List of Buffy the

Vampire Slayer
novels
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The Lost Slayer is an example of the dozens of

novels taking place in the fictional Buffyverse. In this
novels taking place in the fictional Buffyverse. In this
story Buffy enters an alternate reality that makes her
life seem sugar-coated.

Buffy novels have been published since

1998. Originally under the Pocket Books
imprint of Simon & Schuster, they are
now published by Simon Spotlight
Entertainment which launched in 2004.
Authors who have written original novels
include Mel Odom, Christopher Golden,
and Nancy Holder.

Chronology

Novelizations
These Buffyverse tales take place
throughout the series and are
novelizations of various episodes.
 Location, time
Buffyverse stories
(if known)

Buffy book: Buffy the Vampire Slayer L.A., Various

Novelization of the movie

Buffy book: The Harvest Sunnydale, Various

'The Harvest'

Buffy book: The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 1 Sunnydale, Various

'Angel,' 'Reptile Boy,' and 'Lie to Me'

Buffy book: The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 2 Sunnydale, Various

'Halloween,' 'What’s My Line, part 1,' and 'What’s My Line, part 2'

Buffy book: The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 3 Sunnydale, Various

'Surprise,' 'Innocence,' and 'Passion'

Buffy book: The Xander Years, Vol. 1 Sunnydale, Various

Teacher's Pet,' 'Inca Mummy Girl,' and 'Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered'

Buffy book: The Xander Years, Vol. 2 Sunnydale, Various

'The Pack,' 'Go Fish,' and 'The Zeppo'

Buffy book: The Willow Files, Vol. 1 Sunnydale, Various

'I Robot, You Jane,' 'Phases,' and 'Dead Man's Party'

Buffy book: The Willow Files, Vol. 2 Sunnydale, Various

'Gingerbread', 'Doppelgangland' and 'Choices'

Buffy book: The Faith Trials Sunnydale, Various

'Faith, Hope, & Trick,' 'Bad Girls,' and 'Consequences'

Buffy book: The Cordelia Collection Sunnydale, Various

'Out of Mind, Out of Sight,' 'Some Assembly Required,' and 'Homecoming'

Buffy book: The Journals of Rupert Giles Sunnydale, Various

'Helpless,' 'A New Man,' and 'Blood Ties'

Buffy book: Chosen Sunnydale, Various

'Chosen'

490 BCE-CE 1996

These Buffyverse tales take place before

the television series begins (from 490
BCE to CE 1996).

Location, time
Buffyverse stories
(if known)

Buffy book: Tales of the Slayer Various

Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4

Buffy book: Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row 1940s Europe

It is 1940 and for Drusilla's vampiric birthday, Spike decides he will acquire Freyja's Strand, a
necklace, has the ability to allow Drusilla to view her reflection.

Buffy book: Blackout New York, 1977

Spike and Dru come to NYC during a blackout and face Nikki Wood.

Buffy Season 1
These Buffyverse tales take place around
Buffy Season 1 (from spring 1996 until
spring 1997).

Location, time
Buffyverse stories
(if known)

Buffy book: Halloween Rain Sunnydale, Halloween 1996

Buffy is warned that a scarecrow will come alive on Halloween if it's raining.

Buffy book: Night of the Living Rerun Sunnydale, 1996/7

The Master attempts to raise an old Slayer nemesis.

Buffy book: Coyote Moon Sunnydale, summer 1997

It's summer vacation in Sunnydale and the carnival has come to town, bringing with it some
disturbing otherworldly creatures.

Buffy anthology book: How I Survived My Summer

Sunnydale, & L.A., summer 1997
Vacation

Buffy visits her Dad in L.A. whilst the others continue the good fight.

Buffy Season 2

These tales take place during Buffy

Season 2, (from autumn 1997 until spring
1998).
 Location, time
Buffyverse stories
(if known)

Buffy book: Keep Me In Mind Sunnydale, 1997

Ethan Rayne returns and releases an evil sorcerer from Middle Ages Bavaria.

Buffy book: The Suicide King Sunnydale, 1997

A number of strange student suicides have been taking place, and Buffy suspects something
wrong.

Buffy book: Colony Sunnydale, 1997

Mayor Richard Wilkins III invited a woman named Belakane to speak at the local Sunnydale
High School. She has a program, "Be the Ultimate You!".

Buffy book: Night Terrors Sunnydale, 1997

The Night Terror stalks its victims in their dreams. The demon replaces another's soul with its
own, then wreaks chaos in the real world.

Buffy book: Bad Bargain Sunnydale, 1997

Items for the school rumage sale become infected with Hellmouth parasites after being
stored in the school basement.

Buffy book: Portal Through Time Sunnydale, 1998

Some of the Master's devotees travel through time to attempt to disrupt the Slayer lineage,
thus preventing Buffy from destroying the Master.

Buffy book: After Image Sunnydale, 1997

Sunnydale drive-in reopens.

Buffy book: Carnival of Souls Sunnydale, 1997

A Traveling Carnival arrives in Sunnydale. It seems the carnival might be another victim of
Sunnydale's weirdness.

Buffy book: Go Ask Malice: A Slayer's Diary Boston, December 1997 - June 1998

Faith has a tough time growing up in South Boston, moving from relative to relative when
Diana Dormer arrives and informs Faith that she is a potential slayer.

Buffy book: One Thing or Your Mother Sunnydale, 1997/8

Buffy is having a hard time dealing with Angelus and her grades and so Snyder forces her to
get tutoring which takes time away from her slaying, just when things couldn't get worse Dru
wants a child and sires a little girl who starts to become too much to handle. Buffy's new
love interest makes Angelus jealous and a sleep-deprivation spell aimed at Snyder affects
the whole Sunnydale community.

Buffy Season 3

These tales take place during Buffy

Season 3 (from autumn 1998 until spring
1999).
 Location, time
Buffyverse stories
(if known)

Buffy book: Sins of the Father Sunnydale, 1998

Pike visits Sunnydale.

Buffy book: Blooded Sunnydale, 1998

The Scoobies become entangled in a long-running feud between Asian warriors.

Buffy book: Child of the Hunt Sunnydale, 1998

The 'Wild Hunt' arrives in Sunnydale.

Buffy book: Ghoul Trouble Sunnydale, 1998

A new vampire arrives in town called Solitaire who is immune to the sun's rays.

Buffy book: Paleo Sunnydale, 1998

People try to resurrect dinosaur eggs.

Buffy book: The Evil That Men Do Sunnydale, 1998

Helen, an ancient vampire attempts to raise a goddess of destruction.

Buffy book: The Deathless Sunnydale, 1999

Ring Day is fast approaching at Sunnydale High.

Buffy book: Doomsday Deck Sunnydale, 1999

Tarot card-reader, Justine arrives in Sunnydale.

Buffy book: Immortal Sunnydale, 1999

Buffy faces Veronique, a vampire even more immortal than most.

Buffy book: Prime Evil Sunnydale, spring, 1999

Crystal Gregory is a beautiful new teacher at Sunnydale High, who also happens to give
Buffy panic fits.

Buffy book: Revenant Sunnydale, spring, 1999

A Chinese gang arrives in Sunnydale.

Buffy book: Power of Persuasion Sunnydale, spring, 1999

The Moon family try to create a "Womyn Power" group at school, meanwhile there is a string
of unusual killings.

Buffy book: Resurrecting Ravana Sunnydale, spring, 1999

The Rakshasa are in town to help with the resurrection on an ancient Hindu god called
Ravana.

Buffy books: The Gatekeeper

Sunnydale, spring, 1999
[Trilogy]

'The Gatekeeper' is frail and on the verge of death, yet must hold the walls of reality together
in the face of increasing threat.

Buffy book: Return to Chaos Sunnydale, spring, 1999

Four Druids arrive in town. They're in town to try a spell on a certain night to close the
gateway in the Hellmouth so that demons would not be allowed to pass through.

Buffy book: Visitors Sunnydale, spring, 1999

Buffy thinks she's being stalked by a demon with a high-pitched giggle.

Buffy book: Unnatural Selection Sunnydale, spring, 1999

Willow battles against the 'faeries'.

Buffy book: Obsidian Fate Sunnydale, spring, 1999

An old Spanish expedition is found on the outskirts of Sunnydale.

Buffy book: Deep Water Sunnydale, spring, 1999

After an oil spill on a nearby Sunnydale beach, Willow discovers a 'selkie'; that is, a girl that
can turn into a seal with her sealskin.

Buffy book: Here Be Monsters Sunnydale, spring, 1999

After Buffy kills twin teenage vampires, their vampire mother summons a Goddess of balance
who puts Buffy on a trial that could cost people's lives.

Buffy book: The Book of Fours Sunnydale, spring, 1999

The power of four slayers is needed to conquer a new threat.

Sunnydale High Yearbook Sunnydale, spring, 1999

Yearbook received by Scoobies when they graduated from High School.

Buffy Season 4/Angel Season
1

These Buffyverse tales take place during

Buffy Season 4, and Angel Season 1
(from autumn 1999 until spring 2000).

Location, time
Buffyverse stories
(if known)

Buffy books: Lost Slayer

Sunnydale, 1999
[series]

Buffy, new to UC Sunnydale faces a group of vampires with bats tattooed across their faces
who will have huge and not-so-appealing consequences for the Scooby Gang's future.

Buffy book: Oz: Into the Wild Sunnydale, 1999

Oz is in search of himself having left his home.

Buffy/Angel books: Unseen

Sunnydale, L.A., 2000
[Trilogy]

Buffy and Angel have to work together to solve disappearances of teenagers and calm down
the gang warfare going on in LA.

Buffy Season 5/Angel Season

2
These Buffyverse tales take place during
Buffy Season 5, and Angel Season 2
(from autumn 2000 until spring 2001).

Location, time
Buffyverse stories
(if known)

Buffy book: These Our Actors Sunnydale, 2000

Willow takes up drama class, and Spike recalls Cecily.

Buffy book: Wisdom of War Sunnydale, 2001

Two strange breeds of sea creatures are beginning to appear in Sunnydale.

Buffy book: Tempted Champions Sunnydale, 2001

A deadly fighter arrives, willing to kill both humans and vampires.

Buffy book: Little Things Sunnydale, 2001

The town is terrorised by something mysterious and tiny.

Buffy book: Crossings Sunnydale, 2001

Xander learns of a terrifying total immersion video game beta testing.

Buffy book: Sweet Sixteen Sunnydale, 2001

Dawn befriends a girl named Arianna.

Buffy book: Chaos Bleeds Sunnydale, 2001

The First has made Ethan a deal he can't refuse: ultimate power. All he has to do is lure Buffy
into battle.

Buffy Season 6/Angel Season

3
These Buffyverse tales take place around
Buffy Season 6, and Angel Season 3
(from autumn 2001 until spring 2002).

Location, time
Buffyverse stories
(if known)

Buffy/Angel novel: Cursed L.A., 2001

An organised, united effort is being made to put Spike out of the picture. Angel and Spike
reluctantly work together and deal with their shared evil pasts.

Buffy/Angel novel: Monster Island Sunnydale, L.A., Monster Island, 2001

The Fang Gang and the Scooby Gang must unite to protect a safe-haven of half-blood
demons.

Buffy books: Wicked Willow Sunnydale, 2002

Supposing that Dark Willow did not return to the good so quickly.

Buffy Seasons 7-8 /Angel

Season 4-5

These Buffyverse tales take place around

Buffy Season 7, and Angel Season 4
(from autumn 2002 until spring 2003).
 Location, time
Buffyverse stories
(if known)

Buffy/Angel book: Seven Crows Mexico, 2002

Between Mexico and Arizona Riley and Sam Finn call in Buffy and Angel to investigate
mysterious supernature.

Buffy book: Apocalypse Memories Sunnydale, 2002

Willow is terrified that using her magic powers might result in dark magic consuming her
whilst the Angel Michael brings signs of apocalypse to Sunnydale.

Buffy book: Mortal Fear Sunnydale, 2002

Buffy is being sent on random missions by a man that goes by the name of Simon. He wants
her to retrieve parts of a mystical sword and put them together, but he refuses to say why or
who he even is.

Buffy book: Spark and Burn Sunnydale, 2002

Spike remembers his past as he suffers insanity in a school basement.

Buffy/Angel book: Heat Sunnydale, L.A., 2002

Buffy and Angel both battle the same ancient evil, a Possessor who was once "Qin".

Buffy book: Blood and Fog England 1888, Sunnydale, 2002

Buffy Summers is on the trail of a killer demon in Sunnydale, and reluctantly accepts the help
of Spike. But Spike—as usual—has his own agenda.

Buffy book: Queen of the Slayers Sunnydale, Cleveland, Italy, Summer 2003-2004

Hundreds of potential slayers have been awakened. A number of leading dark figures unite in
an attempt to retaliate against the new status quo.

Buffy book: Dark Congress 2003–2004

Until 500 years ago all of the demonic and monstrous races met at a Dark Congress. They
prepare to meet again.

Canonical issues