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  • The Twilight Saga

    It was inevitable that Myer's corny, teen vampire romance would be one of the best-selling fantasy series of this day and age. After a quite lull in the vampire fantasy...

  • Sookie Stackhouse

    For those who love Twilight, the next step should be to read the Sookie Stackhouse novels. The popular True Blood TV series was based on these novels, so if you...

  • Night Watch

    The unusual Moscow setting of Night Watch is echoed by its magic system. Lukyanenko’s contemporary world is inhabited by both humans and ‘Others’, supernatural beings who can attune to Dark...

  • Black Dagger Brotherhood

    If you are looking for a romantic vampire horror novel, the Companions of the Night are some of the better books to be found. What’s so good about these novels...

  • Vampire Academy

    While we've given a selection of some of the more serious works of Vampire fiction, sometimes you want a more low brow read, one full of teen angst, young adults,...

  • To Kill A Warlock

    Those who want empowerment chick-lit paranormal romance fantasy in the vein of Charlaine Harris' The Southern Vampire Mysteries books with a sassy, strong female protagonist who kicks a lot of...

  • Vampire Kisses

    Goth girl meets vampire and falls in love. This book will appeal to young adults who adore the Twilight style of vampire romance. This is the classic girl-torn-between-two-different-guys story. If...

  • House Of Night

    This series follows sassy 16-year-old Zoey Redbird as she transforms into a vampire after being marked out by a vampire tracker. She’s forced to move from home into a sort...

  • The Southern Vampire Series

    These are probably the best vampire romance novels currently on the market. There’s a nice balance between romance and plot in this series. Relationships are more mature than in Twilight...

  • Fevre Dream

    He writes stories where castration, rape, skull-crushing, and child sacrifice are parred for the course. So it should come as no surprise that George R.R. Martin conquered the sub-genre of...

  • The Last Vampire

    If you've read Twilight, True Blood, The Vampire Diaries, and company take note, this is the novel you ’ve been looking for. It is in fact one of the best...

  • Twilight Series

    As one of the most popular fantasy series in history, it would be remiss not to include Stephanie Myers Twilight series on this list. The 4-book series has had an...

  • Twilight's Dawn

    "Twilight's Dawn" is a fantasy novel by American author Anne Bishop. It was published in 2011 and is the ninth book in the "Black Jewels" series.The "Black Jewels" series is...

  • Abhorsen

    Sometimes the best – and most unique – new fantasy comes from the Young Adult section. Before Twilight reared it's sparkly head, Garth Nix created a world that explores our...

  • Vampire Chronicles

    Anne Rice is considered one of the pioneers of the vampire genre.  The Sookie Stackhouse and Twilight novels were heavily influenced by Anne Rice's’work.Anne Rice’s most popular work (and perhaps...

  • Morganville Vampires

    A vampire series that has a bit more of a bite than Twilight. Unlike Twilight, these novels actually have some “scary” moments in them. Vampires are not very nice in...

  • Fledgling

    For a powerful vampire novel that tackles some of life’s important issues. Fledgling is not your standard vampire novel. So if you are expecting Twilight 7, don’t waste your time....

  • A Gathering Of Shadows

    If you like what Schwab did in her first book, A Darker Shade of Magic, then you'll definitely like what she does in the sequel. I had mixed feelings about...

  • Dark Prince

    You get a sex scene! You get a sex scene! Everybody gets a sex scene! We've talked about fluffy escapist books, funny heroes and interesting mythologies. Now let's talk passion....

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  • Best Vampire Books

    We've completely updated this Vampire list for 2017, adding more books, updating the descriptions, and generally providing a deeper and more broad curation of the best the Vampire genre has to...

  • Vampire Books for Young Adults

    The interest in vampire fiction has reached a fever pitch and one of the most popular subgenres of fantasy has fast become the Paranormal Romance genre, which is stacked with...

  • Top 50 Best Epic Fantasy

    Epic fantasy is arguably the father of all fantasy subgenres. It's also the most popular fantasy genre, with hordes of new epic fantasy books being released each month. Unfortunately, the...

  • Top 25 Paranormal Romance Books

    Bare chests and muscles. Tattoos and fangs. Bad boys and shapeshifters. Paranormal romance is fantasy heavy petting lite. It's the genre millions of people turn to when they're looking for...

  • Best Vampire Romance Books

    With the vampire craze over the past couple of years, the market has been flooded with Twilight wannabies and shoddy vampire romance. Despite all the low quality vampire books taking...

  • Top 25 Paranormal Fantasy Books

    Bare chests and muscles. Tattoos and fangs. Bad boys and shapeshifters. Paranormal romance is fantasy heavy petting lite. It's the genre millions of people turn to when they're looking for...

  • The Best of the Dresden Clones

    All these books are in some way similar to The Dresden Files while still being completely unique.  Butcher's Dresden seemingly created an entire subgenre of Urban Fantasy -- one of...

  • The Worst Fantasy Books Ever

    This list contains the books you should generally, in my opinion, avoid. Some of the authors who published this crap should never have been published, while the others should be...

  • The Best Sci-Fi Movies

    The Sci-Fi genre is arguably one of the most exciting in the film industry. The freedom of Sci-Fi allows almost endless subject matter possibilities. Hence, Science Fiction movies, unlike other...

  • Best Fantasy Books of the 70's

    The 70's saw us Afro hairstyle, the Me generation, the continuation of the Cold War, the end of the Vietnam war, and death of the hippy trail.  It was also...

  • Top 25 Best Fantasy Books of the 90's

    Ah the 90's. Bad fashion, bad hair and Nickelback.If fashion and hairstyles (and arguably music) took a hit, fantasy certainly did not. The 90's saw the emergence of some of...

  • The Best Fantasy Books of the 1960's

    The Swinging 60's. The Space Race. Martin Luther King JR. Vietnam. JFK. The Beetles Woodstock. Bonnie and Clyde. The Sound of Music. The Jungle Book. The 60's is an era...

  • Top 25 Fantasy Books of the 80's

    The 80s wasn't just a period of Hammertime(!) and big hair. It was also a revolutionary decade for fantasy. a revolution in the marketplace that helped make fantasy the pop...

  • Best of the Tolkien Clones

    Tolkien is considered the founding father of the modern epic fantasy. Thus, it’s no surprise that many fantasy epics give a heavy nod to Tolkien, through some of the plot...

  • Top 100 Fantasy Books

    This list continues directly from where  the Top 25 Best Fantasy List ends, starting from #26 and ending at #100 (yes, I know the list shows #1, but 1 = 26).Frankly, there are...

  • Top 25 Best Fantasy Books Since 2010

    Sometimes you don't want to wade through older books when picking out your next selection of best fantasy to read. As impacting and awesome as some of the older 'greats'...

  • Best Fantasy Books You've Never Read

    Most astute fantasy readers have heard about the hyped-up authors – those authors who are often touted as the “best” in a genre; they are quite often the first fantasy...

  • Best Fantasy Games with a Story

    There are plenty of Fantasy and Science Fiction video games out there. Here is my list of the Best Fantasy Games ever. These games all range from first person shooters...

  • Best Sci-Fi Games with a Story

    Are you a science fiction fan who loves video games with a rich story? There are a gazillion sci-fi themed games out there, but few of them actually deliver a...

  • World Fantasy Award Winners

    A list of all the books that have won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, from the first (1975) to the newest 2014.The award is given out for the...