Beauty and the Beast Books in Order

These books are tie-ins to the 1980s television series Beauty and the Beast, and they lean into what made that show beloved: the emotional bond between Catherine and Vincent, the split between the world above and the hidden community below, and the mix of romance, danger, and urban fairy-tale atmosphere.

Hambly was a good match for the material because she writes tenderness and menace well in the same space. The stories keep the show's sense that New York can feel both brutally modern and half-mythic. Vincent belongs to a hidden realm beneath the city, Catherine moves in the ordinary world above it, and every crisis tests whether those two lives can meet without breaking.

The books also work as snapshots of the series at its most moody and heartfelt. Readers who love character-centered tie-ins, especially ones built on loyalty, secrecy, and a love story under constant pressure, will probably enjoy this small corner of Hambly's bibliography.