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Riverdale Books in Order

Riverdale contains 5 books, published between 2018 and 2020. The first book is The Day Before (2018) and the newest is The Poison Pen (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
5
Published
2018–2020
Pages on record
1,176 in 4 of 5 books
Reading time
20–29 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,176 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 5 titles with a page count on record.

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Riverdale is a 5-book series published between 2018 and 2020, with the first four books credited to Micol Ostow. The Day Before (2018) opens the series, followed by Get Out of Town (2019) and The Maple Murders (2019). Death of a Cheerleader (2020) follows, and The Poison Pen (2020), credited to Caleb Roehrig, completes the run, which the catalogue lists as likely complete. Children's fiction, adolescence and love are the recorded subjects.

How many Riverdale books are there?

Riverdale has 5 books, released between 2018 and 2020.

Riverdale Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Riverdale 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 The Day Before by Micol Ostow, book 1 of the Riverdale series (2018)
  2. Cover of The Poison Pen by Caleb Roehrig, book 5 of the Riverdale series (2020)
  1. 1
    The Day Before2018 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018280
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  2. 2
    Get Out of Town2019 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019288
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  3. 3
    The Maple Murders2019 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019304
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  4. 4
    Death of a Cheerleader2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  5. 5
    The Poison Pen2020 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020304
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Do you have to read Riverdale books in order?

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

Where to start with Riverdale

Start with The Day Before (2018), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Riverdale book?

The Poison Pen (2020) is the newest Riverdale book released so far.

Is there a new Riverdale book coming?

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

Riverdale at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Riverdale title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Riverdale books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,176 pages across the 4 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 296 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Riverdale books, 3 of 5, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 5 titles, 4 are credited to Micol Ostow and 1 to Caleb Roehrig.

What the Riverdale books are about

2 of the 5 Riverdale books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.