P. C. Cast Books in Order (Updated March 10, 2026)

P. C. Cast’s bibliography is easier to read once you stop treating it as one long chain. Some of her books are solo fantasy or romantasy, some are co-written with Kristin Cast, and several series sit in completely separate worlds.

That means the best reading order is not “everything by date.” It is each continuity in its own order, with special care around House of Night, because that world includes the main series, prequel novellas, and the later Other World continuation.

The shortest possible answer

If you want the books most readers mean when they ask for P. C. Cast in order, begin with House of Night.

If you want her solo adult fantasy, start with Partholon or Goddess Summoning.

If you want newer post-apocalyptic fantasy from her solo work, start with Tales of a New World.

If you want the co-written witch series with Kristin Cast, start with Spells Trouble.

First, separate the continuities

House of Night world

Co-written with Kristin Cast. This includes the 12-book main series, the prequel novellas, and the 4-book House of Night: Other World follow-up.

Solo fantasy and romantasy by P. C. Cast

These include Partholon, Goddess Summoning, Tales of a New World, Into the Mist, and Boudicca.

Other co-written YA fantasy with Kristin Cast

This includes Sisters of Salem and Draw Down the Moon.

These groups do not need to be blended into one master chronology.

P. C. Cast books in order by series

House of Night main series

1. Marked (2007): Zoey Redbird is Marked as a fledgling vampyre and sent to the Tulsa House of Night, where the series begins balancing supernatural destiny, school politics, and Zoey’s sudden status as someone unusually chosen.
2. Betrayed (2007): Zoey’s new life gets more dangerous as trust fractures inside her circle and the threat around Stevie Rae pushes the series from school drama into darker consequences.
3. Chosen (2008): As old loyalties weaken and Aphrodite’s role grows more complicated, the series starts showing that Zoey’s biggest problems will not stay small or local.
4. Untamed (2008): Zoey’s emotional and magical life both spiral, making this the point where the personal mess and the wider supernatural danger become impossible to separate.
5. Hunted (2009): Neferet and Kalona move more clearly into the center of the conflict, and the story shifts toward open confrontation rather than hidden tension.
6. Tempted (2009): The pressure on Zoey intensifies as grief, isolation, and manipulation drive the series into one of its more painful turning points.
7. Burned (2010): With Zoey spiritually broken, the series expands beyond Tulsa and leans hard into recovery, sacrifice, and whether the group can hold together without her strength.
8. Awakened (2011): Zoey returns to a world that has not paused for her, and the conflict with Neferet becomes more direct, more political, and harder to escape.
9. Destined (2011): The war lines sharpen, major alliances harden, and the series begins its push toward endgame territory.
10. Hidden (2012): Secrets, possession, and divided loyalties keep raising the cost of every victory, with the book functioning as another step toward final resolution.
11. Revealed (2013): Neferet’s threat breaks into the public world in a bigger way, widening the series beyond school and forcing characters into more exposed positions.
12. Redeemed (2014): The original House of Night storyline closes by paying off the long struggle against Neferet and resolving Zoey’s central arc.

House of Night prequel novellas

These are optional, but they work best if read alongside the main series rather than after everything.

1. Dragon’s Oath (2011): This novella steps back into Dragon Lankford’s past, adding emotional weight to his losses and giving his later choices in the main series more context.
2. Lenobia’s Vow (2012): Lenobia’s history becomes clearer here, which deepens her role in the main books and explains why love and restraint matter so much in her storyline.
3. Neferet’s Curse (2013): This is the key villain-backstory novella, showing how Neferet became who she is and making her actions in the main series more legible, though not more sympathetic.
4. Kalona’s Fall (2014): Kalona’s earlier history gets its own tragic framing, which helps clarify the mythic side of the House of Night conflict.

Best House of Night reading order

For most readers, this is the cleanest path:

1. Marked
2. Betrayed
3. Chosen
4. Untamed
5. Dragon’s Oath
6. Hunted
7. Tempted
8. Burned
9. Lenobia’s Vow
10. Awakened
11. Destined
12. Neferet’s Curse
13. Hidden
14. Revealed
15. Kalona’s Fall
16. Redeemed

That order keeps the main arc moving while dropping the novellas in where they add the most background.

House of Night: Other World

Read these only after Redeemed.

1. Loved (2017): Zoey and the Nerd Herd return, but the story moves into an alternate-world version of House of Night, turning familiar characters and loyalties into unstable ground.
2. Lost (2018): The alternate-world premise keeps unfolding as Zoey, Stevie Rae, and Rephaim face threats shaped by distorted versions of what they thought they understood.
3. Forgotten (2019): With the worlds colliding more dangerously, the series leans into bigger magical consequences and questions about what can safely be restored.
4. Found (2020): This closes the Other World sequence by forcing the cast into one more large-scale battle for both realities.

Partholon series

This is solo P. C. Cast fantasy and should be read as its own continuity.

1. Divine by Mistake (2001): Shannon Parker is pulled into Partholon and mistaken for her divine double, starting the central body-swap-and-destiny setup that defines the series.
2. Divine by Choice (2006): Shannon’s return to Oklahoma does not solve anything, because the series immediately turns into a struggle over doubles, divided worlds, and who belongs where.
3. Divine by Blood (2007): The focus widens through the next generation, shifting the emotional center of the story while still paying off the consequences of the earlier books.
4. Elphame’s Choice (2004): This companion-style continuation moves into another branch of Partholon’s world, opening up the society and mythology beyond Shannon’s immediate arc.
5. Brighid’s Quest (2005): Brighid’s journey deepens the centaur and clan side of the setting, making this best read after Elphame’s Choice.
6. Divine Beginnings (2009): This prequel material is optional and works best once you already know the world rather than as a starting point.

Goddess Summoning series

These are linked by concept and mythic-romance approach more than by one tight continuing plot, so publication order is the safest route.

1. Goddess of the Sea (2003): A modern woman is drawn into a mythic bargain with the sea, establishing the series’ pattern of contemporary heroines colliding with gods and fate.
2. Goddess of Spring (2004): This time the mythic pull runs through Hades and Persephone territory, blending romance with underworld transformation.
3. Goddess of Light (2005): The third book widens the divine cast, using Apollo and Artemis elements to keep the series moving through new mythic pairings.
4. Goddess of the Rose (2006): Beauty-and-beast style elements shape this installment, with love acting less as ornament and more as the engine of change.
5. Goddess of Love (2007): Venus enters the frame, giving the series one of its more overtly self-aware transformations from ordinary life to myth-shaped confidence.
6. Warrior Rising / Goddess of Troy (2008): This entry shifts toward Trojan-war material, broadening the myth pool beyond the earlier romantic frameworks.
7. Goddess of Legend (2010): The series closes by reaching for Arthurian material, ending the run with one of its biggest legend-based swings.

Tales of a New World

This is solo YA fantasy and should be read straight through.

1. Moon Chosen (2016): Mari, an Earth Walker, is chosen by a powerful animal ally, beginning a post-apocalyptic fantasy world built on clan tension, spiritual bonds, and survival.
2. Sun Warrior (2017): The alliance between Mari and Nik gets harder to maintain as the threat to both peoples escalates and the series broadens its world conflict.
3. Wind Rider (2018): The story keeps expanding in scale, moving the series toward larger divine and communal stakes rather than just personal survival.
4. Earth Called (2025): The final currently listed installment brings gods, humans, and animal allies together for the series’ biggest reckoning.

Into the Mist duology

This is a separate solo dystopian-fantasy line.

1. Into the Mist (2022): In a world where a deadly mist changes gendered power structures, Mercury Rhodes is forced into survival mode as the social order collapses around her.
2. Out of the Dawn (2023): The sequel continues Mercury’s fight for survival and meaning after the first book’s upheaval, pushing the duology toward its harsher, more hunted second act.

Sisters of Salem

Co-written with Kristin Cast.

1. Spells Trouble (2021): Twin witches Mercy and Hunter Goode inherit the job of guarding underworld gates, and the series begins by tying family grief to a much larger supernatural threat.
2. Omens Bite (2022): The twins’ hunt for answers after their mother’s murder widens the mythology and puts more strain on both their bond and their responsibilities.
3. Hex You (2023): The trilogy closes by forcing Mercy and Hunter into the full weight of their gatekeeping role and the consequences of everything opened in the first two books.

Moonstruck

Co-written with Kristin Cast.

Draw Down the Moon (2024): This begins a separate YA fantasy line, introducing a new world and cast rather than connecting back to House of Night or Sisters of Salem.

Standalones and separate books

Boudicca

Boudicca (2025): This is a standalone historical romantasy centered on the warrior queen, and it sits outside Cast’s ongoing fantasy continuities.

After Moonrise

After Moonrise (2012, with Gena Showalter): This anthology is separate from the main series fiction and should be treated as a side project rather than part of any reading order above.

Recommended reading orders by reader type

If you want the biggest and most important P. C. Cast series

Read:

1. Marked through Redeemed
2. Then the four House of Night: Other World books

Add the novellas in the optional slots if you want deeper background.

If you want solo adult fantasy first

Read either:

• Divine by Mistake for portal fantasy and Partholon
• Goddess of the Sea for myth-based romance fantasy

If you want newer solo fantasy

Read:

1. Moon Chosen
2. Sun Warrior
3. Wind Rider
4. Earth Called

If you want newer co-written YA witch fantasy

Read:

1. Spells Trouble
2. Omens Bite
3. Hex You

Do you need a full author-wide chronological order?

No. It would make the page harder to use, not easier.

P. C. Cast’s catalog is best handled as separate shelves:

• House of Night world
• Partholon
• Goddess Summoning
• Tales of a New World
• Into the Mist
• Sisters of Salem
• Moonstruck
• standalone titles

That approach preserves continuity and avoids spoilers.

Latest release status

The newest major P. C. Cast titles currently visible in her recent bibliography are Boudicca (2025) and Earth Called (2025). Draw Down the Moon is the opening book of a newer co-written fantasy line, while House of Night: Other World currently ends with Found.

FAQ

What is the best P. C. Cast book to start with?

For most readers, start with Marked. It opens her biggest and best-known series.

Should I read the House of Night novellas?

They are optional, but they add useful backstory for major adult characters and villains.

Do I have to read House of Night: Other World?

Only if you want more from that universe after finishing Redeemed. It is not the place to start.

Is P. C. Cast’s work all in one universe?

No. Most of her series are separate continuities.

What is the best solo P. C. Cast series to start with?

Partholon is the clearest place to begin if you want her solo fantasy rather than the co-written YA lines.