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Midnight, Texas

by Charlaine Harris

The Midnight, Texas series by Charlaine Harris has 3 known books (3 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with Midnight Crossroad (2014).

Books
3 known books (3 novels)
Published
3
First published
2014
Status
completed
Shelved under
Fantasy
Start here: Midnight Crossroad (2014) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of Midnight Crossroad
Midnight Crossroad (2014)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Midnight Crossroad

    Novel
    Midnight Crossroad opened the trilogy in 2014 at 305 pages, introducing the ensemble cast of Midnight's supernatural and hard-to-place residents in Charlaine Harris's first project after finishing Sookie Stackhouse.
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  2. Day Shift

    Novel
    Day Shift followed in 2015, barely longer at 307 pages, continuing the rotating ensemble structure that carries the escalating threat across the trilogy.
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  3. Night Shift

    Novel
    Night Shift closed out the three-year run in 2016 as the trilogy's longest volume at 400 pages, and was later adapted into the two-season NBC series that departed from the books in several particulars.
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Key facts about the Midnight, Texas series

The Midnight, Texas series has 3 books on our list. Since all 3 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with Midnight Crossroad, since it opens the publication order in 2014. Day Shift is book 2, from 2015. Night Shift is book 3, from 2016.

Each title links to its own page, while the list keeps them in date order. Each book page shows its dates and editions. Since the catalogue marks the series as complete, we list no next book.

The books came out between 2014 and 2016, while their length runs from 305 to 400 pages. That is a run of 2 years.

Charlaine Harris has 46 books on our list. Additionally, they write Aurora Teagarden, Lily Bard and Sookie Stackhouse, plus 2 more series. We shelve the books under urban fantasy.

About the Midnight, Texas series

Midnight is a nearly abandoned crossroads town in Texas that turns out to be a haven for the supernatural and the simply hard-to-place — a psychic still grieving a murdered fiancé, a vampire, a weretiger, an angel working as a pawnshop owner, and assorted other residents who've ended up there precisely because Midnight doesn't ask questions. Charlaine Harris wrote the trilogy across three novels between 2014 and 2016, in the years right after finishing Sookie Stackhouse, and it shares that series' matter-of-fact small-town supernatural voice while building an ensemble cast rather than a single first-person narrator — each book rotates through Midnight's residents rather than following one detective figure throughout.

The series was adapted into an NBC television show (2017–2018), which gave it a wider audience than the novels alone reached, though the show departed from the books in several plot particulars. This is the series for readers who want the Sookie Stackhouse small-town-supernatural sensibility in an ensemble format, with a whole town's worth of hidden-in-plain-sight characters rather than one narrator's perspective.

Frequently asked questions

How many Midnight, Texas books are there?

Three novels: Midnight Crossroad (2014), Day Shift (2015), and Night Shift (2016).

What order should I read the Midnight, Texas books in?

Publication order, starting with Midnight Crossroad. It's a continuous ensemble story across all three books rather than standalone entries.

Is Midnight, Texas connected to Sookie Stackhouse?

No direct crossover of characters or plot, but it's set in the same matter-of-fact supernatural version of the American South and was written immediately after Harris finished the Sookie Stackhouse series.

Is the Midnight, Texas TV show the same as the books?

It's based on the novels but departs from them in several plot details across its two-season run (2017–2018) on NBC.

Is there a new Midnight, Texas book coming?

No. The trilogy concluded with Night Shift in 2016 and has not been continued.

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