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Books Like The Vampire Lestat

by Anne Rice · about this book

Loved The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice? If its series, vampires and vampire protagonist hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Empire of the Dawn, The God of Endings and The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Vampire Lestat: Series · Vampires · Vampire Protagonist · Paranormal · First Person Narrator

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   Empire of the Dawn

   Jay Kristoff

   Vampires · Anti-Hero · Morally Gray Character · Horror · Frame Story

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   The God of Endings

   Jacqueline Holland

   Vampire Protagonist · Vampires · Paranormal · Gothic Fiction · Lyrical Prose

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   The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

   Stephen Graham Jones

   Vampires · Horror · Frame Story · Paranormal · First Person Narrator

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   Titus Groan

   Mervyn Peake

   Gothic Fiction · Lyrical Prose · Classics · Atmospheric · Sprawling Epic

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5. 

   Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

   V E Schwab

   Vampires · Paranormal · Gothic Fiction · Lyrical Prose · Morally Gray Character

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6. 

   Frankenstein

   Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

   Gothic Fiction · Horror · Dense Prose · Atmospheric · First Person Narrator

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7. 

   Betrayed

   P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

   Vampire Protagonist · Vampires · Paranormal · First Person Narrator · Series

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8. 

   Night Watch

   Sergei Lukyanenko

   Paranormal · Vampires · Morally Gray Character · Male Lead · Series

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9. 

   Dracula

   Bram Stoker

   Vampires · Gothic Fiction · Paranormal · Horror · Atmospheric

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10. 

    Fledgling

    Octavia E. Butler

    Vampire Protagonist · Vampires · Paranormal · First Person Narrator · Horror

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11. 

    The Gunslinger

    Stephen King

    Anti-Hero · Morally Gray Character · Atmospheric · Male Lead · Classics

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12. 

    Perfume

    Patrick Süskind

    Paris · Lyrical Prose · Classics · Anti-Hero · Male Lead

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13. 

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Robert Louis Stevenson

    Gothic Fiction · Horror · Frame Story · Atmospheric · Male Lead

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14. 

    A Book of Bones

    John Connolly

    Horror · Paranormal · Atmospheric · Sprawling Epic · Dense Prose

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15. 

    Black Leopard, Red Wolf

    Marlon James

    Anti-Hero · Frame Story · Lyrical Prose · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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16. 

    Bloodsucking Fiends

    Christopher Moore

    Vampire Protagonist · Vampires · Paranormal · Series · Male Lead

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17. 

    The Complete Stories and Poems

    Edgar Allan Poe

    Gothic Fiction · Horror · Dense Prose · Atmospheric · Classics

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18. 

    A Far Better Thing

    H.G. Parry

    Paris · Lyrical Prose · Morally Gray Character · Anti-Hero · Male Lead

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19. 

    What Moves the Dead

    T Kingfisher

    Gothic Fiction · Horror · Atmospheric · First Person Narrator · Dark

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20. 

    Vampires of El Norte

    Isabel Cañas

    Vampires · Horror · Paranormal · Gothic Fiction · Atmospheric

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