Take a Bite:
Fiction You Can Sink Your Teeth Into

Vampires continue to play an integral role in mainstream popular fiction. There was a time when vampires were strictly horror, but no more. They feature prominently in romances but you also can find them in action & adventure novels, fantasies, mysteries, graphic novels, and humor. Sometimes they appear side by side with shapeshifters, werewolves, and fairies.

If you are interested in vampire fiction, explore some of the novels listed here.

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Werewolf Smackdown,* Mario Acevedo

Moon Sworn: A Riley Jenson Guardian Novel,* Keri Arthur

One Bite Stand,* Nina Bangs

The Darkness,* L.A. Banks

Real Vampires Hate Their Thighs, Gerry Bartlett

Demon Blood,* Meljean Brook

Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files*, Jim Butcher

Fledgling, Octavia E. Butler

The Queen of Wolves,* Douglas Clegg

Demon from the Dark, Kresley Cole

The Passage, Justin Cronin

Undead and Unfinished,* MaryJanice Davidson

Dark Road Rising,* P.N. Elrod

Dracula in Love, Karen Essex

Dark Peril: A Carpathian Novel,* Christine Feehan

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Seth Grahame-Smith

Honeymoon of the Dead,* Tate Hallaway

Renfield: Slave of Dracula, Barbara Hambly

Bullett,* Laurell K. Hamilton

Shakespeare Undead, Lori Handeland

Dead in the Family,* Charlaine Harris

Black Magic Sanction,* Kim Harrison

In Shade and Shadow,* Barb Hendee

Blood Born, Linda Howard

Blood Cross: A Jane Yellowrock Novel,* Faith Hunter

A Darker Crimson,** Carolyn Jewel

No Mercy,* Sherrilyn Kenyon

Vampire Hunter D. Volume 6, Pilgrimage of the Sacred and the Profane,* Hideyuki Kikuchi

The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova

Seduced by Crimson,** Jade Lee

A Taste of Crimson,** Marjorie M. Liu

Any Way You Want It, Kathy Love

Nightwatch, Sergei Lukyanenko

Necroscope. The Touch*, Brian Lumley

Mozart’s Blood, Louise Marley

Crimson & Steam**, Liz Maverick

Bite Me: A Love Story, Christopher Moore

Twice Bitten,* Chloe Neill

Through a Crimson Veil**, Patti O’Shea

Beneath the Skin: Book Three of The Maker’s Song,* Adrian Phoenix

Don’t Kill the Messenger, Eileen Rendahl

Labyrinth: A Greywalker Novel,* Kat Richardson

Archangel’s Kiss,* Nalini Singh

Vamped, David Sosnowski

The Vampire and the Virgin,* Kerrelyn Sparks

Time for Eternity, Susan Squires

A Taint in the Blood: A Novel of the Shadowspawn, S.M. Stirling

Blood Pressure: A Vampire Testament,* Terence Taylor

Surrogate Evil,* David Thurlo

The Fall,* Guillermo del Toro

Lover Mine: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood,* J.R. Ward

And Falling, Fly, Skyler White

Valley of Bones, Eric Wilson

Burning Shadows: A Novel of the Count Saint-Germain,*
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

*part of a series featuring vampires
**part of the Crimson City series, written by various authors

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