Icons of Horror: The Vampire

In chronological order of publication, here are some classic and famous books that feature THE VAMPIRE.

Updated October 31, 2023
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Varney the Vampire
Rymer, James Malcolm.
Ebook
Carmilla
Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
Paper Book
Predating Bram Stoker' Dracula, Carmilla is the ultimate gothic vampire tale--stylish, menacing, sensual, and spellbinding You are mine, you shall be mine, you and I are one for ever. When a mysterious carriage crashes outside their castle home in Styria,...
I am legend
Matheson, Richard
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling classic tale of the last man on Earth, I Am Legend by Richard Matheson--one of genre literature's most honored storytellers. Now a major motion picture starring Will Smith! Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth...but he is...
'Salem's Lot
King, Stephen
Paper Book
NOW A NEW FILM STREAMING ON MAX * #1 BESTSELLER * Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem's Lot in hopes that exploring the history of the Marsten House, an old mansion long the subject of rumor and speculation, will help him cast out his personal devils and provide inspiration for his new book....
Interview with the vampire
Rice, Anne
Paper Book
The spellbinding classic that started it all, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author--the inspiration for the hit television series "A magnificent, compulsively readable thriller . . . Rice begins where Bram Stoker and the Hollywood versions leave off and...
Fevre Dream
Martin, George R. R.
Paper Book
Dead until dark
Harris, Charlaine.
Paper Book
Visit our Sookie Stackhouse series feature page. For years, Charlaine Harris has delighted fans with her mystery series featuring small-town waitress-turned-paranormal sleuth Sookie Stackhouse. Now, we are pleased to offer her first novel in the series in a special hardcover edition....
Let the right one in
Ajvide Lindqvist, John
Paper Book
**The international bestseller and the book behind the film and play Let Me In** 'The new Stephen King' The Times Oskar and Eli. In very different ways, they were both victims. Which is why, against the odds, they became friends. And how they...
The historian : a novel
Kostova, Elizabeth.
Paper Book
THE SUMPTUOUS INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. 'A smart retelling of the Dracula story' New Yorker 'Quite extraordinary....Kostova is a natural storyteller....She has refashioned the vampire myth into a compelling contemporary novel, a late-night page...
Fledgling : a novel
Butler, Octavia E.
Paper Book
A newly expanded edition of Octavia E. Butler's only collection of short stories. Butler graces new mansions of thought with her eloquent, distinguished and poignant prose. Although this book is little in size, its ideas are splendidly large.' - Booklist 'The title story is justly famous. Splendid...
The strain
Toro, Guillermo del
Paper Book
"A high-tech vampire epic....Terrifying." --San Francisco Chronicle "Part The Andromeda Strain, part Night of the Living Dead." --Salon.com "Chuck Hogan is known for his taut thrillers, Guillermo del Toro for his surreal horror films...The Strain brings out...
The passage : a novel
Cronin, Justin.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * This thrilling novel kicks off what Stephen King calls "a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction." NOW A FOX TV SERIES! NAMED ONE OF PASTE'S BEST HORROR...
Abraham Lincoln : vampire hunter
Grahame-Smith, Seth.
Paper Book
Indiana. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness." "My baby boy..." she whispers before dying. ...
NOS-4R2 : a novel
Hill, Joe.
Paper Book
Summer. Massachusetts. An old Silver Wraith with a frightening history. A story about one serial killer and his lingering, unfinished business. Anyone could be next. We're going to Christmasland... NOS4R2 is an old-fashioned horror novel in the best sense....

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