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The X-Files Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of The X-Files books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the The X-Files series? Start with "Goblins (By: Charles L. Grant)" (1994) and follow publication order through all 53 books.
The complete The X-Files reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Goblins (By: Charles L. Grant)
1994
Hunter (By: Charles L. Grant)
1995
Ground Zero (By: Kevin J. Anderson)
1995
Whirlwind (By: Charles L. Grant)
1995
Ruins (By: Kevin J. Anderson)
1995
Antibodies (By: Kevin J. Anderson)
1997
Skin (By: Ben Mezrich)
1998
Fight the Future
1998
I Want to Believe (By: Max Allan Collins)
2008
Perihelion (By: Claudia Gray)
2024
Best New Horror 2
1991
Best New Horror 3
1992
Omni Best Science Fiction Two
1992
The Giant Book of Best New Horror
1993
The Giant Book of Terror
1994
Seventh Annual Collection
1994
Best New Horror 5
1994
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology
1999
Tails of Wonder and Imagination
2001
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women
2001
The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature
2002
Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13
2002
Fifteenth Annual Collection
2002
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection
2003
The Many Faces of Van Helsing
2004
The Nine Muses
2005
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection
2006
Best New Paranormal Romance
2006
Best New Horror 18
2007
Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories
2007
Best American Fantasy
2007
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009
2008
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance
2009
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror
2010
21st-Century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels Since 2000
2010
A Book of Horrors
2011
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 5
2011
Bewere the Night
2011
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011
2011
Obsession: Tales of Irresistible Desire
2012
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
2012
Ghosts: Recent Hauntings
2012
Rock On: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy
2012
Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology
2013
Handsome Devil: Stories of Sin and Seduction
2014
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2016
2016
Lightspeed Magazine, May 2016
2016
Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker
2017
Mythic Journeys
2019
Best of Best New Horror Volume 2
2020
Edited By
2020
When Things Get Dark
2021
Someone in Time
2022
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