Read Vampire Diaries for Free

Thought this might interest some people. This is the first book of Vampire Diaries (The Awakening). Which is the book that the new show on CW is based off of. I found this text, and you can actually read the entire book online. So I thought you all would enjoy it.

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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Non-Fiction Vampire Books

Whether you are a vampire lover, or just jumping on the bandwagon due to the Twilight Series or Vampire Diaries (a new TV show on CW), you have a wide variety of fiction books to choose from. Non-fiction Vampire books are quite a bit different, and a little harder to find. But if this is what you want, you have come to the right place! I have compiled a list of Non-fiction Vampire Books below for your convienence.

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

Vampire Books – For Teens and Young Adults


Since Twilight came out more and more people are looking for Vampire Books. Vampire books have been a favorite theme with many writers. With Dracula, and all its renditions to the very popular kids series The Bailey School Kids by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones, these types of books have become a staple in paving the way for a more mainstream Below I have compiled a short list of Vampire books that can be appealing to teenagers, or young adults. Mostly I have added series, I find that series are really great, I feel that I can get to know the characters much better should I have more to read about them.

The Anita Blake Series

by: Laurell K. Hamilton
#1 Guilty Pleasures #7 Burnt Offerings #13 Micah
#2 The Laughing Corpse #8 Blue Moon #14 Danse Macabre
#3 The Circus of The Damned #9 Obsidian Butterfly #15 The Harliquin
#4 The Lunitic Café #10 Narcissus in Chains #16 Blood Noi
#5 Bloody Bones #11 Cerulean Sins #17 Skin Trade
#6 The Killing Dance #12 Incubus Dreams

The Vampire Chronicles / New Tales of the Vampire Books

by: Anne Rice
Interview with the Vampire – The Vampire Chronicles Merrick- The Vampire Chronicles
The Vampire Lestat- The Vampire Chronicles Blood and Gold- The Vampire Chronicles
The Queen of the Damned- The Vampire Chronicles Blackwood Farm- The Vampire Chronicles
The Tale of the Body Thief- The Vampire Chronicles Blood Canticle- The Vampire Chronicles
Memnoch the Devil- The Vampire Chronicles Pandora – New Tales of the Vampire
The Vampire Armand- The Vampire Chronicles Vittorio the Vampire – New Tales of the Vampire

Dark Series Books

by: Christine Feehan
#1 Dark Prince #8 Dark Legend #15 Dark Secret
#2 Dark Desire #9 Dark Guardian #16 Dark Demon
#3 Dark Gold #10 Dark Symphony #17 Dark Celebration
#4 Dark Magic #11 Dark Descent #18 Dark Possession
#5 Dark Challenge #12 Dark Melody #19 Dark Curse
#6 Dark Fire #13 Dark Destiny #20 Dark Slayer
#7 Dark Dream #14 Dark Hunger #21

Dark Day Series

by: Jocelynn Drake
  1. Nightwalker
  2. Dayhunter
  3. Dawnbreaker

Vampire Kisses

by: Ellen Schreiber
  1. The Beginning
  2. Dance with a Vampire
  3. The Coffin Club
  4. Royale Blood

Books by Shannon Drake

  • Beneath a Blood Red Moon
  • When Darkness Falls
  • Deep Midnight
  • Realm of Shadows
  • The Awakening
  • Dead by Dusk

The Sookie Stackhouse Series (aka: Southern Vampire) Books

by: Christine Harris
#1 Dead until Dark #4 Dead to the World #7 All Together Dead
#2 Living Dead in Dallas #5 Dead as a Doornail #8 From Dead to Worse
#3 Club Dead #6 Definitely Dead #9 Dead and Gone

The Twilight Series

by: Stephanie Meyers
  1. Twilight
  2. New Mood
  3. Eclipse
  4. Breaking Dawn

The Vampire Academy Books

by: Richelle Mead
*The audio books of this series is available at audible.com, and they are among my top 3 favorite books
  1. Vampire Academy
  2. Frostbite
  3. Shadow Kiss
  4. Blood Promise

Vampirates

by: Justin Somper
  1. Demons of the Ocean
  2. Tide of Terror
  3. Blood Captain

Vampire Huntress Legend Series

by: L.A. Banks
#1 Minion: The Legends Begin #5 The Damned #9 The Darkness
#2 Awakening #6 The Forsaken #10 The Thirteenth
#3 The Bitten #7 The Wicked #11 The Shadows
#4 The Forbidden #8 The Cursed

Danielle Walthers Series

by Scott Ciencin
  1. Vampire Odyssey
  2. The Wildlings
  3. Parliament of Blood

The Dracula Horror Series

by: Robert Lory
Dracula Returns Dracula’s Gold Dracula’s Lost World
The Hand of Dracula The Drums of Dracula Dracula’s Disciple
Dracula’s Brothers The Witching of Dracula Challenge to Dracula

The Others Series

by Sergei Lukyanenki
  1. Night Watch
  2. Day Watch
  3. Twilight Watch

Necroscope Series

by: Brian Lumley
#1 Necroscope (#1) #7 The Vampire World: Last Aerie #2 (#7) #13 E Branch: Avengers (#13)
#2 Nectoscope II: Vamphyri (#2) #8 The Vampire World: Blood Wars #3 (#8) #14 A Coven Of Vampires
#3 Necropscope Iii: The Source (#3) #9 Necroscope: The Lost Years (#9) #15 Harry Keogh: Necroscope And Other Heroes
#4 Necroscope Iv: Deadspeak (#4) #10 Necroscope:Resurgence (Lost Years #2) (#10) #16 Necroscope: The Touch
#5 Necroscope V:Deadspawn (#5) #11 E Branch : Invaders (#11)
#6 The Vampire World: Blood Brothers #1 (#6) #12 E Branch : Defilers (#12)

If you have any more Vampire Series that you would like to add, let me know and I will add them to this list! I know there are plenty more series out there, but most of them I haven’t had a chance to get through yet. I would love to know what your thoughts are on these books as well, so be sure to leave a comment telling me what your favorites are!