The Morganville Vampires Books in Order

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Set in the fictional town of Morganville, Texas, the Morganville Vampires series follows college student Claire Danvers as she navigates a world where supernatural forces and hidden dangers coexist with everyday life. The story explores themes of survival, trust, and the struggle to maintain identity in a place where secrets and threats are ever-present. Through Claire's experiences, the series reveals a community built on fragile alliances and the constant tension between human and vampire populations.

Books in this series

Ordered by first publication where known. The official numbering for this series is incomplete in our sources, so we don't show series numbers we can't verify.

  1. Cover of Glass Houses

    Glass Houses

    2006 · Rachel Caine

    The novel is set in Morganville, Texas, and follows Claire Danvers, a college freshman who is tired of her difficult dorm experience. She moves into…

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  2. Cover of The Dead Girls' Dance

    The Dead Girls' Dance

    2007 · Rachel Caine

    Claire faces being a genius in a school that prizes beauty over brains, homicidal girls in her dorm, and a college town overrun by the living dead.…

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  3. Cover of Midnight Alley

    Midnight Alley

    2007 · Rachel Caine

    Claire Danvers's college town is run by vampires, kept relatively safe by a truce between the living and the dead. Now people are turning up dead, a…

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  4. Cover of Feast of Fools

    Feast of Fools

    2008 · Rachel Caine

    In the town of Morganville, vampires and humans live in relative peace. Student Claire Danvers becomes increasingly skeptical of this harmony with…

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  5. Cover of Lord of misrule

    Lord of misrule

    2009 · Rachel Caine

    In the college town of Morganville, vampires and humans coexist in (relatively) bloodless harmony. Then comes Bishop, the master vampire who…

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  6. Cover of Fade Out

    Fade Out

    2009 · Rachel Caine

    Withoutthe evil vampire Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville,the resident vampires have made major concessions to the human population. With…

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  7. Cover of Carpe Corpus

    Carpe Corpus

    2009 · Rachel Caine

    In Morganville, a fragile peace between vampires and humans collapses after the evil vampire Bishop arrives seeking the lost book of vampire secrets…

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  8. Cover of The Morganville Vampires Volume 2

    The Morganville Vampires Volume 2

    2009 · Rachel Caine

    A two-book volume containing Glass Houses, in which college freshman Claire Danvers leaves a nightmarish dorm for an off-campus house whose roommates…

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  9. Cover of Ghost Town

    Ghost Town

    2010 · Rachel Caine

    While developing a new system to maintain Morganville's defenses, student Claire Danvers discovers a way to amplify vampire mental powers and uses it…

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  10. Cover of Kiss of Death

    Kiss of Death

    2010 · Rachel Caine

    Vampire Michael Glass faces the challenge of entering the human world when his music attracts a producer who wants him to play some dates. He goes…

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  11. Cover of The Morganville Vampires: Books 1-8

    The Morganville Vampires: Books 1-8

    2010

    In Morganville, Texas, “there’s always a surprise just around every dark corner”(Darque Reviews)—and it usually involves the undead. Now these…

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  12. Cover of Last Breath

    Last Breath

    2011 · Rachel Caine

    College student Claire Danvers learns that three of the vampires in Morganville have disappeared without a trace. She discovers that the last person…

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  13. Cover of The Morganville Vampires Volume 4

    The Morganville Vampires Volume 4

    2011 · Rachel Caine

    Two of New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine's Morganville Vampire novels in one volume. Fade Out Without the evil Bishop ruling over…

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  14. Cover of The Morganville Vampires, Volume 3

    The Morganville Vampires, Volume 3

    2011

    Now in one volume-two of New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine's Morganville Vampire novels. Lord of Misrule In Morganville, violent black…

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  15. Cover of Black Dawn

    Black Dawn

    2012 · Rachel Caine

    A horde of fearsome draug, vampires' most formidable foes, invades Morganville, forcing its diverse inhabitants to band together. The draug menace…

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  16. Cover of Bitter Blood

    Bitter Blood

    2013 · Rachel Caine

    For years, the human and vampire residents of Morganville, Texas, have managed to co-exist in peace. But now that the threat to the vampires has been…

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  17. Cover of Fall Of Night

    Fall Of Night

    2013 · Rachel Caine

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  18. Cover of Midnight Bites

    Midnight Bites

    2016 · Rachel Caine

    By day, Morganville, Texas, is a typical college town; by night, vampires emerge and take control, making it unsafe to be out after dark. Student…

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  19. Cover of Bite Club

    Bite Club

    Year unknown · Rachel Caine

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  20. Cover of Daylighters

    Daylighters

    Year unknown · Rachel Caine

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Frequently asked questions

What order should I read the The Morganville Vampires books in?

Read them in publication order — the list above is sorted by first publication where known, starting with “Glass Houses”.

How many books are in the The Morganville Vampires series?

We list 20 books by Rachel Caine , published between 2006–2016.

Where can I buy the The Morganville Vampires books?

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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted a wrong order, a missing book, or any other mistake? and we'll correct it.