10 of the Scariest Vampire Books to Read Until Your Blood Runs Cold

My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due

Jessica thinks she has won the spouse lottery with David. But her friends and household deliberation something’s disconnected with the mode helium asks her to discontinue her writer occupation and enactment astatine location with him. She doesn’t adjacent deliberation doubly astir the radical that support disappearing astir them. When David reveals he’s fractional a period aged and portion of an immortal Ethiopian sect who are demanding helium leaves Jessica and their kid behind, he’s caught betwixt 2 worlds that can’t collide without spilling blood.

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Pursued by a rival vampire clan, Alt flees to Mexico City wherever she crosses paths with 17-year-old Domingo surviving connected the streets. As the brace lukewarm to each different contempt their differences, they navigate the streets of Mexico City wherever galore antithetic taxon of vampires roam, connected the hunt for blood. But Alt can’t tally forever, and Domingo volition bash everything helium tin to support her safe.

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Direwood by Catherine Yu

When her sister goes missing, Aja seems to beryllium the lone 1 noticing the unusual happenings astir town. Then, she meets the alluring Padraic and is definite he’s the crushed for the reddish rainfall and the achromatic caterpillars and the disappearance of her sister. Agreeing to spell with him is casual if it means redeeming her. But erstwhile helium takes her to an aged religion wherever different vampires beryllium successful wait, demanding work from the quality teenagers they’ve lured there, Aja isn’t truthful definite they’ll marque it backmost retired of the religion doors.

Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

Shori wakes up successful a cave injured, burned, and with nary representation of what brought her there. After uncovering a hitchhiker and feeding disconnected of his blood, she triggers a symbiotic narration with him, arsenic is the quality of The Ina, the nine of vampires she’s present portion of. As she acclimates, though, she inactive needs to fig retired who tried to termination her and her household successful the archetypal place.

Vlad by Carlos Fuentes

Yves Navarro and his woman are grieving the decease of their lad erstwhile Count Vladimir “Vlad” Radu solicits their assistance successful uncovering determination to live. One nighttime astatine Vlad’s recently bought home, Yves pays him a sojourn and loses consciousness. By the clip helium wakes, Yves is disquieted Vlad conscionable whitethorn beryllium aft the remainder of his family, too.

Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly

James Asher spent his beingness spying for Queen Victoria nether the guise of being a linguist until helium retired and settled down. One night, helium comes location to find his household dormant and a visitant wrong with a caller ngo James can’t refuse. Now James indispensable find retired who’s sidesplitting the vampires successful municipality oregon suffer his household and his beingness forever.

The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman

For the past 40 years, teenage vampire Joey Peacock has enjoyed his beingness routines sleeping successful the subway tunnels with his clan and uncovering women to woo successful the 1970s clubs above. But past helium sees a radical of undead children, a nary no successful their clan’s rules, and his mean beingness is threatened by what that could mean.

The Light astatine the End by Craig Spector and John Skipp

After a subway thrust turns bloody, graffiti creator Rudy is near confused astir his caller life. Finding his newfound powers is intoxicating and Rudy wants to usage them against everyone who has ever wronged him. But the radical he’s targeting won’t spell down without a fight.

The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

After a level lands, lights out, with lone 4 radical live connected board, Ephram astatine the CDC is assigned to investigate. While helium argues for quarantining the surviving passengers, higher powers fto 1 of them spell and the seeming corruption starts to dispersed to the remainder of New York City. Now Ephram and his squad person to find whatever’s spreading the unwellness earlier it gets the radical helium loves, too.

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Dealing with bullying astatine school, 12-year-old Oskar is hopeless for revenge. Then helium meets Eli, a miss his property who helium becomes accelerated friends with. Around them, though, bodies are recovered drained of their humor and Oskar’s caller person conscionable mightiness person a unspeakable secret.