While there’s been a steady undercurrent of undead content in pop culture across eras and societies, the present uptick is notable because vampires aren’t the only thing returning in the near future: an economic recession is coming as well. Marvel is set to bring its living vampire Morbius to the big screen in July, and Mahershala Ali will step into the boots of cult-hero vamp slayer Blade in a forthcoming Marvel film. But wait, there’s more: Jay Kristoff’s Empire of the Vampire, an illustrated fantasy trilogy, is slated for September 2020, as is the cheekily-named young-adult anthology Vampires Never Get Old. If you prefer reading to screening, the first volume in Renée Ahdeih’s Beautiful duology was released earlier this year, with a sequel coming in 2020 Buffy the Vampire Slayer returned in fantasy author Kiersten White’s January 2019 novel, Slayer. Netflix is streaming comic-book adaptation V Wars just in time for the holidays, and 2019 also brought yet another film adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic 1871 gothic-romance novel, Carmilla. Stock up on garlic and holy water, because vampires are back-again. Grab a wooden stake and some garlic, because it’s time to dive in to this roundup of the best vampire books ever.Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, left, and Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (Photo credit: Doane Gregory/ Summit Entertainment)

Whether you’re a believer in the undead or just a superfan of authors like Stephen King and Stephenie Meyer, there’s easily something for you to sink your teeth into here. So cast the remote aside and cozy up with these page-turners instead. (And if all this talk of vampires has you wondering if they were ever real, you can find the answer here.)Ī lo of these vampire books are the inspiration for the films that keep you up at night. So it's no surprise that current books are also finding fertile ground in the genre, from sympathetic vampire tales to bone-crunching chills. Now we're making vampire costumes for kids and the family dog, binging vampire movies each October, and sinking our teeth into the best vampire quotes around. The publication of Bram Stoker's Dracula really sealed the deal in 1897. The vampire genre has been a part of popular culture since the 18th century, when it first appeared in poetry and later became a mainstay of Gothic fiction.

Vampires never get old