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Sookie Stackhouse Reading Order
Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris has 13 main books (2001–2013), plus 1 novella or companion. Start with Dead Until Dark (2001) and read the numbered books in order.
Sookie Stackhouse books in order
Your reading speed
- 5 h 42 min
- 5 h 6 min
- 5 h 10 min
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- 5 h 36 min
- 5 h 22 min
- 6 h 3 min
- 5 h 54 min
- 6 h 6 min
- 5 h 36 min
- 5 h 36 min
- 6 h 10 min
- 6 h 27 min
- 6 h 2 min
- 3 h 25 min
Main books together: 4,275 pages, about 74 h 50 min at 238 words per minute.
Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
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Sookie Stackhouse: common questions
- How many books are in the Sookie Stackhouse series?
- There are 13 main books in Sookie Stackhouse, plus 1 novella or companion book. The most recent main book listed here is Dead Ever After (2013).
- What order should I read Sookie Stackhouse in?
- Read Sookie Stackhouse in its numbered order: Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead to the World, and so on.
- What is the first Sookie Stackhouse book?
- The first book is Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris, published in 2001.
- How long does it take to read the whole Sookie Stackhouse series?
- The 13 main books add up to about 4,275 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 75 hours of reading, or about 150 days at 30 minutes a day.
- Do I need to read the Sookie Stackhouse novellas?
- The 1 novella or companion book (After Dead) sit outside the main numbering. You can follow the main story without them; their numbers (like 0.5 or 2.5) show where they fit between the main books.