18 books like Dead in the family

What to read after Dead in the family — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Dead and Gone Charlaine Harris · 2009 · ★ 4.3 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Now an HBO original series, True Bloodthe New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series continues.Except for Sookie Stackhouse, folks in Bon Temps, Louisiana, know little about vampsand nothing about weres.Until now. The weres and shifters have finally decided to reveal their existence to the ordinary world. At first all goes well. Then the mutilated body of a were-panther is found near the… Shares: Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Louisiana, Werewolves

Dead Ever After Charlaine Harris · 2013 · ★ 3.6 · 345p · ≈ 11h · Moderate After learning the devastating reason why vampire hunk Eric Northman has been cooling on their relationship, clairvoyant waitress Sookie Stackhouse becomes embroiled in a shocking murder that sends all of Bon Temps reeling. Shares: Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Louisiana, Werewolves

All Together Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 7) Charlaine Harris · 2007 · ★ 4.3 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse has her hands full dealing with every sort of undead and paranormal creature imaginable. And after being betrayed by her longtime vampire love, Sookie must not only deal with a new man in her life-the shapeshifter Quinn-but also contend with the long-planned vampire summit.The summit is a tense situation. The vampire queen of Louisiana is in a… Shares: Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Louisiana, Vampires

Dead reckoning Charlaine Harris · 2011 · ★ 3.8 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "With her knack for being in trouble's way, Sookie Stackhouse witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte's, the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is now known to be two-natured, suspicion falls immediately on the anti-shifters in the area. Sookie suspects otherwise, but her attention is divided when she realizes that her lover, Eric Northman, and his "child" Pam are plotting to kill the vampire… Shares: Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Louisiana, Werewolves

From dead to worse Charlaine Harris · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 359p · ≈ 11h · Moderate 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 likeit or not. And Sookie—Friend… Shares: Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Louisiana, Vampires

Dead ever after Charlaine Harris · 2013 · ★ 3.6 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate With her knack for being in trouble's way, Sookie witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte's, the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is now known to be two-natured, suspicion falls immediately on the anti-shifters in the area. But Sookie suspects otherwise, and she and Sam work together to uncover the culprit - and the twisted motive for the attack. But her attention is divided. Though she… Shares: Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Louisiana, Werewolves

A touch of dead Charlaine Harris · 2009 · ★ 3.8 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Every Sookie Stackhouse short story ever written-in one special volume-from the New York Times bestselling author.New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris has re-imagined the supernatural world with her “spunky” (Tampa Tribune) Southern Vampire novels starring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. Now, for the first time, here is every Sookie Stackhouse short story ever… Shares: Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Louisiana, Vampires

Deadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse, #12) Charlaine Harris · 2001 · ★ 3.8 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "It's vampire politics as usual around the town of Bon Temps, but never before have they hit so close to Sookie's heart.... Growing up with telepathic abilities, Sookie Stackhouse realized early on that there are things she'd rather not know. And now that she's an adult, she also realizes that some things she knows about, she'd rather not see--like Eric Northman feeding off another woman. A… Shares: Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Louisiana, Werewolves

After dead Charlaine Harris · 2013 · ★ 3.1 · 195p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Dead Ever After marked the end of the Sookie Stackhouse novels--a series that garnered millions of fans and spawned the hit HBO television show True Blood. It also stoked a hunger that will never die...a hunger to know what happened next. With characters arranged alphabetically--from the Ancient Pythoness to Bethany Zanelli--bestselling author Charlaine Harris takes fans into the future of their… Shares: Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Werewolves, Vampires

Club dead Charlaine Harris · 2003 · ★ 4.3 · 292p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Sookie's boyfriend has been very distant-in another state, distant. Now she's off to Mississippi to mingle with the underworld at Club Dead-a little haunt where the vampire elite go to chill out. But when she finally finds Bill-caught in an act of betrayal-she's not sure whether to save him...or sharpen some stakes. Shares: Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Vampires, Fantasy

Dead as a doornail Charlaine Harris · 2005 · ★ 4.3 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate When small-town cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse sees her brother 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… Shares: Stackhouse, Louisiana, Werewolves, Vampires

Dead to the World Charlaine Harris · 2004 · ★ 4.3 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate It's not every day that you come across a naked man on the side of the road. That's why cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse doesn't just drive on by. Turns out the poor thing hasn't a clue who he is, but Sookie does. It's Eric the vampire - but now he's a kinder, gentler Eric. And a scared Eric, because whoever took his memory now wants his life. Sookie's investigation into who and why leads… Shares: Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Louisiana, Vampires

Definitely Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 6) Charlaine Harris · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 339p · ≈ 11h · Moderate As a person with so few living relatives, Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse really hated to lose one. But she never guessed that it would be her cousin Hadley—a consort of the Vampire Queen of New Orleans. After all, technically speaking, Hadley was already dead. And now, as unexpected heir to Hadley’s estate, Sookie discovers the inheritance definitely comes with a risk. Someone… Shares: Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Vampires, Fantasy

Blood Blade (Skinners, Book 1) Marcus Pelegrimas · 2009 · ★ 3.4 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Welcome to the nightmare . . .There is a world you don't know about, inhabited by supernatural creatures of darkness — vampires, werewolves, and all manner of savage, impossible beasts that live for terror and slaughter and blood. They are all around us but you cannot see them, for knowledge of their presence — so close and so hungry — would surely drive any ordinary human insane.But for… Shares: Werewolves, Vampires, Fantasy

Living dead in Dallas Charlaine Harris · 2002 · ★ 4.3 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Cocktail waitress 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 bloodsuckers asks for a favor, she… Shares: Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Vampires, Fantasy

By Blood We Live Glen Duncan · 2014 · 424p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The final battle between werewolves and vampires has an unexpected twist: love. With twenty thousand years under his belt, Remshi is the oldest vampire in existence. He is searching for the werewolf named Talulla, who haunts his dreams as a memory from his ancient past. But he is not the only one seeking Talulla: She is being hunted by the Militi Christi, a fanatical Christian cult… Shares: Werewolves, Vampires

Darkness unbound Keri Arthur · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 375p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Being half werewolf and half Aedh, Risa Jones can enter the twilight realms between life and death and see the reapers, supernatural beings that collect the souls of the dead. But she soon makes a terrifying discovery: Some sinister force is stealing souls, preventing the dead from ever knowing the afterlife. Shares: Werewolves, Vampires

Vampire trouble Sara Humphreys · 2014 · ★ 5.0 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Book 2 of Dead in the City"Sara Humphreys has taken the vampire mythology and truly made it her own." —Romancing the Dark SideA fledgling vampire ignites a war...Maya remembers the last moments of her life as a human with haunting clarity, and every man she meets pays the price...until Shane. Finding herself in the middle of a bloody fight between vampires and werewolves, Maya has no choice but… Shares: Werewolves, Vampires

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