Book Series Guide

Laurell K. Hamilton · novel-series

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter books in order

Urban fantasy novels and novellas following animator and U.S. Marshal Anita Blake in a supernatural St. Louis where vampires, lycanthropes, and other preternatural beings are legally recognized.

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Publication order

  1. 1 Cover of Guilty Pleasures
    Guilty Pleasures

    Book 1 · novel · 1993

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  2. 2 Cover of The Laughing Corpse
    The Laughing Corpse

    Book 2 · novel · 1994

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  3. 3 Cover of Circus of the Damned
    Circus of the Damned

    Book 3 · novel · 1995

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  4. 4 Cover of The Lunatic Cafe
    The Lunatic Cafe

    Book 4 · novel · 1996

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  5. 5 Cover of Bloody Bones
    Bloody Bones

    Book 5 · novel · 1996

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  6. 6 Cover of The Killing Dance
    The Killing Dance

    Book 6 · novel · 1997

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  7. 7 Cover of Burnt Offerings
    Burnt Offerings

    Book 7 · novel · 1998

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  8. 8 Cover of Blue Moon
    Blue Moon

    Book 8 · novel · 1998

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  9. 9 Cover of Obsidian Butterfly
    Obsidian Butterfly

    Book 9 · novel · 2000

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  10. 10 Cover of Narcissus in Chains
    Narcissus in Chains

    Book 10 · novel · 2001

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  11. 11 Cover of Cerulean Sins
    Cerulean Sins

    Book 11 · novel · 2003

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  12. 12 Cover of Incubus Dreams
    Incubus Dreams

    Book 12 · novel · 2004

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  13. 13 Cover of Micah
    Micah

    Book 13 · novel · 2006

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  14. 14 Cover of Danse Macabre
    Danse Macabre

    Book 14 · novel · 2006

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  15. 15 Cover of The Harlequin
    The Harlequin

    Book 15 · novel · 2007

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  16. 16 Cover of Blood Noir
    Blood Noir

    Book 16 · novel · 2008

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  17. 17 Cover of Skin Trade
    Skin Trade

    Book 17 · novel · 2009

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  18. 18 Cover of Flirt
    Flirt

    Book 18 · novel · 2010

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  19. 19 Cover of Bullet
    Bullet

    Book 19 · novel · 2010

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  20. 20 Cover of Hit List
    Hit List

    Book 20 · novel · 2011

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  21. 21 Cover of Kiss the Dead
    Kiss the Dead

    Book 21 · novel · 2012

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  22. 22 Cover of Affliction
    Affliction

    Book 22 · novel · 2013

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  23. 23 Cover of Jason
    Jason

    Book 23 · novel · 2014

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  24. 24 Cover of Dead Ice
    Dead Ice

    Book 24 · novel · 2015

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  25. 25 Cover of Crimson Death
    Crimson Death

    Book 25 · novel · 2016

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  26. 26 Cover of Serpentine
    Serpentine

    Book 26 · novel · 2018

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  27. 27 Cover of Sucker Punch
    Sucker Punch

    Book 27 · novel · 2020

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  28. 28 Cover of Rafael
    Rafael

    Book 28 · novel · 2021

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  29. 29 Cover of Smolder
    Smolder

    Book 29 · novel · 2023

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  30. 30 Cover of Slay
    Slay

    Book 30 · novel · 2023

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    Those Who Seek Forgiveness

    Book 0.5 · novella · 2006 Optional

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  32. 8
    The Girl Who Was Infatuated with Death

    Book 8.5 · novella · 2006 Optional

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  33. 20 Cover of Beauty
    Beauty

    Book 20.5 · novella · 2012 Optional

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  34. 21 Cover of Dancing
    Dancing

    Book 21.5 · novella · 2013 Optional

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  35. 21 Cover of Shutdown
    Shutdown

    Book 21.75 · short-story · 2013 Optional

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  36. 24 Cover of Wounded
    Wounded

    Book 24.5 · novella · 2016 Optional

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