Dark-Hunter Books in Order
Sherrilyn Kenyon has written 51 Dark-Hunter books, published between 1992 and 2022: 46 in the 4 main-line series and 5 related titles. The first book is The Wager (1992) and the newest main-line book is Shadow Fallen (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 51
- Published
- 1992–2022
- Confirmed
- 48 of 51 titles
- Pages on record
- 11,247 in 30 of 51 books
- Reading time
- 187–281 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,247 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 30 of 51 titles with a page count on record.
Dark-Hunter is Sherrilyn Kenyon's paranormal romance world, built on vampires, gods, goddesses and demons. Fifty-one books are catalogued between 1992 and 2022, and the run branches into Dream-Hunter, Lords of Avalon, the Deadman's Cross Trilogy, graphic novels and a Dark-Hunter Companion. Fantasy Lover and Night Pleasures both appeared in 2002, and Shadow Fallen (2022) is the most recent entry.
How many Dark-Hunter books are there?
Dark-Hunter has 51 books, released between 1992 and 2022. 46 of them belong to the 4 main-line series (Dark-Hunter, Dream-Hunter, Dark-Hunter: Deadman's Cross Trilogy and others), and 5 related titles sit outside it: graphic novels and companion books.
Dark-Hunter Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 51 Dark-Hunter 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.
- 11992544/4
- 22002964/4
- 320023074/4
- 42002–2/4
- 520023244/4
- 62003–2/4
- 720034084/4
- 820033614/4
- 92003–4/4
- 102004–4/4
- 1120043764/4
- 1220043714/4
- 132004–4/4
- 142005–4/4
- 1520053844/4
- 1620053684/4
- 172005–3/4
- 182006–4/4
- 1920063844/4
- 202007–3/4
- 212007–3/4
- 222007–4/4
- 2320072884/4
- 2420073654/4
- 252008–4/4
- 2620085444/4
- 2720083104/4
- 282008–3/4
- 2920092084/4
- 302009–4/4
- 3120093204/4
- 3220095124/4
- 332010–4/4
- 342010–4/4
- 352011–3/4
- 362011–2/4
- 3720113844/4
- 382011–4/4
- 3920123844/4
- 4020138374/4
- 4120145614/4
- 422014–4/4
- 4320144204/4
- 4420153434/4
- 4520163444/4
- 4620173844/4
- 472017–4/4
- 4820183204/4
- 4920186534/4
- 5020193494/4
- 5120222884/4
Do you have to read Dark-Hunter books in order?
You should read the 4 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 5 related titles (graphic novels and companion books) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Dark-Hunter book also stands alone.
What order should you read Dark-Hunter books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The Wager (1992), the earliest published book in the 4 main-line series. After it come Dragonswan (2002), Fantasy Lover / Julian of Macedon (2002), The Beginning (2002) and Night Pleasures (2002); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Dark-Hunter book?
Shadow Fallen (2022) is the newest book in the 4 main-line series.
Is there a new Dark-Hunter book coming?
No next Dark-Hunter book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Dark-Hunter at a glance
- Paused
- No new main-line Dark-Hunter title has appeared for 4 years. The last was Shadow Fallen (2022).
- Release pace
- Dark-Hunter books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 11,247 pages across the 30 of 51 books with a recorded length, a median of 366 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Dark-Hunter books, 31 of 51, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 43 of the 51 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 48 in at least three.
What the Dark-Hunter books are about
36 of the 51 Dark-Hunter 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 14 of 36. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Vampires 14 of 36 books
- Paranormal romance 12 of 36 books
- Fantasy 9 of 36 books
- Romance, fantasy 8 of 36 books
- Demonology 5 of 36 books
- Gods 5 of 36 books
- Good and evil 5 of 36 books
- Romance 5 of 36 books
- Comics & graphic novels, manga, fantasy 4 of 36 books
- Fantasy, paranormal 4 of 36 books
- Goddesses 4 of 36 books
- Supernatural 4 of 36 books
More books by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Sherrilyn Kenyon books in order 117 books