Order of Laurell K. Hamilton Books

Laurell K. Hamilton is an American author who is best known for her Anita Blake series. She also writes the Merry Gentry series. The genres she writes in include horror, science fiction, fantasy, romance and erotica. She has written over 20 Anita Blake books, several Merry Gentry books, plus a few standalone novels including one Star Trek: The Next Generation novel. She has also written a spin-off comic book series for her Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series.

Hamilton’s first novel was Nightseer – a standalone novel – and was published in 1992. Below is a list of Laurell K. Hamilton’s novels in order of when they originally released (which is also their chronological order):

Publication Order of Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Books

Guilty Pleasures	(1993)
The Laughing Corpse	(1994)
Circus of the Damned	(1995)
The Lunatic Cafe	(1996)
Bloody Bones	(1996)
The Killing Dance	(1997)
Burnt Offerings	(1998)
Blue Moon	(1998)
Obsidian Butterfly	(2000)
Narcissus in Chains	(2001)
Cerulean Sins	(2003)
Incubus Dreams	(2004)
Bite (With: Charlaine Harris,MaryJanice Davidson,Angela Knight)	(2004)
Micah	(2006)
Danse Macabre	(2006)
The Harlequin	(2007)
Blood Noir	(2007)
Skin Trade	(2009)
Flirt	(2009)
Bullet	(2010)
Hit List	(2011)
Beauty	(2012)
Kiss the Dead	(2012)
Affliction	(2013)
Dancing	(2013)
Jason	(2014)
Dead Ice	(2015)
Crimson Death	(2016)
Wounded	(2016)
Serpentine	(2018)
Sucker Punch	(2020)

Publication Order of Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collections

Strange Candy

(2006)

Publication Order of Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Graphic Novels Books

The First Death	(2007)
Guilty Pleasures	(2009)
The Laughing Corpse	(2011)

Publication Order of Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Circus of the Damned Books

The Charmer	(2011)
The Ingenue	(2011)
The Scoundrel	(2012)

Publication Order of Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: The Laughing Corpse Books

Animator	(2008)
Executioner	(2008)
Necromancer	(2010)

Publication Order of Merry Gentry Books

A Kiss of Shadows	(2000)
A Caress of Twilight	(2002)
Seduced by Moonlight	(2004)
A Stroke of Midnight	(2005)
Mistral's Kiss	(2006)
A Lick of Frost	(2007)
Swallowing Darkness	(2008)
Divine Misdemeanors	(2009)
A Shiver of Light	(2014)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Nightshade	(1992)
Nightseer	(1992)
Death of a Darklord	(1995)
Club Vampyre	(1997)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Ardeur

(2010)

Publication Order of Ravenloft Books

Vampire of the Mists (By:Christie Golden)	(1991)
Dance Of The Dead (By:Christie Golden)	(1992)
The Enemy Within (By:Christie Golden)	(1994)
Mordenheim (By:Chet Williamson)	(1994)
Tales of Ravenloft (By:Brian M. Thomsen)	(1994)
Scholar of Decay (By:Tanya Huff)	(1995)
Death of a Darklord	(1995)
King of the Dead (By:Gene DeWeese)	(1996)
Lord of the Necropolis (By:Gene DeWeese)	(1997)
I, Strahd (By:P.N. Elrod)	(1998)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Out of this World	(2001)
Cravings	(2004)
Bite	(2004)
Bite	(2004)
Never After	(2009)
Fantastic Hope	(2020)

Notes: The Mageverse series is co-authored with Charlaine Harris, MaryJanice Davidson, Angela Knight and Vickie Taylor. The First Death is co-authored with Jonathon Green. The graphic novels Guilty Pleasures and The Laughing Corpse are co-written by Jessica Ruffner and Stacie Ritchie. Circus of the Damned: The Charmer was co-authored with Jessica Booth. Fantastic Hope was co-edited by William McCaskey.

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