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V Books in Order

V contains 19 books, published between 1984 and 2007. The first book is V: The Original Miniseries (1984) and the newest is V: The Second Generation (2007). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
1984–2007
Pages on record
5,910 in 18 of 19 books
Reading time
99–148 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,910 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

See all 19 books in order Printable V checklist

V collects 19 books published between 1984 and 2007 under a single listing. One part of the listing ties to the television programme V, with A.C. Crispin, Allen L. Wold, Howard Weinstein, Kenneth C. Johnson and Somtow Sucharitkul credited on titles including V: The Original Miniseries (1984), East Coast Crisis (1984) and Death Tide (1985). Jane Feather is credited on 8 further books, among them Venus (1988), Virtue (1993) and Velvet (1994). Recorded subjects run from alien invasion and human-alien encounters to historical romance. V: The Second Generation (2007) is the last catalogued title.

How many V books are there?

V has 19 books, released between 1984 and 2007.

V Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 V 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 Venus by Jane Feather, book 1 of the V series (1988)
  2. Cover of East Coast Crisis by A.C. Crispin, book 2 of the V series (1984)
  3. Cover of The Pursuit of Diana by Allen L. Wold, book 3 of the V series (1984)
  4. Cover of Vixen by Jane Feather, book 3 of the V series (1994)
  5. Cover of Death Tide, book 4 of the V series (1985)
  6. Cover of Velvet by Jane Feather, book 4 of the V series (1994)
  7. Cover of Violet by Jane Feather, book 6 of the V series (1995)
  8. Cover of Vanity by Jane Feather, book 7 of the V series (1995)
  9. Cover of The Alien Swordmaster, book 8 of the V series (1985)
  10. Cover of Prisoners and Pawns by Howard Weinstein, book 11 of the V series (1986)
  11. Cover of V: The Second Generation by Kenneth C. Johnson, book 14 of the V series (2007)
  1. 1
    V: The Original Miniseries1984 · 283 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984283
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  2. 1
    Venus1988 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988400
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  3. 2
    East Coast Crisis1984 · confirmed 2/4
    1984–
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  4. 2
    Virtue1993 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993448
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  5. 3
    The Pursuit of Diana1984 · 186 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984186
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  6. 3
    Vixen1994 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994432
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  7. 4
    Death Tide1985 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985192
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  8. 4
    Velvet1994 · 439 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994439
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  9. 5
    Valentine1995 · 421 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995421
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  10. 6
    The Crivit Experiment1985 · 186 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985186
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  11. 6
    Violet1995 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995496
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  12. 7
    Vanity1995 · 411 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995411
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  13. 8
    The Alien Swordmaster1985 · 185 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985185
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  14. 8
    Vice1996 · 419 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996419
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  15. 9
    Symphony of Terror1985 · 244 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985244
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  16. 10
    Below the Threshold1985 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985256
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  17. 11
    Prisoners and Pawns1986 · 181 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986181
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  18. 12
    Path to Conquest1987 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987288
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  19. 14
    V: The Second Generation2007 · 443 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007443
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Where to start with V

Start with V: The Original Miniseries (1984), the earliest published title.

What is the newest V book?

V: The Second Generation (2007) is the newest V book released so far.

Is there a new V book coming?

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

V at a glance

No recent titles
The newest V title on record dates from 2007, 19 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
V books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,910 pages across the 18 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 344 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most V books, 11 of 19, were published in the 1980s.
Attribution
Of the 19 titles, 8 are credited to Jane Feather, 3 to A.C. Crispin, 3 to Allen L. Wold and 2 to Kenneth C. Johnson. A further 4 writers are credited.

What the V books are about

16 of the 19 V books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 6 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.