Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library
Youth Services Department
Suggested Reading List

Young Adult Vampire Fiction


Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia.  In the Forests of the Night . Y PB A
Risika, a teenage vampire, wanders back in time to the year 1684 when, as a human, she died and was transformed against her will.

Brewer, Heather.  The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod : Eighth Grade Bites. Y Fic Brewer
For thirteen years, Vlad, aided by his aunt and best friend, has kept secret that he is half-vampire, but when his missing teacher is replaced by a sinister substitute, he learns that there is more to being a vampire, and to his parents' deaths, than he could have guessed.

Caine, Rachel.  Glass Houses.  Y FIC Caine (SERIES)
In Morganville, Texas, a town where evil terrorizes the streets under the cover of darkness, Claire Danvers, who has had enough of her current dorm situation, moves off campus and discovers that her new roommates are vampires.

Cary, Kate.  Bloodline. Y Fic Cary (SERIES)
In this story told primarily through journal entries, a British soldier in World War I makes the horrifying discovery that his regiment commander is descended from Count Dracula.

Cast, P.C. Imortal: Love Stories with Bite. Y SS Cast

De la Cruz, Melissa. Blue Bloods. Y FIC De la Cruz
Select teenagers from some of New York City's wealthiest and most socially prominent families learn a startling secret about their bloodlines.

De la Cruz, Melissa. Masquerade : a Blue Bloods novel. De la Cruz
Schuyler Van Alen, growing comfortable with her newfound vampire powers, seeks her grandfather in Italy, while back in New York plans are being completed for the fabulous Four Hundred Ball, to be followed by an elite, teens-only event at which masks hide a terrible secret.

Klause, Annette Curtis.  The Silver Kiss. Y Fic Klause
A mysterious teenage boy harboring a dark secret helps Zoƫ come to terms with her mother's terminal illness.

La Fevers, R. L. (Robin L.)  Werewolf rising. Y Fic LaFevers
Just before his thirteenth birthday, an uncle he never knew takes Luc deep into the woods of the Pacific Northwest, where he learns that he is a werewolf whose pack is in danger from fanatics who are following his trail.

Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight. Y Fic Meyer
When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.

Rook, Sebastian.  London, 1850. Y Fic Rook
As street urchin Jack Harkett boards a merchant ship that has just docked to capitalize on its goods, he finds only a young stowaway on board who tells him tales of a horrific evil that killed the entire crew, and the two boys vow to stop this plague from continuing its destructive ways.

Sampson, Jeff.  Vesper: A Deviant's Novel.  Y FIC Sampson
By the time sixteen-year-old Emily discovers that she and several of her high school classmates in their small Washington town are products of genetic engineering, they display all very dangerous powers by night and are stalked by a murderer.

Shan, Darren.  Cirque du Freak. Y Fic Shan
Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.

Smith, Cynthia Leitich.  Tantalize. Y Fic Smith
When multiple murders in Austin, Texas, threaten the grand re-opening of her family's vampire-themed restaurant, seventeen-year-old, orphaned Quincie worries that her best friend-turned-love interest, Keiren, a werewolf-in-training, may be the prime suspect.

Smith, L. J. (Lisa J.)  Secret Vampire. Y PB S
When she is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Poppy is astounded when her best friend, James, reveals that he is a vampire and has always loved her, and Poppy is forced to choose between dying young and becoming a vampire.

Smith, L.J. Vampire Diaries

Somper, Justin.  Vampirates: Demons of the ocean. J Fic Somper
When twins Connor and Grace's ship is wrecked in a storm and Connor is rescued by pirates, he believes that Grace has been taken aboard the mythical Vampirate's ship, and he is determined to find her.

Vampires : a collection of original stories. Y SS Vampire
A collection of thirteen original stories about vampires by a variety of authors.

Westerfeld, Scott. Peeps : a novel. Y Fic Westerfeld
Cal Thompson is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism, and must hunt down all of the girlfriends he has unknowingly infected.

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