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28 Best Vampire Books of All Time


Our goal: Find the best Vampire books according to the internet (not just one random person's opinion).

    Here's what we did:
  1. Type "best vampire books" into our search engine and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly for you here! 😊
    (It was a lot of work. But hey! That's why we're here, right?)

(Updated 2024)

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Last Updated: Monday 1 Jan, 2024

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  1. 1
    Dracula

    Dracula

    Bram Stoker

  2. MOST RECOMMENDED!
    3
    I Am Legend

    I Am Legend

    Richard Matheson

  3. 4
    Salem's Lot

    Salem's Lot

    Stephen King

  4. 5
    The Historian

    The Historian

    Elizabeth Kostova

  5. 6
    Carmilla

    Carmilla

    Joseph Sheridan Lefanu

  6. 7
    Carpe Jugulum
  7. 8
    Fevre Dream

    Fevre Dream

    A Novel

    George R. R. Martin

  8. 9
    Fledgling

    Fledgling

    A Novel

    Octavia E. Butler

  9. 10
    Let the Right One In

    Let the Right One In

    A Novel

    John Ajvide Lindqvist

  10. 11
    A Discovery of Witches
  11. 12
    Twilight
  12. 13
    The Passage
  13. 14
    Dead Until Dark
  14. 16
    Guilty Pleasures
  15. 17
    The Strain
  16. 18
    Sunshine

    Sunshine

    Robin McKinley

  17. 19
    The Keep
  18. 20
    They Thirst

    They Thirst

    Robert McCammon

  19. 21
    Anno Dracula
  20. 22
    Black Sun Rising

    Black Sun Rising

    C.S. Friedman

  21. 24
    Vampire$

    Vampire$

    A Novel

    John Steakley

  22. 25
    The Vampire Tapestry

    The Vampire Tapestry

    Suzy McKee Charnas

  23. 26
    Fangland

    Fangland

    John Marks

  24. 27
    Dracula Unbound

    Dracula Unbound

    Brian W. Aldiss

  25. 28
    The Vampyre

    The Vampyre

    A Tale

    John William Polidori

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