Good Vampire Books????

Question

I have read Twilight series and Blue Bloods, Sunshine by Robin McKinley, and am reading Interview with the vampire. What are some other high quality vampire books?

not just young adult books, please.

Answer 1

Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot

Answer 2

The 30 Days of Night graphic novel series.

Answer 3

I've not read Vulnerable by Amy Lane, but I've heard it's better than Twilight. Not that that's true, its just what I've heard.

The Ann Rice books are good, too.

Oh, and if you want fantasy--not necessarily vampires-- try Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr.

Answer 4

Vampire Chronicles (1976–2003) series of novels by Anne Rice  

Answer 5

the host

bloodline

dangerous girls

and the cirque du freak series that they r actually makin into a movie

Answer 6

If you are reading Interview with the Vampire, then keep going with that series! It's the best by FAR!

The Vampire Lestat

Queen of the Damned

The Tale of the Body Thief

Memnoch the Devil

The Vampire Armand

Merrick

Blood & Gold

Blackwood Farm

Blood Canticle

If you make it though all those and still want more the get the new tales of vampires series

Taltos

Vittorio

HBO is coming out with a TV series called Tru Blood. If you like it when you see it, grab the series it was based on...Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris

Outside of those, you can find lots of great stuff at vampirelibrary.com

Happy reading!

Answer 7

buffy

Answer 8

This is a vampire book of sorts....

http://www.amazon.com/He-Had-Coming-Outs...

Answer 9

read all of the vampire chronicles by anne rice.  queen of the damned is great but my favorite was memnoch the devil

Answer 10

Vampire Diaries. I heard it was good.

Answer 11

Twilight!!!!!!!!!!!!! amazing book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is a must must must must must (ect) read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Answer 12

city of bones!!! it reminds me of twilight, its such a great book!!

Answer 13

Thirsty

Vampire Kisses

Cirque du freak

the ones i know, you have already read!

Answer 14

Salem's Lot

The Last vampire-pike

Dracula -Stoker

Dangerous Girls - Stine

Vampire Diaries -Smith

Answer 15

Vampire Kisses is a good series.

Answer 16

http://www.qvvo.com/link/2abc4cdb

Answer 17

Do you want fiction or nonfiction (in the sense that the books are a history of the vampire mythos and not a novel)?

Nonfiction: The two best books are both by (Dr.) Montague Summers. The book titles are "The Vampire: It's Kith and Kin" and "The Vampire in Europe". The first book explores the various vampire legends through out the world. The second book is part vampire legends in Europe and part history of supposed vampire incidents in Europe. These are fascinating books but not the easiest read. However all other nonfiction vampire books reference these two books. Please note that the validity of these two books is questionable. Some people say Summers made up a lot of what he wrote. None the less you won't find better nonfiction books.

Fiction - Vampire fiction books abound right now. Every girl who watched buffy on TV thinks she can write a vampire book. But here are some vampire books that I really like and others that are closer to the Tanya Huff style.

Lee Killough "Blood Hunt" and "Bloodlines" - a cop is turned into a vampire and tries to remain a good human being and cop while tracking down the vampire that killed him.

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - the Count Saint-Germain series - based on the authors you named above this might be a set that really appeals to you. It' more the romantic style. (I don't mean romance as in romance books but as in dark castles, heroic situations, etc. Each book of the series happens in a different time era.)

Fred Saberhagen - he wrote an entire series of books on Dracula. The first two were "The Dracula Tape" and "The Holmes-Dracula File". In the "Dracula Tape", Dracula catches up to the descendents of Mina and Jonathan Harker during a snow storm and tell them his side of the Bram Stoker tale. Very well written and very interesting. Some of the other books in the series detail a history of Dracula before and after he became a vampire. Other novels have to do with Dracula in present day life.

Christopher Goldin - The Shadow Saga - very good series. These are more adult than some of his previous books that were aimed at a teenage audience.

Kim Newman - Anno Dracula series - this is kind of an alternate history series where Dracula surfaces into the public eye in Victorian England and it' becomes "sort of okay" to become a vampire. The second book takes place during WW 1 and the third takes place in 1959.

Michael Romkey "I, Vampire" series and "The London Vampire Panic"

Steven Spruill Rulers of Darkness and Daughter of Darkness

Christopher Moore "Bloodsucking Fiends" This is a vampire novel that is light and funny. It has a comic charm. In fact all Christopher Moore books do.

Brian Lumley - Nectroscope/Harry Koegh series - very good but much more hard core horror. Harry can talk to the dead. The dead are trying to protect Harry from the vampires.

I can continue to name many more authors and books. If you are interested in further info, tell me so via additonal comments that you can add to your question. I will go into my answer via edit and add some more.

There are also collections of short stories and novella's of vampires that I can recommend.