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Villains Books in Order

by V. E. SchwabScience Fiction & Fantasy

3 books and 1 novella from Vicious (2013) to Victorious (2026). Rated 4.3 across 5,509 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Warm Up

    Novella 0.5 2019 4.2 (197)

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  2. Vicious

    Book 1 2013 4.2 (3.7k)

    Victor and Eli started out as college roommates - brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other....

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  3. Vengeful

    Book 2 2018 4.5 (1.7k)

    A super-powered collision of extraordinary minds and vengeful intentions—#1 New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab returns with the thrilling follow-up to Vicious. Magneto and Professor X. Superman and Lex Luthor.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  4. Victorious

    Book 3 2026

    The triumphant conclusion to the Villains series from V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil. Eli Ever. Victor Vale.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Villains is also the best order to read them in. Novellas and short stories sit between the novels they follow, numbered the way the publisher numbers them (0.5 comes after book 0). They are optional — you can skip them without missing the main story. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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