Sookie Stackhouse Series

Dead Until Dark
Sookie Stackhouse is a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. She’s quiet, keeps to herself, and doesn’t get out much. Not because she’s not pretty. She is. It’s just that, well, Sookie has this sort of “disability”. She can read minds. And that doesn’t make her too dateable. And then along comes Bill. He’s tall, dark, handsome–and Sookie can’t hear a word he’s thinking. He’s exactly the type of guy she’s been waiting for all her life . . . But Bill has a disability of his own: He’s a vampire with a bad reputation. He hands with a seriously creepy crowd, all suspected of–big surprise–murder. And when one of Sookie’s coworkers is killed, she fears she’s next . . .
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Living Dead in Dallas
Cocktail waitree Sookie Stackhouse is on a streak of bad luck. First, her coworker is murdered and no one seems to care. Then she’s face-to-face with a beastly creature that gives her a painful and poisonous lashing. Enter the vampires, who graciously suck the poison from her veins (like they didn’t enjoy it).

Point is, they saved her life. So when one of the blood-suckers asks for a favor, she complies. And soon, Sookie’s in Dallas using her telepathic skills to search for a missing vampire. She’s supposed to interview certain humans involved. There’s just one condition: The vampires must promise to behave – and let the humans go unharmed. Easier said than done. All it takes is one delicious blonde and one small mistake for things to turn deadly….

Club Dead
There’s only one vampire Sookie Stackhouse is involved with (at least voluntarily) and that’s Bill.

But recently he has been a little distant.

Bill informs Sookie that he has to go somewhere on a top-secret mission for the queen of Louisiana (vampires have a strict territorial hierarchy) and promptly disappears. Later, Sookie is informed by Eric, the charismatic head of the local vampire territory, that someone has kidnapped Bill in Mississippi and that his life may be in grave danger. Sookie also learns that her undead boyfriend was actually summoned by one of his ex-girlfriends, a vicious vampire named Lorena, who was hired to seduce, abduct, and torture Bill to obtain his top-secret information. Eric believes that Russell Edgington, the powerful king of Mississippi, has Bill somewhere on his sprawling compound. Sookie decides to do anything to rescue him.

Dead to the World
Sookie Stackhouse, makes a New Year’s resolution: to not get beaten up by supernatural beings. Yeah, right!

Sookie’s life is at a crossroads. Her former boyfriend Bill, a strikingly handsome 137-year old vampire who has arguably been the source of most of her problems, has left for the country on a fact-finding mission for the vampire Queen of Louisiana. For the first time in a long time, Sookie has control of her own life. She duly resolves to stay out of trouble with supernatural beings, but on the way home from work, she sees a naked blond man running down the road. Being the kind-hearted soul that she is, Sookie stops to help. The man turns out to be Eric, a powerful vampire who not only owns Fangtasia, a popular tourist bar in Shreveport, but is also one of the most influential vampires in the region.

After taking him home, Sookie quickly realizes that the blond vampire has amnesia. She calls Eric’s trusted subordinates and is stunned by what she hears — the area has been invaded by a coven of shape-shifting witches bent on controlling all supernatural groups! To complicate matters, Sookie’s only brother, Jason, is missing. Can Sookie keep Eric safe and find her brother without breaking her New Year’s resolution? Of course not!

Dead as a Doornail
The Witch War may be over, but there’s still danger aplenty for the supernatural citizens of Louisiana’s Renard Parish. Vampires and werewolves owe a debt to waitress Sookie Stackhouse, whose telepathic powers helped them triumph over the witches.

Jason’s eyes start to change, she knows he’s about to turn into a were-panther for the first time. But her concern becomes cold fear when a sniper sets his deadly sights on the local changeling population-and Jason’s new panther brethren suspect he may be the shooter. Now, Sookie has until the next full moon to find out who’s behind the attacks, unless the killer decides to find her first.So when bar owner Sam Merlotte is sidelined during a rash of attacks that leaves werefox Heather Kinman dead and werewolf Calvin Norris hospitalized, he sends Sookie to Fangtasia to ask vampire Eric to lend him a bartender. Sam, who’d love for Sookie to be more than just his messenger, doesn’t know that she’s been equally in Eric’s debt since he took the bullet Debbie Pelt aimed at her for ruining her relationship with werewolf Alcide Herveux. Eric doesn’t know either: the shotgun blast erased all memories of his brief but torrid affair with Sookie. But Eric obligingly sends ex-pirate Charles Twining to help Sam and short-order cook Sweetie Des Arts. Since Sookie still has the lightproof room Eric used during his convalescence, Charles stays with her, annoying both Alcide, who wants Sookie as his consort, and Bill Compton, Sookie’s first love.

Luckily for Sookie’s admirers, Charles is on the scene when her house is set afire by Jeff Marriott, whose grudge against Sookie is as mysterious as his origins. Sorting out her suitors leaves Sookie scant time to worry about why she’s become a target.

Definitely Dead
Telepathic Louisiana barmaid Sookie Stackhouse finds out jaw-dropping information about her first love, 130-something vampire Bill Compton, as well as equally astonishing insights into her own ancestry.

After her only cousin, Hadley, is murdered by one of the undead, Sookie travels to New Orleans to close out the young woman’s apartment and collect her things. The unsavory job gets complicated quickly; Hadley was the “honeybun” of the bisexual vampire Queen of Louisiana, the seemingly ageless bloodsucker Sophie-Anne Leclerq. The queen has recently married another powerful sovereign in an attempt to forge a formidable alliance, and tensions in the supernatural community are running high. But when Sookie and her new love interest, a were-tiger named Quinn, are inexplicably kidnapped, the mind-reading waitress must unravel the mysterious circumstances of her cousin’s murder before she ends up dead as well.

All Together Dead
Sookie is trying to put past failed relationships behind her and has a new man in her life: the handsome and mysterious shapeshifter Quinn. But in the wake of the devastation from Hurricane Katrina, and with the entire Louisiana supernatural community still reeling, Sookie is summoned by Sophie-Anne Leclerq (the Queen of Louisiana) to accompany her to a historic regional vampire summit.

The summit is a tense situation. The vampire queen of Louisiana is in a precarious position, her power base weakened by hurricane damage to New Orleans. Entire power bases could be gained or lost — the summit is filled with friction and ill will; and when delegates are found brutally murdered, Sookie finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy-ridden power play where the unlikeliest of suspects could be a cold-blooded killer? And there are some vamps who would like to finish what nature started.

Soon, Sookie must decide what side she’ll stand with. And her choice may mean the difference between survival and all-out catastrophe.

From Dead to Worse
After the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina and the manmade explosion at the vampire summit, everyone—human and otherwise—is stressed, including Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse, who is trying to cope with the fact that her boyfriend Quinn has gone missing.

It’s clear that things are changing—whether the weres and vamps of her corner of Louisiana like it or not. And Sookie—Friend to the Pack and blood-bonded to Eric Northman, leader of the local vampire community—is caught up in the changes.

In the ensuing battles, Sookie faces danger, death, and once more, betrayal by someone she loves. And when the fur has finished flying and the cold blood finished flowing, her world will be forever altered.

Sookie Short Stories

Gift Wrap in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe
It’s Christmas Eve and Sookie finds herself alone. Feeling lonely, she wanders outside for a walk and finds an unexpected surprise waiting outside. An injured werewolf seeks her help. Is this a situation Sookie wants to find herself in? Read to find out!

Dracula Night in Many Bloody Returns
Dracula’s birthday is celebrated widely by vampires everywhere. Eric Northman is no exception as he sets up an expensive party in hopes that Dracula will decide to visit his bar this year. Sookie Stackhouse gets an invitation to this party and she ends up having a night of adventure she’s not likely to forget for the rest of her life.

One Word Answer in Bite
Sookie’s cousin Hadley is dead for the second and final time. Sophie-Anne, vampire queen of Louisiana, sends her lawyer Mr. Cataliades to Sookie to explain the situation. With Mr. Cataliades is Hadley’s killer, Waldo. It seems that Sookie has been chosen to decide Waldo’s fate.

Fairy Dust in Powers of Detection
Claudine the fairy wants to hire Sookie for her telepathic abilities. What is the assignment? Claude and Claudine’s fairy triplet, Claudia, has been murdered and Claudine wants Sookie to discover who the murderer is. Sookie questions the suspects while also learning more information about the fairies and how they conduct their “affairs”.

Other Series Lists

Stephenie Meyer – TWILIGHT SERIES (covered on LBP ep. 37 – 8/3/09)

1.  Twilight

2.  New Moon

3.  Eclipse

4.  Breaking Dawn

J. R. Ward – BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD

1.  Dark Lover

2.  Lover Eternal

3.  Lover Awakened

4.  Lover Revealed

5.  Lover Unbound

6.  Lover Enshrined

7.  Lover Avenged

8.  Lover Mine (April 2010)

Katie MacAlister – DARK ONE

1.  A Girl’s Guide to Vampires

2.  Sex and the Single Vampire

3.  Sex, Lies, and Vampires

4.  Even Vampires Get the Blues

5.  Bring Out Your Dead (in Just One Sip)

6.  The Last of the Red-Hot Vampires

7.  Zen and the Art of Vampires

8.  Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang

Patricia Briggs – MERCY THOMPSON (covered on LBP ep. 32 – 6/22/09)

1.  Moon Called

2.  Blood Bound

3.  Iron Kissed

4.  Bone Crossed

5.  Silver Borne (March 2010)

Mary Janice Davidson – QUEEN BETSY (covered on LBP ep. 35  – 7/20/09)

1.  Undead and Unwed

2.  Undead and Unemployed

3.  Undead and Unappreciated

4.  Undead and Unreturnable

5.  Undead and Unpopular

6.  Undead and Uneasy

7.  Undead and Unworthy

8.  Undead and Unwelcome

9.  Undead and Unfinished (July 2010)

Laurell K. Hamilton – ANITE BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER

1.  Guilty Pleasures

2.  The Laughing Corpse

3.  Circus of the Damned

4.  The Lunatic Café

5.  Bloody Bones

6.  The Killing Dance

7.  Burnt Offerings

8.  Blue Moon

9.  Obsidian Butterfly

10.  Narcissus in Chains

11.  Cerulean Sins

12.  Incubus Dreams

13.  Micah

14.  Danse Macabre

15.  The Harlequin

16.  Blood Noir

17.  Skin Trade

18.  Flirt (Feb. 2010)

19.  Bullet (June 2010)

Laurell K. Hamilton – MEREDITH GENTRY

1.   A Kiss of Shadows

2.  A Caress of Twilight

3.  Seduced By Moonlight

4.  A Stroke of Midnight

5.  Mistral’s Kiss

6.  A Lick of Frost

7.  Swallowing Darkness

8.  Divine Misdemeanors

Kim Harrison – RACHEL MORGAN

1.  Dead Witch Walking

2.  The Good, the Bad, and the Undead

3.  Every Which Way But Dead

4.  A Fistful of Charms

5.  For a Few Demons More

6.  The Outlaw Demon Wails

7.  White Witch, Black Curse

8.  Black Magic Sanction (Feb. 2010)

L. J. Smith – VAMPIRE DIARIES (covered on LBP ep. 40  – 8/24/09)

1.  The Awakening

2.  The Struggle

3.  The Fury

4.  Dark Reunion

5.  The Return: Nightfall

6.  The Return: Shadow Souls (March 2010)

Jim Butcher – DRESDEN FILES

1.  Storm Front

2.  Fool Moon

3.  Grave Peril

4.  Summer Knight

5.  Death Masks

6.  Blood Rites

7.  Dead Beat

8.  Proven Guilty

9.  White Knight

10.  Small Favor

11.  Turn Coat

12.  Changes (April 2010)

P. N. Elrod – VAMPIRE FILES

1. Bloodlist

2. Lifeblood

3.  Blood Circle

4.  Art in the Blood

5.  Fire in the Blood

6.  Blood on the Water

7.  A Chill in the Blood

8.  The Dark Sleep

9.  Lady Crymsyn

10.  Cold Streets

11.  A Song in the Dark

12.  Dark Road Rising

Michele Bardsley – BROKEN HEART, OKLAHOMA (Vampire Mom Series)

1.  I’m the Vampire, That’s Why

2.  Don’t Talk Back to Your Vampire

3.  Because Your Vampire Said So

4.  Wait Till Your Vampire Gets Home

5.  Over My Dead Body

6.  Come Hell or High Water (Jan. 2010)

Tate Hallaway – GARNET LACEY

1.  Tall, Dark and Dead

2.  Dead Sexy

3.  Romancing the Dead

4.  Dead if I do

5.  Honeymoon of the Dead (May 2010)

Gerry Bartlett – GLORY ST. CLAIRE (covered on LBP ep. 38  - 8/10/09)

1.  Real Vampires Have Curves

2.  Real Vampires Live Large

3.  Real Vampires Get Lucky

4.  Real Vampires Don’t Diet

5.  Real Vampires Hate Their Thighs (Feb. 2010)

L.A. Banks – VAMPIRE HUNTRESS LEGEND

1.  Minion

2.  The Awakening

3.  The Hunted

4.  The Bitten

5.  The Forbidden

6.  The Damned

7.  The Forsaken

8.  The Wicked

9.  The Cursed

10.  The Darkness

11.  The Shadows

12.  The Thirteenth

0.  Dawn and Darkness (A graphic novel? Aug. 2010)

L.A. Banks – CRIMSON MOON

1.  Bad Blood

2.  Bite The Bullet

3.  Undead on Arrival

4.  Cursed to Death

5.  Never Cry Wolf (March 2010)

Lynsay Sands – ARGENEAU FAMILY

1. A Quick Bite

2.  Love Bites

3.  Single White Vampire

4.  Tall, Dark and Hungry

5.  A Bite to Remember

6.  Bite Me If You Can

7.  The Accidental Vampire

8.  Vampires Are Forever

9.  Vampire, Interrupted

10.  The Rogue Hunter

11.  The Immortal Hunter

12.  The Renegade Hunter

Jeaniene Frost – NIGHT HUNTRESS (covered on LBP ep. 34  - 7/13/09)

1.  Halfway to the Grave

2.  One Foot in the Grave

3.  At Grave’s End

4.  Destined for an Early Grave

Jeaniene Frost – NIGHT HUNTRESS WORLD

1.  First Drop of Crimson (Feb. 2010)

2.  Eternal Kiss of Darkness (Aug. 2010)

Karen Marie Moning – HIGHLANDER

1.  Beyond the Highland Mist

2.  To Tame a Highland Warrior

3.  The Highlander’s Touch

4.  Kiss of the Highlander

5.  The Dark Highlander

6.  The Immortal Highlander

7.  Spell of the Highlander

Karen Marie Moning – FEVER (covered on LBP ep. 39 -  8/18/09)

1.  Darkfever

2.  Bloodfever

3.  Faefever

4.  Dreamfever

5.  Shadowfever (Dec. 2010)

Keri Arthur – RILEY JENSON GUARDIAN (covered on LBP ep. 44 – 11/21/09)

1.  Full Moon Rising

2.  Kissing Sin

3.  Tempting Evil

4.  Dangerous Games

5.  Embraced by Darkness

6.  The Darkest Kiss

7.  Deadly Desire

8.  Bound to Shadows

9.  Moon Sworn (May 2010)

P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast – HOUSE OF NIGHT (covered on LBP ep. 41 - 8/31/09)

1.  Marked

2.  Betrayed

3.  Chosen

4.  Untamed

5.  Hunted

6.  Tempted

7.  Burned (2010)

Chloe Neill – CHICAGOLAND VAMPIRES

1.  Some Girls Bite

2.  Friday Night Bites

3.  Twice Bitten (2010)

Chloe Neill – DARK ELITE

1.  Firespell (2010)

Ilona Andrews – KATE DANIELS

1.  Magic Bites

2.  Magic Burns

3.  Magic Strikes

4.  Magic Bleeds (2010)

Rachel Caine- MORGANVILLE VAMPIRES

1.  Glass Houses

2.  Dead Girl’s Dance

3.  Midnight Alley

4.  Feast of Fools

5.  Lord of Misrule

6.  Carpe Corpus

7.  Fade Out

8.  Kiss of Death (2010)

Michelle Rowen – IMMORTALITY BITES (covered on LBP ep. 45 - 12/8/09)

1.  Bitten and Smitten

2.  Fanged and Fabulous

3.  Lady and the Vamp

4.  Stakes and Stilettos

5.  Tall, Dark, and Fangsome