Sookie Stackhouse Books in Order

In small town Bon Temps, telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse falls for Bill, the first vampire to walk into her bar, just as a string of vampire linked murders makes both of them suspects and forces Sookie into a lethal investigation.

Feeling indebted to the vampires who saved her, telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse travels to Dallas to search for a missing vampire. She agrees to question human witnesses only if they remain unharmed, a condition that becomes increasingly difficult to enforce.

When Bill Compton becomes distant and disappears, Sookie Stackhouse follows Eric Northman's lead to Jackson, Mississippi. Her search takes her into Club Dead, where dangerous vampire politics and troubling discoveries about Bill complicate any straightforward attempt to bring him home.

Sookie Stackhouse finds vampire sheriff Eric Northman running through the woods with no memory of who he is, drawing her into a dangerous power struggle among witches, werewolves, and vampires that threatens everyone she cares about.

In the tense days after shape shifters reveal themselves to the world, Sookie Stackhouse is caught in the crossfire when someone begins shooting shifters, and she must help track a sniper while navigating volatile were and vampire politics.

Sookie travels to New Orleans to settle the estate of her murdered cousin Hadley, former lover of the vampire Queen of Louisiana, and finds herself entangled in royal vampire intrigue, witchcraft, and a mystery tightly bound to her own bloodline.

Sookie attends a vampire summit as a telepathic assistant to Louisiana's queen, Sophie-Anne, whose position has weakened after Hurricane Katrina. A murder trial, further killings, and secret alliances force Sookie to decide whom she can trust amid competing supernatural interests.

Sookie hopes for normality after Hurricane Katrina and the disastrous vampire summit, but her boyfriend Quinn is missing. Conflicts among Louisiana's vampires and werewolves pull her back into danger, with shifting loyalties threatening the relationships she depends upon.

Werewolves and shapeshifters publicly reveal their existence, and a murder in Bon Temps may be part of the backlash. Sookie's investigation is overtaken by a looming conflict involving an older supernatural race that intends to use her in its struggle.

Recovering from the Fae War, Sookie finds her relationship with Eric under scrutiny from the new vampire king. Political tensions surrounding shapeshifters and the presence of hostile fae still in the human world make her attempts at recovery increasingly difficult.

When a firebomb shatters a quiet night at Merlotte's, Sookie Stackhouse must find out who wants her dead while deciding how to use a one time piece of fairy magic that could change her future or someone else's in an irreversible way.

These two stories follow dancer Rue, also known as Layla, and her vampire partner Sean. Dancers in the Dark brings her dangerous past into their developing relationship; Layla Steps Up turns the protective role around when a new threat targets Sean.

A woman's body is discovered outside Eric Northman's home during a visit from vampire king Felipe de Castro. Sookie works with Bill Compton to investigate the murder, unaware that another enemy intends to use the crisis to destroy her life.

This illustrated coda follows the Sookie Stackhouse series with alphabetically arranged updates on its characters. Brief accounts describe the later lives of Bon Temps residents and their supernatural acquaintances, including family developments, relationships, and Sookie's own future after the final novel.

A shocking murder in Bon Temps confronts Sookie Stackhouse with enemies seeking revenge for past events. In the final novel of the series, she must navigate competing versions of truth and justice while deciding what she can expect from love.