Reading Order Guide:
Charlaine Harris – Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse) Reading Order:
One of my favorite series so far!! Also known as the “True Blood” series and the “Sookie Stackhouse” series.
Cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse is no typical Southern belle. She can read minds. And she’s got a thing for vampires. Which, in a town like Bon Temps, Louisiana, means she’ll have to watch her back-and neck…
- Dead Until Dark: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel
- Living Dead in Dallas: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel
- Club Dead: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel
- Dead to the World: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel
- “Fairy Dust” (novella) as found in the A Touch of Dead Anthology
- “Dracula Night” (novella) as found in the A Touch of Dead Anthology
- Dead as a Doornail: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel
- “One Word Answer” (a short story found in the “Bite” Anthology
- Definitely Dead: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel
- All Together Dead: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel
- Lucky novella (in the Unusual Suspects: Stories of Mystery & Fantasy anthology )
- From Dead to Worse (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 8)
- Gift Wrap novella (as found in the Wolfsbane and Mistletoe Anthology)
- Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 9)
- Two Blondes as found in the Death’s Excellent Vacation Anthology
- Dead in the Family: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel
- Small Town Wedding novella as found in the The Sookie Stackhouse Companion (SSTB)
- Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 11)
- If I Had a Hammer as found in the Home Improvement: Undead Edition Anthology
- Playing Possum novella as found in the An Apple for the Creature Anthology
- The Sookie Stackhouse Companion (SSTB)
- Deadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 12)
- Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel
- After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse
Katie MacAlister – Dark Ones series reading order:
As per the author’s website:
Dark One n. [Origin: Czech, also known as vampires] A Moravian Dark One is doomed to spend his liftime cruising the singles’ scene in search of the one woman who can redeem his soul. You think dating is hard? Try it when you’re nine hundred years old and you’ve used every pick-up line in the book. Forming a lasting relationship is even more difficult when the woman who makes your heart sing sees dead people and likes to play with demons.
- A Girl’s Guide to Vampires
- Sex and the Single Vampire
- Sex, Lies and Vampires (The Dark Ones, Book 3)
- Even Vampires Get the Blues (The Dark Ones, Book 4)
- Bring Out Your Dead as found in the Just One Sip (Dark Ones 5) Anthology (or you can get just the e-book released separately: Bring Out Your Dead (Dark Ones Novels)
- The Last of the Red-Hot Vampires
- Cat Got Your Tongue as found in the My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon Anthology
- Zen and the Art of Vampires
- Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang: A Dark Ones Novel
- Unleashed as found in the Cupid Cats (Signet Eclipse) anthology
- Confessions of a Vampire’s Girlfriend (contains both her original YA Short Stories from back in 2005 & 2006- reprints of “Got Fangs” & Circus of the Darned” – prequels to the next book below “In the Company of Vampires”). The author says: “You do not need to read them to enjoy In the Company of Vamps, but you will miss some references and back history included in the book.”
- In the Company of Vampires: A Dark Ones Novel
- – An e-book novella released May 16th 2011
- Much Ado About Vampires: A Dark Ones Novel
- A Tale of Two Vampires: A Dark Ones Novel – expected release date: September 4th 2012
Christine Feehan – book series reading order:
THE DRAKE SISTER SERIES
- Magic in the Wind (Drake Sisters, Book 1)
- The Twilight Before Christmas (Drake Sisters, Book 2)
- Oceans of Fire (Drake Sisters, Book 3)
- Dangerous Tides (Drake Sisters, Book 4)
- Safe Harbor (Drake Sisters, Book 5)
- Turbulent Sea (Drake Sisters, Book 6)
GHOSTWALKER SERIES
Shadow Game (GhostWalkers, Book 1) Mind Game (GhostWalkers, Book 2) Night Game (GhostWalkers, Book 3) Conspiracy Game (GhostWalkers, Book 4) Deadly Game (GhostWalkers, Book 5)Predatory Game (GhostWalkers, Book 6)
Mary Janice Davidson – The "Undead" series reading order:
I love this series! Funny, romantic and a perfect mix of scary and silly. Sinclair is steamy, brooding, jealous and hot (the perfect vampire), and Betsy is a loveable (slightly dippy, fashion obsessed) goof, but with a lot of power (in and around her).
About book #1:
First Betsy Taylor loses her job, then she’s killed in a car accident. But what really bites is that she can’t seem to stay dead. And now her new friends have the ridiculous idea that Betsy is the prophesied vampire queen, and they want her help in overthrowing the most obnoxious power-hungry vampire in five centuries.