Book series · Stephenie Meyer
Twilight books in order
Stephenie Meyer's 6 Twilight novels, in the order they were published, 2005 to 2020.
Years in this list are first-publication years from Wikipedia. Open Library is used to confirm that each book is catalogued and to show the earliest edition it lists; it does not change the year.
- 1 Twilight 2005
- 2 New Moon 2006
- 3 Eclipse 2007
- 4 Breaking Dawn 2008
- 5 Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined 2015
- 6 Midnight Sun 2020
The four Twilight novels and the two companion novels, in the order they were published. The novella about Bree Tanner is not numbered in this list.
Checked against Open Library
Each book was looked up in Open Library's record of Stephenie Meyer's works. Where more than one work carries the same title, the one with the most editions was used (if more than three share it, none is picked), and the earliest year printed on any of its editions is shown below as the earliest edition listed in Open Library. Each year links to that edition's record.
| # | Title | First published (Wikipedia) | Earliest edition listed in Open Library | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twilight | 2005 | Open Library has 4 works with this title; none was matched | Not compared |
| 2 | New Moon | 2006 | Open Library has 4 works with this title; none was matched | Not compared |
| 3 | Eclipse | 2007 | Earliest Open Library record predates first edition | Wikipedia year kept |
| 4 | Breaking Dawn | 2008 | Earliest Open Library record predates first edition | Wikipedia year kept |
| 5 | Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined | 2015 | Open Library lists only 6 editions; not comparedListed in Open Library as “Life and Death” | Not compared |
| 6 | Midnight Sun | 2020 | 2020 | Same year |
Book 5: Life and Death
Life and Death is not a sequel. Wikipedia describes it:
In 2015, Meyer published a new novel in honor of the 10th anniversary of the book series, Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined, with the genders of the original protagonists switched.
Book 6: Midnight Sun
Midnight Sun tells the first book again. Wikipedia describes it:
Midnight Sun, a retelling of the first book, Twilight, from Edward Cullen's point of view, was published in 2020.
The novella
One shorter work is not numbered in this list. Wikipedia describes it:
A novella, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, which tells the story of a newborn vampire who appeared in Eclipse, was published in 2010.
Sources
- Wikipedia, “Twilight (novel series)”, Wikipedia. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Checked 29 September 2026.
- Open Library, works by Stephenie Meyer, Open Library (Internet Archive). Licence: CC0. Checked 29 September 2026.
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