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Dracula Unbound
Brian W. Aldiss · 2015
Blood on Her Tongue (Standard Edition)
Johanna van Veen · 2025
Vampires at Sea
Lindsay Merbaum · 2025
Masters of Death
Olivie Blake · 2023
White Teeth, Red Blood
Lord Byron, Charles Baudelaire, Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Ishmael Reed · 2025
The Scarlet Veil (Scarlet Veil Duology)
Shelby Mahurin · 2023
My Roommate Is a Vampire
Jenna Levine · 2023
Empire of the Vampire
Jay Kristoff
'This book is bloody brilliant'<br> <br> V.E. Schwab<br> <br> <br> <br> 'A ripping read'<br> <br> Joe Abercrombie<br> <br> The SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES bestseller from the award-winning author of the Nevernight Chronicle<br> <br> <br> <br> It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise.<br> <br> <br> <br> Ever since, vampires have waged war against humanity building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Gabriel de León, half man, half monster, and last remaining silversaint - a sworn brother of the holy Silver Order dedicated to defending the realm from the creatures of the night - is all that stands between the world and its end.<br> <br> <br> <br> Imprisoned by the very monsters he has vowed to destroy Gabriel is forced to tell his story - a story of legendary battles and forbidden love, of faith lost and friendships won, of the War of the Blood and the Forever King and the quest for humanity's last remaining hope:<br> <br> <br> <br> The Holy Grail.<br> <br> <br> <br> Featuring the darkly beautiful illustrations of Bon Orthwick (@monolimeart)
The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and The Struggle
L. J. Smith · 2007
Soulless
Gail Carriger · 2009
The Vampire Lestat
Anne Rice · 1986
<b>#1 <i>New York Times </i>Bestselling author - Surrender to fiction's greatest creature of the night - Book II of the Vampire Chronicles<br><br></b>The vampire hero of Anne Rice’s enthralling novel is a creature of the darkest and richest imagination. Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, he rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying exsitence. His is a mesmerizing story—passionate, complex, and thrilling.<br><br><b>Praise for <i>The Vampire Lestat</i></b><br> <br> “Frightening, sensual . . . Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time, to become lightheaded as if our blood is slowly being drained away.”<i><b>—</b>San Francisco Chronicle</i><br> <br>“Fiercely ambitious, nothing less than a complete unnatural history of vampires.”<i><b>—</b>The Village<b> </b>Voice</i><br> <i> </i><br> “Brilliant . . . its undead characters are utterly alive.”<i>—The New York Times Book Review</i><br> <i> </i><br>“Luxuriantly created and richly told.”<i>—The Cleveland Plain Dealer</i>
Dark Lover
J. R. Ward · 2007
Blood on Her Tongue
Johanna van Veen · 2025
Vampires: The Myths, Legends, and Lore
Aubrey Sherman · 2014
A thrilling treasury of vampire lore! Since the seventeenth century, people have been frightened, mesmerized, and fascinated by the terrifying tales of vampires. In this book, you'll uncover the history and mystery behind these bloodthirsty monsters with folklore, mythology, and poetry from every tradition in the world. From the Bosnian Lampir, whose disease-ridden corpse spread infection and death throughout villages, to Bram Stoker's charming Dracula, who helped define modern-day vampires, the wicked stories surrounding these nocturnal beings are sure to captivate anyone who has ever wondered about these shadow-loving creatures. Whether you're interested in exploring the culture of vampires or just want to learn more about their supernatural abilities, you'll discover dozens of compelling tales, historical accounts, and haunting legends that shed some light on these sinister beings. Complete with detailed illustrations, Vampires reveals the dark allure and gruesome power of these creatures of the night.
Dracul
J.D. Barker, Dacre Stoker · 2018
Immortal Dark
Tigest Girma · 2025
<b>An Instant #1 <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller!<br> <br> An Instant Indie Bestseller!<br> <br> A USA Today Bestseller!</b><br> <br> <br> <br> "<b>Entirely irresistible</b>. <i>Immortal Dark </i>takes <b>the best parts of vampire lore</b> and brings the undying, violent enmity to full throttle. Tigest Girma pushes morally gray fantasy exactly where it needs to go, and <b>you won't be able to look away</b>." ―<b>Chloe Gong, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>These Violent Delights</i></b><br> <br> <br> <br> <b><i>The Cruel Prince</i> meets <i>Ninth House</i> in this dangerously romantic dark academia fantasy, where a lost heiress must infiltrate an arcane society and live with the handsome vampire she suspects killed her family and kidnapped her sister.</b><br> <br> <br> <br> <i>It began long before my time, but something has always hunted our family.</i><br> <br> <br> <br> Orphaned heiress Kidan Adane grew up far from the arcane society she was born into, where human bloodlines gain power through vampire companionship. When her sister, June, disappears, Kidan is convinced a vampire stole her--the very vampire bound to their family, the cruel yet captivating Susenyos Sagad.<br> <br> <br> <br> To find June, Kidan must infiltrate the elite Uxlay University--where students study to ensure peaceful coexistence between humans and vampires and inherit their family legacies. Kidan must survive living with Susenyos--even as he does everything he can to drive her away. It doesn't matter that Susenyos's wickedness speaks to Kidan's own violent nature and tempts her to surrender to a life of darkness. She must find her sister and kill Susenyos at all costs.<br> <br> <br> <br> When a murder mirroring June's disappearance shakes Uxlay, Kidan sinks further into the ruthless underworld of vampires, risking her very soul. There she discovers a centuries-old threat--and June could be at the center of it. To save her sister, Kidan must bring Uxlay to its knees and either break free from the horrors of her own actions or embrace the dark entanglements of love--and the blood it requires.<br> <br> <br> <br> Perfect for fans of: <ul> <li>Enemies to Lovers</li> <li>Romantasy</li> <li>Vampires</li> <li>Sentient Houses</li> <li>Morally Gray Characters</li> <li>Villainous Romantic Leads</li> <li>Dark Academia</li> </ul>
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova · 2009
To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history....Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of-a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history.The letters provide links to one of the darkest powers that humanity has ever known-and to a centuries-long quest to find the source of that darkness and wipe it out. It is a quest for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the legend of Dracula. Generations of historians have risked their reputations, their sanity, and even their lives to learn the truth about Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Now one young woman must decide whether to take up this quest herself-to follow her father in a hunt that nearly brought him to ruin years ago, when he was a vibrant young scholar and her mother was still alive. What does the legend of Vlad the Impaler have to do with the modern world? Is it possible that the Dracula of myth truly existed-and that he has lived on, century after century, pursuing his own unknowable ends? The answers to these questions cross time and borders, as first the father and then the daughter search for clues, from dusty Ivy League libraries to Istanbul, Budapest, and the depths of Eastern Europe. In city after city, in monasteries and archives, in letters and in secret conversations, the horrible truth emerges about Vlad the Impaler's dark reign-and about a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive down through the ages.Parsing obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions-and evading the unknown adversaries who will go to any lengths to conceal and protect Vlad's ancient powers-one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil. Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an adventure of monumental proportions, a relentless tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present, with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful-and utterly unforgettable.
Lucy Undying: A Dracula Novel
Kiersten White · 2024
Thirst: A Novel
Marina Yuszczuk · 2024
A Long Time Dead
Samara Breger · 2023
Blood Countess (Lady Slayers)
Lana Popovic · 2020
An Education in Malice
S. T. Gibson · 2024
Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insatiable hungers from S.T. Gibson, author of the cult hit A Dowry of Blood. Deep in the forgotten hills of Massachusetts stands Saint Perpetua’s College. Isolated and ancient, it is not a place for timid girls. Here, secrets are currency, ambition is lifeblood, and strange ceremonies welcome students into the fold. On her first day of class, Laura Sheridan is thrust into an intense academic rivalry with the beautiful and enigmatic Carmilla. Together, they are drawn into the confidence of their demanding poetry professor, De Lafontaine, who holds her own dark obsession with Carmilla. But as their rivalry blossoms into something far more delicious, Laura must confront her own strange hungers. Tangled in a sinister game of politics, bloodthirsty professors and magic, Laura and Carmilla must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice in their ruthless pursuit of knowledge. For more from S.T. Gibson, check out A Dowry of Blood.
Some of Your Blood
Theodore Sturgeon · 20130430
Certain Dark Things: A Novel
Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2021
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse Book 1)
Charlaine Harris · 2001
Fledgling
Octavia E. Butler · 2022
Bless Your Heart (A Bless Your Heart Novel, 1)
Lindy Ryan · 2025
Empire of the Vampire
Jay Kristoff · 2021
Vampires of El Norte
Isabel Cañas · 2024
Vampires, vaqueros, and star-crossed lovers face off on the Texas–Mexico border in this supernatural Western from the author of The Hacienda. As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters—her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north. But something more sinister lurks near the ranch at night, something that drains men of their blood and leaves them for dead. Something that once attacked Nena nine years ago. Believing Nena dead, Néstor has been on the run from his grief ever since, moving from ranch to ranch working as a vaquero. But no amount of drink can dispel the night terrors of sharp teeth; no woman can erase his childhood sweetheart from his mind. When the United States invades Mexico in 1846, the two are brought abruptly together on the road to war: Nena as a curandera, a healer, striving to prove her worth to her father so that he does not marry her off to a stranger, and Néstor as a member of the auxiliary cavalry of ranchers and vaqueros. But the shock of their reunion—and Nena’s rage at Néstor for seemingly abandoning her long ago—is quickly overshadowed by the appearance of a nightmare made flesh. And unless Nena and Néstor work through their past and face the future together, neither will survive to see the dawn.
I Am Legend
Richard Matheson · 1997
The one remaining human in a world populated with vampires struggles to survive.
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
V.E. Schwab · 2025
Salems Lot
Stephen King · 2000
When A Writer Returns To His Maine Home Town, He Discovers That The Peaceful Hamlet Is Being Overrun By Vampires And Sets Out To Curb This Ancient Evil Before It Can Spread.
The God of Endings: A Novel
Jacqueline Holland · 2023
Carmilla and Laura
S D Simper · 2018
What Moves the Dead
T. Kingfisher · 2022
House of Hunger
Alexis Henderson · 2023
Hungerstone
Kat Dunn · 2025
A Dowry of Blood
S.T. Gibson · 2021
"Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into his web of passion and deceit, Constanta realizes that her beloved is capable of terrible things. Finding comfort in the arms of her rival consorts, she begins to unravel their husband's dark secrets. With the lives of everyone she loves on the line, Constanta will have to choose between her own freedom and her love for her husband. But bonds forged by blood can only be broken by death."--Publisher
Woman, Eating
Claire Kohda · 2022
Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice · 2012
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires: A Novel
Grady Hendrix · 2020
“This funny and fresh take on a classic tale manages to comment on gender roles, racial disparities, and white privilege all while creeping me all the way out. So good.”—Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of The Other Black Girl Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this New York Times best-selling horror novel about a women's book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their small Southern town. Bonus features: • Reading group guide for book clubs • Hand-drawn map of Mt. Pleasant • Annotated true-crime reading list by Grady Hendrix • And more! Patricia Campbell’s life has never felt smaller. Her husband is a workaholic, her teenage kids have their own lives, her senile mother-in-law needs constant care, and she’s always a step behind on her endless to-do list. The only thing keeping her sane is her book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime. At these meetings they’re as likely to talk about the Manson family as they are about their own families. One evening after book club, Patricia is viciously attacked by an elderly neighbor, bringing the neighbor's handsome nephew, James Harris, into her life. James is well traveled and well read, and he makes Patricia feel things she hasn’t felt in years. But when children on the other side of town go missing, their deaths written off by local police, Patricia has reason to believe James Harris is more of a Bundy than a Brad Pitt. The real problem? James is a monster of a different kind—and Patricia has already invited him in. Little by little, James will insinuate himself into Patricia’s life and try to take everything she took for granted—including the book club—but she won’t surrender without a fight in this blood-soaked tale of neighborly kindness gone wrong.
The Devil Resides in Louisiana
Laurissa Severn · 2025
In 1957, Father Zion Fitzwilliam arrives in a small Louisiana town, determined to uphold his faith and guide his congregation as a young priest. But his mission takes an unsettling turn when he encounters Rosemary LaRoux-a woman shunned as a witch, trailed by whispers of corruption and a string of unsolved murders.<br/><br/>Zion sees it as his duty to bring her to righteousness, yet the more he tries to save her, the more she threatens to pull him astray. As an unlikely bond forms between them, the town's fear and suspicion grow. With tensions rising and a witch hunt on the horizon, Zion must decide-convert her, banish her, or risk losing himself entirely under the weight of her temptations.
Dracula: The Original 1897 Edition (A Bram Stoker Classic Novel)
Bram Stoker · 2023
Carmilla
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 1872
Step into the world of Gothic mystery and supernatural intrigue with Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's classic masterpiece, Carmilla. This chilling tale of vampirism and dark desires has captivated readers for over a century, and now comes to you in a beautifully republished paperback edition.<br/>In the remote Styrian countryside, young Laura's peaceful existence is shattered when she encounters the enigmatic and beautiful Carmilla. As a bond between the two women forms, Laura is drawn into a nightmarish world of unsettling dreams, haunting shadows, and a sinister presence that refuses to let go.<br/>Immerse yourself in the atmospheric storytelling of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, as he weaves a tale of love, betrayal, and the supernatural, which has inspired countless works of vampire fiction, including Bram Stoker's iconic novel. In Carmilla, you'll discover the original vampire story that pioneered the genre and continues to send shivers down the spines of readers to this day.<br/>What makes this edition special? A meticulously crafted reproduction of the original text, designed for modern readers. An exclusive introduction and about the author section that sheds light on the novel's historical context and enduring legacy. High-quality, acid-free paper for a comfortable and long-lasting reading experience. Modern cover<br/><br/>Dare to uncover the chilling secrets that lie within the pages of Carmilla, and experience the haunting allure of one of the most influential Gothic novels of all time. Add this stunning paperback edition to your collection, and let the gripping tale of passion and darkness envelop you, leaving an indelible mark on your literary soul.<br/>Order your copy of Carmilla today, and embark on a journey that will forever redefine your perception of the vampire mythos.
Twilight
Stephenie Meyer · 2022
The Vampire Lestat
Anne Rice · 1986
