Vampires
Everyone's favourite monster features in this list of novels for adult readers.
Dead until dark
Harris, Charlaine
2008
Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana, until the vampire of her dreams walks into her life. When one of her coworkers checks out, she decides that maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend isn't such a bright idea.
The historian : a novel
Kostova, Elizabeth
2005
In this riveting debut of breathtaking scope, a young girl discovers her father's darkest secret and embarks on a harrowing journey across Europe to complete the quest he never could - to find history's most legendary fiend: Dracula. This engrossing and expansive adventure is the culmination of 100 years of research.
The passage : a novel
Cronin, Justin
2010
A security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment that only six-year-old orphan Amy Harper Bellafonte can stop.
Salem's lot
King, Stephen, 1947-
1999
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 Southern book club's guide to slaying vampires
Hendrix, Grady, author
2020
Patricia Campbell's life has never felt smaller. Her husband is a workaholic, her kids have their own lives and her senile mother-in-law needs constant care. The only thing keeping her sane is her book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime. One evening after book club, Patricia is viciously attacked by an elderly neighbor, bringing 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.
Touch the dark
Chance, Karen
2006
When a bloodthirsty Mafioso sets his vengeful sights on Cassandra Palmer, who is gifted with the ability to communicate with the dead, she is forced to ask the vampire council for help and must pay a high price at the hands of a sensual master vampire.