Order of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter Books

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter is a series of urban fantasy novels by American author Laurell K. Hamilton. In this universe, vampires, shapeshifters, werewolves and more run rampant. Blake is a necromancer who can control physical dead beings such as vampires and zombies, but not ghosts. There has also been a comic book adaptation of the series.

The Anita Blake series began in 1993 with Guilty Pleasures. There has pretty much been a new book added annually, putting the series at over 20 books. Below is the order of Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter books in order of publication and chronology:

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	(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)
Rafael	(2021)

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 Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collections

Strange Candy

(2006)

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Notes: 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.