Publication order of novels

This page refers to all Buffyverse prose stories, listed by year of first publication.

1992

Cover	Title	Release date
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	August 1992
	Type: novelization Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Richie Tankersley Cusick Publisher: Pocket Books

1997

Cover	Title	Release date
	The Harvest	September 1997
	Type: novelization Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Richie Tankersley Cusick Publisher: Pocket Books
	Halloween Rain	November 1997
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Authors: Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder Publisher: Pocket Books

1998

Cover	Title	Release date
	Coyote Moon	January 1998
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: John Vornholt Publisher: Pocket Books
	Night of the Living Rerun	March 1998
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Arthur Byron Cover Publisher: Pocket Books
	The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 1	July 1998
	Type: novelization anthology Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Nancy Holder Publisher: Pocket Books
	Includes "Angel," "Reptile Boy," and "Lie to Me."
	Blooded	August 1998
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Authors: Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder Publisher: Pocket Books
	Child of the Hunt	October 1998
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Authors: Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder Publisher: Pocket Books
	Return to Chaos	November 1998
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Craig Shaw Gardner Publisher: Pocket Books
	The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 2	December 1998
	Type: novelization anthology Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Richie Tankersley Cusick Publisher: Pocket Books
	Includes "Halloween," "What's My Line? Part One," and "What's My Line? Part Two."

1999

Cover	Title	Release date
	Out of the Madhouse	January 1999
	Type: original novel Series: The Gatekeeper Trilogy vol. 1	Authors: Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder Publisher: Simon Pulse
	The Xander Years, Vol. 1	February 1999
	Type: novelization anthology Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Keith R.A. DeCandido Publisher: Pocket Books
	Includes "Teacher's Pet," "Inca Mummy Girl," and "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered."
	Ghost Roads	March 1999
	Type: original novel Series: The Gatekeeper Trilogy vol. 2	Authors: Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder Publisher: Simon Pulse
	Visitors	April 1999
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Authors: Laura Anne Gilman, Josepha Sherman Publisher: Pocket Books
	Sons of Entropy	May 1999
	Type: original novel Series: The Gatekeeper Trilogy vol. 3	Authors: Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder Publisher: Simon Pulse
	The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 3	August 1999
	Type: novelization anthology Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Nancy Holder Publisher: Pocket Books
	Includes "Surprise," "Innocence," and "Passion."
	Unnatural Selection	August 1999
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Mel Odom Publisher: Pocket Books
	Sunnydale High Yearbook	September 1999
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Authors: Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder Publisher: Pocket Books
	Obsidian Fate	September 1999
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Diana G. Gallagher Publisher: Pocket Books
	Power of Persuasion	October 1999
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Elizabeth Massie Publisher: Pocket Books
	Immortal	October 1999
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Authors: Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder Publisher: Pocket Books
	Sins of the Father	November 1999
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Christopher Golden Publisher: Pocket Books
	City Of	December 1999
	Type: novelization Series: Angel	Author: Nancy Holder Publisher: Pocket Books
	The Willow Files, Vol. 1	December 1999
	Type: novelization anthology Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Yvonne Navarro Publisher: Pocket Books
	Includes "I Robot, You Jane," "Phases," and "Dead Man's Party."

2000

Cover	Title	Release date
	Resurrecting Ravana	January 2000
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Ray Garton Publisher: Pocket Books
	Deep Water	February 2000
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Authors: Laura Anne Gilman, Josepha Sherman Publisher: Pocket Books
	Prime Evil	March 2000
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Diana G. Gallagher Publisher: Pocket Books
	Not Forgotten	April 2000
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Nancy Holder Publisher: Pocket Books
	The Xander Years, Vol. 2	April 2000
	Type: novelization anthology Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Jeff Mariotte Publisher: Pocket Books
	Includes "The Pack," "Go Fish," and "The Zeppo."
	Here Be Monsters	June 2000
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Cameron Dokey Publisher: Pocket Books
	Redemption	June 2000
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Mel Odom Publisher: Pocket Books
	The Evil That Men Do	July 2000
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Nancy Holder Publisher: Pocket Books
	How I Survived My Summer Vacation	August 2000
	Type: original anthology Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Publisher: Pocket Books	Authors: Michelle West, Nancy Holder, Cameron Dokey, Yvonne Navarro, Paul Ruditis
	Includes "Dust," "Absalom Rising," "Looks Can Kill," "No Place Like...," "Uncle Dead and the Fourth of July," and "The Show Must Go On."
	Close to the Ground	August 2000
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Jeff Mariotte Publisher: Pocket Books
	Paleo	September 2000
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Yvonne Navarro Publisher: Pocket Books
	Ghoul Trouble	October 2000
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: John Passarella Publisher: Pocket Books
	Doomsday Deck	December 2000
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Diana G. Gallagher Publisher: Pocket Books
	Shakedown	December 2000
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Don DeBrandt Publisher: Pocket Books

2001

Cover	Title	Release date
	Revenant	January 2001
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Mel Odom Publisher: Pocket Books
	The Willow Files, Vol. 2	January 30, 2001
	Type: novelization anthology Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Yvonne Navarro Publisher: Pocket Books
	Includes "Gingerbread," "Doppelgängland," and "Choices."
	Hollywood Noir	February 5, 2001
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Jeff Mariotte Publisher: Pocket Books
	Avatar	February 27, 2001
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: John Passarella Publisher: Pocket Books
	The Book of Fours	April 2001
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Nancy Holder Publisher: Simon Pulse
	The Faith Trials	April 3, 2001
	Type: novelization anthology Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: James Laurence Publisher: Pocket Books
	Includes "Faith, Hope & Trick," "Revelations," "Bad Girls," and "Consequences."
	The Burning	May 2001
	Type: original novel Series: Unseen vol. 1	Authors: Nancy Holder, Jeff Mariotte Publisher: Pocket Books
	Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row	May 22, 2001
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Christopher Golden Publisher: Simon Pulse
	Soul Trade	June 4, 2001
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Thomas E. Sniegoski Publisher: Pocket Books
	Door to Alternity	June 26, 2001
	Type: original novel Series: Unseen vol. 2	Authors: Nancy Holder, Jeff Mariotte Publisher: Pocket Books
	Prophecies	July 31, 2001
	Type: original novel Series: The Lost Slayer vol. 1	Author: Christopher Golden Publisher: Pocket Books
	Long Way Home	August 28, 2001
	Type: original novel Series: Unseen vol. 3	Authors: Nancy Holder, Jeff Mariotte Publisher: Pocket Books
	Dark Times	August 28, 2001
	Type: original novel Series: The Lost Slayer vol. 2	Author: Christopher Golden Publisher: Pocket Books
	Bruja	September 3, 2001
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Mel Odom Publisher: Pocket Books
	King of the Dead	October 2001
	Type: original novel Series: The Lost Slayer vol. 3	Author: Christopher Golden Publisher: Pocket Books
	Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 1	October 2001
	Type: original anthology Series: Tales of the Slayer vol. 1 Publisher: Simon Pulse	Authors: Doranna Durgin, Christie Golden, Nancy Holder, Yvonne Navarro, Mel Odom, Greg Rucka
	Includes "A Good Run," "The White Doe," "Die Blutgrafin," "Unholy Madness," "Mornglom Dreaming," "Silent Screams," and "And White Splits the Night."
	Original Sins	October 30, 2001
	Type: original novel Series: The Lost Slayer vol. 4	Author: Christopher Golden Publisher: Pocket Books

2002

Cover	Title	Release date
	The Summoned	January 2002
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Cameron Dokey Publisher: Pocket Books
	The Journals of Rupert Giles	February 2002
	Type: novelization anthology Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Nancy Holder Publisher: Pocket Books
	Includes "Helpless," "A New Man," and "Blood Ties."
	Sweet Sixteen	March 2002
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Scott Ciencin Publisher: Pocket Books
	Haunted	March 4, 2002
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Jeff Mariotte Publisher: Pocket Books
	Tempted Champions	March 4, 2002
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Yvonne Navarro Publisher: Pocket Books
	Oz: Into the Wild	May 2002
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Christopher Golden Publisher: Pocket Books
	Image	May 7, 2002
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Mel Odom Publisher: Pocket Books
	Creatures of Habit	May 8, 2002
	Type: illustrated novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Authors: Tom Fassbender, Jim Pascoe, Brian Horton, Paul Lee Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
	Crossings	June 2002
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Mel Odom Publisher: Pocket Books
	The Wisdom of War	July 2002
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Christopher Golden Publisher: Pocket Books
	Stranger to the Sun	July 2002
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Jeff Mariotte Publisher: Pocket Books
	Little Things	August 2002
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Rebecca Moesta Publisher: Pocket Books
	Vengeance	August 2002
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Authors: Scott Ciencin, Dan Jolley Publisher: Pocket Books
	These Our Actors	September 2002
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Authors: Ashley McConnell, Dori Koogler Publisher: Pocket Books
	Endangered Species	October 7, 2002
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Authors: Nancy Holder, Jeff Mariotte Publisher: Pocket Books
	The Cordelia Collection	December 2002
	Type: novelization anthology Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Nancy E. Krulik Publisher: Pocket Books
	Includes "Out of Mind, Out of Sight," "Some Assembly Required," and "Homecoming."
	The Longest Night	December 2002
	Type: original anthology Series: Angel Publisher: Pocket Books	Authors: Pierce Askegren, Scott Ciencin, Denise Ciencin, Doranna Durgin, Nancy Holder, Christie Golden, Christopher Golden, Jeff Mariotte, Yvonne Navarro, Emily Oz
	Includes "The House Where Death Stood Still," "A Joyful Noise," "I Still Believe," "It Can Happen to You," "Model Behavior," "Have Gunn, Will Travel," "Generous Presence," "The Anchoress," "Bummed Out," "Icicle Memories," "Yoke of the Soul," and "The Sun Child."
	Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 2	December 17, 2002
	Type: original anthology Series: Tales of the Slayer vol. 2 Publisher: Simon Pulse	Authors: Scott Allie, Laura J. Burns, Melinda Metz, Max Allan Collins, Matthew V. Clemens, Greg Cox, Kara Dalkey, Jane Espenson, Rebecca X, Todd McIntosh, Michael Reaves, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
	Includes "All That You Do Comes Back Unto Thee," "Lady Shobu," "Abomination ," "Blood and Brine," "The Ghosts of Slayers Past," "The New Watcher," "House of the Vampire," "The War Between the States," "Stakeout on Rush Street," and "Again."

2003

Cover	Title	Release date
	Impressions	February 3, 2003
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Doranna Durgin Publisher: Pocket Books
	Monster Island	March 2003
	Type: original novel Series: Crossover	Authors: Christopher Golden, Thomas E. Sniegoski Publisher: Pocket Books
	Sanctuary	April 7, 2003
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Jeff Mariotte Publisher: Pocket Books
	Blood and Fog	May 2003
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Nancy Holder Publisher: Pocket Books
	Chosen: The One	June 2003
	Type: novelization Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Nancy Holder Publisher: Pocket Books
	Seven Crows	July 7, 2003
	Type: original novel Series: Crossover	Author: John Vornholt Publisher: Pocket Books
	Chaos Bleeds	August 4, 2003
	Type: novelization Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: James A. Moore Publisher: Pocket Books
	Mortal Fear	September 2003
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Authors: Scott Ciencin, Denise Ciencin Publisher: Pocket Books
	Fearless	October 2003
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Doranna Durgin Publisher: Pocket Books
	Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 3	November 2003
	Type: original anthology Series: Tales of the Slayer vol. 3	Authors: Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder, Yvonne Navarro, Mel Odom Publisher: Simon Pulse
	Includes "Dark of the Moon," "Ch'ing Shih," "Voodoo Lounge," and "The Code of the Samurai."
	Cursed	November 11, 2003
	Type: original novel Series: Crossover	Author: Mel Odom Publisher: Simon Pulse
	Solitary Man	December 2003
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Jeff Mariotte Publisher: Pocket Books

2004

Cover	Title	Release date
	Nemesis	February 2004
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Authors: Scott Ciencin, Denise Ciencin Publisher: Pocket Books
	Apocalypse Memories	March 2004
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Authors: Laura J. Burns, Melinda Metz Publisher: Pocket Books
	Dark Mirror	April 6, 2004
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Craig Shaw Gardner Publisher: Pocket Books
	The Darkening	May 4, 2004
	Type: original novel Series: Wicked Willow vol. 1	Author: Yvonne Navarro Publisher: Simon Pulse
	Monolith	June 7, 2004
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: John Passarella Publisher: Pocket Books
	Heat	June 29, 2004
	Type: original novel Series: Crossover	Author: Nancy Holder Publisher: Pocket Books
	Shattered Twilight	July 2004
	Type: original novel Series: Wicked Willow vol. 2	Author: Yvonne Navarro Publisher: Simon Pulse
	Book of the Dead	August 2004
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Ashley McConnell Publisher: Pocket Books
	Broken Sunrise	September 2004
	Type: original novel Series: Wicked Willow vol. 3	Author: Yvonne Navarro Publisher: Simon Pulse
	Love and Death	September 28, 2004
	Type: original novel Series: Angel	Author: Jeff Mariotte Publisher: Pocket Books
	Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 4	November 2004
	Type: original anthology Series: Tales of the Slayer vol. 4 Publisher: Simon Pulse	Authors: Scott Allie, Greg Cox, Kara Dalkey, Jane Espenson, Nancy Holder, Robert Joseph Levy, Michael Reaves, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
	Includes "It's All About the Mission," "Undeadsville," "Alone," "Sideshow Slayer," "Survivors," "Back to the Garden," "The Rule of Silence," and "Two Teenage Girls at the Mall."

2005

Cover	Title	Release date
	The Suicide King	February 8, 2005
	Type: gamebook novel Series: Stake Your Destiny vol. 1	Author: Robert Joseph Levy Publisher: Pocket Books
	Keep Me in Mind	April 26, 2005
	Type: gamebook novel Series: Stake Your Destiny vol. 2	Author: Nancy Holder Publisher: Pocket Books
	Queen of the Slayers	May 31, 2005
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Nancy Holder Publisher: Pocket Books
	Spark and Burn	July 26, 2005
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Diana G. Gallagher Publisher: Pocket Books
	I Robot, You Jane	September 19, 2005
	Type: novelization Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Jane Rollason Publisher: Scholastic
	Inca Mummy Girl	September 19, 2005
	Type: novelization Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Jacquie Bloese Publisher: Scholastic
	Colony	September 27, 2005
	Type: gamebook novel Series: Stake Your Destiny vol. 3	Authors: Laura J. Burns, Melinda Metz Publisher: Pocket Books
	Halloween	October 24, 2005
	Type: novelization Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Jane Rollason Publisher: Scholastic
	Night Terrors	December 5, 2005
	Type: gamebook novel Series: Stake Your Destiny vol. 4	Author: Alice Henderson Publisher: Pocket Books

2006

Cover	Title	Release date
	Afterimage	January 24, 2006
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Pierce Askegren Publisher: Pocket Books
	Carnival of Souls	April 4, 2006
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Nancy Holder Publisher: Simon Pulse
	Blackout	August 29, 2006
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Keith R.A. DeCandido Publisher: Simon Pulse
	Go Ask Malice: A Slayer's Diary	June 27, 2006
	Type: epistolary novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Robert Joseph Levy Publisher: Simon Pulse
	Portal Through Time	October 24, 2006
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Alice Henderson Publisher: Simon Pulse
	Bad Bargain	December 26, 2006
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Diana G. Gallagher Publisher: Simon Pulse

2007

Cover	Title	Release date
	The Deathless	May 8, 2007
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Keith R.A. DeCandido Publisher: Pocket Books
	Dark Congress	August 28, 2007
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Christopher Golden Publisher: Pocket Books

2008

Cover	Title	Release date
	One Thing or Your Mother	January 1, 2008
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Kirsten Beyer Publisher: Pocket Books

2015

Cover	Title	Release date
	Demons of the Hellmouth	September 4, 2015
	Type: epistolary novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Nancy Holder Publisher: Titan Books

2016

Cover	Title	Release date
	Mad Libs Buffy the Vampire Slayer	August 16, 2016
	Type: gamebook anthology Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Molly Reisner Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

2017

Cover	Title	Release date
	Vampyr	September 4, 2017
	Type: epistolary short Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Authors: Jeff Mariotte, Marsheila Rockwell, Scott Buoncristiano Publisher: Insight Editions
	Sunnydale High	August 8, 2017
	Type: epistolary short Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Publisher: Insight Editions
	The Official Grimoire: A Magickal History of Sunnydale	October 24, 2017
	Type: epistolary novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Andrea Robinson Publisher: Insight Editions

2018

Cover	Title	Release date
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Picture Book	September 4, 2018
	Type: picture book Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Authors: Jason Rekulak, Kim Smith Publisher: Quirk Books

2019

Cover	Title	Release date
	Slayer	January 8, 2019
	Type: original novel Series: Slayer vol. 1	Author: Kiersten White Publisher: Simon Pulse

2020

Cover	Title	Release date
	Chosen	January 7, 2019
	Type: original novel Series: Slayer vol. 2	Author: Kiersten White Publisher: Simon Pulse

2022

Cover	Title	Release date
	In Every Generation	January 4, 2022
	Type: original novel Series: The Next Generation vol. 1	Author: Kendare Blake Publisher: Hyperion
	Bloody Fool for Love	August 2, 2022
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: William Ritter Publisher: Hyperion
	Big Bad: A Novel	September 27, 2022
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Lily Anderson Publisher: Hyperion

2023

Cover	Title	Release date
	One Girl in All the World	January 31, 2023
	Type: original novel Series: The Next Generation vol. 2	Author: Kendare Blake Publisher: Hyperion
	The Bewitching Hour	August 1, 2023
	Type: original novel Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Author: Ashley Poston Publisher: Hyperion

2024

Cover	Title	Release date
	Against the Darkness	January 23, 2024
	Type: original novel Series: The Next Generation vol. 3	Author: Kendare Blake Publisher: Hyperion

2025

Cover	Title	Release date
	The Power of Friendship	July 1, 2025
	Type: picture book Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Authors: Virginia Murphy, Pernille Ørum Publishers: Golden Books, Disney