Best Vampire & Werewolf Fiction

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October 2024 List of the Month: Best Vampire and Werewolf Fiction
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It's October again, and that means it's spooky season! In honor of this time of year our List of the Month is devoted to the Best Vampire & Werewolf Fiction. Each participant may vote on ten titles (and add other, non-weighted titles). Please feel free to add notes, explaining your choices. Please only downvote titles which don't fit the theme of the list.
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5,566 members
214 reviews
4
30 Members
timspalding, KevDS, ShelfMonkey, Stav, tapestry100, knerd.knitter, kleo, VivienneR, peatbogfaery, quickmind, msouliere, sturlington, Sarielle, Kristelh, jebinderusa, Bookwomble, ELuciusFTW, stephanieann1983, MandyGayle, GrimFiend1977, slimikin, Thelamon1, TriforcePaladin, bre3924, SealedArchive, Laura.a, librarian.kelly, Trevisezg, jamesclarkzz099, emhedi
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KevDS: One of the all time great horror books period
knerd.knitter: This is one of my absolute favorite books of all time. I love the way it plays with the vampire myth. But don't compare to any of the movies! None do this story justice.
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25,495 members
359 reviews
3.8
31 Members
seabelis, ShelfMonkey, LadyUndomiel, Bookmarque, Stav, Storeetllr, tapestry100, ejmam, kleo, wdwilson3, peatbogfaery, avatiakh, mcmillan, msouliere, amanda4242, nessreader, janflora, Sarielle, TheLOFT, tina1969, Kristelh, katemcangus, vwinsloe, LaNS, al.vick, jebinderusa, GrimFiend1977, Thelamon1, librarian.kelly, ZephCraven, intoxicating_reads
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Bookmarque: Ok, so this started the whole vampire modern trend and it did break some rules. I loved it then, I love it now; flaws and all. This book went a long way to convince you they could exist and this is how they would be.
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6,245 members
545 reviews
3.9
23 Members
tardis, hipdeep, Ciarda, amberwitch, Storeetllr, tapestry100, Ennas, Morphidae, rarm, SimoneA, mbernardi, norabelle414, peatbogfaery, NorthernStar, Heather39, Sarielle, Kristelh, msjudy, bookwyrmqueen, MandyGayle, SealedArchive, librarian.kelly, scraps
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scraps: The main protagonists in this series are werewolves and vampires. W hat makes it special is that they are not uniformly the traditional tropes.
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14,817 members
140 reviews
3.9
17 Members
Bookmarque, tapestry100, kleo, VivienneR, peatbogfaery, mcmillan, amanda4242, janflora, Sarielle, TheLOFT, Kristelh, vwinsloe, GrimFiend1977, skid0612, Thelamon1, librarian.kelly, intoxicating_reads
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Bookmarque: After Interview, you could believe in these things, but damn if this book didn't make you want to be one.
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10,364 members
120 reviews
4
15 Members
tardis, hipdeep, LadyUndomiel, ejmam, mbernardi, VivienneR, norabelle414, peatbogfaery, iluvvideo, amanda4242, eclbates, msemmag, Laura.a, scraps, SamiParker
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tardis: Pratchett and vampires. I mean, it's irresistable!
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3,525 members
164 reviews
3.8
15
17,062 members
613 reviews
3.8
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6,194 members
253 reviews
3.9
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1,914 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
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10,400 members
672 reviews
3.9
21
5,212 members
164 reviews
3.8
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62 members
6 reviews
½ 4.6
9 Members
Storeetllr, Ennas, Morphidae, lizzy50usa, NorthernStar, iluvvideo, WinonaBaines, Laura.a, scraps
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lizzy50usa: The "vampires" here aren't really true vampires but Sean is definitely a werewolf.
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3,693 members
89 reviews
½ 3.4
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6,403 members
162 reviews
4
25
2,729 members
52 reviews
4.2
6 Members
kleo, passion4reading, Verkruissen, Thelamon1, kaewaiixo, Perry72
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Perry72: Read and brilliant
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1,594 members
36 reviews
3.9
7 Members
tardis, amberwitch, Euryale, mbernardi, lizzy50usa, Thogek, flatpearsoda
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tardis: Some of the scariest, least human vampires in literature, and yet still fascinating.
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121,827 members
1,078 reviews
½ 4.4
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2,973 members
165 reviews
½ 3.6
7 Members
gilroy, tardis, amberwitch, Morphidae, mbernardi, NorthernStar, SamiParker
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tardis: Werewolf named Kitty hosts a late night phone-in radio show.
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9,108 members
236 reviews
3.8
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24,846 members
1,312 reviews
4.2
7 Members
hipdeep, Storeetllr, tapestry100, mbernardi, wdwilson3, traceylkb, passion4reading
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hipdeep: Mostly ghosts, but one werewolf.
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10,901 members
116 reviews
4.1
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1,165 members
55 reviews
3.8
33
1,666 members
124 reviews
½ 3.5
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2,644 members
186 reviews
3.8
35
1,664 members
35 reviews
½ 3.6
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4,935 members
305 reviews
½ 3.6
37
4,073 members
127 reviews
3.9
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1,115 members
132 reviews
½ 3.3
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1,360 members
45 reviews
3.8
40
322 members
20 reviews
½ 3.6
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4,711 members
175 reviews
4
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4,919 members
107 reviews
4
5 Members
LadyUndomiel, mzonderm, alsvidur, bookwyrmqueen, slimikin
Explanations
LadyUndomiel: The list title is "vampire AND werewolf," right? :) Vamps and weres are prevalent in fanfic AUs and webcomics, and this novel does a great job bringing what readers love about those stories into a mainstream publication.
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1,855 members
41 reviews
4
4 Members
Bookmarque, tapestry100, Darth-Heather, Perry72
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Bookmarque: A very different take on vampires - nothing sparkles or gazes at dust motes in the candlelight - they just want to kill and eat you.
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1,015 members
13 reviews
½ 4.3
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1,976 members
66 reviews
4.1
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803 members
35 reviews
4
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920 members
24 reviews
3.8
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6,936 members
227 reviews
3.9
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6,103 members
317 reviews
½ 3.5
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3,180 members
106 reviews
3.8
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3,531 members
134 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,803 members
111 reviews
4.1
3 Members
Cathyfrank, flatpearsoda, scraps
Explanations
scraps: Perhaps one of the greatest Halloween novels of all time, this book pulls in characters from multiple other novels. Howls in the night are certainly werewolf.
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547 members
9 reviews
4.2
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2,001 members
159 reviews
4
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3,409 members
143 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,124 members
55 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,162 members
31 reviews
3.8
3 Members
rarm, nessreader, Maddz
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9,190 members
599 reviews
½ 3.7
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3,704 members
169 reviews
3.9
2 Members
Aquila, Stevil2001
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Aquila: Reconstituted prehistoric vampires in space! Which sounds pat but it's an extremely rigorous theoretical novel about the impossibility of free will.
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23 members
2 reviews
½ 4.5
2 Members
paradoxosalpha, elenchus
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paradoxosalpha: A seventeenth-century rogue's career as a savage lycanthrope fits him for great success as a high ecclesiastic.
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956 members
57 reviews
3.8
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686 members
20 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
paradoxosalpha, Bookwomble, flatpearsoda
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paradoxosalpha: The monster-type of the novel is a sorceror-lycanthrope-vampire, representing the genetic recrudescence of a pre-human race that has interbred with and become submerged in humanity.
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854 members
30 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
karenb, Bookmarque, amanda4242
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Bookmarque: I haven't read this in a long time, but scenes stick with me and how oddly pedestrian and a pain in the ass it could be to be a vampire in the modern age.
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209 members
11 reviews
3.9
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1,455 members
58 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
KevDS, eclbates, ELuciusFTW
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KevDS: A decent investigative noir with a vampire lead
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964 members
38 reviews
½ 3.7
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187 members
2 reviews
3.9
2 Members
Cathyfrank, armc
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armc: I think the subtitle really explains this one. It was my first introduction to the extent of vampire fiction beyond Stoker as produced by his “friends and contemporaries…between 1867 and 1940.”
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65,011 members
2,351 reviews
½ 3.7
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120 members
2 reviews
3.8
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82 members
5 reviews
3.8
71
164 members
16 reviews
4
72
208 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
kleo, Alsweider
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6 members
½ 3.7
2 Members
saskia17, Laura.a
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625 members
10 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
Mirabelle, armc
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armc: Two icons of imaginative literature who live on in the public consciousness happened to be contemporaneous creations; here author Saberhagen presents fans of either or both with an authentically rendered adventure that brings these immortal characters together.
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41 members
1 review
½ 4.3
2 Members
urania1, elenchus
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4,557 members
249 reviews
3.8
77
1,148 members
27 reviews
4
2 Members
ShelfMonkey, Stav
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2,504 members
93 reviews
3.2
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812 members
18 reviews
3.8
80
175 members
1 review
½ 3.3
2 Members
Aquila, karenb
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1,385 members
38 reviews
3.9
82
10 members
1 review
5
2 Members
KevDS, themulhern
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973 members
43 reviews
4
2 Members
tardis, paradoxosalpha
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paradoxosalpha: These vampires are sfnally re-imagined according to the rational fantasy rules of the Laundry universe.
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2,169 members
60 reviews
½ 3.7
85
950 members
36 reviews
½ 3.5
86
29 members
1 review
½ 4.3
87
786 members
15 reviews
3.9
88
479 members
6 reviews
3.8
89
5,943 members
227 reviews
4
90
6,428 members
81 reviews
4.1
91
5,008 members
328 reviews
4
92
289 members
5 reviews
3
2 Members
KevDS, themulhern
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148 members
8 reviews
3.1
2 Members
tardis, NorthernStar
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tardis: Why is Annie waking up covered in blood? Funny, too.
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1,806 members
117 reviews
3.9
2 Members
gilroy, SamiParker
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783 members
16 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
saskia17, TarrynZ
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1,655 members
160 reviews
3.8
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100 members
1 review
3.9
98
72 members
1 review
3.9
2 Members
al.vick, scraps
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103 members
2 reviews
2.9
2 Members
paradoxosalpha, elenchus
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paradoxosalpha: A fiction unapologetically diagnosing the socio-cultural ailment of the US.
100
892 members
44 reviews
4.1