I've been looking for good vampire/werewolf books WITHOUT a lot of romance. It's getting really annoying. I'm currently reading Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (did I spell that right?), and it's good, but it's a little too romantic for my liking. If you know any, please tell!
2007-02-20 15:16:36 · 10 answers · asked by wolf_girl9218 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Thx in advance.
2007-02-20 15:35:08 · update #1
Perfect werewolf books - written by A. Borchardt (Anne Rice's sister). It is a series set in ancient times (Rome, Gaul, Normandy,etc) They are called "The Wolf King", "The Silver Wolf", "The Dragon Queen", etc. They are awesome - very challenging reading - but awesome epics.
2007-02-20 16:43:06 · answer #1 · answered by Karla R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know what you mean, some of the books out there in this genre are just chick lit masquerading as horror/fantasy. Here are a few that I liked:
Of Saints and Shadows by Christopher Golden. It's the first in a series about vampires. Minor romance, but it doesn't drive the plot and it's mostly in the background.
Already Dead by Charlie Huston. It's a modern vampire novel with a really richly imagined social structure. Definitely not a romance, it's more of a thriller. I think the sequel just came out, too.
Shadows Bite by Stephen Dedman. It's actually the sequel to The Art of Arrow Cutting, Dedman's first book. There were no vampires in that first novel, but they drive the plot of Shadows Bite. It's actually a really fascinating seriess. It's a modern fantasy and it pulls in elements of Asian (specifically Japanese) folklore. Very cool little book.
The Vampire Earth series by EE Knight. I just started reading these, so I can't promise there's no romance later in the series, but from what I've read so far, it's really fascinating and decently written. It's set in the future rather than the present, so it imagines vampires as sort of an alien plague.
Hawke's Harbor by SE Hinton. This is a really interesting book, sort of a character study of a man who unwillingly becomes a servant and pet of a modern vampire. Very different from most other vampire novels out there.
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King. I know it was mentioned before, but it really is worth a read. King said the whole book came about when his wife and he were discussing what they thought would happen if Dracula set up shop in America. His wife thought he would go to New York and get run over by a cab, but King had a far more sinister idea. Very good, very creepy.
Agyar by Stephen Brust. It's a decent character study of a vampire. Not quite as good as some of the others on the list, but interesting nonetheless.
Dragon's Winter by Elizabeth A. Lynn. This is a medieval style fantasy filled with different shapechangers: werewolves, hawks, bears, and even dragons. The text is so lyrical and the story's really compelling. Even though it's chiefly about the rift between two brothers (one of them a dragon shifter, the other not), a huge chunk of the novel follows the werewolf character. He has a wife and child, but the story's not really a romance. It's one of my favorite fantasies of all time.
Hope this helps!
2007-02-21 00:44:10 · answer #2 · answered by ap1188 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know your age, but the Christopher Moore books
Bloodsucking Fiends
You Suck
are more 'mature' (not appropriate for the young adult section) vampire books. They are about a couple in love (she's a vampire, he's not), but not very romantic (in the sappy sense), not scary (in the Anne Rice sense), and have a very sarcastic humor about them.
I read them both and loved them!
2007-02-20 16:12:42 · answer #3 · answered by just_another_nerd 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suggest Anne Rice. I know it is an old classic, but it is good. I personally love: Armand, the vampire. Of course the Interview with the Vampire is the really old classic.
2007-02-20 23:38:02 · answer #4 · answered by leomcholwer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually the sequel to "Twilight", called New Moon, is a vampire/werewolf book. sorry i know you said you don't like a lot of the romance in those, but thats the only one i know.
2007-02-22 05:34:14 · answer #5 · answered by Sami 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
" 'Salem's Lot" by Stephen King
and
"They Thirst" and "Wolf's Hour" By Robert R. McCammon
Once you read these, there's just no comparison to other vampire stories.
If you can also read "Going South" and "Swan Song" Also by McCammon
2007-02-20 15:29:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
how about the vampire chronicles by Anne Rice?
2007-02-20 15:47:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out these:
Dracula by Bram Stoker: The vampire classic.
Mina by Marie Kiraly: In this haunting sequel to Bram Stoker's classic Dracula, the dark prince's most famous mistress tells her story. On the brink of becoming one of the Undead, Mina Harker was saved by a stake driven through Dracula's heart. Mina tries to return to the mortal world, but after feeling Dracula's undying passion, can she go back to an ordinary marriage?
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova: a novel about a quest, reaching through the past five centuries, for the historical Dracula.
While nominally a modern re-telling of the Dracula story, The Historian delves deeply into the nature of history and its relevance to today's world, as well as serving as a cautionary tale on the historical antagonism between Western Civilization and Islam.
Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles: a series of novels that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman made into a vampire in the 18th century.
Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series: Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter is a series of dark fantasy novels by Laurell K. Hamilton, narrated in first person, hard-boiled detective style by the title character, Anita Blake. Anita lives in a fictional Saint Louis much like our own, save that, not only are things like vampires and shapeshifters real, but everyone knows that they're real and they are considered citizens of America, much like normal humans. The novels follow Anita's ongoing conflicts with the supernatural as she attempts to solve a variety of supernatural mysteries, come to grips with her own abilities, and navigate an increasingly complex series of romantic and political relationships.
Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan series: This series is set in an alternate history where a worldwide pandemic caused by genetically modified tomatoes led to the death of a large portion of the world's human population. At that point, the hidden "Inderlanders," creatures such as witches, werewolves, vampires, and more, came forward and revealed their existence to the world.
Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series: Each novel in the series is told from the fictional perspective of Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden (named by his father after Harry Houdini, Harry Blackstone, Sr., and David Copperfield). Dresden is the only professional wizard in modern-day Chicago (he is in the phone book, under "Wizards").
Butcher's original proposed title for the first novel was "Semiautomagic", a title that sums up the series' balance of fantasy and hard-boiled detective fiction. In the world of The Dresden Files, magic is real, along with vampires, demons, spirits, faeries, werewolves, and more. The general public that Harry Dresden works to protect does not believe in magic or the large array of dark forces which regularly conspire against them. This makes it tough for Harry to get by as a working wizard and private eye. Fortunately, the Chicago PD's Special Investigation unit led by Lt. Karrin Murphy regularly employs Dresden to help solve cases of a supernatural nature.
Sweetblood by Pete Hautman: A Young Adult novel where Lucy Szabo, a 16-year old diabetic, has lived with her disease ever since she was bitten by a bat years ago. However, she has a theory on her condition: centuries ago, when diabetes was not recognized as a disease and insulin did not exist, the suffering diabetics were the first actual vampires.
Midnight's Choice by Kate Thompson: second in a Young Adult trilogy about children who can shapeshift into any animal, real or imaginary, living or undead.
Companions of the night by Vivian Vande Velde: In this Young Adult novel, when Kerry Nowicki goes to the laundromat at 11PM to retrieve her little brother's teddy bear, she sees three men drag in a young man they insist is a vampire. Kerry helps the bloodied man escape, then finds herself pursued by the vampire hunters as well. When her father and brother are kidnapped, she must turn to the vampire for help--and finds herself falling in love.
If you just want to kill some time and have some fun reverting back to childhood, check out The Bailey School Kids series by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thronton Jones. They have some humorous titles like "Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots," "Werewolves Don't Go to Summer Camp," and "Dracula Doesn't Rock and Roll".
2007-02-21 02:14:26 · answer #8 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm. go to the vampire library website..
www.vampirelibrary.com
they might help you
2007-02-20 15:23:21 · answer #9 · answered by Gerard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AT YOUR LIBRARY!!
2007-02-20 15:19:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋