Books like Vampire

Loved Vampire by Steve Skidmore? Here are 8 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.

8 books

1Dracula
Dracula
Bram Stoker
The defining vampire novel, told through letters and journals, and the source of most modern vampire conventions.
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2Carmilla
Carmilla
Sheridan Le Fanu
A shorter gothic vampire tale that predates Dracula and is also told with a focus on dread and atmosphere.
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3Interview With the Vampire
Interview With the Vampire
Anne Rice
A vampire narrated from the inside, asking what immortality means for the one who lives it.
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4'Salem’s Lot
'Salem’s Lot
Stephen King
A small-town vampire horror novel that shows how an outbreak of the undead can spread through an ordinary community.
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5I Am Legend
I Am Legend
Richard Matheson
A short, bleak novel that turns the vampire myth into a story of isolation and survival in an empty world.
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6Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
John Ajvide Lindqvist
A quiet, unsettling vampire story about a lonely boy and the strange girl who moves in next door.
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7The Historian
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova
A long novel that follows the vampire legend through archives, libraries and travel across Europe.
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8Twilight
Twilight
Stephenie Meyer
A modern vampire romance aimed at young readers, built around a teenager's relationship with a vampire.
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