Books like Dragon Bound: Elder Races #1
30 fantasy books to read after Dragon Bound: Elder Races #1, by Harrison, Thea, the closest match first.
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1. Halfway To The Grave: Night Huntress #1
by Frost, Jeaniene
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Before you start Night Huntress, be aware that there's nothing groundbreaking about the series. You're going to be disappointed if you go into it expecting something fresh. While it may...
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2. Darkfever: Fever #1
by Moning, Karen Marie
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CONTENT AVERSION ALERT: If you're not a fan of anything fairy-like, this series isn't for you. If you're ok with a world that includes all kinds of flappy, sappy supernatural...
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3. Angels' Blood: Guild Hunter #1
by Singh, Nalini
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Nalini Singh is one of the most well known paranormal romance authors. And with good reason: She's written two of the most popular series in the genre. Guild Hunter, along...
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4. Cry Wolf: Alpha And Omega
by Briggs, Patricia
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Cry Wolf is a spin-off of Briggs's popular Mercy Thompson series. For Briggs fans, this series is full of the things that make her such a successful author. She excels...
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5. Dead Witch Walking: The Hollows #1
by Harrison, Kim
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The greatest strength of this series is that its main character â Rachel â is both entertaining and interesting. This isn't just because she's a well-rounded character, full of sass...
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6. Once Burned: Night Prince #1
by Frost, Jeaniene
- On the same lists
Night Prince is a spin off series based on Frost's Night Huntress series. While it's not necessary to have read Night Prince, you will benefit from discovering Vlad – the...
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7. Some Girls Bite: Chicagoland Vampires
by Neill, Chloe
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If there's one criticism that can be leveled at the entire paranormal romance genre (other than the cover art featuring bare-chested hos and beaus), it's that the writing is subpar....
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8. Fantasy Lover: Dark Hunter #1
by Kenyon, Sherrilyn
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The key to a good paranormal romance is to make sure it doesn't take itself too seriously. Because … vampires. Some of the creatures that appear in these types of...
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9. Pleasure Unbound: Demonica #1
by Ione, Larissa
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A half-demon hunts demons in a hidden war, the corny but gripping start of the Demonica series.
Cue the heavy eye roll at the laughable title of the first book in the Demonica series. Got that out of your system? Good. It may be corny, but the...
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10. Dark Lover: Black Dagger Brotherhood
by Ward, J.r.
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A secret brotherhood of vampire warriors fights the Lessening Society, the novel that began a paranormal romance giant.
Black Dagger Brotherhood is one of the most well known series in the paranormal romance genre. While it hasn't aged well (many new readers will point out that its clichéd...
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11. Slave To Sensation: Psy-changeling
by Singh, Nalini
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A woman is sent to a forbidden changeling on a cold, controlled world in the first book of the Psy-Changeling series.
Nalini Singh is one of the more talented authors in the genre, with an exceptional ability for painting images with words. Psy-Changeling is full of the things that make her...
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Immortals After Dark book 1 Start here
12. A Hunger Like No Other: Immortals After Dark
by Cole, Kresley
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A Valkyrie is captured by a vampire warlord and a vampire's mate, the fun first book of Immortals After Dark.
Don't expect this to be a work of classic literature, but of all the paranormal romance series out there, Immortals After Dark is one of the most fun. There's romance...
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Lords Of The Underworld book 1 Start here
13. The Darkest Night: Lords Of The Underworld #1
by Showalter, Gena
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A demon hunter and a woman with her own hidden powers, an adult, fast-moving paranormal romance.
This series is adult with a capital A. Don't give this to a fourteen year old as a gift. Don't give it to your mother either. Keep it in the...
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Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter book 1 Start here
14. Guilty Pleasures: Vampire Hunter #1
by Hamilton, Laurell K.
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Anita Blake raises the dead for a living and hunts vampires for the police, the first book of a long, dark series.
There's less raunch in the first parts of this series than you'll find in similar ones in the genre, but that's not a reason to avoid them. The common consensus...
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15. Kiss Of Midnight: Midnight Breed #1
by Adrian, Lara
- On the same lists
Yes, this is a virtual clone of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. No, it's not worth skipping as a result. That's because it's not a patent leather rip-off, but a well-made...
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16. Dark Prince
by Feehan, Christine
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You get a sex scene! You get a sex scene! Everybody gets a sex scene! We've talked about fluffy escapist books, funny heroes and interesting mythologies. Now let's talk passion....
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17. Succubus Blues: Georgina Kincaid #1
by Mead, Richelle
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If Paranormal Romance is a guilty pleasure, then books like Succubus Blues are the guiltiest of them all. There's an element of Vampire Diaries to this series, but that shouldn't...
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18. A Discovery Of Witches
by Harkness, Deborah
- On the same lists
It's not easy to pick the last entry on a list like this. Especially since, by this point, there's not much meat left on the bone. And by meat, we...
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19. Kate Daniels Series
by Andrews, Ilona
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Kate Daniels. Tough, smart, and wonderfully mouthy. She's a perennially down-on-her-luck mercenary who cleans up paranormal messes. She's a complete badass, wielding a sword called "Slayer," but remains compassionate and...
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20. Mercy Thompson Series
by Briggs, Patricia
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Urban Fantasy excels at creating strong female leads, and this is one of the best. Mercy is a part Native American auto mechanic who also happens to be a walker;...
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21. The Black Jewels
by Bishop, Anne
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Three words to describe the Black Jewels Trilogy: Over the top. Terrible things happen in this book, but they're written with so much drama that you can't take them too...
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22. Dead Until Dark: Sookie Stackhouse #1
by Harris, Charlaine
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HBO created must-see television with True Blood. The same can't be said for the series it's based on. Harris is one of the worst writers on this list. Her abilities...
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23. Interview With The Vampire
by Rice, Anne
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A now classic tale of confession, this is the first book in Rice's Vampire Chronicles series. A complex story that blends the supernatural with the human condition; it will mesmerize readers. Particularly compelling amongst its pages is the story's philosophical inquiry.
There was Dracula. And then there was Brad Pitt… err… Louis – the main character in what is one of the founding books of the genre. Before you read this...
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24. Vampire Chronicles
by Rice, Anne
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Anne Rice is considered one of the pioneers of the vampire genre. The Sookie Stackhouse and Twilight novels were heavily influenced by Anne Rice's’work.Anne Rice’s most popular work (and perhaps...
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25. Black Dagger Brotherhood
by Ward, J.r.
- On the same lists
If you are looking for a romantic vampire horror novel, the Companions of the Night are some of the better books to be found. What’s so good about these novels...
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26. Sweet Blood
by Hautman, Pete
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For a cool YA vampire adventure, It'd be hard to recommend anything better than Sweet Blood. This book hands down does the best misunderstood-goth-coming-of-age story. The story premise is really...
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27. Sookie Stackhouse
by Harris, Charlaine
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Vampire Fiction often falls into the Urban Fantasy sub-genre, and this series is a great example of how popular it has become.
For those who love Twilight, the next step should be to read the Sookie Stackhouse novels. The popular True Blood TV series was based on these novels, so if you...
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28. Dark Hunter
by Kenyon, Sherrilyn
- On the same lists
These books have been around for nearly a decade now and are still wooing the hearts of millions of women around the world. Her male heroes are particularly well drawn....
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29. Companion Of The Night
by Velde, Vivian Vande
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Another vampire romance series, but one that has a pretty interesting vampire character. The plot follows Kerry, a young woman, who saves Ethan - a vampire - from vampire hunters....
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30. The Evernight Series
by Gray, Claudia
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A combination of Mean Girls and Vampire Academy. Bianca is forced by her parents to attend a private school. What her parents don’t realize is that this private school is...
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