Night Huntress
#1044.22 in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 16 books Status Unfinished 2007–2021 Reading commitment High Jeaniene Frost Last reviewed 2026-10-30
Overview
Night Huntress is a shared world created by Jeaniene Frost and published by Avon from 2007. Vampires, ghouls, demons and other supernatural beings live hidden among humans. The first series follows Cat Crawfield, a half-human, half-vampire woman, and Bones, a British vampire bounty hunter who becomes her partner and husband. Two standalone novels follow their friends, the Night Prince series follows Vlad Tepesh and the mortal Leila Dalton, and the Night Rebel series follows the vampire Ian and the Law Guardian Veritas. Together the four groups hold 16 novels, from 2007 to 2021, with the same characters recurring across them. No further novel in this world is announced.
Urban fantasy, Romantasy · For Adult
Core Canon: Reading Order (16 works) counts toward ranking
Night Huntress Jeaniene Frost
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Halfway to the Grave | 2007 | 1 | core | 4.12 (167,002 ratings) |
 | One Foot in the Grave | 2008 | 2 | core | 4.28 (109,761 ratings) |
 | At Grave's End | 2008 | 3 | core | 4.28 (93,283 ratings) |
 | Destined for an Early Grave | 2009 | 4 | core | 4.32 (87,983 ratings) |
 | This Side of the Grave | 2011 | 5 | core | 4.26 (65,359 ratings) |
 | One Grave at a Time | 2011 | 6 | core | 4.23 (51,300 ratings) |
 | Up from the Grave | 2014 | 7 | core | 4.27 (34,648 ratings) |
Half-vampire Cat Crawfield and the vampire Bones hunt rogue undead in seven novels told from Cat's point of view.
Night Huntress World Jeaniene Frost
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | First Drop of Crimson | 2010 | 1 | core | 4.15 (59,554 ratings) |
 | Eternal Kiss of Darkness | 2010 | 2 | core | 4.21 (45,161 ratings) |
Two standalone novels about friends of Cat and Bones, set in the same world.
Night Prince Jeaniene Frost
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Once Burned | 2012 | 1 | core | 4.19 (71,995 ratings) |
 | Twice Tempted | 2013 | 2 | core | 4.25 (45,261 ratings) |
 | Bound by Flames | 2015 | 3 | core | 4.20 (28,215 ratings) |
 | Into the Fire | 2017 | 4 | core | 4.12 (16,981 ratings) |
Vlad Tepesh and the mortal Leila Dalton face supernatural enemies across four novels.
Night Rebel Jeaniene Frost
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Shades of Wicked | 2018 | 1 | core | 4.30 (14,076 ratings) |
 | Wicked Bite | 2020 | 2 | core | 4.29 (10,410 ratings) |
 | Wicked All Night | 2021 | 3 | core | 4.17 (7,261 ratings) |
The vampire Ian and the Law Guardian Veritas fight a demon and then a wider threat across three novels.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Night Huntress? Night Huntress's Core Canon is 16 books.
- What is the reading order for Night Huntress? Publication order, starting with Halfway to the Grave. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is Night Huntress finished? Unfinished (2007–2021).
- How much reading does Night Huntress take? High reading commitment (estimated from 16 Core Canon books).
- How is Night Huntress ranked? #104 in this site's official ranking, based on 908,250 reader ratings across 16 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #104?
Ranked #104 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 4.22 across 16 core books.
- Backed by 908k reader ratings.
- 0.02 behind #103, Magic Land.
- Below the top-10 average of 4.46.
Why explore this universe?
Top-tier rated · 16 books · Unfinished · 908k ratings · Ranks #104 overall
Good choice if you want a long-running urban fantasy universe.
Reading order
Publication order (16 Core Canon books)
- Halfway to the Grave (2007)
- At Grave's End (2008)
- One Foot in the Grave (2008)
- Destined for an Early Grave (2009)
- Eternal Kiss of Darkness (2010)
- First Drop of Crimson (2010)
- One Grave at a Time (2011)
- This Side of the Grave (2011)
- Once Burned (2012)
- Twice Tempted (2013)
- Up from the Grave (2014)
- Bound by Flames (2015)
- Into the Fire (2017)
- Shades of Wicked (2018)
- Wicked Bite (2020)
- Wicked All Night (2021)
Documented internal/story order
- Halfway to the Grave (2007)
- First Drop of Crimson (2010)
- Once Burned (2012)
- Shades of Wicked (2018)
- One Foot in the Grave (2008)
- Eternal Kiss of Darkness (2010)
- Twice Tempted (2013)
- Wicked Bite (2020)
- At Grave's End (2008)
- Bound by Flames (2015)
- Wicked All Night (2021)
- Destined for an Early Grave (2009)
- Into the Fire (2017)
- This Side of the Grave (2011)
- One Grave at a Time (2011)
- Up from the Grave (2014)
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.22 across 908,250 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: Night Huntress, Kitty Norville, Das Geheimnis von Askir, Die uralte Metropole, Le Bâtard de Kosigan, Erdwelt, L'ultimo elfo and Fireborn accepted 2026-10-30
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Official reading order Tier 2
- Wikipedia, Night Huntress Tier 2
- Wikipedia, Jeaniene Frost Tier 2
- Author series listings Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Rule: Core Canon = the sixteen full-length novels set in the Night Huntress world: Night Huntress 1-7 (Halfway to the Grave, 2007, to Up from the Grave, 2014), the two Night Huntress World novels (First Drop of Crimson and Eternal Kiss of Darkness, 2010), Night Prince 1-4 (Once Burned, 2012, to Into the Fire, 2017) and Night Rebel 1-3 (Shades of Wicked, 2018, to Wicked All Night, 2021); novellas, novelettes, anthologies and the Bones-point-of-view retellings are excluded.