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  Thirteen Vampires...A Booklist of Vampire Stories  
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Love reading about vampires?  Never miss an episode of Buffy?  Don’t miss these great ones! Yes, there are really more than thirteen on the list. Would you tell the lord of the undead he can't count?

Thirsty by M.T.Anderson (YA FIC ANDERSON)
Although Chris desperately wants to be normal, he finds himself turning into a vampire and does not know whom to trust for help, an odd celestial being named Chet, or the Thing, who claims to be from the Forces of Light and follows him everywhere.

In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (YA FIC ATWATER-RHODES).   
Risika, a teenage vampire, wanders back in time to the year 1684 when, as a human, she died and was transformed against her will.  Sequels:  Demon In My View, Shattered Mirror. 

Death and the Maiden by P.N. Elrod (YA FIC ELROD)
To save his embattled family and estate, as well as the security of his sanctuary, vampire Jonathan Barrett must once again walk among the living and satisfy his craving for blood.  

Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly (ADULT FIC HAMBLY)
Someone is killing off the vampires of London while they sleep during the day. Sequel: Traveling With the Dead.
 

Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton (ADULT FIC HAMILTON) Vampires call Anita Blake the Executioner. She lives in a time and place where vampires exist - and are protected by law. But they are only protected as long they behave - and Anita Blake is there when they decide to wreak havoc! This is the first in a terrific series for vampire lovers.

The Cowboy and the Vampire by Clark Hays (YA FIC HAYS)
Lizzie Vaughan, who has vampire blood in her, is being persued by vampire leader Julius who wants her to be at his side when he and his band of followers take over the planet, but Lizzie and her cowboy boyfriend Tucker have other plans.

The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause (JRHI KLAUSE)
Beautiful yet frightening, only Simon, the young vampire who comes to her house in the middle of the night, can help Zoe overcome her brooding thoughts of her dying mother and her own loneliness.

Vlad the Undead by Hannah Lutzen (YA FIC LUTZEN)
When Lucia, a young Danish medical student, receives a sheaf of old papers bequeathed to her by her grandfather, she finds herself inexplicably entwined in what she thought were the hysterical ravings of a dying man.  

Innocence by Jane Mendelsohn (ADULT FIC MENDELSOHN)
An adolescent girl growing up in New York City must deal with the "Beautiful Girls" at school, her attraction to a bad boy named Tobey, and persistent nightmares.

Anno Dracula by Kim Newman (ADULT FIC NEWMAN)
Queen Victoria marries Vlad, Count Dracula in this vampire alternate history.

The Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce (YA SF PIERCE)
Ariel battles the evils of a vampire-creating witch.

Cirque du Freak by Darrin Shan (YA FIC SHAN)
Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.

Bloodthirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction edited by Leonard Wolf (ADULT S BLO)
A century's worth of terrifying and spine tingling vampire tales!

Come Twilight by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (ADULT FIC YARBRO)
An immortal vampire lives across time.  Part of a long running vampire series.

Thirsty for more? Click here to go to a second list of vampire tales...



13 April 2006