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Night World Books in Order

Night World by L.J. Smith contains 10 books, published between 1996 and 2009: 9 in the Night World series and 1 related title. The first book is Secret Vampire / Night World (1996) and the newest main-line book is Witchlight (1998). Publication order is the reading order below.

Also searched as The Night World.

Books
10
Published
1996–2009
Pages on record
1,991 in 9 of 10 books
Reading time
33–50 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,991 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

See all 10 books in order Printable Night World checklist

Night World is a young adult horror series by L.J. Smith, built on vampires, witches and angels. Nine novels appeared between 1996 and 1998: Secret Vampire, also published as Night World (1996), Daughters of Darkness (1996), Dark Angel (1996), Spellbinder (1996), Black Dawn (1997), Huntress (1997), Soulmate (1997), The Chosen (1997) and Witchlight (1998). Night World: The Ultimate Fan Guide followed in 2009, making ten titles in all. Love, the supernatural and horror stories are the subject headings.

How many Night World books are there?

Night World has 10 books, released between 1996 and 2009. 9 of them belong to the Night World series, and 1 related title sit outside it: companion books.

Night World Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Night World 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 Secret Vampire / Night World by L.J. Smith, book 1 of the Night World series (1996)
  2. Cover of Daughters of Darkness by L.J. Smith, book 2 of the Night World series (1996)
  3. Cover of Dark Angel by L.J. Smith, book 4 of the Night World series (1996)
  4. Cover of The Chosen by L.J. Smith, book 5 of the Night World series (1997)
  5. Cover of Soulmate by L.J. Smith, book 6 of the Night World series (1997)
  6. Cover of Huntress by L.J. Smith, book 7 of the Night World series (1997)
  7. Cover of Black Dawn by L.J. Smith, book 8 of the Night World series (1997)
  8. Cover of Witchlight by L.J. Smith, book 9 of the Night World series (1998)
  9. Cover of Night World: The Ultimate Fan Guide by L.J. Smith, book 1 of the Night World Companion series (2009)
  1. 1
    Secret Vampire / Night WorldNight World #11996 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996228
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  2. 2
    Daughters of DarknessNight World #21996 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996228
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  3. 3
    SpellbinderNight World #31996 · 227 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996227
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Dark AngelNight World #41996 · 209 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996209
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The ChosenNight World #51997 · 211 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997211
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  6. 6
    SoulmateNight World #61997 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997208
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    HuntressNight World #71997 · 226 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997226
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Black DawnNight World #81997 · 227 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997227
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    WitchlightNight World #91998 · 227 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998227
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  10. 10
    Night World: The Ultimate Fan GuideNight World Companion #12009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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Do you have to read Night World books in order?

You should read the Night World series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (companion books) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Night World book also stands alone.

Where to start with Night World

Start with Secret Vampire / Night World (1996), the earliest published book in the Night World series.

What is the newest Night World book?

Witchlight (1998) is the newest book in the Night World series. The newest related title is Night World: The Ultimate Fan Guide (2009).

Is there a new Night World book coming?

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

Night World at a glance

No recent titles
The newest main-line Night World title on record is Witchlight (1998), 28 years ago. Related titles have appeared since.
Release pace
Night World books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,991 pages across the 9 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 227 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Night World books, 9 of 10, were published in the 1990s.

What the Night World books are about

All 10 Night World books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: horror is tagged on 9 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Horror 9 of 10 books
  • Vampires 7 of 10 books
  • Children's fiction 4 of 10 books
  • Horror & Ghost Stories 3 of 10 books
  • Love 3 of 10 books
  • Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12) 2 of 10 books
  • Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9) 2 of 10 books
  • Witches 2 of 10 books

More books by L.J. Smith

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