The X-Files Novels in Order
The X-Files is a TV series revolving primarily around FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) investigating inexplicable cases that have been cataloged as “X-Files.” The series originally aired for nine seasons (1993-2002), returned for a season ten in 2016 and a season eleven in 2018. There were also two feature films, 1998’s The X-Files and 2008’s The X-Files: I Want to Believe. The series also inspired several works of fiction, including adaptions of episodes and original novels.
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X-Files Episode Adaptations
X Marks the Spot by Les Martin ("Pilot")
Darkness Falls by Les Martin ("Darkness Falls")
Tiger, Tiger! by Les Martin ("Fearful Symmetry")
Squeeze by Ellen Steiber ("Squeeze")
Humbug by Les Martin ("Humbug")
Shapes by Ellen Steiber ("Shapes")
Fear by Les Martin ("Blood")
Voltage by Easton Royce ("D.P.O.")
E.B.E. by Les Martin ("E.B.E.")
Die Bug, Die! by Les Martin ("War of the Coprophages")
Ghost in the Machine by Les Martin ("Ghost in the Machine")
The Calusari by Garth Nix ("The Căluşari")
Eve by Ellen Steiber ("Eve")
Bad Sign by Easton Royce ("Syzygy")
Our Town by Eric Elfman ("Our Town")
Empathy by Ellen Steiber ("Oubliette")
Fresh Bones by Les Martin ("Fresh Bones")
Control by Everett Owens ("Pusher")
The Host by Les Martin ("The Host")
Hungry Ghosts by Ellen Steiber ("Hell Money")
Dark Matter by Easton Royce ("Soft Light")
Howlers by Everett Owens ("Unruhe")
Grotesque by Ellen Steiber ("Grotesque")
Regeneration by Everett Owens ("Leonard Betts")
Quarantine by Les Martin ("F. Emasculata")
Haunted by Ellen Steiber ("Shadows")
Miracle Man by Terry Bisson ("Miracle Man")
Ascension by Quentin Thomas ("Duane Barry"/"Ascension"/"One Breath")
Hunter by Charles L. Grant ("Colony"/"End Game")
Original X-Files Novels
Goblins by Charles L. Grant
Whirlwind by Charles L. Grant
Ground Zero by Kevin J. Anderson
Ruins by Kevin J. Anderson
Antibodies by Kevin J. Anderson Skin by Ben Mezrich Film
Skin by Ben Mezrich
The X-Files Origins
Agent of Chaos by Kami Garcia
Devil's Advocate by Jonathan Maberry
Anthologies
X-Files: Trust No One
X-Files: The Truth Is Out There
X-Files: Secret Agendas
X-Files Film Novelizations
The X-Files: Fight the Future by Elizabeth Hand
The X-Files: I Want to Believe by Max Allan Collins
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