THE Complete List of Charlaine Harris True Blood Books

If youre following the True Blood series on HBO you should definitely start reading the Sookie Stackhouse vampire books by Charlaine Harris. The books are part of her Southern Vampire Mystery series and theyre as entertaining as the True Blood television show.

Actually, theyre MORE entertaining in some ways because they give you additional information about the main characters: Sookie, Bill, Sam, and Eric. Theyre also pretty darn funny!

Listed below are ALL of the Sookie Stackhouse books in the series as well as other books that include the great Sookie character. Dont worry, I did NOT include any spoilers!

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Book 1: Dead Until Dark

Meet Sookie Stackhouse, a plucky waitress working in the small town of Bon Temps, Louisiana. She's thrilled about meeting her first vampire but this is short-lived because someone (or something) has started killing several of the local women in the community. [more details]

 

 

 

Book 2: Living Dead in Dallas

When a vampire asks Sookie Stackhouse to use her telepathic skills to find a missing vampire in Dallas, she agrees under one condition: the vampires must promise not to kill any of the humans involved. Little does she know that her own life may be in danger. [more details]

 

 

 

Book 3: Club Dead

Sookie's boyfriend has been very distant. As in "where the heck is he?" distant. Now she's off to Mississippi to locate him and find out what he's up to. What started out as a straightforward mission soon turns into an adventure chock full of complications and surprises. [more details]

 

 

 

Book 4: Dead to the World

When cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse sees a naked man on the side of the road, she doesn't just drive on by- she tries to help. Turns out the poor thing hasn't a clue who he is. Unfortunately, in order to restore his memory Sookie has to go up against a merciless group of spell casters. [more details]

 

 

 

Book 5: Dead As a Doornail

Something weird is happening to Sookie's womanizing brother Jason. Even worse, looks like someone is dead set on killing off members of the local supernatural community, and the local authorities have decided that Jason is the prime suspect for the murders. [more details]

 

 

 

Book 6: Definitely Dead

There's a new man in Sookie's life and also a new problem: she just inherited everything from her recently undead cousin, who died under mysterious circumstances. Unfortunately, Sookie's sleuthing leads her to a potentially deadly meeting with the Vampire Queen of Louisiana. [more details]

 

 

 

Book 7: Altogether Dead

Sookie is asked to attend a vampire summit and serve as a sort of telepathic bodyguard. However, once there, Sookie has to decide which side shell stand with; perhaps theres more to this vampire story of revenge than shes been led to believe.
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Book 8: From Dead To Worse

After a deadly disaster at the vampire summit Sookie is all too eager to have things back too normal again. But when she returns home she learns that theres unrest within both the werewolf and vampire communities. This book has great romantic tension and supernatural action! [more details]

 

 

 

Book 9: Dead And Gone

When a certain supernatural race decides to “come out of the closet” Sookie tries to help stop the violence. However theres a new group of creatures in town and theyre bigger and badder than anything Bon Temps has ever seen. [more details]

 

 

 

Book 10: Dead In The Family

Sookies love life is going well even though shes still angry and a bit sad about recent violence events. However, while she attempts to help some of her friends a group of baddies make plans to carry out their grudges against her. [more details]

 

 

 

Book 11: Dead Reckoning

Sookie witnesses an attack on Merlottes and partners with Sam to find the culprit and the twisted motive for the attack. Meanwhile, Eric and Pam arent happy with their new master and plan to do something about it.

Caught up in the politics of the vampire world, Sookie soon learns shes being used as a pawn and that theres a new Queen in town . . . . [more details]

 

 

 

The True Blood Boxed Set (Books 1-10)

You can now get Books 1-10 all together in one boxed set! This is a great deal since you pay less by purchasing the bundled set.

Also, the books in this set have the NEW TRUE BLOOD book covers! Each cover highlights a character from the show (I love the “Eric” book cover). Get the set now while it’s ON SALE. [more details]

 

 

 

 

Sookie Stackhouse Short Stories

Charlaine Harris also contributes stories to fantasy book collections. Many of her stories are about Sookie Stackhouse and some of the other characters from the books above. I really like reading these book collections because you get to learn more about Sookie and her personality. Here's the complete list of books that have stories about Sookie!

 

 

 

The Sookie Stackhouse Companion

Short Story Title: Small Town Wedding

In this story (which will be longer than a regular short story), Sookie accompanies Sam to his brothers wedding. Is Charlaine Harris setting the stage for Sam and Sookie to have a relationship? We cant wait to find out!

The Sookie Stackhouse Companion includes a section where Sookie answers questions from her fans! Readers were asked to submit questions that Charlaine Harris would answer in the book! Get the book to see which questions were included and what Charlaine Harris says about what might happen to Sookie, Bill and Eric! [more details]

 

 

 

Death's Excellent Vacation

Short Story Title: Two Blondes

This book contains an ALL NEW Sookie Stackhouse story in which Sookie is sent on an errand to a strip club where she gets into more than she bargained for. [more details]

 

 

 

 

A Touch of Dead

This book is chock-full of Sookie Stackhouse short stories:
-Fairy Dust
-Dracula Night
-One Word Answer
-Lucky
-Gift Wrap
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Wolfbane and Mistletoe

Short Story Title: Gift Wrap
Sookie, alone and bored during the Christmas holiday, decides to go outside for a bit. She ends up finding an injured “man” who tells her a wonderful and remarkable story about how he ended up in his condition. [more details]

 

 

 

 

Many Bloody Returns

Short Story Title: Dracula Night
This book is all about vampires and birthday parties. Here’s an excerpt from the Sookie short story:

“I had to gape. He looked positively edible. Eric was very tall, very broad, very blond, and tonight he was dressed in a tuxedo that had not come off any rack . . . he looked as good as any James Bond.” [more details]

 

 

 

 

Powers of Detection

Short Story Title: Fairy Dust

This book mixes urban fantasy with the traditional mystery genre. In Fairy Dust Sookie learns that you dont cross fairies unless youre willing to pay the ultimate price! [more details]

 

 

 

 

Bite

Short Story Title: One Word Answer

This book contains several deliciously sexy stories written by several popular fantasy writers. In “One Word Answer” Sookie learns that talking too much can get you killed especially when vampires are around. [more details]

 

 

 

 

Unusual Suspects

Short Story Title: Lucky

This book contains 12 short stories by well known writers like Carole Nelson Douglas and of course, Charlaine Harris. In “Lucky” an insurance agent’s good luck turns mysteriously bad. Sookie and her pals investigate. [more details]

 

 

 

 

Between the Dark and the Daylight

Short Story Title: Lucky

Crime fictions biggest names have been rounded up for a truly impressive collection of the years best short stories.

In Lucky, Sookie and her witchy buddy Amelia attempt to solve a break-in and wind up in hot water. [more details]

 

 

 

 

 

Other Short Stories

Charlaine Harris has contributed to several really good books containing fantasy short stories. Fantasy romance fans will love these books.

 

 

 

Must Love Hellhounds

Short Story Title: The Britlingens Go To Hell

In these hound-eat-hound worlds, anything goes… and everything bites. These four novellas by Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews and Meljean Brook will have hellhound lovers everywhere howling. [more details]

 

 

 

Blood Lite

Short Story Title: An Evening with Al Gore

This is a collection of entertaining tales that puts the fun back into dark fiction, with ironic twists and tongue-in-cheek wit to temper the jagged edge. In the Charlaine Harris story we learn about the dark side of going green when a quartet of die-hard environmentalists hosts a fundraiser with a gory twist. [more details]

 

 

 

Strange Brew

Short Story Title: Bacon

For anyone whos ever wondered what lies beyond the limits of reality, whos imagined the secret spaces where witches wield fearsome magic, come and drink deep. Let yourself fall under the spell of this bewitching collection!

In the Charlaine Harris story a beautiful vampire joins forces with a witch from an ancient line to find out who killed her beloved husband. [more details]

 

 

 

Crimes By Moonlight

Short Story Title: Dahlia Underground

In the Charlaine Harris story vampire Dahlia Lynley-Chivers is rescued by humans, an inferior race in her mind. When she learns of a plot to kill her rescuers, she has to decide which side shes on. [more details]

 

 

 

 

Harper Connelly Series

Charlaine Harris also writes the very popular “Harper Connelly” series. If you like Sookie Stackhouse and Charlaines writing style you’ll like these books as well!

 

 

 

Book 1: Grave Sight

Every since Harper Connelly was struck by lightening shes been able to find dead people, a skill that she uses to make a living. When she and her brother travel to Arkansas to find a missing teen, she ends up in the crosshairs of a killer.
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Book 2: Grave Surprise

Harpers unique talent is put to the test by a skeptical professor. Although she makes a convert of him theres a mystery surrounding the body that she finds. Unfortunately, she and her brother cant leave town as quickly as theyd like and end up staying at a hotel chock full of funny and quirky characters. [more details]

 

 

 

Book 3: An Ice Cold Grave

In her third case psychic Harper Connelly heads to North Carolina to find a clients missing grandson. Turns out several teenage boys have disappeared from the area. Although Harper provides much needed assistance to the local police shes unable to leave town until more of the mystery is solved. [more details]

 

 

 

Book 4: Grave Secret

Harper Connelly, a psychic that can trace dead bodies and determine the cause of a persons death, is asked to investigate the death of a member of a wealthy family. Death threats and odd occurrences make Harper realize that this case may be linked to her own mysterious childhood. [more details]