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Morganville Vampires Books in Order

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See the Morganville Vampires books in order by Rachel Caine, with quick summaries, series background, and help on where Claire Danvers's story starts.

Last updated: July 11, 2026

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Morganville Vampires books in publication order

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17 books

1

Glass Houses

by Rachel Caine

2006

Claire Danvers flees vicious dorm bullies and lands in the Glass House, where her new roommates know Morganville's darkest secret. In a Texas college town ruled by vampires, staying alive means learning the rules fast.

2

Midnight Alley

by Rachel Caine

2007

Morganville's uneasy peace starts breaking apart as people turn up dead and Claire catches the eye of the brilliant, dangerous vampire Myrnin. His mentorship opens doors she may not be ready to walk through.

3

The Dead Girls' Dance

by Rachel Caine

2007

A local frat party called the Dead Girls' Dance turns deadly, pulling Claire deeper into Morganville's bargain between humans and vampires. Her new romance and her fragile place in town both come under pressure.

4

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

by Rachel Caine

2007

This shorter Weather Warden entry follows Joanne and David in the aftermath of earlier chaos, when even a pause in the fighting refuses to stay peaceful. It works as a compact dose of series tension and relationship fallout.

5

Feast of Fools

by Rachel Caine

2008

A new enemy challenges Founder Amelie's control of Morganville and forces everyone to choose sides. Claire and the Glass House crew are trapped in a town sliding fast toward chaos.

6

Lord of Misrule

by Rachel Caine

2008

Bishop tightens his grip on Morganville and pushes the town toward open war. Claire and her friends face danger from vampire politics and a storm that feels almost apocalyptic.

7

Carpe Corpus

by Rachel Caine

2009

With Bishop still in control, Claire and the resistance make a desperate stand to save Morganville. The fight is bigger than survival now, because the town's future is on the line.

8

Fade Out

by Rachel Caine

2009

Morganville seems calmer after Bishop's fall, until Eve's theater job and a missing castmate open a new mystery. A documentary about the vampires turns out to be far more dangerous than it looks.

9

Ghost Town

by Rachel Caine

2010

Claire creates a system meant to protect Morganville's secrets, then watches it go dangerously wrong. As memories start vanishing across town, she has to fix the damage before no one remembers who they are.

10

Kiss of Death

by Rachel Caine

2010

Michael gets a chance to play outside Morganville, and the trip should be exciting. Instead, Claire and the others end up on a tense road adventure where old grudges and new threats collide.

11

Bite Club

by Rachel Caine

2011

Underground fights between vampires and humans turn Morganville into a new kind of battleground. Following the trail online, Claire uncovers something uglier than a blood sport.

12

Last Breath

by Rachel Caine

2011

When three vampires disappear, Claire starts investigating and runs into the unsettling newcomer Magnus. The truth points toward an enemy Morganville's vampires have reason to fear.

13

Bitter Blood

by Rachel Caine

2012

With the draug gone, the old human-vampire balance starts cracking in a different way. Claire tries to keep the peace while politics, paranoia, and unwanted publicity make everything more dangerous.

14

Black Dawn

by Rachel Caine

2012

The draug invade Morganville and turn the town into a war zone. Claire and her friends stay behind to fight, even as the odds keep getting worse.

15

Daylighters

by Rachel Caine

2013

Claire comes home to find Morganville transformed by the Daylight Foundation and its promise of a vampire-free future. The cleaner, safer town hides a plan that could destroy everyone she loves.

16

Fall of Night

by Rachel Caine

2013

Claire finally gets the chance to study at MIT, but leaving Morganville does not free her from vampire trouble. Her new research and new setting uncover a bigger danger instead.

17

Eve's Story

by Rachel Caine

2016

This Morganville companion shifts to Eve Rosser's point of view and lets her tell part of the story in her own voice. It is a short side trip for readers who want more of the Glass House crew.

Morganville Vampires books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Glass Houses"

    Glass Houses

    by Rachel Caine

    2006Morganville Vampires, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Dead Girls' Dance"

    The Dead Girls' Dance

    by Rachel Caine

    2007Morganville Vampires, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life"

    The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

    by Rachel Caine

    2007Morganville Vampires, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Midnight Alley"

    Midnight Alley

    by Rachel Caine

    2007Morganville Vampires, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Feast of Fools"

    Feast of Fools

    by Rachel Caine

    2008Morganville Vampires, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Lord of Misrule"

    Lord of Misrule

    by Rachel Caine

    2008Morganville Vampires, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Carpe Corpus"

    Carpe Corpus

    by Rachel Caine

    2009Morganville Vampires, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Fade Out"

    Fade Out

    by Rachel Caine

    2009Morganville Vampires, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Kiss of Death"

    Kiss of Death

    by Rachel Caine

    2010Morganville Vampires, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Ghost Town"

    Ghost Town

    by Rachel Caine

    2010Morganville Vampires, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Bite Club"

    Bite Club

    by Rachel Caine

    2011Morganville Vampires, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "Last Breath"

    Last Breath

    by Rachel Caine

    2011Morganville Vampires, Book 12
  13. Book cover for "Black Dawn"

    Black Dawn

    by Rachel Caine

    2012Morganville Vampires, Book 13
  14. Book cover for "Bitter Blood"

    Bitter Blood

    by Rachel Caine

    2012Morganville Vampires, Book 14
  15. Book cover for "Fall of Night"

    Fall of Night

    by Rachel Caine

    2013Morganville Vampires, Book 15
  16. Book cover for "Daylighters"

    Daylighters

    by Rachel Caine

    2013Morganville Vampires, Book 16
  17. Book cover for "Eve's Story"

    Eve's Story

    by Rachel Caine

    2016

Series background & context

The Morganville Vampires books start with a simple, very good hook: Claire Danvers is smart enough for college early, but not nearly prepared for the town she lands in. Morganville looks like a dusty Texas college town. It is not. The place is controlled by vampires, and the people who live there survive by learning the rules, breaking them carefully, or hiding in the cracks.

Claire is the center of the series, but she is never alone for long. Once she leaves her miserable dorm and moves into the Glass House, the books settle into the group that gives the series its real life: Shane, Eve, and Michael. That housemate dynamic matters as much as the vampire mythology. Rachel Caine understood that a good supernatural series does not run on lore alone. It runs on who shares the ride, who keeps showing up, and who you would actually miss if the town finally swallowed them whole.

Morganville itself is the other main character.

The setting gives the books their pressure. This is not a glamorous vampire city built around seduction and velvet. It is a functional little system with curfews, bargains, protections, punishments, old grudges, and a strange kind of civic order. The vampire leadership, especially Amelie and Myrnin, adds a lot of the series' tension because they are never just monsters or just allies. They are power structures in person. Claire and her friends keep having to decide when to trust them, when to work with them, and when to run.

Across the books, the scale keeps widening. The early stories are close to Claire's immediate survival, bullying, parties gone wrong, and the problem of staying alive long enough to understand the town. Later books bring in vampire politics, outside threats, scientific experiments, memory problems, ancient enemies like the draug, and finally the Daylight Foundation's promise of a cleaner, safer Morganville. The series grows bigger without losing the thing that made it work in the first place, which is a clever young heroine trying to hold onto her people in a place designed to use them.

The tone is YA horror and adventure with a strong found-family core.

That means the books move quickly, but they also leave room for friendship, awkward romance, loyalty, and the weird ordinary business of living in a dangerous town. Claire solves problems with intelligence, nerve, and stubbornness more than brute force. If you want vampires with sharper teeth, a Texas setting that feels specific, and a long-running group story that keeps escalating while staying readable, this is one of Rachel Caine's clearest entry points.

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