The Vampire Diaries

Mystic Falls, New Orleans and the Salvatore School, one continuous story.

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Where to start with The Vampire Diaries

Three series that overlap rather than follow one another. The second is launched from inside the first and then runs alongside it for years, so the interesting question is not what order to watch them in but when to switch.

  1. 1
    The Vampire Diaries, series 1 The Vampire Diaries

    Twenty-two episodes, and the show the other two exist because of. Nothing before it, and it takes a few episodes to become the thing people stayed for.

  2. 2
    The Originals, series 1 The Originals

    Launched from an episode inside The Vampire Diaries' fourth series and moves to New Orleans with a different cast. Start it once you have finished that fourth series, not before.

  3. 3
    Legacies, series 1 Legacies

    Set at the school, following the next generation, and it draws on both earlier shows. It comes after the other two have finished and is much the lightest of the three.

Then what? The Vampire Diaries runs eight series and The Originals five, and they overlap for four of them: watching them in step by air date is closest to how they were made, though The Originals is self-contained enough to take in a block afterwards. Legacies is last either way.

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Series

  • The Vampire Diaries 2009, 8 seasons, 171 episodes
  • The Originals 2013, 5 seasons, 92 episodes
  • Legacies 2018, 4 seasons, 68 episodes

The L. J. Smith novels

  • The Awakening 1991
  • The Struggle 1991
  • The Fury 1991
  • Dark Reunion 1992
  • The Return: Nightfall 2009
  • The Return: Shadow Souls 2010
  • The Return: Midnight 2011

The ghostwritten continuations

  • The Hunters: Phantom 2011
  • The Hunters: Moonsong 2012
  • The Hunters: Destiny Rising 2012
  • The Salvation: Unseen 2013
  • The Salvation: Unspoken 2013
  • The Salvation: Unmasked 2014

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