The Morganville Vampires
#2274.13 in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 15 books Status Complete 2006–2013 Reading commitment High Rachel Caine Last reviewed 2026-10-30
Overview
The Morganville Vampires is a young adult urban fantasy series by Rachel Caine, published in the United States by Signet and later NAL between 2006 and 2013. It is set in Morganville, a college town in Texas that is run by vampires, where humans must follow strict rules. Claire Danvers, a young and gifted student, moves into the Glass House with Eve Rosser, Shane Collins and Michael Glass, and is drawn into the town's politics under the protection of Amelie, its founding vampire. Other recurring figures include Oliver, Myrnin and Monica Morrell. The fifteen novels form one continuing story and are best read in order. The series was contracted for fifteen books and ended with Daylighters in 2013. Short stories and the collection Midnight Bites round out the world.
Urban fantasy · For YA
Core Canon: Reading Order (15 works) counts toward ranking
The Morganville Vampires Rachel Caine
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Glass Houses | 2006 | 1 | core | 3.92 (104,256 ratings) |
 | The Dead Girls' Dance | 2007 | 2 | core | 4.03 (60,734 ratings) |
 | Midnight Alley | 2007 | 3 | core | 4.09 (62,393 ratings) |
 | Feast of Fools | 2008 | 4 | core | 4.14 (55,276 ratings) |
 | Lord of Misrule | 2009 | 5 | core | 4.15 (49,232 ratings) |
 | Carpe Corpus | 2009 | 6 | core | 4.20 (50,160 ratings) |
 | Fade Out | 2009 | 7 | core | 4.18 (40,928 ratings) |
 | Kiss of Death | 2010 | 8 | core | 4.20 (40,171 ratings) |
 | Ghost Town | 2010 | 9 | core | 4.25 (38,316 ratings) |
 | Bite Club | 2011 | 10 | core | 4.21 (31,577 ratings) |
 | Last Breath | 2011 | 11 | core | 4.30 (26,106 ratings) |
 | Black Dawn | 2012 | 12 | core | 4.24 (20,629 ratings) |
 | Bitter Blood | 2012 | 13 | core | 4.22 (15,084 ratings) |
 | Fall of Night | 2013 | 14 | core | 4.22 (13,019 ratings) |
 | Daylighters | 2013 | 15 | core | 4.29 (11,336 ratings) |
Fifteen young adult novels about Claire Danvers in a Texas college town ruled by vampires.
Quick answers
- How many books are in The Morganville Vampires? The Morganville Vampires's Core Canon is 15 books.
- What is the reading order for The Morganville Vampires? Publication order, starting with Glass Houses. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is The Morganville Vampires finished? Complete (2006–2013).
- How much reading does The Morganville Vampires take? High reading commitment (estimated from 15 Core Canon books).
- How is The Morganville Vampires ranked? #227 in this site's official ranking, based on 619,217 reader ratings across 15 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #227?
Ranked #227 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 4.13 across 15 core books.
- Backed by 619k reader ratings.
- Less than 0.01 behind #226, Impossible Creatures (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.46.
Why explore this universe?
Highly rated · 15 books · Complete · 619k ratings · Ranks #227 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 (15 Core Canon books)
- Glass Houses (2006)
- Midnight Alley (2007)
- The Dead Girls' Dance (2007)
- Feast of Fools (2008)
- Carpe Corpus (2009)
- Fade Out (2009)
- Lord of Misrule (2009)
- Ghost Town (2010)
- Kiss of Death (2010)
- Bite Club (2011)
- Last Breath (2011)
- Bitter Blood (2012)
- Black Dawn (2012)
- Daylighters (2013)
- Fall of Night (2013)
Documented internal/story order
- Glass Houses (2006)
- The Dead Girls' Dance (2007)
- Midnight Alley (2007)
- Feast of Fools (2008)
- Lord of Misrule (2009)
- Carpe Corpus (2009)
- Fade Out (2009)
- Kiss of Death (2010)
- Ghost Town (2010)
- Bite Club (2011)
- Last Breath (2011)
- Black Dawn (2012)
- Bitter Blood (2012)
- Fall of Night (2013)
- Daylighters (2013)
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.13 across 619,217 ratings on 15 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: Women of the Otherworld, Weather Warden, The Morganville Vampires, The Walker Papers, Jane Yellowrock, Mithgar, Opowieści z meekhańskiego pogranicza, Tarean and Woran-Saga accepted 2026-10-30
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Wikipedia: The Morganville Vampires Tier 2
- Wikipedia: Rachel Caine Tier 2
- Penguin Random House series page Tier 2
- FictionDB series page Tier 2
- Wikipedia: Glass Houses Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Rule: Core Canon = the fifteen Morganville Vampires novels by Rachel Caine, from Glass Houses (2006) to Daylighters (2013). Short stories, the Midnight Bites collection and other novellas are excluded.