2009)
  20. Cover of Unknown by Rachel Caine, book 2 of the Outcast Season series (2010)
  21. Cover of Kiss of Death by Rachel Caine, book 9 of the Morganville Vampires series (2010)
  22. Cover of Ghost Town by Rachel Caine, book 10 of the Morganville Vampires series (2010)
  23. Cover of Total Eclipse by Rachel Caine, book 13 of the Weather Warden series (2010)
  24. Cover of Working Stiff by Rachel Caine, book 1 of the Revivalist series (2011)
  1. 1
    The UndeadUndead #11993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  2. 2
    Cold KissUndead #21995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  3. 3
    Ill WindWeather Warden #12003 · 337 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003337
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  4. 4
    No Love LostWeather Warden #22003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  5. 5
    Exile, Texas2003 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003304
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  6. 6
    Heat StrokeWeather Warden #32004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  7. 7
    OasisWeather Warden #42004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  8. 8
    Devil's BargainRed Letter Days #12005 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005288
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  9. 9
    Chill FactorWeather Warden #52005 · 337 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005337
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  10. 10
    Midnight at Mart'sWeather Warden #62005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  11. 11
    WindfallWeather Warden #72005 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005352
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  12. 12
    Glass HousesMorganville Vampires #12006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  13. 13
    Devil's DueRed Letter Days #22006 · 191 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006191
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  14. 14
    FirestormWeather Warden #82006 · 303 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006303
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  15. 15
    The First Day Of The Rest Of Your LifeMorganville Vampires Short Stories #12007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  16. 16
    The Dead Girls' DanceMorganville Vampires #22007 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007248
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  17. 17
    First Day of the Rest of Your Life (in Many Bloody Returns)Morganville Vampires #32007 · 355 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007355
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  18. 18
    Midnight AlleyMorganville Vampires #42007 · 245 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007245
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  19. 19
    Thin AirWeather Warden #92007 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007320
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  20. 20
    Ladies' NightWeather Warden #102007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  21. 21
    Line of SightAthena Force #182007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  22. 22
    Stacked DeckAthena Force #222007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  23. 23
    UndoneOutcast Season #12008 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008320
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  24. 24
    Feast of FoolsMorganville Vampires #52008 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008256
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  25. 25
    Lord of MisruleMorganville Vampires #62008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  26. 26
    Gale ForceWeather Warden #112008 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008320
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  27. 27
    Carpe CorpusMorganville Vampires #72009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  28. 28
    Fade OutMorganville Vampires #82009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  29. 29
    Cape StormWeather Warden #122009 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009308
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  30. 30
    UnknownOutcast Season #22010 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010308
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Rachel Caine series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Rachel Caine books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Morganville Vampires books in order

18 books by Rachel Caine
  1. 1. Glass Houses
  2. 2. The Dead Girls' Dance
  3. 3. First Day of the Rest of Your Life (in Many Bloody Returns)
  4. 4. Midnight Alley
  5. 5. Feast of Fools
  6. 6. Lord of Misrule
  7. 7. Carpe Corpus
  8. 8. Fade Out
  9. 9. Kiss of Death
  10. 10. Ghost Town
  11. 11. Bite Club
  12. 12. Last Breath
  13. and 6 more in the table above

Weather Warden in order

13 books
  1. 1. Ill Wind
  2. 2. No Love Lost
  3. 3. Heat Stroke
  4. 4. Oasis
  5. 5. Chill Factor
  6. 6. Midnight at Mart's
  7. 7. Windfall
  8. 8. Firestorm
  9. 9. Thin Air
  10. 10. Ladies' Night
  11. 11. Gale Force
  12. 12. Cape Storm
  13. and 1 more in the table above

Great Library in order

5 books
  1. 1. Ink and Bone
  2. 2. Paper and Fire
  3. 3. Ash and Quill
  4. 4. Smoke and Iron
  5. 5. Sword and Pen

Outcast Season in order

4 books
  1. 1. Undone
  2. 2. Unknown
  3. 3. Unseen
  4. 4. Unbroken

Revivalist in order

3 books
  1. 1. Working Stiff
  2. 2. Two Weeks' Notice
  3. 3. Terminated

Undead in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Undead
  2. 2. Cold Kiss

Red Letter Days in order

2 books
  1. 1. Devil's Bargain
  2. 2. Devil's Due

Morganville Vampires Short Stories

2 books

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

Athena Force in order

2 books
  1. 18. Line of Sight
  2. 22. Stacked Deck

Dead Air in order

1 book
  1. 2. Dead Air: The Complete Season 1

Standalone books

3 books

3 Rachel Caine titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Rachel Caine books in order?

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

What order should you read Rachel Caine books in?

Read Rachel Caine one series at a time, each in its own publication order: Stillhouse Lake starts with Stillhouse Lake (2017) and Morganville Vampires starts with Glass Houses (2006). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Undead (1993).

What is the newest Rachel Caine book?

Darkwater Lane (2025) is the newest Rachel Caine book released so far.

Is there a new Rachel Caine book coming?

No next Rachel Caine 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 Rachel Caine has won

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

  • Solstice Award2020Won

Rachel Caine at a glance

Died
Rachel Caine died in 2020, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Rachel Caine are still being published after Rachel Caine's death in 2020; the newest appeared in 2025.
Release pace
Rachel Caine books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
9,182 pages across the 29 of 63 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Rachel Caine books, 29 of 63, were published in the 2010s.

What the Rachel Caine books are about

46 of the 63 Rachel Caine books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 20 of 46. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.