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The Lost Slayer is an example of the dozens of novels taking place in the fictional Buffyverse. In this story Buffy enters an alternate reality that makes her life seem sugar-coated.

See also: Buffyverse novels and Angel novels

Buffy novels have been published since 1998. Originally, under the Pocket Books imprint of Simon & Schuster they are now published by Simon Spotlight Entertainment which launched in 2004. Authors who have written original novels include Mel Odom, Christopher Golden, and Nancy Holder.

Buffy novels are not considered an official part of Buffyverse canon. However, unlike fan fiction, overviews summarising the basic story of each novel (written early in the writing process) were approved by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), thereby allowing the books to be published as "official Buffy/Angel merchandise."

Blackout book cover. To be released summer 2006

Image	Buffyverse stories	Buffyverse location, time (if known)
	Tales of the Slayer	(Various)
	First collection Tales of Slayers that lived prior to Buffy.
	Tales of the Slayer	(Various)
	Second collection Tales of Slayers that lived prior to Buffy.
	Tales of the Slayer	(Various)
	Third collection Tales of Slayers that lived prior to Buffy.
	Tales of the Slayer	(Various)
	Fourth collection Tales of Slayers that lived prior to Buffy.
	Buffy book: Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row	1940s
	It's 1940 and for Drusilla's vampiric birthday, Spike decides he will acquire Freyja's Strand for her.
	Buffy book: Blackout	New York, 1977
	Nikki Wood fights against the forces of darkness and also tries to protect her son. Spike arrives in the city.

These Buffyverse tales take place around Buffy Season 1 (from spring 1996 up until spring 1997).

Image	Buffyverse stories	Location, time (if known)
	Buffy book: Halloween Rain	Sunnydale, Halloween 1996
	On Halloween Xander & Willow warn Buffy if it's raining.
	Buffy book: Night of the Living Rerun	Sunnydale, 1996/7
	The Master attempts to rise once more.
	Buffy book: Coyote Moon	Sunnydale, summer 1997
	It's summer vacation in Sunnydale and the carnival has come to town.
	Buffy anthology book: How I Survived My Summer Vacation	Sunnydale, & L.A., summer 1997
	Buffy visits her Dad in L.A. whilst the others continue the good fight.

These tales take place during Buffy Season 2, (from autumn 1997 up until spring 1998).

Image	Buffyverse stories	Location, time (if known)
	Buffy book: Keep Me In Mind	Sunnydale, 1997
	Ethan Rayne returns and releases an evil sorcerer from Middle Ages Bavaria.
	Buffy book: The Suicide King	Sunnydale, 1997
	A number of strange student suicides have been taking place, and Buffy suspects something wrong.
	Buffy book: Colony	Sunnydale, 1997
	Mayor Richard Wilkins III invited a woman named Belakane to speak at the local Sunnydale High School. She has a program, "Be the Ultimate You!".
	Buffy book: Night Terrors	Sunnydale, 1997
	The Night Terror stalks its victims in their dreams. The demon replaces another's soul with its own, then wreaks chaos in the real world.
	Buffy book: After Image	Sunnydale, 1997
	Sunnydale drive-in reopens.
	Buffy book: Carnival of Souls	Sunnydale, 1997
	A Traveling Carnival arrives in Sunnydale. It seems the carnival might be another victim of Sunnydale's weirdness.
	Buffy book: Go Ask Malice: A Slayer's Diary	Boston, December 1997 - June 1998
	Faith has a tough time growing up in South Boston, moving from relative to relative when Diana Dormer arrives and informs Faith that she is a potential slayer.
	Buffy book: Blooded	Sunnydale, 1997/8
	The Scoobies become entangled in a long-running feud between Asian warriors.

These tales take place during Buffy Season 3 (from autumn 1997 up until spring 1998).

Image	Buffyverse stories	Location, time (if known)
	Buffy book: Sins of the Father	Sunnydale, 1998
	Pike visits Sunnydale.
	Buffy book: Child of the Hunt	Sunnydale, 1998
	The 'Wild Hunt' arrives in Sunnydale.
	Buffy book: Ghoul Trouble	Sunnydale, 1998
	A new vampire arrives in town called Solitaire who is immune to the sun's rays.
	Buffy book: Paleo	Sunnydale, 1998
	People try to resurrect dinosaur eggs.
	Buffy book: The Evil That Men Do	Sunnydale, 1998
	Helen, an ancient vampire attempts to raise a goddess of destruction.
	Buffy book: The Deathless	Sunnydale, 1999
	Ring Day is fast approaching at Sunnydale High.
	Buffy book: Doomsday Deck	Sunnydale, 1999
	Tarot card-reader, Justine arrives in Sunnydale.
	Buffy book: Immortal	Sunnydale, 1999
	Buffy faces Veronique, a vampire even more immortal than most.
	Buffy book: Prime Evil	Sunnydale, spring, 1999
	Crystal Gregory is a beautiful new teacher at Sunnydale High, who also happens to give Buffy panic fits.
	Buffy book: Revenant	Sunnydale, spring, 1999
	A Chinese gang arrives in Sunnydale.
	Buffy book: Power of Persuasion	Sunnydale, spring, 1999
	The Moon family try to create a "Womyn Power" group at school, meanwhile there is a string of unusual killings.
	Buffy book: Resurrecting Ravana	Sunnydale, spring, 1999
	The Rakshasa are in town to help with the resurrection on an ancient Hindu god called Ravana.
	Buffy books: The Gatekeeper [Trilogy]	Sunnydale, spring, 1999
	'The Gatekeeper' is frail and on the verge of death, yet must hold the walls of reality together in the face of increasing threat.
	Buffy book: Return to Chaos	Sunnydale, spring, 1999
	Four Druids arrive in town. They're in town to try a spell on a certain night to close the gateway in the Hellmouth so that demons would not be allowed to pass through.
	Buffy book: Visitors	Sunnydale, spring, 1999
	Buffy thinks she's being stalked by a demon with a high-pitched giggle.
	Buffy book: Unnatural Selection	Sunnydale, spring, 1999
	Willow battles against the 'faeries'.
	Buffy book: Obsidian Fate	Sunnydale, spring, 1999
	An old Spanish expedition is found on the outskirts of Sunnydale.
	Buffy book: Deep Water	Sunnydale, spring, 1999
	After an oil spill on a nearby Sunnydale beach, Willow discovers a 'selkie'; that is, a girl that can turn into a seal with her sealskin.
	Buffy book: Here Be Monsters	Sunnydale, spring, 1999
	After Buffy kills twin teenage vampires, their vampire mother summons a Goddess of balance who puts Buffy on a trial that could cost people's lives.
	Buffy book: The Book of Fours	Sunnydale, spring, 1999
	The power of four slayers is needed to conquer a new threat.
	Sunnydale High Yearbook	Sunnydale, spring, 1999
	Yearbook received by Scoobies when they graduated from High School.

These Buffyverse tales take place during Buffy Season 4, and Angel Season 1 (from autumn 1999 up until spring 2000).

Image	Buffyverse stories	Location, time (if known)
	Buffy books: Lost Slayer [series]	Sunnydale, 1999
	Buffy, new to UC Sunnydale faces a group of vampires with bats tattooed across their faces who will have huge and not-so-appealing consequences for the Scooby Gang's future.
	Buffy book: Oz: Into the Wild	Sunnydale, 1999
	Oz is in search of himself having left his home.
	Buffy book: These Our Actors	Sunnydale, 2000
	Willow takes up drama class, and Spike recalls Cecily.
	Buffy/Angel books: Unseen [Trilogy]	Sunnydale, L.A., 2000
	Buffy and Angel have to work together to solve disappearances of teenagers and calm down the gang warfare going on in LA.

These Buffyverse tales take place during Buffy Season 5, and Angel Season 2 (from autumn 2000 up until spring 2001).

Image	Buffyverse stories	Location, time (if known)
	Buffy book: Wisdom of War	Sunnydale, 2001
	Two strange breeds of sea creatures are beginning to appear in Sunnydale.
	Buffy book: Tempted Champions	Sunnydale, 2001
	A deadly fighter arrives, willing to kill both humans and vampires.
	Buffy book: Little Things	Sunnydale, 2001
	The town is terrorised by something mysterious and tiny.
	Buffy book: Crossings	Sunnydale, 2001
	Xander learns of a terrifying total immersion video game beta testing.
	Buffy book: Sweet Sixteen	Sunnydale, 2001
	Dawn befriends a girl named Arianna.

These Buffyverse tales take place around Buffy Season 6, and Angel Season 3 (from autumn 2001 up until spring 2002).

Image	Buffyverse stories	Location, time (if known)
	Buffy/Angel novel: Cursed	L.A., 2001
	An organised, united effort is being made to put Spike out of the picture. Angel and Spike reluctantly work together and deal with their shared evil pasts.
	Buffy/Angel novel: Monster Island	Sunnydale, L.A., Monster Island, 2001
	The Fang Gang and the Scooby Gang must unite to protect a safe-haven of half-blood demons.
	Buffy books: Wicked Willow	Sunnydale, 2002
	Supposing that Dark Willow did not return to the good so quickly.

These Buffyverse tales take place around Buffy Season 7, and Angel Season 4 (from autumn 2002 up until spring 2003).

Image	Buffyverse stories	Location, time (if known)
	Buffy/Angel book: Seven Crows	Mexico, 2002
	Between Mexico and Arizona Riley Sam Finn call in Buffy and Angel to investigate mysterious supernature.
	Buffy book: Apocalypse Memories	Sunnydale, 2002
	Willow is terrified that using her magic powers might result in dark magic consuming her whilst the Angel Michael brings signs of apocalypse to Sunnydale.
	Buffy book: Mortal Fear	Sunnydale, 2002
	Buffy is being sent on random missions by a man that goes by the name of Simon. He wants her to retrieve parts of a mystical sword and put them together, but he refuses to say why or who he even is.
	Buffy book: Spark and Burn	Sunnydale, 2002
	Spike remembers his past as he suffers insanity in a school basement.
	Buffy/Angel book: Heat	Sunnydale, L.A., 2002
	Buffy and Angel both battle the same ancient evil, a Possessor who was once "Qin".
	Buffy book: Queen of the Slayers	Sunnydale, Cleveland, Italy, Summer 2003-2004
	Hundreds of potential slayers have been awakened. A number of leading dark figures unite in an attempt to retaliate against the new status quo.
	Buffy book: Dark Congress	2003-2004
	Until 500 years ago all of the demonic and monstrous races met at a Dark Congress. They prepare to meet again.

These novels are new or upcoming:

• Go Ask Malice: A Slayer's Diary - July 2006
• Blackout (Nikki Wood story) - August 2006
• Portal Through Time - October 2006
• Bad Bargain - December 2006
• The Deathless - Spring 2007
• Dark Congress - Summer 2007

For a list associating Buffyverse authors with their Buffyverse novels see here. List of authors who have written Buffy novels:

• Nika Summer's Buffy Library
• SlayerLit.us