Charlaine Harris Books
Charlaine Harris has been writing books for over 25 years.
Charlaine Harris started out writing ghost stories but then switched to writing plays and poetry while in college. After she had her kids she began writing mysteries; her first mystery book “Real Murders” from the Aurora Teagarden series, won an Agatha Award nomination.
Charlaine then developed a new mystery series set in Arkansas about Lily Bard, a woman running a housecleaning business who’s trying to escape a horrific act that occurred in her past.
Charlaine’s next endeavor was to develop a series that was much darker that included elements of mystery, romance, and fantasy. That launched the beginning of the popular Southern Vampire Mystery series, commonly referred to as either “the Sookie Stackhouse books” or “True Blood books.”
Charlaine Harris lives in Arkansas with her husband, 3 children, 3 dogs, and “Not Duck.” You can read Charlaine’s hilarious story about their new pet at the Charlaine Harris blog.
Southern Vampire (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) Books
These books by Charlaine Harris are the basis for the extremely popular True Blood TV show in HBO. They center around Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress in a bar in Louisiana who falls in love with a sexy and dangerous vampire.
#1: Dead Until Dark
#2: Living Dead in Dallas
#3: Club Dead
#4: Dead to the World
#5: Dead as a Doornail
#6: Definitely Dead
#7: All Together Dead
#8: From Dead to Worse
#9: Dead and Gone
#10: A Touch of Dead
Here’s the entire listing of Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Books in order
And here’s a comprehensive overview of ALL of the Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse books, including the short story books that have Sookie in them.
Harper Connelly Mystery Series
#1: Grave Sight
#2: Grave Surprise
#3: An Ice Cold Grave
#4: Grave Secret
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries
#1: Real Murders
#2: A Bone to Pick
#3: Three Bedrooms, One Corpse
#4: The Julian House
#5: Dead Over Heels
#6: A Fool and His Money
#7: Last Scene Alive
#8: Poppy Done to Death
I started reading her books after several friends told me about them they gave me the first book which I put off reading. I’m not much of a reader anymore with 2 kids and a husband. But after the first book of the Sookie Stackhouse series Dead Until Dark. I was hooked. Now I have found my LOVE for reading again thanks Charaline Harris!!!!
I have read/listened to all of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse books, all of The Grave Series, and now I’m working on the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries and Lily Bard in Shakespear Mysteries. Each character is quite different but all the main characters are women with strong qualities and the ability to critically think! I would really like to meet Charlaine Harris some day.
Same here! She’s done an amazing job with her books and I’m glad to see her get the recognition she deserves!
I agree, her books are friggin awesome! I’ve read other books in this genre and I really love Charlaine’s books, they have this quality where you just can’t put them down. I reocommended these to my best friend and she loves them.
Thank you Charlaine!
I read all the Sookie Stackhouse books and watched the first season of True Blood I got very ill and missed the entire 2nd season of True Blood I woudld like to know when those episodes wil air? I hope soon
The third season of True Blood will begin in June.
The second year is available at HBO On Demand.
Terri:
Thanks for the update!
Is the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries available in a box set?
I started reading these books and loved them from the beginning. Unfortunately I started with Club Dead then the next one and found out I had to go back to the beginning. But they are awesome I went to the library to check out the whole series so I could keep going I read like 2 to 3 a week.
Amy
i have read all the true blood books and loved them …..now i am reading the grave bookd and loving them too
I recently came across one of your books, the Sookie Stackhouse series… i have either read them all or listened to them in the car. Now im starting on the Harper series…. that are wonderful. I cant get enouph of them.
I started reading the True Blood – Sookie Stackhouse series when I finished reading Twilight. My friend said they were great. She was so wrong – they’re by far the best books I have ever read. I can’t wait to get home from work to read. When is the next one out?
Gabbie from London
i got hooked on the trueblood show and my friend told me about the books….so to the library i went and now i am done…3 weeks and i have read them all i couldnt put them down….
Wow! Reading them all in 3 weeks is pretty fast! They’re great, aren’t they?
I can’t wait for the next book “Dead Reckoning”, Sookie Stackhouse Book 11 to be available on May 3rd!
I have read all of your books and love your writing. I was wondering if you were going to write any more of the Aurora or Harper series as they are really great.
Joyce:
Those books are great aren’t they? They’re written by Charlaine Harris, who I’m not. Sorry! My name is CJ and I run this site.
However, have you heard the latest? CBS plans to turn the Harper Connelly books into a series called Grave Sight! Hurrah!
I just can’t get enough of Charlaine Harris. I am reading everything she has done. Sookie Stackhouse, Harper, Shakespear and now starting on the Teagarden series. I have also read some of her short stories. I tell all my reading friends that they need to start on her books.
And did you know that the Harper Connelly series will be made into a TV series by CBS? I can’t wait!
When the series will be available on TV’s? Because I can’t wait for that, I am so exited. let’s hope it will have a generous budget.