Sookie Stackhouse Books in Order
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past two years, you must have heard about or watched the vampire drama series, True Blood. The series takes a look at a world, where all those monsters under your bed, like vampires and demons, live out in the open with humans. Plenty of action, mythology and a dark comic twist, the story behind True Blood is an equally popular novel series, called Southern Vampire Mysteries. With 10 books released and fans eagerly awaiting the 11th volume, this series is yet another glimpse into the world of occult. Before you knock it off as another Twilight reproduction (incidentally Twilight novels series was released after this series), read on to learn the story and a list of Sookie Stackhouse novels in order.
Southern Vampire Mysteries
The Southern Vampire Mysteries is a supernatural novel series, which describes a world in which beings like vampires, werewolves and fairies live side by side with humans, and are considered as legal citizens. This series is written by Charlaine Harris and published first in 2001. Unlike most spooky fiction where these occult members hide from society, here vampires reveal themselves to the human world, to live among them. They no longer need to feast on human blood, as a group of scientists developed a substitute. But they are extremely secretive about their society and way of life.
The main protagonist is Sookie Stackhouse, a barmaid living in Louisiana. She seems to be a normal, twenty something young woman, but she has a secret: she's telepathic. She and her sibling, Jason, are orphans who live with their grandmother until her death. How Sookie became a telepathic is unclear. Both she and her brother have fairy blood, but Jason just has the power of attraction, while Sookie is blessed with more magical talent.
Sookie can read people's minds, some easily as compared to others. She can commune with other telepaths but she cannot read the minds of vampires clearly, though sometimes she gets rare glimpses. Her gift of telepathy shields her from mental manipulation from vampires and other mythical beings like maenads. The series mythology has many different types of spooky creatures, and in each book, Sookie meets and interacts with different ones. Her boss Sam is a shapeshifter, and her great-grandfather, Niall Brigant, is a fairy prince. She gets involved with Bill Compton, a vampire, because she cannot read his mind.
List of Sookie Stackhouse Books in Order
- Dead Until Dark (2001): The series' first novel and Sookie's first adventure, where she meets Bill, and a string of vicious murders take place in the sleepy town of Bon Temps.
- Living Dead in Dallas (2002): Sookie is approached by a coven of vampires from Dallas, to help them find one of their missing members. In this book, she encounters an anti vampire gang, The Fellowship of the Sun, and learns more about the secret life of vampires.
- Club Dead (2003): When Bill mysteriously disappears, Sookie travels to Mississippi to find him. She meets the king of vampires Russel Edgington and Lorena, Bill's maker, who are both hiding something.
- Dead to the World (2004): Sookie finds the vampire sheriff Eric, lost and suffering from amnesia, and decides to help him recover. Meanwhile Jason goes missing and it's up to Sookie to find out what's really going on.
- Dead as a Doornail (2005): Someone is hunting the shape-shifters and wereanimals in Louisiana and Jason is the prime suspect. The shifters are out for vengeance and Sookie has to race against time, to find the real shooter.
- Definitely Dead (2006): When her cousin Hadley is killed, Sookie inherits everything and travels to New Orleans to see if she can find out the truth. She meets the vampire queen of Louisiana and discovers Bill's dark secret.
- Altogether Dead (2007): The vampire summit is being held and Sookie is asked by the vampire queen, to help prove her innocence in her husband's murder. Sookie gets more than she bargained for, with her first encounter of vampire politics.
- From Dead to Worse (2008): After the horrific events at the vampire summit, a shaken Sookie returns home to learn some startling truths about her powers. A war is breaking out in both the wereanimals and vampire clans and Sookie must find a way to bring peace back to both communities.
- Dead and Gone (2009): The Were community decide to reveal themselves to the world, the vampire king struggles to gain power and the fairies are having a war. Sookie's plate is full, handling issues from all sides.
- Dead in the Family (2010): Sookie's life slowly comes back to order but everyone around here seems to have family problems. Sookie meets her nephew Hunter, who is also telepathic and helps him with his power.
- Dead Reckoning: The bar where Sookie works is bombed and now tension is ripe in the town of Bon Temps. Something seems to be afoot with the local vampire community as well. As usual, Sookie gets involved in this twisted tale of events. This volume will be released in May 2011.
