House of Night
#6993.92 in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 16 books Status Complete 2007–2020 Reading commitment High P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast Last reviewed 2026-11-01
Overview
House of Night is a young adult fantasy series by P. C. Cast and her daughter Kristin Cast. Twelve novels appeared from 2007 to 2014, starting with Marked and ending with Redeemed. In an alternate version of America, teenagers who are Marked become fledgling vampyres and attend a House of Night school. Zoey Redbird, a sixteen-year-old in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is chosen by the goddess Nyx and, with her friends the Nerd Herd, opposes the High Priestess Neferet and the immortal Kalona. A four-book sequel series, House of Night: Other World (2017 to 2020), continues the story in the same setting with Zoey and her friends, and its last book, Found, is described as the final one.
Urban fantasy, Romantasy · For YA
Core Canon: Reading Order (16 works) counts toward ranking
House of Night P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Marked | 2007 | 1 | core | 3.82 (529,849 ratings) |
 | Betrayed | 2007 | 2 | core | 3.92 (282,702 ratings) |
 | Chosen | 2008 | 3 | core | 3.91 (258,014 ratings) |
 | Untamed | 2008 | 4 | core | 3.94 (247,238 ratings) |
 | Hunted | 2009 | 5 | core | 3.93 (193,210 ratings) |
 | Tempted | 2009 | 6 | core | 3.95 (175,924 ratings) |
 | Burned | 2010 | 7 | core | 3.97 (167,885 ratings) |
 | Awakened | 2011 | 8 | core | 4.00 (146,317 ratings) |
 | Destined | 2011 | 9 | core | 4.03 (91,478 ratings) |
 | Hidden | 2012 | 10 | core | 3.99 (65,747 ratings) |
 | Revealed | 2013 | 11 | core | 3.90 (41,521 ratings) |
 | Redeemed | 2014 | 12 | core | 4.01 (33,341 ratings) |
Twelve novels following Zoey Redbird at the Tulsa House of Night as she opposes Neferet and Kalona.
House of Night Other World P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Loved | 2017 | 1 | core | 4.22 (6,658 ratings) |
 | Lost | 2018 | 2 | core | 4.33 (4,561 ratings) |
 | Forgotten | 2019 | 3 | core | 4.19 (3,264 ratings) |
 | Found | 2020 | 4 | core | 4.32 (3,616 ratings) |
Four sequel novels in which Zoey and her friends face threats linked to an alternate version of their world.
Quick answers
- How many books are in House of Night? House of Night's Core Canon is 16 books.
- What is the reading order for House of Night? Publication order, starting with Marked. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is House of Night finished? Complete (2007–2020).
- How much reading does House of Night take? High reading commitment (estimated from 16 Core Canon books).
- How is House of Night ranked? #699 in this site's official ranking, based on 2,251,325 reader ratings across 16 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #699?
Ranked #699 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 3.92 across 16 core books.
- Backed by 2.3M reader ratings.
- Uneven reception: its books range from 3.82 to 4.33.
- Less than 0.01 behind #698, Ring Shout (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.46.
Why explore this universe?
Well rated · 16 books · Complete · 2.3M ratings · Ranks #699 overall
Good choice if you want a long-running urban fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
Publication order (16 Core Canon books)
- Betrayed (2007)
- Marked (2007)
- Chosen (2008)
- Untamed (2008)
- Hunted (2009)
- Tempted (2009)
- Burned (2010)
- Awakened (2011)
- Destined (2011)
- Hidden (2012)
- Revealed (2013)
- Redeemed (2014)
- Loved (2017)
- Lost (2018)
- Forgotten (2019)
- Found (2020)
Documented internal/story order
- Marked (2007)
- Loved (2017)
- Betrayed (2007)
- Lost (2018)
- Chosen (2008)
- Forgotten (2019)
- Untamed (2008)
- Found (2020)
- Hunted (2009)
- Tempted (2009)
- Burned (2010)
- Awakened (2011)
- Destined (2011)
- Hidden (2012)
- Revealed (2013)
- Redeemed (2014)
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 3.92 across 2,251,325 ratings on 16 Core Canon books. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Canon Extension: Ulysses Moore, House of Night, Otherworld (Sisters of the Moon) and Psy-Changeling; Arslan and Echo open items closed accepted 2026-11-01
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Wikipedia: House of Night Tier 2
- Wikipedia: Marked (novel) Tier 2
- Wikipedia: P. C. Cast Tier 2
- Wikipedia: Kristin Cast Tier 2
- Science Fiction Encyclopedia: Kristin Cast Tier 2
- Rising Shadow series page Tier 2
- TV Tropes: Hunted (House of Night) Tier 2
- Romance.io: House of Night Other World Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-11-01
Rule: Core Canon = the twelve House of Night novels from Marked (2007) to Redeemed (2014) and the four House of Night: Other World sequel novels from Loved (2017) to Found (2020); the four prequel novellas, the handbook, the comic and other companion titles are excluded.