The 10 Best Vampire Book Series to Sink Your Teeth Into

A Discovery of Witches

A Novel

By: Deborah Harkness

Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda

Series: All Souls Series, Book 1

Length: 23 hrs and 59 mins

Release date: 02-08-11

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 46,822 ratings

Diana Bishop is descended from a long line of witches, but when she discovers a mysterious manuscript in an Oxford library, it introduces her to a wider world of magic, intrigue, and danger. It also leads her to a 1,500-year-old vampire, Matthew Claremont, who knows a thing or two about the dangers Diana has unleashed. The two pair up to fight the oncoming darkness. Bonus recommendation: If you like this series, check out Time’s Convert, a spin-off about one of the vampires that Matthew turned!
The Hunt

By: Andrew Fukuda

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Series: The Hunt, Book 1

Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins

Release date: 05-08-12

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 358 ratings

Gene is a human in a vampire world. In this world, vampires run fast, drink blood, are sensitive to sunlight, and they’ve nearly eradicated all humans...or so they think. Gene has a very strategic and militant routine to keep the vampires from suspecting his humanity and killing him, but his cover is in danger when he’s chosen to participate in a hunt to kill another human. Then, he falls for a girl who challenges everything he thought he knew about vampires and his father’s death. If you like your vampires deadly, this is a great pick!
A Carriger Quartet

By: Gail Carriger

Narrated by: J. Daniel Sawyer, Merelan Jones, Dawn Phynix

Series: The Parasol Protectorate, San Andreas Shifters, Book 0.5

Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins

Release date: 01-13-16

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 330 ratings

Set in an alternate Victorian era where steam technology powers a society ruled by vampires and werewolves, this series follows a woman who is neither! Lady Alexia Tarrabotti is soulless—she possesses the ability to turn magical beings mortal when she touches them. She’s also a spinster—but that’s the least of her troubles. When danger threatens her and the magical community, she investigates, accompanied by her vampire best friend and an unruly werewolf love interest.
Insatiable

By: Meg Cabot

Narrated by: Emily Bauer

Series: Insatiable, Book 1

Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins

Release date: 06-08-10

Language: English

3.5 out of 5 stars 263 ratings

Meena Harper is over vampires. It’s not that she doesn’t believe in them—she knows more than anyone about the supernatural, considering she has a gift for knowing when people are going to die. But when she accidentally falls in love with a vampire named Lucien, she finds herself in over her head with romance, supernatural happenings, and a society of vampire hunters who are bent on killing Lucien and anyone who gets in their way.
Vampire Academy

By: Richelle Mead

Narrated by: Stephanie Wolf

Series: Vampire Academy, Book 1

Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins

Release date: 04-03-18

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 2,273 ratings

In this series that inspired the movie of the same name, there are two different types of vampires: Moroi and Strigoi. Moroi can keep their blood lust in check, but Strigoi are evil and will turn and kill anyone—Moroi and human alike. Moroi are protected by half-human, half-vampires known as Dhampirs. Rose, a Dhampir, and her Moroi best friend, Vasilisa, have been on the run since something spooked them badly enough to leave the vampire world. Only now they’ve been found, and they’re being dragged back to the danger of Vampire Academy. Bonus: If you like Vampire Academy, try its spin-off series, Bloodlines, which is set in the same world.
Bloodsucking Fiends

A Love Story

By: Christopher Moore

Narrated by: Susan Bennett

Series: Love Story, Book 1

Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins

Release date: 09-24-08

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 4,625 ratings

For a funny, sexy vampire listen, you cannot go wrong with this series about Jody, a 20-something who is turned into a vampire one night while walking home. As she tries to adjust to this new lifestyle shift, she meets 19-year-old Tommy and finds love...but also trouble. The police suspect that Tommy is a new serial killer who has been targeting victims and draining them of blood. Full of vampire drama, hilarity, and romance, this is a great, lighthearted vampire trilogy.
Guilty Pleasures

An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel

By: Laurell K. Hamilton

Narrated by: Kimberly Alexis

Series: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 1

Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins

Release date: 08-20-09

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 5,441 ratings

One of the longest-running and best-loved vampire series in recent years, Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter has more than enough titles—two dozen-plus—to keep you busy for a while! Anita Blake is a vampire hunter from St. Louis who spends her time raising the dead, hunting problematic vampires, solving mysteries, and resisting sexy vampire Jean Claude.
Marked

House of Night, Book 1

By: P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

Narrated by: Caitlin Davies

Series: House of Night, Book 1

Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins

Release date: 07-14-17

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 3,822 ratings

Zoey Redbird is a normal teenager—until she is suddenly marked as a fledgling vampyre. Her entire life is turned upside down and she must attend House of Night, a vampyre boarding school. There she makes a whole new crew of friends and even finds a second chance at love, but danger lurks. Someone who ought to be a mentor might have darker intents, and vampyres are not as safe there as she thought. This is another long series with a spin-off series that will keep you immersed in all things dark and dangerous for hours on end!
The Beautiful

By: Renée Ahdieh

Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo

Series: The Beautiful Quartet, Book 1

Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins

Release date: 10-08-19

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 549 ratings

If you’re looking to embark on a new vampire series, put The Beautiful on your wish list. It’s the first listen in a series about Celine, a young dressmaker who has fled Paris and arrived in New Orleans, where she seeks refuge at a convent and becomes immersed in the city’s dark underworld. When girls begin to be murdered, Celine takes what she knows and begins investigating...but finds herself caught up in a deadly feud between the undead.

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