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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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