Take a Bite Out of These Vampire Thrillers

Proclamation...but what people don't know is that he was also a legendary vampire hunter! Starting when he was a boy in Indiana and his mother died from a vampire attack, Honest Abe commits himself to a journey of vengeance for his mother and to protect innocent people from the creatures of night, which leads him to the highest office in the land.

Commonly regarded as the first vampire tale in English, and often misattributed to Lord Byron, The Vampyre is the tale of Aubrey, a young Englishman who makes the acquaintance of a Lord Ruthven and is drawn into his circles, only to realize Ruthven isn't who he thinks he is. When the men are attacked by bandits and Ruthven is fatally wounded, Aubrey promises to keep Ruthven's crimes a secret—but is shocked when Ruthven resurfaces, totally fine. Only then does Aubrey face reality: Ruthven is an immortal creature.

Skal has collected stories spanning two centuries in this anthology, written by such luminaries are Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Edith Wharton and Kim Newman. The book is introduced by Skal, who breaks the stories down into sections and offers critical commentary and insight to each story and the subgenre of vampire fiction as a whole. This is a must-read if you're a fan of horror literature and supernatural thrillers, as it tracks the evolution of the vampire story across centuries and literary movements.

Written as an oral history, A People's History of the Vampire Uprising begins when a young woman is found dead in Arizona, only for her body to go missing from the morgue. Local authorities call in a CDC investigator, and the situation quickly snowballs as more people die, and more bodies disappear until there is a vampire epidemic on their hands. As vampire communities spring up everywhere, changing the fabric of society, the world has to accept that vampires are here to stay—but when one runs for office, trouble really begins.

In this adult novel, Melissa de la Cruz returns to the characters of her beloved YA Bluebloods series, only now they're all grown up. It's been ten years since an epic battle almost destroyed them all, but now the vampires of Manhattan are living in relative peace and harmony, enjoying their wealth and success. When Oliver, Leader of the Fallen, decides to throw a 400 Year Ball, he inadvertently sets in motion chaos that none of the Blue Bloods could have seen coming.

Commonly regarded as the first vampire tale in English, and often misattributed to Lord Byron, The Vampyre is the tale of Aubrey, a young Englishman who makes the acquaintance of a Lord Ruthven and is drawn into his circles, only to realize Ruthven isn't who he thinks he is. When the men are attacked by bandits and Ruthven is fatally wounded, Aubrey promises to keep Ruthven's crimes a secret—but is shocked when Ruthven resurfaces, totally fine. Only then does Aubrey face reality: Ruthven is an immortal creature.