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Whitley Strieber Books in Order

Whitley Strieber has written 49 books, published between 1978 and 2026. The first book is The Wolfen (1978) and the newest is Transformation 2026 (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
49
Published
1978–2026
Pages on record
9,079 in 30 of 49 books
Reading time
151–227 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,079 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 30 of 49 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Whitley Strieber, author

Whitley Strieber, born Louis Whitley Strieber on June 13, 1945, is an American writer best known for the horror novels The Wolfen (1978) and The Hunger (1980) and for Communion, a non-fiction account of Strieber's reported encounters with non-human entities. Alongside fiction, Strieber promotes metaphysical ideas through bestselling non-fiction, the Unknown Country website and the Dreamland podcast. The catalogue holds 49 books, including Black Magic (1982), The Night Church (1983), Warday (1984), Cat Magic (1986) and Nature's End (1986), and runs to Transformation 2026. Communion, Hunger and Alien Hunter are the series, and UFOs, alien abduction and vampires appear in the subjects.

How many Whitley Strieber books are there?

Whitley Strieber has 49 books, released between 1978 and 2026. They include 3 series and 36 titles listed outside any series.

Whitley Strieber Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 49 Whitley Strieber 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 Black Magic by Whitley Strieber (1982)
  2. Cover of The Secret School by Whitley Strieber, book 1 of the Communion series (1984)
  3. Cover of Wolf of Shadows by Whitley Strieber (1985)
  4. Cover of Nature's End by Whitley Strieber (1986)
  5. Cover of Transformation by Whitley Strieber, book 3 of the Communion series (1988)
  6. Cover of Billy by Whitley Strieber (1990)
  7. Cover of The Wild by Whitley Strieber (1991)
  8. Cover of Unholy Fire by Whitley Strieber (1992)
  9. Cover of The Forbidden Zone by Whitley Strieber (1993)
  10. Cover of Breakthrough by Whitley Strieber, book 4 of the Communion series (1995)
  11. Cover of The Communion Letters by Whitley Strieber (1997)
  12. Cover of Confirmation by Whitley Strieber, book 5 of the Communion series (1998)
  13. Cover of The Coming Global Superstorm by Whitley Strieber (1999)
  14. Cover of Lilith's Dream by Whitley Strieber, book 3 of the Hunger series (2002)
  15. Cover of The Day After Tomorrow by Whitley Strieber (2004)
  16. Cover of The Grays by Whitley Strieber (2006)
  17. Cover of 2012 by Whitley Strieber (2007)
  18. Cover of Critical Mass by Whitley Strieber (2009)
  19. Cover of The Omega Point by Whitley Strieber (2010)
  20. Cover of Hybrids by Whitley Strieber (2011)
  21. Cover of Melody Burning by Whitley Strieber (2011)
  22. Cover of Underworld by Whitley Strieber, book 2 of the Alien Hunter series (2014)
  23. Cover of A New World by Whitley Strieber (2019)
  1. 1
    The Wolfen1978 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978252
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  2. 2
    The HungerHunger #11980 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980248
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  3. 3
    Black Magic1982 · 298 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982298
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  4. 4
    The Night Church1983 · confirmed 2/4
    1983–
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  5. 5
    The Secret SchoolCommunion #11984 · 245 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984245
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  6. 6
    Warday1984 · confirmed 2/4
    1984–
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  7. 7
    Wolf of Shadows1985 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985128
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  8. 8
    Evenings with Demons1986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
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  9. 9
    Cat MagicMacabre Ink Resurrected Horrors #41986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
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  10. 10
    Nature's End1986 · 418 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986418
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  11. 11
    CommunionCommunion #21987 · confirmed 2/4
    1987–
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  12. 12
    TransformationCommunion #31988 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988256
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  13. 13
    Majestic1989 · 317 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989317
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  14. 14
    Billy1990 · 317 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990317
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  15. 15
    The Wild1991 · 378 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991378
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  16. 16
    Unholy Fire1992 · 414 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992414
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  17. 17
    The Forbidden Zone1993 · 309 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993309
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  18. 18
    BreakthroughCommunion #41995 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995288
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  19. 19
    The Communion Letters1997 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997288
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  20. 20
    ConfirmationCommunion #51998 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998304
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  21. 21
    The Coming Global Superstorm1999 · 263 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999263
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  22. 22
    Nightman1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  23. 23
    The Last VampireHunger #22001 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001416
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  24. 24
    The Key2001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001–
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  25. 25
    Lilith's DreamHunger #32002 · 385 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002385
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  26. 26
    The path2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  27. 27
    The Day After Tomorrow2004 · 249 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004249
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  28. 28
    The Grays2006 · 335 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006335
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  29. 29
    20122007 · 376 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007376
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  30. 30
    Critical Mass2009 · 301 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009301
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Whitley Strieber series in order

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

Whitley Strieber 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.

Communion in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Secret School
  2. 2. Communion
  3. 3. Transformation
  4. 4. Breakthrough
  5. 5. Confirmation
  6. 6. Solving the Communion Enigma

Alien Hunter in order

3 books
  1. 1. Alien Hunter / Hunters
  2. 2. Underworld
  3. 3. The White House

Macabre Ink Resurrected Horrors in order

1 book
  1. 4. Cat Magic

Standalone books

36 books

36 Whitley Strieber titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Whitley Strieber books in order?

You only need to read Whitley Strieber books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Whitley Strieber

Start with The Hunger (1980), the first Hunger book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Wolfen (1978).

What is the newest Whitley Strieber book?

Transformation 2026 (2026) is the newest Whitley Strieber book released so far.

Is there a new Whitley Strieber book coming?

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

Award nominations for Whitley Strieber

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

  • World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction1987Shortlistedfor Pain

Whitley Strieber at a glance

Still publishing
Whitley Strieber published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Whitley Strieber books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
9,079 pages across the 30 of 49 books with a recorded length, a median of 301 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Whitley Strieber books, 16 of 49, were published in the 2010s.

What the Whitley Strieber books are about

30 of the 49 Whitley Strieber books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: human-alien encounters is tagged on 9 of 30. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.