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Secret Circle Books in Order

Secret Circle by L.J. Smith contains 6 books, published between 1992 and 2013. The first book is The Initiation (1992) and the newest is The Temptation (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
1992–2013
Total pages
1,778 across 6 books
Reading time
30–44 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,778 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

See all 6 books in order Printable Secret Circle checklist

L.J. Smith created The Secret Circle around a coven: Cassie Blake joins eleven other teenage witches, and the group looses a dark force on its own town. A love triangle then pulls at the Circle from the inside. Six books make up the series, three of them published in 1992, The Initiation, The Captive and The Power, and three more between 2012 and 2013, ending at The Temptation.

How many Secret Circle books are there?

Secret Circle has 6 books, released between 1992 and 2013.

Secret Circle Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Secret Circle 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 Captive by L.J. Smith, book 2 of the Secret Circle series (1992)
  2. Cover of The Power by L.J. Smith, book 3 of the Secret Circle series (1992)
  3. Cover of The Divide by L.J. Smith, book 4 of the Secret Circle series (2012)
  4. Cover of The Hunt by L.J. Smith, book 5 of the Secret Circle series (2012)
  5. Cover of The Temptation by L.J. Smith, book 6 of the Secret Circle series (2013)
  1. 1
    The Initiation1992 · 311 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992311
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  2. 2
    The Captive1992 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992306
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  3. 3
    The Power1992 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992320
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  4. 4
    The Divide2012 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012292
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  5. 5
    The Hunt2012 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012272
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  6. 6
    The Temptation2013 · 277 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013277
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Is there a chronological order for Secret Circle?

No separate chronological order is on record for Secret Circle, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Secret Circle books in order?

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

Where to start with Secret Circle

Start with The Initiation (1992), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Secret Circle book?

The Temptation (2013) is the newest Secret Circle book released so far.

Is there a new Secret Circle book coming?

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

Secret Circle at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Secret Circle title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Secret Circle books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
1,778 pages across all 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 299 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Secret Circle books, 3 of 6, were published in the 2010s.

What the Secret Circle books are about

All 6 Secret Circle 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 6 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by L.J. Smith

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