TV Series Release OrderRecommended
0 / 8 watchedAll 8 seasons in air order. The show never had spinoffs or crossovers, so this single run is the whole story.
Castle (ABC)
- 1 Castle Season 1 10 episodes. Premiered March 9, 2009.
- 2 Castle Season 2 24 episodes.
- 3 Castle Season 3 24 episodes.
- 4 Castle Season 4 23 episodes.
- 5 Castle Season 5 24 episodes.
- 6 Castle Season 6 23 episodes.
- 7 Castle Season 7 23 episodes.
- 8 Castle Season 8 22 episodes. Final season, ended May 16, 2016.
Nikki Heat Novels in Publication Order
0 / 10 watchedThe 10 tie-in novels credited to Richard Castle. Each stands alone, so read them any time after season 1.
Nikki Heat novels
- 1 Heat Wave First in the series. Reached the New York Times best-seller list.
- 2 Naked Heat
- 3 Heat Rises
- 4 Frozen Heat
- 5 Deadly Heat
- 6 Raging Heat
- 7 Driving Heat
- 8 High Heat
- 9 Heat Storm First team-up with Derrick Storm, Castle's other fictional hero.
- 10 Crashing Heat Latest novel, published three years after the show ended.
About Castle
Nathan Fillion plays mystery novelist Richard Castle, who shadows NYPD detective Kate Beckett, played by Stana Katic, across 8 seasons and 173 episodes on ABC from March 2009 to May 2016. The show is fully episodic, so air order is the story order, and the Nikki Heat novels published under Castle's name carry the premise into print.
Good to know
ABC cancelled Castle after season 8, and the finale was adjusted to close the story. The novels kept going after the show, with Crashing Heat arriving in 2019.
