Morganville Vampires Books in Order

Rachel Caine has written 20 Morganville Vampires books, published between 2006 and 2016: 18 in the Morganville Vampires series and 2 related titles. The first book is Glass Houses (2006) and the newest main-line book is Midnight Bites (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
2006–2016
Pages on record
1,698 in 6 of 20 books

Morganville Vampires is a young adult vampire series by Rachel Caine set in a university town. Twenty catalogued entries run from Glass Houses (2006) to Midnight Bites (2016), taking in The Dead Girls' Dance (2007), Midnight Alley (2007) and Feast of Fools (2008). Short stories sit alongside the novels. The median entry runs 256 pages, and no new title has appeared since 2016.

How many Morganville Vampires books are there?

Morganville Vampires has 20 books, released between 2006 and 2016. 18 of them belong to the Morganville Vampires series, and 2 related titles sit outside it: short stories and novellas.

Morganville Vampires Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Morganville Vampires 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. 1
    Glass HousesMorganville Vampires #12006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006
  2. 2
    The First Day Of The Rest Of Your LifeMorganville Vampires Short Stories #12007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007
  3. 3
    The Dead Girls' DanceMorganville Vampires #22007 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007248
  4. 4
    First Day of the Rest of Your Life (in Many Bloody Returns)Morganville Vampires #32007 · 355 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007355
  5. 5
    Midnight AlleyMorganville Vampires #42007 · 245 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007245
  6. 6
    Feast of FoolsMorganville Vampires #52008 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008256
  7. 7
    Lord of MisruleMorganville Vampires #62008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008
  8. 8
    Carpe CorpusMorganville Vampires #72009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009
  9. 9
    Fade OutMorganville Vampires #82009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009
  10. 10
    Kiss of DeathMorganville Vampires #92010 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010256
  11. 11
    Ghost TownMorganville Vampires #102010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010
  12. 12
    AutomaticMorganville Vampires Short Stories #62011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011
  13. 13
    Bite ClubMorganville Vampires #112011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011
  14. 14
    Last BreathMorganville Vampires #122011 · 338 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011338
  15. 15
    Black DawnMorganville Vampires #132012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  16. 16
    Dark RidesMorganville Vampires #142012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  17. 17
    Bitter BloodMorganville Vampires #152012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  18. 18
    Fall of NightMorganville Vampires #162013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013
  19. 19
    DaylightersMorganville Vampires #172013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013
  20. 20
    Midnight BitesMorganville Vampires #182016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016

Do you have to read Morganville Vampires books in order?

You should read the Morganville Vampires series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 2 related titles (short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Morganville Vampires book also stands alone.

Where to start with Morganville Vampires

Start with Glass Houses (2006), the earliest published book in the Morganville Vampires series.

What is the newest Morganville Vampires book?

Midnight Bites (2016) is the newest book in the Morganville Vampires series.

Is there a new Morganville Vampires book coming?

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

Morganville Vampires at a glance

No recent titles
The newest main-line Morganville Vampires title on record is Midnight Bites (2016), 10 years ago.
Release pace
Morganville Vampires books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,698 pages across the 6 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Morganville Vampires books, 11 of 20, were published in the 2010s.

What the Morganville Vampires books are about

16 of the 20 Morganville Vampires 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 15 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Rachel Caine

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.