Bibliography
L. J. Smith's Complete Bibliography
(Books published by L. J. Smith in the United States by date:)
Just Out:
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- Evensong: Paradise Lost (A Vampire Diaries fanfic novel), Kindle Worlds, January 23, 2014)
- Evensong: The War of Roses: Part 1 (A Vampire Diaries fanfic novel), Kindle Worlds, January 23, 2014)
Complete Series:
The Night of the Solstice, Macmillan, 1987, (rereleased in 2010)
Heart of Valor, Macmillan, 1990, (rereleased in 2010)
The Vampire Diaries, Volume I: The Awakening, HarperPaperbacks, 1991
The Vampire Diaries, Volume II: The Struggle, HarperPaperbacks, 1991
(Omnibus of The Awakening and The Struggle, HarperTeen released 2007)
The Vampire Diaries, Volume III: The Fury, HarperPaperbacks, 1991
The Vampire Diaries, Volume IV: Dark Reunion,HarperPaperbacks, 1992
(Omnibus of The Fury and Dark Reunion, HarperTeen released 2007)
The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Nightfall, HarperTeen 2009
The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls, HarperTeen 2010
The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Midnight, HarperTeen 2011
The Secret Circle, Volume I: The Initiation, HaperPaperbacks, 1992
The Secret Circle, Volume II: The Captive, HaperPaperbacks, 1992
The Secret Circle, Volume III: The Power, HaperPaperbacks, 1992
(Omnibus of The Initiation and The Captive, HarperTeen released 2008)
(Omnibus of The Captive and The Power, HarperTeen released 2008)
The Forbidden Game, Volume I: The Hunter, Pocket Books, 1994
The Forbidden Game, Volume II: The Chase, Pocket Books, 1994
The Forbidden Game, Volume III: The Kill, Pocket Books, 1994
(Omnibus of The Forbidden Game, Simon Pulse, released 2010)
Dark Visions: Volume I: The Strange Power, Pocket Books, 1994)
Dark Visions: Volume II: The Possessed, Pocket Books, 1995
Dark Visions: Volume III: The Passion, Pocket Books, 1995
(Omnibus of Dark Visions, Simon Pulse, released 2009)
Night World: Secret Vampire, Pocket Books, 1996
Night World: Daughters of Darkness, Pocket Books, 1996
Night World: Spellbinder, Pocket Books, 1996
(Omnibus 1 of Night World:, Simon Pulse, released 2008)
Night World: Dark Angel, Pocket Books, 1996
Night World: The Chosen, Pocket Books, 1997
Night World: Soulmate, Pocket Books, 1997
(Omnibus 2 of Night World, Simon Pulse, released 2008)
Night World: Huntress, Pocket Books 1997
Night World: Black Dawn, Pocket Books 1997
Night World: Witchlight, Pocket Books 1998
(Omnibus 3 of Night World, Simon Pulse, released 2009)
To Come:
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- The Last Lullaby
- Night World conclusion: Strange Fate
Available as of January 23, 2014:
Evensong: Paradise Lost
This fanfic is based on The Vampire Diaries book series and takes place after the volume Midnight.
Damon is back and enjoying his vampire existence to its fullest. Elena, Bonnie and their friends are in their third week at Dalcrest College, ordinary students aware of an extraordinary world that verges on their own campus.
Stefan is scarcely aware that he is living in a fragile paradise with Elena as his devoted girl . . . until one night it all shatters. He wakes from a dream to find Elena limp and white in his arms and rushes her to the hospital for a massive transfusion,
Elena survives, but Stefan decides that there is only way that she will ever truly be safe is without him. To make his exit complete, Stefan removes himself from the memories of Elena, her friends, and all of Fell’s Church.
Can true love ever really be forgotten? Will Damon finally have Elena by his side as his Princess of Darkness? The story begins in Evensong: Paradise Lost.
Evensong: The War of Roses
Elena and her friends now have no conscious memories of Stefan—but each is having a difficult time adapting to a world without him. Damon can scarcely put out fires fast enough.
Bonnie feels as if she’s going insane. Her latest oddity is sleepwalking across the Dalcrest campus with only a golden-eyed white “dog” as a companion. This behavior terrifies the others, especially given the recent attacks in neighboring towns that leave girls drained of blood.
More, Bonnie finds herself caught up in her own love triangle with Matt’s shy new roommate, Bastian, and Damon. She realizes that Damon should be completely off limits, but she can’t help feeling there is someone else who is Elena’s perfect partner somewhere.
No one knows much about Bastian, who has white-blond hair and golden eyes, but he doesn’t seem to like Damon. Is Bastian just jealous of Damon’s affection for Bonnie or does he have some darker secret?
Meanwhile, both red roses and black are mysteriously appearing for Bonnie and Elena. Who are they from, and why do they seem so important? The War of Roses has just begun. . . .
The Vampire Diaries
The Awakening & The Struggle
Elena Gilbert is popular and beautiful. She can have any guy she wants, but Stefan, the mysterious stranger, seems to be the only one in town capable of ignoring her. Meanwhile Stefan’s unscrupulous older brother Damon wants Elena as his Princess of Darkness at any cost.
This omnibus contains the first and second books in the classic series about two vampire brothers, one good and one “bad” boy, who both love the same girl.
The Fury &
Dark Reunion
Bonnie and Meredith call Stefan and Damon back to Fell’s Church as a new villain, Klaus, appears. As one of the Originals, Klaus has the power to interfere with Elena’s spiritual guidance and threatens the lives of all of her friends.
The Return: Nightfall
Elena is back, but is confronted with a new set of challenges. Stefan seems to have abandoned her; Damon is possessed by a malicious enemy; and even the trees seem determined to destroy Fell’s Church. READ EXCERPT >>
The Return: Shadow Souls
Elena, Bonnie, and Meredith follow Damon into the Dark Dimension in order to rescue Stefan who is imprisoned there. Along the way, Elena discovers that her feelings for Damon are dangerously strong, and with the entry of Bonnie the love triangle becomes a love quadrangle.
The Return: Midnight
Damon is horrified when a spell turns him into a human and will do anything to become a vampire again. Elena, Stefan, and their loved ones realize that they must solve an ancient mystery to find the source of the ultimate evil that seeks to exterminate them all.
The Secret Circle
The Initiation & The Captive (part 1)
Shy, quiet Cassie Blake moves to New Salem and soon learns she is a witch and becomes friends with the leader of the Circle, Diana. She would never dream of hurting kind, gentle Diana, but she feels an unusual connection to Diana’s boyfriend, Adam.|
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The Forbidden Game
The Hunter / The Chase / The Kill
Jenny Thornton never thought planning a birthday party for her boyfriend, Tom, could have such dire consequences. She didn’t suspect that Julian, the eerily handsome boy who sold her The Game, was hiding a secret. Julian is not from this world; he is part of an ancient race of Shadow Men and has been in love with Jenny since she was five. He is determined to make her love him back.In each of the books, Julian has a new Game to play with Jenny and her friends and he’s making all the rules. They must face their worst nightmares in The Hunter, unravel cryptic riddles in The Chase, and navigate their way through an amusement park in The Kill. The stakes are high and not everyone makes it out.
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Dark Visions
The Strange Power / The Possessed / The Passion
Kaitlyn Fairchild never really fits in at school because the pictures she draws predict the future. She thinks she has finally found somewhere she belongs when she transfers to Zetes Institute, a live-in school for teens with psychic powers just like hers. However, Kaitlyn and her friends Anna, Lewis, Rob, and Gabriel soon begin to suspect that Mr. Zetes wants to use them for his own purposes. As they search for answers and prepare for a confrontation with Mr. Zetes, their trust in each other will be tested. Kaitlyn also must deal with her own inner turmoil. She is torn between Rob, who heals with his touch, and Gabriel who is a vampire that feeds off others’ life-energy.|
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Night World (Omnibus 1)
Secret Vampire
Poppy is about to have a summer she will never forget. First she is diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. Next, her best friend, James, tells her he is a vampire and can save her by making her like him. Poppy is faced with a dangerous decision. She must choose between breaking Night World law and risking her own life along with James’s or to die of a terrible disease. READ EXCERPT >>Daughters of Darkness
Mary-Lynnette loves nothing better than a beautiful starry night and a good mystery book. Rowan, Kestrel, and Jade Redfern, three vampire sisters, are trying to escape from the Night World. Ash has followed them to make sure that night World secrets are kept and convince them to return home. None of them thought they would be investigating a murder in the small, quiet town of Briar Creek, but when the Redfern’s aunt turns up dead they are left with no other choice.Spellbinder
Witches Thea and Blaise are cousins that both have their sights on one human boy, Eric. Blaise is only interested in playing games with Eric as the prize, but Thea is developing true feelings for him. When it is exposed that Thea has broken the Night World law by falling in love with a human she is forced to trust Blaise. Blaise must decide between betraying the Night World or her cousin. |
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Night World (Omnibus 2)
Dark Angel
Gillian accidently dies and is brought back to life by her guardian angel. At first, Angel helps her to make friends and gain popularity, but then his requests become more bizarre and sinister. Soon Gillian starts to uncover secrets from Angel’s past and her own family history.The Chosen &
After witnessing her mother’s murder by a vampire, Rashel becomes one of the most skilled vampire hunters. Quinn is a gorgeous vampire with no regard for human life. Neither of them ever dreamed of falling in love with the other, but that is just what has happened. They must decide if they want to fight this love or take on the corruption in the Night World together.Soulmate
Hannah keeps finding notes written in her own handwriting warning her that she will die before her 17th birthday. At the same time, Thierry searches for Hannah hoping to change her fate and finally get to spend a lifetime with his soulmate. However, Maya has other plans and will do anything to keep them apart. Only Hannah can determine who she will trust and which turn her life will take. |
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Night World (Omnibus 3)
Huntress
Jez’s world is set on edge when she finds out that she is half human. She goes from being the leader of a vampire gang to being a vampire hunter. In her quest to find one of the four Wild Powers prophesized to save the world from the Apocalypse she must return to her old gang. While challenging her rival, Morgead, for leadership she learns things she never could have imagined.Black Dawn
When Maggie’s brother, Miles, goes missing during a climbing accident and is presumed dead she refuses to believe his girlfriend’s version of events. While searching for him she finds herself in the middle of an ancient Night World kingdom where humans are slaves and vampires rule. The vampire prince, Delos, is also her soulmate, but that doesn’t guarantee he will be on her side. Maggie will need all of her level headedness and determination to find out what really happened to her brother and save the kingdom.
Witchlight
Keller, a shapeshifting panther, working for Circle Daybreak is assigned to find and protect a Wild Power, Iliana. Keller finds Iliana, but convincing her that she is the Witch Child who is prophesized to unite the witches and shapeshifters is an even more difficult task. If Iliana refuses to bond with Galen, the shapeshifters’ prince, the consequences could be disastrous. |
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The Wildworld
The Night of the Solstice
Four seemingly ordinary siblings, Alys, Janie, Charles, and Claudia, go on a quest to the Wildworld, a land of magic and enchantment. They must find and rescue the sorceress Morgana Shee before the Winter Solstice. She is being held captive by the evil sorcerer, Cadal Forge, who is attempting to enter the Stillworld and cause destruction and chaos for the humans.|
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Heart of Valor
The Hodges-Bradley children are back in this sequel to The Night of the Solstice. They must learn how to best use their own talents and work as a team, if they are to stand a chance against Thia Pendriel, Morgana Shee’s sworn enemy. While they are busy fighting off magical attacks at every turn, Morgana is busy with a quest of her own. She is searching for the Heart of Valor, a ruby that gives whoever possesses it nearly unlimited powers. In the wrong hands, the Heart of Valor could devastate life in both the Wildworld and the Stillworld.|
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To Come
Night World conclusion: Strange Fate
Comments
Thank you L.J.SMITH.
Why isn't Forbidden game under the above list?
Has lisa been contracted for it?
Many thanx
Please reply asap - Im dying for Julian and Jenny, adult version
She wrote the book but the publisher rejected it because it is not how they wanted it. The book that is out in the bookstore now is written by ghostwriter. As a selling tool, "Created by L. J. Smith" is on the cover of these new books. However, L. J. did not write these new series.
Especially at such a (I feel) important part.
Not sure if theres any way around it but I'm pretty sure fans would back LJ if there was anyway for her to regain the rights to continue the series.
Been reading her books since they were first released (when I was a teen). Loved them then and still love them now as a young woman fast (faster than I'd like) approaching 30.
I for one will be boycotting. If its not by LJ, I'm not interested. They can - with all due respect of course - shove them where the sun doesn't shine ;)
From the moment I started reading it, it just didn't seem right. The chemestry of the characters just wasn't there and the ghostwriter changed a bunch of things from the way Midnight ended. It seems as if they are trying to make it more like the T.V. show as they are trying to make Bonnie a full witch now.
I just don't understand why a publisher wouldn't let the creator of the series FINISH the series, especially if they are going to continue it anyway. It makes more sense for them to allow L.J. Smith to write her own books so that the people reading them will enjoy them instead of boycotting them, as I intend to do for the new books coming out not written by her.
Wait! the new secret circle book will be write by a ghost writter?? OMG this is unbelievable they just ruined another great series...but what about what Lisa said of the plot of the book on her FAQ??
Secret circle used to be perfect. I personally do not like the tv series. I think its just not right. I was looking foward to the sequels but if they are not by you then no.
The thing about The Vampire Diaries and The Secret Circle majorly pisses me off though! I already got a really bad feeling when the freaking Stefan's Diaries books were published. I mean, not only was it based on the horrible TV-Show, but they got the nerve to publish it with Lisa's name stuck on the cover when someone else wrote the darn thing.
Sorry for my rant! But I'm against films and TV-Shows based on novels in general. But this -- I've lost my words!
Sincerely,
Leonora
Does that mean she won't be writing it?
Oh my goodness. I'd always thought Aradia was a proper Harman; she was so wise and beautiful enough - 'Beauty has always run in our family,' The Crone. I wonder who her mother was ...
I'm still very uncertain about Aradia Crowley, though. She is adopted, and I think that is why she didn't inherited the Harman name which her adopted(?) mother Selena Harman had, but inherited her adopted(?) father's name (Neal Crowley) Crowley in stead.
So her mother is Selena Harman, but her biological mother is another story, maybe one we will hear in Strange Fate.
Nelly x
Did I mention that the tenth Night World book is called Strange Fate? It's about Sarah Strange who is a human with VERY special dreams, and about her two (yes, you heard right. TWO!) soulmates; Kierlan Drache, who is a shapeshifter like his cousin Galen (Witchlight) and Mal Harman who is a witch AND a vampire(!!!). It's been said that Kierlan is a big cat and that Mal hasn't "cultivated" his powers. But I'm sorry to tell you that no one knows when Strange Fate is comming out, just yet.
So... Yeah... We're in for a long wait. But, L. J. Smith has also said that it would be an adult book. So that means we can wait for years and years and still read the sequel and enjoy it (But, I personally have a feeling that I'm still going to be reading her books when I'm fifty.
But I wonder what the sequel is going to be about... Hmmm...
Just wanted to say I loved your books growing up - they were a life line, and fuelled my imagination!
I think it's appalling that some of your series are now being continued by ghostwriters, whatever the circumstances. Obviously, I shall not be reading those!
So, thank you for hours of joy. I shall never stop recommending your books to young ladies in need! *Just as I once was.*
Hugs, an enamoured (now grown) reader.
P.S. I checked for years for Strange Fate... you had me hooked!
I'm super excited about the new book and as a newer reader of the series, I didn't know until today that it was originally released over a decade ago! I can't imagine having waited that long!
I took a break form the series after finishing the second omnibus, and just read the third omnibus in a day it sucked me back in that hard! So Stoked!
Heather x
Since she doesn't own the Vampire Diaries according to the law, then I don't think she can post anything about it any longer.
And I think we should stop asking all this questions to L. J. Smith. After her mother died, she was able to write again. And what she wrote was the Vampire Diaries. And now she can't write it anymore. Get it? It must hurt like Hell.
So... If I were you, I would read some of her other books. Have you read her other trilogy the Forbidden Game that I mentioned earlier? I would higly recommend it.
But again; I would be VERY nice to read a sequel to Dark Visisons!
Just scroll down to "How do you get inspired?"
But don't you think she has done everything she could have done to get her books back?
Think before you talk. Think before you write...
So ... here's my question? What is the exact date? Please, please, please, let me know! The REAL one, because I kept seeing all these other sites, and I kept getting my hopes up, only to have them come crashing back down, again.
"and I kept getting my hopes up, only to have them come crashing back down, again."
Yeah... The thing is (if I'm allowed to say this since L. J. Smith i bussy writing Strange Fate...) that this is probably the last book in the Night World series. So it's very important for L. J. Smith to get it written down right. And therefore it takes a longer time than the other books. And if she started telling us when it would be finished we would just get our hpoes up (like you said) and if it turned out that she needed some more time we would only have our hopes come crashing back down, again (as you said). So she is just saving us some more pain.
BTW: There is no REAL release date, because nobody knows.
(I'm sorry if I have offended you: L. J. Smith by jumping to the wrong conclusions or anything.)
Ps: I'm a big fan of Vampire Diaries and love it still
This puertorican admires L.J. Smith work
Ps: I'm a big fan of Vampire Diaries and love it still
This puertorican admires L.J. Smith work
~Tornstripe
The Vampire Diaries, Volume II: The Strugle
The Vampire Diaries, Volume III: The Fury
The Vampire Diaries, Volume IV: Dark Reunion
The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Nightfall
The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls
The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Midnight
The Forbidden Game seems to be great and I'm going to buy them soon.
You're the best author of fantastic !
love u
Mélissa
From France :)
I read the trilogy the first time when I was around 12-13, I am 30 now. It was published in a German "Mystery" series and the big sister of my best friend used to buy these books. My best friend and I LOVED "The Forbidden Game". No really! We even did some role-playing with our own shadow men ahahaha!
Unfortunately I couldn't remember the name later anymore and then, after many years when I finally found the name of the series again - thanks to the internet! - I couldn't buy the German version anywhere(!?).
...But thankfully, we humans invented eBookreaders and I own the English version now. Muahaha.
Definitely one of my favorite stories, why isn't there a movie about it yet? Now that we can produce some nice effects it could be definitely possible!?
Anyway, just wanted to leave a comment here. Thanks for thinking/prepar ing a sequel!
Cheers~
A.
Thanks :o)
You might never read this comment, but I just wanted to let you know that I have always loved your Nigh World series. I remember being 13 years old (I'm 20 now) on Christmas Eve and buying the first two books. I finished them both that same night, and I can still remember how obsessed I was (and still I'm actually).
I would very much loved it if you could finish Strange Fate. We have ALL been waiting for years and years, and I think we can all agree that it is time now... Please, don't leave us in the dark. You know we fans really appreciate your work, and it will be such a great happiness for us to finally have the conclusion we've been waiting for!
Lisa, we believe in you.
Thank you for your incredibly inspiring books :)
XOXO,
Macarena G.
I will wait, L.J. Smith.
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