X-Files Books in Order
X-Files contains 10 books, published between 1994 and 2024. The first book is Goblins (1994) and the newest is Perihelion (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
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- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1994–2024
- Confirmed
- 10 of 10 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,940 in 7 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 32–49 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,940 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
X-Files is a run of 10 science fiction books. Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, government investigators and the Federal Bureau of Investigation appear in the subject tags. Goblins (1994) is the first title, followed by Hunter (1995), Ground Zero (1995), Whirlwind (1995) and Ruins (1995). Antibodies (1997), Skin (1998), Fight the Future (1998) and I Want to Believe (2008) came next, and Perihelion (2024) is the newest. Archaeology and excavations also appear among the subjects.
How many X-Files books are there?
X-Files has 10 books, released between 1994 and 2024.
X-Files Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 X-Files 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.
- 1Goblins1994 · confirmed 3/41994–3/4
- 2Hunter1995 · confirmed 3/41995–3/4
- 3Ground Zero1995 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/419953043/4
- 4Whirlwind1995 · confirmed 3/41995–3/4
- 5Ruins1995 · 274 pages · confirmed 3/419952743/4
- 6Antibodies1997 · 268 pages · confirmed 3/419972683/4
- 7Skin1998 · 340 pages · confirmed 3/419983403/4
- 8Fight the Future1998 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/419981923/4
- 9I Want to Believe2008 · 242 pages · confirmed 3/420082423/4
- 12Perihelion2024 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/420243203/4
Where to start with X-Files
Start with Goblins (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest X-Files book?
Perihelion (2024) is the newest X-Files book released so far.
Is there a new X-Files book coming?
No next X-Files book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
X-Files at a glance
- Still running
- X-Files is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- X-Files books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,940 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 274 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most X-Files books, 8 of 10, were published in the 1990s.
- Attribution
- Of the 10 titles, 3 are credited to Kevin J. Anderson, 2 to Charles L. Grant, 1 to Gayle Lynds and 1 to Elizabeth Hand. A further 3 writers are credited.
What the X-Files books are about
8 of the 10 X-Files 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 5 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 5 of 8 books
- Dana Scully (Fictitious character) 4 of 8 books
- Fox Mulder (Fictitious character) 4 of 8 books
- Government investigators 4 of 8 books
- Mulder, fox (fictitious character) 4 of 8 books
- Scully, dana (fictitious character) 3 of 8 books
- Science fiction, action & adventure 2 of 8 books
- United States 2 of 8 books
Characters in the X-Files books
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- The X-Files books in order 60 books