18 books like Dead to the World

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

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: Waitresses, Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Telepathy

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: Waitresses, Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Telepathy

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 in the family Charlaine Harris · 2010 · ★ 4.4 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Book 10 Sookie Stackhouse aka Southern Vampire Series.fter enduring torture and the loss of loved ones during the brief but deadly Fae War, Sookie Stackhouse is hurt and she's mad. Just about the only bright spot in her life is the love she thinks she feels for vampire Eric Northman. But he's under scrutiny by the new vampire king because of their relationship. And, as the political implications… Shares: Sookie Stackhouse, Stackhouse, Louisiana, Vampires

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 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, Vampires

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, 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, 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, Vampires

Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) Charlaine Harris · 2001 · ★ 4.0 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate For years, Charlaine Harris has delighted fans with her mystery series featuring small-town waitress-turned-paranormal sleuth Sookie Stackhouse. Now, we are pleased to offer her first novel in the series in a special hardcover edition. And with HBO launching an all-new show, True Blood, based on the Southern Vampire novels, the demand for Charlaine Harris and Sookie Stackhouse will be bigger… Shares: Waitresses, Stackhouse, Telepathy, Vampires

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

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, Occult fiction, 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, Vampires

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, 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

Taltos Anne Rice · 1994 · ★ 3.8 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Meet Mr. Ash, quiet-spoken, tall, unfailingly kind - sole survivor of an ancient species, the Taltos - thriving among humankind as he has always done, now the head of a great corporate empire. As the novel opens, he is stunned to learn from an old and mysterious friend that another Taltos has been seen - in the very same Scottish glen where centuries ago, long before the coming of the Romans, Ash… Shares: Louisiana, Occult fiction, Witchcraft

Merrick Anne Rice · 2000 · ★ 3.8 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate At the center of Anne Rice's new novel is the beautiful, unconquerable Merrick, a child--a witch with the power and magical knowledge of a Medea and a Circe. She is a Mayfair of New Orleans, descendent of a family rich in its French and Spanish past, steeped in the age-old tradition of voodoo. Into this strange and exotic world comes David Talbot, hero, storyteller, adventurer, almost-mortal… Shares: Louisiana, Occult fiction, Vampires

Valley of Silence Nora Roberts · 2006 · ★ 4.3 · 347p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In the kingdom of Geall, the scholarly Moira has taken up the sword of her people. Now, as queen, she must prepare her subjects for the greatest battle they will ever fight--against an enemy more vicious than any they have seen. For Lilith, the most powerful vampire in the world, has followed the circle of six through time to Geall. Moira also has a personal score to settle. Vampires killed her… Shares: Occult fiction, American Fantasy fiction, Vampires

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