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30 Days of Night Books in Order

30 Days of Night contains 6 books, published between 2005 and 2010. The first book is 30 Days of Night (Movie Novelization) (2005) and the newest is Fear of the Dark (2010). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2005–2010
Pages on record
954 in 3 of 6 books
Reading time
16–24 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 954 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

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30 Days of Night is a 6-book run of horror novels catalogued as media tie-ins, with vampires and film novelizations among the subjects. The run opens with 30 Days of Night (Movie Novelization) in 2005 and closes with Fear of the Dark in 2010, a year per book. Steve Niles and Jeffrey Mariotte are each credited on 4 of the books, and Tim Lebbon is credited on 2. The 30 Days of Night series is listed as likely complete.

How many 30 Days of Night books are there?

30 Days of Night has 6 books, released between 2005 and 2010.

30 Days of Night Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 30 Days of Night 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 30 Days of Night (Movie Novelization) by Tim Lebbon, book 1 of the 30 Days of Night series (2005)
  2. Cover of Eternal Damnation, book 4 of the 30 Days of Night series (2008)
  3. Cover of Light of Day, book 5 of the 30 Days of Night series (2009)
  4. Cover of Fear of the Dark by Tim Lebbon, book 6 of the 30 Days of Night series (2010)
  1. 1
    30 Days of Night (Movie Novelization)2005 · 325 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005325
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  2. 2
    Rumors of the Undead2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  3. 3
    Immortal Remains2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  4. 4
    Eternal Damnation2008 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008304
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  5. 5
    Light of Day2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  6. 6
    Fear of the Dark2010 · 325 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010325
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Do you have to read 30 Days of Night books in order?

You should read the 30 Days of Night books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each 30 Days of Night book also stands alone.

Where to start with 30 Days of Night

Start with 30 Days of Night (Movie Novelization) (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest 30 Days of Night book?

Fear of the Dark (2010) is the newest 30 Days of Night book released so far.

Is there a new 30 Days of Night book coming?

No next 30 Days of Night book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

30 Days of Night at a glance

No recent titles
The newest 30 Days of Night title on record dates from 2010, 16 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
30 Days of Night books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
954 pages across the 3 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 325 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most 30 Days of Night books, 5 of 6, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 6 titles, 4 are credited to Steve Niles, 4 to Jeffrey Mariotte and 2 to Tim Lebbon.

What the 30 Days of Night books are about

4 of the 6 30 Days of Night 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 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.