Books like The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

1. 

   The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories

   Charlotte Perkins Gilman · 1892

   Because shares tags: feminism, horror.

   A young mother confined for her health fixates on yellow wallpaper, plus 39 other Gilman stories on marriage and work.

2. 

   The Historian

   Elizabeth Kostova · 2005

   Because shares tags: horror, vampires.

   A daughter traces her father's search for Dracula through letters and archives across Europe.

3. 

   'Salem's Lot

   Stephen King · 1975

   Because shares tags: horror, vampires.

   A writer returns to Jerusalem's Lot as an old house fills with vampires.

4. 

   Interview with the Vampire

   Anne Rice · 1976 · The Vampire Chronicles #1

   Because shares tags: horror, vampires.

   Louis tells a reporter how Lestat made him and how Claudia doomed them all in New Orleans and Paris.

5. 

   Dracula

   Bram Stoker · 1897

   Because shares tags: horror, vampires.

   Count Dracula sails for England in letters and diaries, and Van Helsing leads the hunt to stop him.

6. 

   We Have Always Lived in the Castle

   Shirley Jackson · 1962

   Because shares tag: horror.

   Merricat guards sister Constance after arsenic deaths, until cousin Charles invades and fire frees them.

7. 

   Untamed

   P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast · 2008 · House of Night #4

   Because shares tag: vampires.

   Zoey loses friends and faces Neferet's war as Kalona wakes under Tulsa.

8. 

   The Waste Lands

   Stephen King · 1991 · The Dark Tower #3

   Because shares tag: horror.

   Jake rejoins ka tet through Lud toward Blaine riddle ride.

9. 

   The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings

   Edgar Allan Poe · 1843

   Because shares tag: horror.

   Mad narrators, Dupin puzzles, mournful poems, and Pym in one Bantam collection.

10. 

    The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

    Stephenie Meyer · 2010 · The Twilight Saga #3.5

    Because shares tag: vampires.

    Newborn Bree thinks through hunger with Diego in Victoria army basement.

11. 

    The Power

    Naomi Alderman · 2016

    Because shares tag: feminism.

    Girls gain electric skeins and the world reorders through four witnesses.

12. 

    The Phantom of the Opera

    Gaston Leroux · 1910

    Because shares tag: horror.

    A masked Erik haunts the Paris Opera, coaching Christine Daae while rivaling Raoul for her. Chandelier crash, cellar lake, and unmasking…

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