Recs if you like The Queen of the Damned...

Call me Ishmael for this is my white whale

Sometimes Vamps suck more than one way

The goal: to have the most comprehensive complete list of vampire books, fiction and otherwise, in the world. Then? I’ll read them all.

Please send recs <3

Female protagonists (or antagonists) who bring a burning rage, iron will, or anything they damn well please to the plot.

compiling Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles, New Tales of the Vampires, and Lives of the Mayfair Witches

Books with titles that start with the most uncommon letters to begin words: X, Q, Z & J.

I wanted to join the fun in doing an alphabet challenge and am currently adding X and Z to complete my alphabet of books :) Here’s some recommendations if others want a similar challenge!

I'm an avid vampire book reader and so I thought about making a list to display some great examples of these books and hopefully boost some more obscure ones.

Please feel free to recommend more!

An ever growing list from someone who studied vampire lit

Books from chapter six Gothic and Romantic of Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix. Each chapter has its own list see my other lists for books from his other chapters. All are paperbacks from the 70s and 80s. To quote Grady Hendrix’s definition of horror “Gothic horror was domestic horror in which affairs of the heart were as important as affairs of the flesh. Is subject matter was families, marriage, houses, children, insanity, and secrets.” (147, Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix).

VAMPIRES VAMPIRES VAMPIRES

i <3 vampires a mix of fiction and non fiction

Books with adaptations that differ quite a bit from the source material.

I personally really enjoying watching adaptations, even when they fail the original (and especially when they end up elevating it).

Modern adaptations of classics go in the list and so do movies that change big plot points or characters. Movies that had to cut down certain elements because of the change of media are not included. Open to suggestions!

Queer horror

iwtv reading list

Each year I make a 'best of' list and this is the complete collection. Do I claim these are all truly quality reads? No lol. I am a feral raccoon. But I very much believe books can be enjoyable even if not necessarily good – though do think at least most of these are both.

I hope even just one person enjoys even just one book they might not have otherwise found.

Here are my favorite queer vampire books to sink your teeth into.