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Midnight, Texas
The Midnight, Texas series by Charlaine Harris has 3 known books (3 published) and 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
- Last checked
Start here: Midnight Crossroad (2014) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Midnight Crossroad
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.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Midnight Crossroad - Book 2:
Day Shift
Day Shift followed in 2015, barely longer at 307 pages, continuing the rotating ensemble structure that carries the escalating threat across the trilogy.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Day Shift - Book 3:
Night Shift
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.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Night Shift
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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