Vampire Books for Adults

Storm Front (Dresden Files) Start here

by Butcher, Jim

A crime version of the Urban Fantasy sub-genre. Harry Dresden is a wizard and a private investigator

Harry Dresden is a wizard. He has decided to use his power to solve minor crimes to make a living, so he opens up his own private eye firm, the only one in Chicago that has its own wizard. When the police have a case tha...

Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter)

by Hamilton, Laurell K.

The first breakout writer of Urban Fantasy, Hamilton's series are vastly popular and are more supernatural than magical.

For a racy adult vampire series, Anita Blake takes the cake. The novel's sort of a cross between mystery and romance, though as this humongous series progresses dwells more in more in the bodice-ripper romance category....

The Southern Vampire Series

by Stringer, Shelley

These are probably the best vampire romance novels currently on the market. There’s a nice balance between romance and plot in this series. Relationships are more mature than in Twilight and the characters are more reali...

Guardians Of The Night (Gideon And Sirius)

by Russell, Alan

This series is your classic, modern day vampire romance. It’s a good combination between mystery and romance. The consensus is this series is not fantastic, but it’s not that bad either. Worth reading if you are looking...

The Dark-hunter Series (Dark-hunter)

by Kenyon, Sherrilyn

These novels are so popular they’ve even spawned a Manga series. Two words to describe this: lots of sex and lots of action with a decent plot thrown in. I prefer these to the Anita Blake series because there’s actually...

Vampire Chronicles

by Rice, Anne

This starts with “An Interview with a Vampire.” Rice is the mother of all the modern Twilightesque novels. She’s pretty much pioneered the current generation of urban vampire stories. The first three novels in the Vampir...

Dracula

by Stoker, Bram

Though this book is not the first instance of vampires in literature, it is a defining story. It features more than just chilling storytelling; elements of horror, the gothic novel, sexual conventions, colonialism/post-colonialism, and immigration are all woven into this classic epistolary tale.

Dracula will always reign as the true master vampire, the one creature in horror and fantasy who can simultaneously seduce and terrify. And don't let yourself think this is an archaic story just because the novel was pub...

Fevre Dream

by Martin, George R. R.

A lesser known novel by the Game of Thrones creator that is a fine example of a more mythic take on vampirism. Fevre Dream is a steamboat sailing up the antebellum Mississippi River, which just so happens to be carrying the lord of the vampire race. It is a blend of history and myth.

He writes stories where castration, rape, skull-crushing, and child sacrifice are parred for the course. So it should come as no surprise that George R.R. Martin conquered the sub-genre of horror fantasy before he wrote...

I Am Legend

by Matheson, Richard

One of the first to make vampirism or zombies have a scientific origin with plenty of medical inquiry and rational causation provided.

This is the story that influenced the zombie genre and popularized the concept of a worldwide zombie apocalypse. Robert Neville is the last human on the earth. He is immune to a virus that either killed people or turned...

Salem's Lot

by King, Stephen

Vampires come to a small Maine town, King's classic of creeping dread, inspired by Dracula.

Coming in at a close third, well-known thriller and fantasy author, Stephen King, shocked readers with another enthralling fantasy novel, inspired by Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’. In his 1975 novel, Salem’s Lot, King takes an...

The Historian

by Kostova, Elizabeth

Do you like creepy tunnels, ancient runes, and dark crypts with strange things living in them? If such thoughts send delightful chills down your spine, The Historian is your sort of vampire novel.  Take the Da Vince Code...

The Undead Series (Undead)

by Davidson, Maryjanice

If you are looking for a good laugh and a vampire novel that doesn't take itself too seriously, the Undead series is a blast of fun. It’s rolling-on-the-floor funny and a great way to cheer yourself up if you need a book...

Immortality Bites (Immortality Bites)

by Rowen, Michelle

A young woman is murdered only to find out that she’s a vampire. Except she’s got to learn the ropes by herself. This series is pretty hilarious, seamlessly combining “vampire problems” with “young woman problems” includ...

Fat White Vampire Blues (Fat White Vampire Blues) Start here

by Fox, Andrew

A 350-pound New Orleans vampire with an eating problem, a very funny take on the immortal life.

As the title suggests, life is not all it's made out to be when you're a vampire, especially when you're a white vampire with a 350lbs weight problem.

How To Marry A Millionaire Vampire (Love At Stake) Start here

by Sparks, Kerrelyn

With a title like that, how can this NOT be funny. And it is folks, it is. It is.