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Stranger Things Books in Order

Stranger Things contains 11 books, published between 2018 and 2025. The first book is Suspicious Minds (2019) and the newest is One Way or Another (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2018–2025
Pages on record
1,312 in 4 of 11 books
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Stranger Things is a run of 11 books linked to the Netflix show, published between 2018 and 2025. The novels begin with Suspicious Minds (2019), and the companion guide How to Survive in a Stranger Things World (2018) is the earliest title. Later entries include Darkness on the Edge of Town (2019), Runaway Max (2019), Rebel Robin (2021), Hawkins Horrors (2022), Lucas on the Line (2022), Flight of Icarus (2023) and The Dustin Experiment (2024), and One Way or Another (2025) is the newest. Credited writers include Gwenda Bond, Adam Christopher, Brenna Yovanoff, A.R. Capetta, Caitlin Schneiderhan and Matthew J. GIlbert. Recorded subjects include horror, science fiction, children's fiction, Eddie Munson and Hawkins, Indiana.

How many Stranger Things books are there?

Stranger Things has 11 books, released between 2018 and 2025.

Stranger Things Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Stranger Things 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 Suspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond, book 2 of the Stranger Things series (2019)
  2. Cover of Darkness on the Edge of Town by Adam Christopher, book 3 of the Stranger Things series (2019)
  3. Cover of Runaway Max by Brenna Yovanoff, book 4 of the Stranger Things series (2019)
  1. 2
    Suspicious Minds2019 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019320
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  2. 3
    Darkness on the Edge of Town2019 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019432
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  3. 4
    Runaway Max2019 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019240
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  4. 5
    Rebel Robin2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  5. 6
    Hawkins Horrors2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  6. 7
    Lucas on the Line2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  7. 8
    Flight of Icarus2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  8. 9
    The Dustin Experiment2024 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2024320
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  9. 10
    Starcourt Mall Escape2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  10. 11
    One Way or Another2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  11. 11
    How to Survive in a Stranger Things World2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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Stranger Things Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Stranger Things books run from Suspicious Minds (2019) to One Way or Another (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Stranger Things in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

What order should you read Stranger Things books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Suspicious Minds (2019), the earliest published title. After it come Darkness on the Edge of Town (2019), Runaway Max (2019), Rebel Robin (2021), Hawkins Horrors (2022), Lucas on the Line (2022), Flight of Icarus (2023), The Dustin Experiment (2024), Starcourt Mall Escape (2025), One Way or Another (2025) and How to Survive in a Stranger Things World (2018).

What is the first Stranger Things book?

Suspicious Minds (2019) is the first Stranger Things book, and the numbered table above starts with it.

What is the newest Stranger Things book?

One Way or Another (2025) is the newest Stranger Things book released so far.

Is there a new Stranger Things book coming?

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

Stranger Things at a glance

Still running
Stranger Things is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Stranger Things books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,312 pages across the 4 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Stranger Things books, 7 of 11, were published in the 2020s.
Attribution
Of the 11 titles, 2 are credited to Matthew J. GIlbert, 2 to Caitlin Schneiderhan, 1 to Adam Christopher and 1 to Brenna Yovanoff. A further 5 writers are credited.

What the Stranger Things books are about

5 of the 11 Stranger Things 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.