Buffyverse Novels is a 66-book series with 67 primary works first released in 1996 with contributions by Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder, Mel Odom, Yvonne Navarro, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Arthur Byron Cover, John Vornholt, Melinda Metz, Laura J. Burns, Alice Henderson, Diana G. Gallagher, Pierce Askegren, Robert Joseph Levy, Kirsten Beyer, John Passarella, Elizabeth Massie, Ray Garton, Craig Shaw Gardner, Laura Anne Gilman, Josepha Sherman, Jeffrey J. Mariotte, Jeff Mariotte, Thomas E. Sniegoski, Cameron Dokey, Dan Jolley, Scott Ciencin, James A. Moore, Various, and Doranna Durgin.