Sookie Stackhouse Books in Order
Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris contains 26 books, published between 2001 and 2017. The first book is Dead Until Dark (2001) and the newest is The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 26
- Published
- 2001–2017
- Confirmed
- 26 of 26 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,034 in 14 of 26 books
- Reading time
- 67–101 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,034 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 26 titles with a page count on record.
Vampires, werewolves and a telepathic waitress define Sookie Stackhouse, Charlaine Harris's paranormal mystery and romance series. Dead Until Dark (2001) opens the run, which gathers 26 volumes including novels and story collections and closes with The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories (2017). The 2000s carried the bulk of the series. Volumes median 312 pages, and the sequence reads as complete.
How many Sookie Stackhouse books are there?
Sookie Stackhouse has 26 books, released between 2001 and 2017.
Sookie Stackhouse Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 26 Sookie Stackhouse books in the order they were released, 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.
- 1Dead Until Dark2001 · 260 pages · confirmed 4/420012604/4
- 1The First Sookie Collection2011 · confirmed 3/42011–3/4
- 2Living Dead in Dallas2002 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/420022883/4
- 2Games Creatures Play2014 · confirmed 3/42014–3/4
- 3In the Blue Hereafter2002 · confirmed 3/42002–3/4
- 3The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories2017 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/420173683/4
- 4Club Dead2003 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/420032883/4
- 5Dead to the World2004 · 320 pages · confirmed 4/420043204/4
- 6Fairy Dust2004 · confirmed 3/42004–3/4
- 7Dead as a Doornail2005 · 310 pages · confirmed 4/420053104/4
- 8Definitely Dead2006 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/420063524/4
- 9Small-Town Wedding2006 · confirmed 3/42006–3/4
- 10All Together Dead2007 · 323 pages · confirmed 3/420073233/4
- 11From Dead to Worse2008 · confirmed 4/42008–4/4
- 12Dead and Gone2009 · 312 pages · confirmed 3/420093123/4
- 13A Touch of Dead2009 · confirmed 3/42009–3/4
- 15Lucky2009 · confirmed 3/42009–3/4
- 16Two Blondes2009 · confirmed 3/42009–3/4
- 17Gift Wrap2009 · 1 pages · confirmed 3/4200913/4
- 18Dead in the Family2010 · 311 pages · confirmed 3/420103113/4
- 19True Blood Collection2010 · confirmed 3/42010–3/4
- 20Dead Reckoning2011 · 368 pages · confirmed 4/420113684/4
- 21Deadlocked2012 · confirmed 3/42012–3/4
- 22Dancers in the Dark2012 · confirmed 3/42012–3/4
- 23Dead Ever After2013 · 338 pages · confirmed 3/420133383/4
- 24After Dead2013 · 195 pages · confirmed 3/420131953/4
Is there a chronological order for Sookie Stackhouse?
No separate chronological order is on record for Sookie Stackhouse, 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 Sookie Stackhouse books in order?
You should read the Sookie Stackhouse books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Sookie Stackhouse book also stands alone.
What order should you read Sookie Stackhouse books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Dead Until Dark (2001), the earliest published title. After it come The First Sookie Collection (2011), Living Dead in Dallas (2002), Games Creatures Play (2014) and In the Blue Hereafter (2002); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Sookie Stackhouse book?
The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories (2017) is the newest Sookie Stackhouse book released so far.
Is there a new Sookie Stackhouse book coming?
No next Sookie Stackhouse book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Sookie Stackhouse has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for Sookie Stackhouse. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original2002Wonfor Dead Until Dark
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2002Shortlistedfor Dead Until Dark
Sookie Stackhouse at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Sookie Stackhouse title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Sookie Stackhouse books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,034 pages across the 14 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 312 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sookie Stackhouse books, 16 of 26, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 6 of the 26 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Sookie Stackhouse books are about
17 of the 26 Sookie Stackhouse 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 16 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Vampires 16 of 17 books
- Fantasy 7 of 17 books
- Werewolves 6 of 17 books
- Paranormal romance 4 of 17 books
- Waitresses 4 of 17 books
- Fantasy, contemporary 3 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 3 of 17 books
- Stackhouse, sookie (fictitious character) 3 of 17 books
- Telepathy 3 of 17 books
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The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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