Vampire Academy Books in Order

Published 2007

Rose Hathaway is a dhampir guardian-in-training, sworn to protect her best friend Lissa Dragomir, a Moroi vampire princess. They have been on the run for two years, but the academy drags them back. Rose has to catch up on combat training while navigating deadly Strigoi threats, royal politics, and her forbidden feelings for her mentor, Dimitri Belikov.

Published 2008

A Strigoi attack over Christmas break shakes the Moroi world. Rose trains harder than ever to become a guardian, but the danger is escalating. Her relationship with Dimitri deepens, even as she knows it can never work. Meanwhile, Lissa is struggling with the dark side of her spirit magic.

Published 2008

Rose's final semester at the academy begins with field training and real threats. The bond between Rose and Lissa is growing stronger, but it is also showing Rose disturbing visions. When Strigoi attack the academy itself, Rose faces impossible choices, and the ending changes everything.

Published 2009

Rose leaves the academy and travels to Russia on a mission she has to complete alone. She is hunting Dimitri, now turned Strigoi. The journey forces her to confront what she is willing to sacrifice, and whether love can survive when the person you love is no longer the person you knew.

Published 2010

Rose is back at the academy, but nothing is the same. She discovers a way to reverse a Strigoi transformation, and it becomes her obsession. Lissa is preparing for her royal trials, and Rose is pulled into court politics, prison breaks, and a choice that will define her future.

Published 2010

Rose is framed for murder and imprisoned. Her friends break her out, and she goes on the run to prove her innocence and uncover the real killer. Meanwhile, Lissa is fighting for the throne, and the entire Moroi world is on the brink of civil war. The series concludes with answers, sacrifices, and a resolution that redefines what it means to be a guardian.

Published 2011

Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, raised to keep vampires secret and separate from humans. She is assigned to protect Jill Dragomir, Lissa's half-sister, while Jill hides in a California boarding school. Sydney has to pose as Jill's sister and navigate high school while working with dhampirs and Moroi, all while fighting her own prejudice against vampires.

Published 2012

Sydney is settling into her cover life in Palm Springs, but the longer she stays, the harder it gets to keep vampires at arm's length. Her relationship with Adrian Ivashkov, a Moroi spirit user, is becoming something more than professional. Meanwhile, a dangerous tattoo artist is using Alchemist magic for something sinister.

Published 2013

Sydney is being hunted by a group of vampire-hating humans, and she has to learn forbidden magic to protect herself. Her feelings for Adrian are getting harder to ignore, but the Alchemists would never allow a human-vampire relationship. The deeper Sydney gets into magic, the more she realizes everything the Alchemists taught her might be a lie.

Published 2013

Told from both Sydney's and Adrian's perspectives. Sydney and Adrian are secretly together, but the relationship is forbidden on every level. Sydney is mastering dangerous magic, and Adrian is struggling with his own demons. The Alchemists are closing in, and their secret cannot stay hidden much longer.

Published 2014

Sydney is captured by the Alchemists and sent to a re-education center where they try to break her. Adrian is desperate to find her, but he is spiraling without her. The rescue mission is a race against time, and the consequences of what the Alchemists did to Sydney will haunt her for the rest of the series.

Published 2015

The final book. Sydney and Adrian are together and trying to build a life, but Jill has been kidnapped. They have to go undercover in a dangerous vampire commune to find her. The mission tests everything they have fought for, and the series ends with a resolution that ties together both Vampire Academy and Bloodlines.