We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. A cocktail waitress at sam merlottes bar in bon temps, louisiana, sookie stackhouse meets her first vampire when he sits as one of her tables. For the first third of club dead, my same old complaint about sookie stackhouse was widening and deepening, and i thought it was finally going to take its toll on my enjoyment of charlaine harris books. It is also known as the southern vampire mysteries and has also been retronymed as the true blood series. Dead until dark which is the first book in the series won the best paperback mystery anthony award in year 2001. Order of charlaine harris books american novelist charlaine harris is best known for her sookie stackhouse novels, which are also known as the southern vampire mysteries. Sookie stackhouse is a series of mystery novels by american author charlaine harris. Harris received a ba in english from southwestern in memphis now rhodes college in 1973. This was the first story in what would go on to become a new york times bestselling series and would inspire the tv show true blood. I can see some similarities but its really not a rip off. The sookie stackhouse series by charlaine harris is a series of fictional books that was first published in 2001 and it is also known as the southern vampire mysteries novels. Charlaine harris was born on november 25, 1951, in tunica, mississippi, to robert ashley, a school principal, and jean harris, a librarian. The southern vampire series is the basis for the hbo series true blood. Charlaine harris is the new york times bestselling author of the southern vampire mysteries series, also known the sookie stackhouse series of books which served as the source material for the popular hbo series true blood.
But we cant end this journey without discussing the. I found the first book at walmart and read it after i had read the twilight saga. Grave sight, a harper connelly mysteries, book 1, was published in 2006. Acclaimed new york times bestselling author charlaine harris, the writer of the sookie stackhouse series, has joined the dynamite entertainment family with the first book of her hit harper connelly series, grave sight. Over the years, charlaine has published more than 65 novels and short stories across several different series, including the bestselling sookie stackhouse series that was adapted for the true blood tv show on hbo. New york times bestselling author charlaine harris thrills listeners with the fourth book of her spectacular sookie stackhouse series. She was born and raised in the mississippi river delta area.
Charlaine harris book list welcome to charlaine harris book list. Harris is also the author of the aurora teagarden, and lily bard series as well as the midnight, texas series which has been developed into a tv series for nbc. We follow the life of sookie, a waitress in louisiana, who also has the ability to read peoples minds. The complete sookie stackhouse stories by charlaine harris. The series follows the story of sookie, living in the small louisiana town of bon temps. Charlaine harris born november 25th in tunica, mississippi is the new york times bestselling author of 25 novels and is best known for the southern vampire mysteries series featuring the protagonist sookie stackhouse.
New fans can fill in the gaps in their sookie lore while old friends can revisit some of their favorite moments and characters. The first book, dead until dark, won the anthony award for best paperback mystery in 2001. Though her early works consisted largely of poems about ghosts and teenage angst, she began writing plays when she attended rhodes college, in memphis, tennessee. Sookie stackhouse series may 1, 2001 saw the release of dead until dark, the first novel by charlaine harris to feature the character sookie stackhouse. With this first book in the series, charlaine harris founded an incredibly rich supernatural world, with plenty of angst and heartache but lots of laughs as well. Charlaine harris, mississippi author of the true blood tv. The popular series was adapted into the hit hbo television series true blood by alan ball six feet under. Charlaine harris is a new york times bestselling author who has been writing for over thirty years. Charlaine harris does mystery extremely well and all the little liars is no exception. Sookie stackhouse is just a smalltime cocktail waitress in smalltown bon temps, louisiana. Whatever it is that makes sookie different is unanswered in this first book.
When a vampire enters the bar and sookie cant read his mind she is intrigued and wants to know this mysterious man better. Dead until dark by charlaine harris is the first book in the sookie stackhouse series. Characters should grow and change, particularly over the course of books, but unfortunately sookie s character changes to become less and less likable. The first installment, dead until dark, won the anthony award for best paperback mystery in 2001 and later served as the source material for the hbo drama series true blood. I was sad when charlaine harris was done writing them. The only problem i had with this book was that it is just a little thin at 240 pages and i felt it needed to be fleshed out in order to achieve a more wellrounded result. A numberone new york times bestselling author, charlaine harris penned the addictive sookie stackhouse series. The southern vampire mysteries true blood wiki fandom.
Dead until dark is the first book in the sookie stackhouse series by popular american author, charlaine harris. The whole story revolves around its main character sookie stackhouse and is told in a narrative by its main character in the first person perspective. Sookie stackhouse series by charlaine harris rating. He asks her repeatedly what she is, and sookie replies repeatedly that she is a waitress. Her 1981 book dark and deadly published under the name charlaine harris schulz was reissued as have numerous others.
Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. In day shift psychic manfred bernardo is hounded by the press after a client drops dead during a reading. When i read the first scene in the hilariously named vampire bar, i knew i was going to be a fan of these. Sookie stackhouse is just a smalltime cocktail waitress in.
True blood author charlaine harris will launch a new. Charlaine harris, whose sookie stackhouse books inspired the television series true blood, will release the first book in a new trilogy next year. I liked charlaine s books better than the twilight saga but i really liked both. The first book in the series, dead until dark, won the anthony award for best paperback mystery in 2001. Bill and sookie in the first series of true blood harris s uk editor, gillian redfearn at gollancz, said she was quite saddened by the reaction, but put it down to a very small minority of. Sookie s character does develop, albeit minimally, over the course of the books. This book reflected the sookie character more like the first couple of books. Telepathic barmaid sookie stackhouse works in a bar in the fictional northern louisiana town of bon temps. The other 2 books in the series from dead to worse southern vampire mysteries, book 8 and dead and gone sookie stackhouse, book 9 must be purchased separately. I got confused sometimes because the true blood series on hbo did not follow the books after the first season, so sometimes i couldnt remember what was from the books and what was from the tv series.
Even now, even after harris won me back and entertained the hell out of me, i am still not su. Driving home from work, barmaid and telepath sookie stackhouse discovers vampire and area sheriff eric on the side of the road missing his. Charlaine harris, born november 25, 1951 in tunica, mississippi, is a new york times bestselling author who wrote the books in which the hbo original series true blood is based. Sookie stackhouse box set sookie stackhouse southern. As a huge fan of hbos true blood tv show, the sookie stackhouse novels by charlaine harris have been at the top of my reading wishlist for some time. She married her first husband, an army veteran, immediately after college. A mystery writer for over twenty years, charlaine was born and raised in the mississippi river delta area of the. The southern vampire mysteries informally known as the sookie stackhouse novels chronicles and renamed the true blood series upon their reprinting is a series of books written by the new york times bestselling author charlaine harris, first published in 2001. Finally settled with viking vampire eric, sookie finds. This first book is definitely the best out of all the ones i read. I never saw the ending coming until just before the mystery was solved. Dead until dark like the rest of the series to which it belongs, is narrated by sookie stackhouse, a telepathic waitress from the small fictional louisiana town of bon temps, not far from the nonfictional town of shreveport. Kelner editors contains the short story two blondes featuring sookie ace, august 3, 2010, isbn10. True blood is an hbo series based on harris s sookie series southern vampire.
Each subsequent book follows sookie through adventures involving vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural creatures. Each book follows sookie as she tries to solve mysteries involving vampires, werewolves, and. The book series has been retronymed the true blood series upon reprinting, to capitalize on the television adaptation. Sookie stackhouse series charlaine harris book list.
Charlaine harris books list of books by author charlaine. The series has been adapted to the extremely popular hbo television series true blood. The southern vampire mysteries, also known as the true blood novels and the sookie stackhouse novels, is a series of books written by bestselling author charlaine harris. I just read a book this weekend that all you anita blake, vampire hunter fans would probably love.
Sookie stackhouse audiobooks listen to the full series. Well everyone, weve completed our 12 book reread of charlaine harris sookie stackhouse books. Turning to the local vampires lover for help, manfred hopes she can put the squeeze on the scandal before someone else is put on ice. Dead ever after book by charlaine harris thriftbooks.