Reading order · 2 books · 2019 to 2023 · Set in New Haven
Alex Stern Books in Order
The Alex Stern books are adult dark fantasy set at Yale, where the university’s secret societies practise real magic and a small office called Lethe keeps watch over them.
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Series facts
- Books
- 2
- Published
- 2019 to 2023
- First book
- Ninth House
- Latest
- Hell Bent (2023)
- Setting
- Set in New Haven
The reading order
Every Alex Stern book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
2 books · Set in New Haven
- 1Ninth House2019With Galaxy "Alex" SternGalaxy “Alex” Stern, a high-school dropout who has always been able to see ghosts, is offered a place at Yale to work for Lethe, the house that monitors the magic of the university’s secret societies.Buy on Amazon
- 2Hell Bent2023With Galaxy "Alex" SternAlex Stern is determined to rescue her mentor Darlington from wherever he has gone, even if it means going to hell, while a series of deaths among Yale professors draws her into a new mystery.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Ninth House first, then Hell Bent, which follows straight on.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Galaxy "Alex" Stern | Daniel Arlington |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Ninth House | LLead | MMajor |
| 2 Hell Bent | LLead | MMajor |
Characters in the Alex Stern books
2 characters from Leigh Bardugo’s chart, with the number of Alex Stern books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Galaxy "Alex" SternStudent who can see ghosts | 2 | Ninth House 2019 |
| Daniel ArlingtonDarlington, Alex's mentor | 2 | Ninth House 2019 |