Dracula by Bram Stoker
Without doubt one of the best vampire books of all time, Bram Stoker’s Dracula is probably the first book that pops to one’s mind when you hear the term vampire fiction. With Count Dracula as the antagonist of the novel, the book took the world of fiction by storm, when it was published in 1897. The novel is written as a series of letters and journal entries supplemented by accounts from newspapers. These letters and journal entries are written by several narrators who are also the main characters in the novel, who team up to fight Count Dracula. Stoker spent almost seven years researching for the novel studying European folklore about vampires, which is the reason for the historical references that the novel contains.
Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice
The first novel in the series, The Vampire Chronicles, the book is set on the premise of an interview between a young reporter Daniel Molloy and a vampire, Louis, who recounts to him, his life spanning 200 years. It is an interesting tale of how Louis is transformed into a vampire by Lestat. At the time of the transformation, in the late eighteenth century, Louis was an indigo plantation owner in New Orleans. The story then spans his life and the many life changing incidents he experiences, like their adoption of a ‘daughter’, the death of Lestat and then Claudia, their daughter. The novel was made into a motion picture, starring Brad Pitt as Louis, Tom Cruise as Lestat and Kirsten Dunst as Claudia.
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
My personal favorite among the list of best vampire novels, this is one of the few novels that actually manages to send a chill down your spine as you read it. A debut novel by Kostova, she wrote the novel for ten years before selling it to her publishers. The author based the book on the historical references of the 15th century ruler of Wallachia, Vlad Tepes or Vlad the Impaler and combined it with references from Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The novel has three different narratives in the form of letters and conversations; of Paul, a professor, his mentor and Paul’s 16 year old daughter who is the narrator tying together these three narratives. The novel traces their quest for the tomb of Vlad the Impaler.
Southern Vampire Series by Charlaine Harris
The basis for the HBO series, True Blood, starring Anna Paquin, the Southern Vampire Series has Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress living in the town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, as its protagonist. An engaging vampire books series, it is based on the premise that what we believe to be supernatural in the real world is actually real and that human beings live with a knowledge of the presence of these creatures. The series states that vampires, werewolves and other mythical creatures are real and exist in the world that our characters inhabit. Charlaine Harris has written ten books on this premise to date, with an additional three books in the pipeline.
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