It might be interesting to read and compare to the TV show. There are a few blogs I’ve seen on this, maybe I will write them down and let you know.

Happy Reading

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Here you can Read Free Books Online here

Here you can find anything you want – from the beloved Count Dracula, to various handbooks and companion books where you can find new and interesting things about Vampires.

Handbooks, Companions and General Reference

• Vampires, Burial & Death: Folklore & Reality by Paul Barber
• Vampires and Vampirism: Legends from Around the World by Dudley Wright
• The Dracula Cookbook of Blood by Ardin C. Price
• The Varmpire Gallery by J. Gordon Melton
• The Complete Book of Vampires by Leonard R. N. Ashley
• The Vampire Encyclopedia by Matthew E. Bunson
• The Vampire Lectures by Laurence A. Rickels
• Book of the Vampire by Nigel Suckling, illus. Bruce Pennington
• The Vampire: In Legend & Fact by Basil Copper
• Bloody Irish by Bob Curran
• Dark Banquet: Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding Creatures by Bill Schutt
• The Vampire Book: The Complete Encyclopedia of the Undead by J. Gordon Melton
• Bite: A Vampire Handbook by Kevin Jackson
• V Is for Vampire : An A to Z Guide to Everything Undead by David J. Skal
• Vampire: The Complete Guide to the World of the Undead by Manuela Dunn-Mascetti
• Private Files of a Vampirologist: Case Histories & Letters edited by Jeanne K. Youngson
• The Complete Vampire Companion by Rosemary Ellen Guiley and J. B. MacAbre
• Vampires: Restless Creatures of the Night by Jean Marigny, translated by Lory Frankel
• Vampires: The Occult Truth by Konstantinos

Dracula Books – A short list of some very interesting books

• The Dracula Book by Donald Glut
• Dracula : Between Tradition and Modernism by Carol A. Senf
• Dracula : Bram Stoker (New Casebooks) by Glennis Byron
• Dracula : Sense & Nonsense by Elizabeth Miller
• Dracula : The Novel and the Legend by Clive Leatherdale
• Dracula : The Shade and the Shadow edited by Elizabeth Miller
• Vlad III Dracula: The Life and Times of the Historical Dracula by Kurt W. Treplow
• Kurt W. Treptow Dracula : The Vampire Legend on Film by Robert Marrero
• Dracula, Prince of Darkness by Martin H. Greenberg

In addition to the above, these below authors have a lot of books on the subject of vampires, and seem to have extensive knowledge regarding anything Vampire. Please check out the authors below to see what they have to say regarding Vampires

Authors to check out

• Michelle Belanger
• Leonard Wold
• Bob Madison
• Montague Summers
• Raymond T. McNally

For many years the Vampire crazy quieted down, but with Vampire books, movies, and television shows on the rise lately, its no wonder that many authors are finding new adventures for our beloved Vampires.

Below you will find a list of Vampire Novels from a variety of genres. Some of these can go into multipe categories, but I have broken it up as much as possible.

Mystery Novels

The Sookie Stackhouse Series (aka The Southern Vampire Mysteries)

By: Charlaine Harris

• Dead Until Dark
• Living Dead in Dallas
• Club Dead
• Dead to the World
• “Fairy Dust” in Powers of Detection
• “Dancers in the Dark”
• “One Word Answer”
• “Dracula Night” in Many Bloody Returns
• Dead as a Doornail
• Definitely Dead
• “Tacky” in My Big, Fat Supernatural Wedding
• All Together Dead
• “Lucky” in Unusual Suspects
• From Dead to Worse
• “Gift Wrap” in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe
• Dead and Gone
• A Touch of Dead
• Dead in the Family

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Vampire Detectives – edited by Martin H. Greenburg

The Vampire Files – by P.N. Elrod

Victoria Nelson Series – by Tanya Huff

Blood Walk – by Lee Killough

Strangers in the Night

by: Anne Stuart, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro & Maggie Shayne

• Dark Journey
• Catching Dreams
• Beyond Twilight

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Other Novels

Some Girls Bite: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel – by Chloe Neill

Austra Family Series

by Elaine Bergstrom

• Austra Family Series
• Blood to Blood

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The Darkangel Trilogy

by: Meredith Anne Pierce

• The Darkangel
• The Gathering of Gargoyles
• The Pearl of the Soul of the World

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The Olivia Series

by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

• Flame in Byzantium
• Crusader’s Torch
• A Candle for D’Artagnan

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The Saint-Germain Chronicles

by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

• Hotel Transylvania
• The Palace
• Blood Games
• Path of the Eclipse
• Tempting Fate
• The Saint-Germain Chronicles
• Darker Jewels
• Better in the Dark
• Mansions of Darkness
• Writ in Blood
• Blood Roses
• Communion Blood
• Come Twilight
• A Feast in Exile
• Night Blooming
• Midnight Harvest
• Dark of the Sun
• States of Grace
• Roman Dusk
• Borne in Blood
• Saint-Germaine Memoirs

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Graphic Novels

The Vampire Lestat – A Graphic Novel By: Anne Rice

Blood: The Last Vampire 2002 by Benkyo Tamaoki

Blythe: NightVision by David Quinn, illustrated by Hannibal King

If you would like to add more novels to this list please let me know, I would love to see what others are reading as well as get your opinions on the books above. Please let me know what you thought of them!

Twilight has grossed over $70M in revenue since the movie’s debut, it fast became a must have for any Vampire lover. Now with 3 more books to go in the series, there is no telling how high that number will go, but I believe it is safe to say that Twilight (the books and movies) aren’t going anywhere any time soon.

I decided to write a very short (and I do mean very short) excerpt on what the Twilight Books are. I don’t want to go into much detail and spoil your reading, but here is the general background of what is going to happen in each movie.

Main characters:

• Bella Swan – high school girl
• Edward Cullen – Vampire that goes to school with Bella
• Cullen Family – Edward Cullen’s family
• Victoria – Part of the Vampire’s clan that tries to kill Bella
• Jacob Black – Werewolf and friend of Bella’s father

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Twilight

Bella moves to Phoenix to live with her Dad, while her Mother travels around the globe. Bella meets Edward Cullen, a vampire who lives with a family of vampires that have vowed not to drink human blood. Edwards family meets Bella and trusts in her to keep their vampire secret. While out with Edwards family, they run into a clan of human drinking vampires. And a fight breaks out. The Cullen Family must get Bella and her family to safety, all the while having to fight off this other clan of Vampires.

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New Moon

The Cullens leave Phoenix to help keep Bella and her family safe. While gone Bella gets to know Jacob Black better, who is a family friend that was introduced in the first book. She learns that Jacob is a werewolf. Jacob and his tribe of werewolves now have to protect Bella because one of the vampires, Victoria, are out to kill her. When Edward learns (mistakenly) that Bella is dead he tries to commit suicide, but gets stopped by Bella who comes to Italy to see him. Edward and Bella meet with a very powerful coven of Vampires and are told that Bella must be turned into a vampire soon.

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Eclipse

Victoria creates an army of vampires to try to kill Bella. The Cullen Family and Jacob’s tribe of werewolves must join forces to defeat her. , and get through her defensive line, the Cullen’s Family and Jacob’s tribe. While being protected by both Edward and Jacob, she must choose between the two.

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Breaking Dawn

Bella and Edward have gotten married, and Bella is pregnant. Her pregnancy is quite different that normal, and almost kills her in labor. Edward saves her life by making her a vampire. Bella delivers a half vampire / half human girl. They name her Renesmee. A debate breaks out about Renesmee, who is not an immortal child, violating Vampire Law. Bella and Edward win the debate, saying the child is no threat to anyone, and Bella and Edward live happily ever after.

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So basically, thats what you are going to read if you have been thinking about picking up these books. They are much more exciting than my short description might make you think – so don’t be fooled, they are definitely worth the read, or in my case, the audio book is worth a listen.