Vampire fiction runs from Anne Rice's 1970s gothic revival through the young-adult boom of the 2000s. Below are the longest-running vampire series, with the number of books and years each one spans.
Series in Reading Order
- Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice — 12 books · 1976–2003
Anne Rice's gothic saga, begun in 1976 with Interview with the Vampire and continued by her son Christopher Rice. - Twilight by Stephenie Meyer — 14 books · 2005–2020
The 2005-2008 quartet that moved vampire fiction into the young-adult market. - Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris — 13 books · 2001–2017
The Southern Vampire Mysteries, the basis for the True Blood television series. - Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter by Laurell K. Hamilton — 20 books · 1993–2012
Begun in 1993, one of the longest-running urban fantasy vampire series. - Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead — 20 books · 2007–2017
Young-adult series following Rose Hathaway and the Moroi vampires. - House Of Night by P.C. Cast — 18 books · 2007–2020
Written by P.C. and Kristin Cast, set in a Tulsa boarding school for vampyres. - The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith — 19 books · 1991–2014
The 1991 series that returned to the bestseller lists after the 2009 television adaptation. - The Passage by Justin Cronin
A post-apocalyptic vampire trilogy, published 2010-2016. - Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz — 12 books · 2006–2022
Young-adult series set among New York's vampire elite. - Chicagoland Vampires by Chloe Neill — 10 books · 2009–2014
Urban fantasy series set in Chicago, begun 2009.
How to read these series
Numbered entries follow the order the books were published, which is the order the story was written and the safest order for a first read. Where a series has side novels or novellas, reading them in publication order avoids spoilers from later books.
Where the numbers come from
Book counts and publication years on this page are taken from the series entries in the GoBookSeries index. Each title links to the full book list for that series.
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