The Vampire Diaries Books in Order
The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith contains 19 books, published between 1991 and 2014. The first book is The Awakening (1991) and the newest is Unmasked (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.
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- Books
- 19
- Published
- 1991–2014
- Pages on record
- 4,239 in 13 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 71–106 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,239 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 19 titles with a page count on record.
Vampires, brothers and teenage romance drive The Vampire Diaries, a horror series by L.J. Smith. The Awakening (1991) opens the run. Four continuation sequences - The Return, Stefan's Diaries, The Hunters and The Salvation - bring the total to 19 books, closing with Unmasked in 2014. The series is catalogued as complete.
How many The Vampire Diaries books are there?
The Vampire Diaries has 19 books, released between 1991 and 2014.
The Vampire Diaries Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 The Vampire Diaries 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.
- 119912722/4
- 219913042/4
- 319913042/4
- 419913112/4
- 520096082/4
- 620102372/4
- 72010–2/4
- 820114322/4
- 92011–2/4
- 1020113922/4
- 112011–2/4
- 122011–2/4
- 1320112412/4
- 142012–2/4
- 152012–2/4
- 1620122222/4
- 1720133062/4
- 1820133082/4
- 1920143022/4
The Vampire Diaries Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the The Vampire Diaries books run from The Awakening (1991) to Unmasked (2014), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for The Vampire Diaries in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read The Vampire Diaries books in order?
You should read the The Vampire Diaries books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each The Vampire Diaries book also stands alone.
What order should you read The Vampire Diaries books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The Awakening (1991), the earliest published title. After it come The Struggle (1991), The Fury (1991), Dark Reunion (1991) and Nightfall (2009); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the first Vampire Diaries book?
The Awakening (1991) is the first Vampire Diaries book, and the numbered table above starts with it.
What is the newest The Vampire Diaries book?
Unmasked (2014) is the newest The Vampire Diaries book released so far.
Is there a new The Vampire Diaries book coming?
No next The Vampire Diaries book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
The Vampire Diaries at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest The Vampire Diaries title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- The Vampire Diaries books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,239 pages across the 13 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most The Vampire Diaries books, 14 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
What the The Vampire Diaries books are about
All 19 The Vampire Diaries 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 19 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Vampires 19 of 19 books
- Children's fiction 12 of 19 books
- Horror 10 of 19 books
- Brothers 9 of 19 books
- Supernatural 6 of 19 books
- Interpersonal relations 5 of 19 books
- Love 5 of 19 books
- Man-woman relationships 5 of 19 books
- Teenage girls 3 of 19 books
- Teenage romance 3 of 19 books
More books by L.J. Smith
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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