Most read Vampire books

When seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan leaves sunny Phoenix to live with her father in the perpetually rain-soaked town of Forks, Washington, she expects little more than a dull, gray exile. Instead she becomes fascinated by Edward Cullen, a strikingly beautiful and aloof classmate who seems to alternate between saving her life and warning her away from him. As Bella pieces together the truth about Edward and his family, she realizes he is a vampire — one who has chosen to resist human blood, but whose very nature makes loving her dangerous. Their bond deepens into an intense, all-consuming romance, even as Bella learns that not every vampire shares the Cullens' restraint, and that being close to Edward may cost her everything. The first book in Stephenie Meyer's blockbuster Twilight Saga, this is a moody, atmospheric teen romance about desire, danger, and the pull between what we want and what is safe. Told in Bella's earnest first-person voice, it launched a global phenomenon and defined a generation of paranormal romance.

• forbidden love

When Clary Fray discovers a hidden world of demon hunters, her ordinary life is turned upside down. She's drawn into a dangerous conflict in New York City, where vampires and werewolves are real, and forbidden love might be the least of her worries. This is the start of an epic urban fantasy adventure.

• chosen one
• found family
• secret identity
• forbidden love

A young solicitor travels to Transylvania on ordinary business and discovers his client is no ordinary nobleman. When the count relocates to England, a small circle of friends led by the physician Van Helsing must piece together the truth from letters, diaries, and telegrams before it is too late. Bram Stoker's 1897 epistolary novel that defined the modern vampire.

• epistolary

In a world where supernatural beings and humans coexist, Misery Dueña and Lowe Proctor enter into a marriage of convenience to unite their warring factions. What begins as a political alliance soon sparks an undeniable attraction between them. As they navigate the complexities of their union, they must decide if their arrangement is truly just for show or if it's destined for something more.

• marriage of convenience
• enemies to lovers

Bella Swan is left devastated when the Cullens leave Forks, and slowly finds comfort in a deepening friendship with Jacob Black — who carries supernatural secrets of his own. As she's drawn back into a dangerous hidden world, Bella faces an ancient vampire authority. The second book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga.

• love triangle
• forbidden love

Reunited with Edward, Bella is torn between him and her bond with Jacob as a wave of mysterious killings in Seattle signals a growing danger aimed at her. Old enemies must form an uneasy alliance to protect her. The third book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga.

• love triangle
• forbidden love
• rivals

Chosen from birth, Penellaphe — known to the kingdom of Solis only as the Maiden — has spent her life in isolation, forbidden to be touched, to speak unless spoken to, or to look anyone in the eye. She waits, veiled and guarded, for the day of her Ascension, a sacred rite that will supposedly lift her people closer to the gods. But Poppy is restless, curious, and desperate for a taste of the life she has been denied. When Hawke, a charming and lethal guard, is assigned to protect her, the careful walls around Poppy's world begin to crack. Their forbidden attraction pulls her toward everything she is supposed to resist — and as the bloodthirsty Craven threaten Solis and the truth behind the Ascension begins to surface, Poppy must decide how much of what she has been taught is a lie, and how much she is willing to risk to be free. The opening book of Jennifer L. Armentrout's runaway-bestselling Blood and Ash series, this is fast-paced, high-heat fantasy romance built on a forbidden guard-and-charge romance, a richly drawn kingdom, and secrets that reshape everything Poppy thought she knew.

• forbidden love
• slow burn
• forced proximity
• enemies to lovers

The fourth and final book of Stephenie Meyer's original Twilight Saga brings Bella and Edward's story to its climax. Long-awaited choices arrive with unexpected consequences that test the Cullen family, the Quileute wolves, and the fragile peace between them — until the ancient Volturi threaten everyone Bella loves.

• forbidden love
• sacrifice

Oraya is the only human in a court of vampires — the adopted daughter of the Nightborn king — and to stop being prey she enters the Kejari, a lethal once-a-century tournament held by the goddess of death, allying with a rival competitor whose agenda could destroy her.

• enemies to lovers
• slow burn
• found family
• morally grey

Saeris Fane has survived the brutal, water-starved city of Zilvaren by stealing, scheming, and keeping her head down — until the night she accidentally opens a portal and is dragged into a frozen, war-torn fae realm on the other side. There she becomes entangled with Kingfisher, a dangerous and infuriating fae warrior with secrets of his own, and discovers that her rare talent with quicksilver may be the key to a conflict far larger than her own survival. Torn between getting home and the pull of a world — and a man — she was never meant to know, Saeris finds herself at the center of ancient magic, court intrigue, and a slow-burning, combative attraction. The first book in Callie Hart's Fae & Alchemy series is a lush, steamy romantasy of portals, enemies, and hard-won trust.

• enemies to lovers
• slow burn
• court intrigue
• portal fantasy

In a remote castle in the forests of Styria, the lonely young Laura takes in a beautiful, secretive guest named Carmilla — and finds herself both captivated by and afraid of her intense affection. As Carmilla's presence grows, women in the countryside sicken and die, and Laura falls mysteriously ill. Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 Gothic novella predates Dracula and helped define vampire fiction.

• forbidden love

Reeling from betrayal and the truth about the man she trusted, Poppy is taken deep into the kingdom of Atlantia — captive, bargaining chip, and something harder to name. As she navigates a court that may want her dead and a bond she can't deny, she clings to one goal: finding her brother and learning what of her old life was ever true. The second Blood and Ash book widens the world and raises the stakes.

• enemies to lovers
• marriage of convenience
• secret identity
• betrayal

Serena Paris is orphaned, pack-less and one of a kind: the first known Human-Were hybrid. Coming forward was meant to heal a centuries-long rift between species; instead it made her prey to the political machinations of Weres, Vampyres and Humans alike. Her one remaining option is Koen Alexander, Alpha of the Northwest pack, whose authority is absolute — and who has claimed her as his mate whether or not she returns the feeling. A companion novel to Bride, leaning hard into fated mates, banter and heat.

• forced proximity

V.E. Schwab's sweeping, sapphic vampire saga, spanning five centuries and three continents. In 1532 Spain, María escapes a suffocating marriage into a monstrous freedom; in 1820s London, exiled Charlotte learns she can love as she chooses; in present-day Boston, Alice wakes after a one-night stand unable to bear sunlight, with new fangs and a thirst she can't explain. As their lives intertwine across time, it becomes a lush, furious meditation on immortality, hunger, and the women who make us.

• multiple povs
• morally grey
• forbidden love
• betrayal

Tessa Gray travels to Victorian London hoping to find her brother, but instead finds herself entangled in a world of demons and Shadowhunters. Kidnapped by a secret organization, she discovers a rare power within herself. As she seeks refuge with the demon-hunting Shadowhunters, she finds herself drawn to two young men, James and Will.

• love triangle
• forbidden love
• found family

Twin sisters Tory and Darcy Vega have spent their lives in the foster system, scraping by and looking out for each other, with no idea where they come from. On the eve of their nineteenth birthday, they learn the impossible truth: they are Fae, the lost heirs to the throne of the magical kingdom of Solaria, and their power is only beginning to wake. To claim their birthright, the sisters must enrol at Zodiac Academy, an elite and brutal school where students are sorted by star sign and Order—dragons, sirens, werewolves, and worse—and where magic is currency and cruelty is a lesson plan. Standing in their way are the four Celestial Heirs, impossibly powerful young men who have been raised to rule Solaria and have no intention of letting two clueless outsiders take the crown. What follows is a savage test of survival, as the Vega twins fight to master their gifts, endure relentless hazing, and resist the dangerous pull of the very people determined to break them. The first book in Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti's wildly popular Zodiac Academy series, The Awakening is a dark, addictive, and steamy bully-romance fantasy set in a richly built magical world of star signs, elemental power, and shifting loyalties.

• enemies to lovers
• academy
• chosen one
• multiple povs

Twenty-seven years after the last sunrise, vampires rule the long night and the holy Silver Order that once held them back is broken. Gabriel de León — half man, half monster, and the last silversaint alive — is a prisoner of the creatures he swore to destroy, and they want his story. What he gives them runs from his boyhood in Nordlund to the road that led him to the Holy Grail, humanity's final hope of calling back the sun.

• quest
• morally grey
• dual timeline
• anti hero

After surviving a brutal initiation at the Zodiac Academy, twin sisters Darcy and Tory Vega refuse to be broken by the powerful Celestial Heirs. Realizing they cannot win a direct fight against their tormentors, the sisters must use stealth and cunning to strike back from the shadows. As they plot their revenge, they must navigate a dangerous magical school where one wrong move could cost them everything.

• enemies to lovers
• academy
• revenge
• morally grey

Newly bound to Prince Casteel, Poppy goes after two captive brothers and finds a crown waiting: she is the Chosen, and Atlantia is hers. A hostile court, an inner revolt and the queen of Solis stand in her way.

• chosen one
• court intrigue
• quest
• betrayal

At Zodiac Academy, Hell Week has begun, and the senior students are determined to make the freshmen's lives a nightmare before the final trial: the Reckoning itself. Twins Tory and Darcy Vega must survive a brutal week of elemental trials while the Heirs, furious that the sisters have proven themselves too powerful to sideline, plot to eliminate them for good. With a lunar eclipse approaching and dark magic closing in, surviving Zodiac Academy will take more than raw power.

• enemies to lovers
• academy
• multiple povs
• morally grey

Oraya's world shatters after a devastating betrayal, leaving her a prisoner in her own kingdom and questioning everything she knew. With enemies closing in and her former lover, Raihn, now a king, she must forge a dangerous alliance to reclaim her throne and exact vengeance. As she uncovers ancient powers and dark secrets, Oraya faces an impossible choice between seizing power and a love that could destroy her.

• enemies to lovers
• revenge
• betrayal
• sacrifice

Constanta is dying in the wreckage of her village when a stranger offers her eternity instead of a grave. Remade as the first bride of a vampire lord she pointedly never names, she spends centuries at his side as he draws two more consorts into the marriage: Magdalena, a cunning aristocrat, and Alexi, a starving artist. Written as one long letter from Constanta to the husband who made her, S.T. Gibson's gothic reimagining of Dracula's brides is less a vampire adventure than an anatomy of an abusive marriage — and of what it costs to break a bond forged in blood.

• epistolary
• morally grey
• forbidden love
• revenge

As dark magic takes root within Darcy Vega, she and her sister Tory must face their most dangerous trials yet at Zodiac Academy. The four Celestial Heirs remain determined to break the sisters and secure their own claim to the throne. But the Vega twins possess a resilient power of their own, and they refuse to back down from the fight for their lives and their birthright.

• enemies to lovers
• academy
• morally grey
• forbidden love

When historian Diana Bishop discovers a magical manuscript, she's drawn into a hidden world of witches, vampires, and daemons. Her unexpected connection with the enigmatic vampire Matthew Clairmont ignites an ancient conflict, forcing them to confront dangerous secrets and forbidden feelings. This is the start of a magical romance where history and magic collide.

• forbidden love
• chosen one

A writer returns to his childhood hometown seeking peace, only to find it plagued by a sinister evil. As his neighbors succumb to a vampiric curse, he must gather a small group of survivors to confront the encroaching darkness. Can they save the town before it's too late?

• reluctant hero
• survival
• epistolary
• found family

Dianna Martinez sold her life to save her sister and became a monster serving Kaden. Now she hunts a relic that can kill a god, and the only man who can stop her is Samkiel, the World Ender, hiding as Liam.

• enemies to lovers
• slow burn
• sacrifice
• secret identity

Step into the shadows with Louis de Pointe du Lac as he recounts his immortal existence. From his reluctant transformation by the seductive Lestat to his complex relationship with the child vampire Claudia, Louis's story is one of eternal life's dark allure. Their journey through Europe uncovers ancient secrets and a hidden vampire society, revealing the true cost of immortality.

• morally grey
• anti hero

When a vampire slayer wakes up with amnesia, he finds himself relying on the very vampire he’s hunted for centuries. Now, with his memories returning, he’s faced with a dangerous attraction to his sworn enemy. This short story explores a forbidden passion that ignites between them, but as his past resurfaces, the slayer may be in more peril than he realizes.

• enemies to lovers
• forbidden love
• forced proximity
• fish out of water

Simon Snow is a Chosen One whose spells explode. His last year at Watford is falling apart: his girlfriend has left and the Humdrum wears his face. Then his vampire nemesis Baz returns, and a murdered mother's ghost wants answers.

• chosen one
• enemies to lovers
• multiple povs
• academy

After the devastating events at Zodiac Academy, a new, harsh reality sets in. With Lionel and the Nymphs threatening their very existence, the protagonists must fight to survive and prove their worth. Death looms, but forged in fire, they refuse to let their flames die.

• academy
• chosen one
• survival
• betrayal