Virtual Display: Books that Bite

Ahh, vampires. Cold, undead, violent, and blood-drinking - what's not to love?

**If you click on a book cover image, you will be linked to the PRHS online catalogue entry for that book/series.

Dracula by Bram Stoker

The ultimate vampire novel. Jonathan Harker is a London solicitor (lawyer) who is sent to Count Dracula's Transylvanian castle, and what he discovers there sends chills down his spine - and probably yours as well. Terrifying!





Vampire Plagues by Sebastian Rook

This series sees a boy named Jack witness a swarm of black creatures fly off a boat in the London docks in 1850 and meets another boy from that same ship. With no one else to turn to, they follow the vampires and face them together.



In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Risika is a powerful vampire who hunts alone at night in New York City. Someone left her a black rose - the same flower that preceded her fate 300 years ago when she was still human. What will happen when a figure from her past continues to haunt her?




Cirque du Freak series by Darren Shan

In this popular series, young Darren Shan falls unwillingly into the world of vampires when he and his friends visit a freak show.







Spine Tinglers: Tales to make you Shiver by Bruce Coville

A great collection of horror stories.








Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

I recently posted a review for this book here on the blog, so you might want to check that out. Briefly, this story is about a girl who moves to Washington state and encounters a boy with whom she falls deeply in love. But what secret is Edward and his family hiding?