Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mostly Void, Partially Stars | 2016 | Joseph Fink | Buy |
| 2 | The Great Glowing Coils of the Universe | 2016 | Joseph Fink | Buy |
| 3 | The Buying of Lot 37 | 2019 | Joseph Fink | Buy |
| 4 | Who’s a Good Boy? | 2019 | Joseph Fink | Buy |
The Welcome to Night Vale Collections gather the podcast’s episode scripts into printed volumes. Mostly Void, Partially Stars and The Great Glowing Coils of the Universe (both 2016) cover the early episodes, while The Buying of Lot 37 and Who’s a Good Boy? (both 2019) continue the collection. They let readers experience the show’s surreal storytelling on the page.
The podcast itself launched in 2012, presented as community radio dispatches from a fictional desert town where every conspiracy theory is true and the mundane sits next to the terrifying. Cecil Palmer narrates each episode with deadpan calm, whether reporting on glowing clouds, mysterious hooded figures, or the dog park no one is allowed to acknowledge. These collections preserve that voice in print.
Joseph Fink co-created the show with Jeffrey Cranor, and the two also wrote several Welcome to Night Vale novels. The collections are a good entry point for readers who prefer text to audio, and each volume includes episode notes and commentary not available in the original broadcasts.