Halloween Books in Order
Halloween contains 10 books, published between 1979 and 2023. The first book is Halloween (1979) and the newest is Halloween Longing (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1979–2023
- Pages on record
- 320 in 1 of 10 books
Halloween collects 10 books tied to the Halloween films, published between 1979 and 2023 under six different credits: Lisa Freed, Jack Martin and Nicholas Grabowsky on 2 books each, Curtis Richards, John Passarella and Tim Waggoner on one apiece. Subjects filed against the listing record horror and American literature. The run includes Halloween (1979), Halloween II (1981), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Halloween IV (1988), Halloween: The Official Movie Novelization (2018), Halloween Kills (2021) and Halloween Ends (2022), alongside Halloween Craving (2022) and Halloween Longing (2023).
How many Halloween books are there?
Halloween has 10 books, released between 1979 and 2023.
Halloween Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Halloween 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.
- 1Halloween1979 · confirmed 1/41979–1/4
- 1Halloween Craving2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 2Halloween II1981 · confirmed 1/41981–1/4
- 2Halloween Longing2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 3Halloween III: Season of the Witch1982 · confirmed 1/41982–1/4
- 4Halloween IV1988 · confirmed 1/41988–1/4
- 5Halloween: The Official Movie Novelization2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 6Halloween Kills2021 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420213201/4
- 8Halloween Ends2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Where to start with Halloween
Start with Halloween (1979), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Halloween book?
Halloween Longing (2023) is the newest Halloween book released so far.
Is there a new Halloween book coming?
No next Halloween book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Halloween at a glance
- Paused
- No new Halloween title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Halloween books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 320 pages across the 1 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Halloween books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2020s.
- Attribution
- Of the 10 titles, 2 are credited to Lisa Freed, 2 to Jack Martin, 2 to Nicholas Grabowsky and 1 to Curtis Richards. A further 3 writers are credited.
What the Halloween books are about
3 of the 10 Halloween books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- American literature 1 of 3 books
- Horror 1 of 3 books
- Non-Classifiable 1 of 3 books
- Nonfiction - General 1 of 3 books