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Vampire Huntress Legend Books in Order

L.A. Banks has written 13 Vampire Huntress Legend books, published between 2003 and 2009. The first book is Minion (2003) and the newest is The Thirteenth (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2003–2009
Confirmed
13 of 13 titles
Pages on record
4,683 in 12 of 13 books
Reading time
78–117 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,683 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

See all 13 books in order Printable Vampire Huntress Legend checklist

Vampire Huntress Legend is the entry for L.A. Banks's Vampire Huntress books, 13 titles published between 2003 and 2009. Subject tags name the fictitious character Damali Richards and list vampires, women martial artists, African American women, women in the performing arts, fantasy and horror. Minion (2003) comes first and The Thirteenth (2009) last. The Awakening, The Hunted, The Bitten, The Forbidden and The Wicked are other titles. The median book runs to 416 pages.

How many Vampire Huntress Legend books are there?

Vampire Huntress Legend has 13 books, released between 2003 and 2009.

Vampire Huntress Legend Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Vampire Huntress Legend 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 Minion by L.A. Banks, book 1 of the Vampire Huntress series (2003)
  2. Cover of The Awakening by L.A. Banks, book 2 of the Vampire Huntress series (2003)
  3. Cover of The Bitten by L.A. Banks, book 4 of the Vampire Huntress series (2005)
  4. Cover of The Forbidden by L.A. Banks, book 5 of the Vampire Huntress series (2005)
  5. Cover of The Damned by L.A. Banks, book 7 of the Vampire Huntress series (2006)
  6. Cover of The Forsaken by L.A. Banks, book 8 of the Vampire Huntress series (2006)
  7. Cover of The Wicked by L.A. Banks, book 9 of the Vampire Huntress series (2007)
  8. Cover of The Cursed by L.A. Banks, book 10 of the Vampire Huntress series (2007)
  9. Cover of The Darkness by L.A. Banks, book 11 of the Vampire Huntress series (2008)
  10. Cover of The Shadows by L.A. Banks, book 12 of the Vampire Huntress series (2008)
  11. Cover of The Thirteenth by L.A. Banks, book 13 of the Vampire Huntress series (2009)
  1. 1
    MinionVampire Huntress #12003 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003304
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  2. 2
    The AwakeningVampire Huntress #22003 · 306 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003306
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  3. 3
    The HuntedVampire Huntress #32004 · confirmed 3/4
    2004–
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  4. 4
    The BittenVampire Huntress #42005 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005448
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  5. 5
    The ForbiddenVampire Huntress #52005 · 497 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005497
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  6. 6
    Dawn and DarknessVampire Huntress #62006 · 128 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006128
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  7. 7
    The DamnedVampire Huntress #72006 · 544 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006544
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  8. 8
    The ForsakenVampire Huntress #82006 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006432
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  9. 9
    The WickedVampire Huntress #92007 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007400
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  10. 10
    The CursedVampire Huntress #102007 · 480 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007480
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  11. 11
    The DarknessVampire Huntress #112008 · 340 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008340
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  12. 12
    The ShadowsVampire Huntress #122008 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008512
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  13. 13
    The ThirteenthVampire Huntress #132009 · 292 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009292
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Do you have to read Vampire Huntress Legend books in order?

You should read the Vampire Huntress Legend books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Vampire Huntress Legend book also stands alone.

Where to start with Vampire Huntress Legend

Start with Minion (2003), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Vampire Huntress Legend book?

The Thirteenth (2009) is the newest Vampire Huntress Legend book released so far.

Is there a new Vampire Huntress Legend book coming?

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

Vampire Huntress Legend at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Vampire Huntress Legend title on record dates from 2009, 17 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Vampire Huntress Legend books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
4,683 pages across the 12 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 416 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Vampire Huntress Legend books, 13 of 13, were published in the 2000s.

What the Vampire Huntress Legend books are about

12 of the 13 Vampire Huntress Legend 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 12 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by L.A. Banks

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