Find your next SF/F read by mood

universe144 books1897

Horror.

“Around that single novel a whole crypt of continuations has grown, raised by many writers across a century.”
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Start with Dracula →

includes Dracula Sequence, Dracula Adaptations, Quincey Morris (Dracula spin-off), The Return of Dracula, Dracula's Children, Theological College of St. Van Helsing

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

series15 books1976

completed

Gothic, dark in tone, about immortality, set in contemporary.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
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Start with Interview with the Vampire →

The GoldenNovel

Lucius Shepardstandalone novel1993

Gothic and mystery & detective, dark in tone, about murder investigation.

“Mobilized by the news of this discovery, aristocratic vampire clans arrive at the looming Castle Banat, where they plan to partake of the sublime blood.”
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The Stress of Her Regard UniverseSeries

series3 books1989

Historical fantasy and dark fantasy, dark in tone.

“Tim Powers's The Stress of Her Regard reimagines the lives of Byron, Shelley, and Keats through a secret history in which they are stalked and inspired by a nephilim, a shape-shifting vampiric being that acts as a deadly muse.”
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Start with The Stress of Her Regard →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue

Start with City of Bones →

includes Ghosts of the Shadow Market, Magnus Bane, The Infernal Devices, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Last Hours, The Eldest Curses, The Dark Artifices

All SoulsSeries

series5 books2011

Historical fantasy, about witches and forbidden love, set in contemporary.

Start with A Discovery of Witches →

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