Alex Stern Reading Order

The Alex Stern series by Leigh Bardugo is still ongoing. Here is the book we cover so far.

Last updated November 4, 2026

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Reading order

1. 

   1. Ninth House

   Leigh Bardugo · Alex Stern #1

   Spice 0/5 Darkness 4/5

   Book 1

   Yale's secret societies do real magic, and Alex can see the ghosts who watch them. Bardugo for adults: grimy, angry and a lot darker than Grisha.

   • Dark Academia
   • Revenge
   • Morally Gray

   Content warnings

   Sexual assault, Drug or alcohol abuse, Murder, Harm to children

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