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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Books in Order

Buffy the Vampire Slayer contains 52 books, published between 1992 and 2015. The first book is Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) and the newest is Demons of the Hellmouth: A Guide for Slayers (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
52
Published
1992–2015
Confirmed
46 of 52 titles
Pages on record
10,470 in 42 of 52 books
Reading time
175–262 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,470 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 42 of 52 titles with a page count on record.

See all 52 books in order Printable Buffy the Vampire Slayer checklist

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a run of 52 television tie-in books, novels and comics published between 1992 and 2015. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), credited to Richie Tankersley Cusick, opens the run, and Halloween Rain (1997) and Coyote Moon (1997) followed. Many writers are credited: Nancy Holder on 12 books, Christopher Golden on 7, Jim Pascoe and Tom Fassbender on 6 each, and Michelle Sagara West and Yvonne Navarro on 4 each, with smaller numbers of credits for others such as John Vornholt, Mel Odom and Joss Whedon. Demons of the Hellmouth: A Guide for Slayers (2015) is the newest entry. Vampires, horror and the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television program are recorded subjects.

How many Buffy the Vampire Slayer books are there?

Buffy the Vampire Slayer has 52 books, released between 1992 and 2015.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 52 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 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 Autumnal, book 1 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (2001)
  2. Cover of Coyote Moon by John Vornholt, book 2 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (1997)
  3. Cover of Out of the Woodwork, book 2 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (2002)
  4. Cover of Halloween Rain by Nancy Holder, book 3 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (1997)
  5. Cover of Creatures of Habit, book 3 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (2002)
  6. Cover of Night of the Living Rerun by Arthur Byron Cover, book 4 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (1998)
  7. Cover of False Memories, book 4 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (2002)
  8. Cover of Blooded by Nancy Holder, book 5 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (1998)
  9. Cover of Ugly Little Monsters, book 5 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (2002)
  10. Cover of Return to Chaos by Craig Shaw Gardner, book 7 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (1998)
  11. Cover of The Monster Book, book 10 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (1999)
  12. Cover of Resurrecting Ravana by Ray Garton, book 14 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (1999)
  13. Cover of The Sunnydale High Yearbook by Nancy Holder, book 16 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (1999)
  14. Cover of Power of Persuasion by Elizabeth Massie, book 17 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (1999)
  15. Cover of Deep Water, book 19 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (2000)
  16. Cover of The Harvest by Richie Tankersley Cusick, book 20 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (2000)
  17. Cover of How I Survived My Summer Vacation, book 22 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (2000)
  18. Cover of The Willow Files, Vol. 2, book 24 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (2001)
  19. Cover of Tempted Champions by Yvonne Navarro, book 26 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (2001)
  20. Cover of The Watcher's Guides by Nancy Holder, book 28 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (2001)
  21. Cover of Ghoul Trouble by John Passarella, book 30 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (2002)
  22. Cover of Oz: Into the Wild by Christopher Golden, book 31 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (2002)
  23. Cover of Crossings by Mel Odom, book 32 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (2002)
  24. Cover of The Wisdom of War by Christopher Golden, book 33 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series (2002)
  1. 1
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer1992 · 183 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992183
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  2. 1
    Autumnal2001 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200180
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  3. 2
    Coyote Moon1997 · 164 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997164
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  4. 2
    Out of the Woodwork2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  5. 3
    Halloween Rain1997 · 162 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997162
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  6. 3
    Creatures of Habit2002 · 122 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002122
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  7. 4
    Night of the Living Rerun1998 · 178 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998178
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  8. 4
    False Memories2002 · 100 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002100
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  9. 5
    Blooded1998 · 276 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998276
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  10. 5
    Ugly Little Monsters2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  11. 6
    Child of the Hunt1998 · 324 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998324
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  12. 6
    The Death of Buffy2002 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002120
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  13. 7
    Return to Chaos1998 · 293 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998293
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  14. 8
    Out of the Madhouse1999 · confirmed 3/4
    1999–
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  15. 9
    Visitors1999 · 163 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999163
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  16. 10
    The Monster Book1999 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999384
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  17. 11
    Immortal1999 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999192
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  18. 12
    Sins of the Father1999 · 289 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999289
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  19. 13
    Unnatural Selection1999 · 210 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999210
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  20. 14
    Resurrecting Ravana1999 · 305 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999305
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  21. 15
    Ghost Roads1999 · confirmed 3/4
    1999–
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  22. 16
    The Sunnydale High Yearbook1999 · 89 pages · confirmed 3/4
    199989
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  23. 17
    Power of Persuasion1999 · 198 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999198
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  24. 18
    The Willow Files, Vol. 11999 · 196 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999196
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  25. 19
    Deep Water2000 · 178 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000178
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  26. 20
    The Harvest2000 · 146 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000146
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  27. 21
    The Evil That Men Do2000 · confirmed 3/4
    2000–
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  28. 22
    How I Survived My Summer Vacation2000 · 276 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000276
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  29. 23
    Spike and Dru2000 · 353 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000353
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  30. 24
    The Willow Files, Vol. 22001 · 210 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001210
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Where to start with Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Start with Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Buffy the Vampire Slayer book?

Demons of the Hellmouth: A Guide for Slayers (2015) is the newest Buffy the Vampire Slayer book released so far.

Is there a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer book coming?

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

Buffy the Vampire Slayer at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Buffy the Vampire Slayer title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Buffy the Vampire Slayer books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
10,470 pages across the 42 of 52 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Buffy the Vampire Slayer books, 33 of 52, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 52 titles, 12 are credited to Nancy Holder, 7 to Christopher Golden, 6 to Jim Pascoe and 6 to Tom Fassbender. A further 27 writers are credited.

What the Buffy the Vampire Slayer books are about

39 of the 52 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 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 33 of 39. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.