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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer series? Start with "Tales of the Slayer (With: Greg Rucka,Christie Golden,Nancy Holder,Yvonne Navarro,Doranna Durgin,Mel Odom,Joss Whedon)" (2001) and follow publication order through all 68 books.
The complete Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Tales of the Slayer (With: Greg Rucka,Christie Golden,Nancy Holder,Yvonne Navarro,Doranna Durgin,Mel Odom,Joss Whedon)
2001
Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 3 (With: Nancy Holder,Yvonne Navarro,Mel Odom,Joss Whedon)
2003
Cut! Horror Writers on Horror Film
1992
October Dreams
2000
Tales of the Slayer
2001
Four Dark Nights
2002
The Longest Night
2002
Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 3
2003
The Many Faces of Van Helsing
2004
Kolchak: The Night Stalker Casebook
2006
Many Bloody Returns
2007
Five Strokes to Midnight
2008
Jack Haringa Must Die!
2008
British Invasion
2008
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009
2008
The Best of Cemetery Dance II
2008
Son of Retro Pulp Tales
2009
Hellbound Hearts
2009
New Dead
2010
Death's Excellent Vacation
2010
Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters
2011
Epitaphs: The Journal of the New England Horror Writers, Vol. 1
2011
Spectrum Fantastic Art Live!
2012
21st Century Dead
2012
Super Stories of Heroes and Villains
2013
Four Summoner's Tales
2013
The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic
2013
Wicked Seasons: The Journal of New England Horror Writers, Volume II
2013
Nightmare Magazine, January 2014
2013
Piercing the Darkness
2014
Dark Duets
2014
Dead But Not Forgotten
2014
Operation Ice Bat
2014
Out of Tune
2014
The Library of the Dead
2015
Seize the Night
2015
The Gods of HP Lovecraft
2015
Last Night, a Superhero Saved My Life
2016
SNAFU: Unnatural Selection
2016
Scary Out There
2016
Dark Discoveries - Issue #36
2016
What the #@&% Is That?
2016
The Jo Fletcher Books Anthology
2016
Dark Cities
2017
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine
2017
Indigo
2017
Don't Go Alone
2017
My Favorite Story Podcast Author Anthology
2017
My Peculiar Family
2018
Suspended in Dusk II
2018
Hark! the Herald Angels Scream
2018
Fantastic Tales of Terror
2018
Ten-Word Tragedies
2019
The Twisted Book Of Shadows
2019
Hex Life
2019
The Dystopian States of AMERICA
2020
Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles
2020
Don’t Turn Out the Lights
2020
Studio of Screams
2020
Halloween Nights
2021
Beyond the Veil
2021
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen
2022
Dark Matter Presents Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology
2022
Christmas and Other Horrors
2023
The Drive-In: Multiplex
2024
Human Monsters
2024
The Darkest Night
2024
The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand
2025
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