Book Series · 11 Books

House of Night Books

A twelve-book YA paranormal-fantasy series about Zoey Redbird's life at a vampyre boarding school and her growing role in a battle between Light and Darkness.

Reviewed by the Bookroo Editors Updated August 12, 2026

Reading order

How to Read the House of Night Books

Read the twelve main novels in numbered order, from Marked through Redeemed. Each book continues Zoey's relationships, conflicts, and supernatural struggle from the previous installment.

The four House of Night novellas—Dragon's Oath, Lenobia's Vow, Neferet's Curse, and Kalona's Fall—add character backstories but are not required to follow the main plot. They work best in publication order alongside the later novels or after finishing the main series.

Sources: Macmillan's official House of Night novels list, Macmillan's official House of Night novellas list.

For parents

What Parents Should Know

The series includes blood drinking, supernatural attacks, fights, captivity, deaths, and frightening ritual imagery. Teen relationships are a major part of the story and include sexual references and situations, jealousy, manipulation, and abusive behavior. Readers will also encounter strong language, alcohol and drug references, grief, betrayal, and discussions of self-harm and suicide.

Where to start

Where Should a New Reader Start?

Zoey's complete story

Begin with Marked and continue through all twelve main novels in order.

Where the story begins

First Book in the Series

Sale price

$1330

Book #1 · Chapter Book · Ages 12–18 · 2007

Marked

By P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

A fledgling vampyre must navigate a dangerous school and uncover a dark secret to embrace her destiny.

306 pages

$14.00Save 5%

Paperback

Summary: Zoey Redbird, a newly Marked fledgling vampyre, enters the House of Night, a school where survival isn't guaranteed. Chosen by the Goddess Nyx, Zoey discovers her unique powers and faces the challenge of a corrupt elite group misusing their gifts. As she grapples with her new identity and the dangers lurking within the school, Zoey must find the courage to fulfill her destiny, aided by her newfound vampyre friends. Will she overcome the trials of the Change and the dark forces at play, or will she succumb to the perils of her new world?

In reading order