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!

10 Responses to “Vampire Books – For Teens and Young Adults”

  1. There’s actually a fourth Vampire Academy book. It’s called Blood Promise. Just thought you might like to know!

  2. Thanks – this is good to know, I am reading this series right now :)

  3. Hi Ruby!

    Another excellent series to try is Jocelynn Drake’s Dark Day Series. Three is the series so far, with another three sold, Nightwalker, Dayhunter, and Dawnbreaker.

    Dottie :)

  4. Thanks – I have added it to my list! I will need to put it on my list to read!

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  6. Love your site… just found it. I am an author working on book 2 of my trilogy… you might find it interesting.
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