Books like 'Vampires'
Readers who enjoyed Vampires by Stephen Krensky also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Pet Psychic Mysteries Boxset Books 5-8 by Erin Johnson
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTalking animals. Quirky cases. An enchanting town. This series has it all, like you’ve never read before!Jolene Hartgrave, here! I went from being a top dog lawyer to a hangdog pet psychic in the ruff part of town, all thanks to a pesky curse that gave me the gift of gabbing with animals.But my luck is finally looking up... -
Tattered Remnants by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn a world overrun by zombies, one family struggles against all odds to hold on. With three vampires closing in can the Talbot family withstand the coming onslaught? Or will they become a footnote in the history of the apocalypse... -
Forced Ascent by John Conroe
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsChris Gordon has never had an easy relationship with the White House. Now, after rescuing his goddaughter from a secret base in New Hampshire, it’s reached a new low. You drop one little asteroid onto the continental United States and the entire government goes crazy. On top of that Halloween is fast approaching and demons are popping through into our world every which way... -
Night Wedding by Lisa Carlisle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy vampire boyfriend is acting strange.Is it the seven-month itch?We’ve passed that milestone, but maybe our relationship has become routine. My best friend thinks I should spice things up. That might be easy for a half-siren, but I’m a witch. I can master spells, not seduction.My awkward attempt proves it. I'll stick to dancing in clubs rather than my bedroom...Categorized as:
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Pop of the Bumpy Mummy by Troy Cummings, Niloufar Amanzadeh
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA creepy mummy monster is on the loose in Stermont!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina... -
Empire State of Slime by John Kloepfer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies take Manhattan in Empire State of Slime, book four of John Kloepfer's hilarious and stomach-churning Zombie Chasers tween series, with illustrations by David DeGrand...Categorized as:
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Script Book Season One Vol. 1 by Joss Whedon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis volume contains the first six scripts from the first season of the television programme Buffy the Vampire Slayer. These scripts are the shooting drafts, and contain production notes, cut dialogue and different scenes... -
Moldilocks and the Three Scares: A Zombie Tale by Lynne Marie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA zombie-tastic take on a favorite fairy tale! “A horror spoof with a big heart: Lorenzo’s acrylic and colored pencil cartooning offers a warm glow, and readers will cheer for this undead family that finally feels complete.” —Publishers Weekly Forget Goldilocks and the three bears—MOLDILOCKS and the THREE SCARES are here, in a delightful new version of the popular story... -
Robots versus Slime Monsters by A. Lee Martinez
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA. Lee Martinez delivers his first short story collection, featuring ten original tales based on his previous fantasy and science fiction novels. If you're a Martinez fan, this collection is surely something you've been waiting for... -
The Vampire Bunny by James Howe, Jeff Mack
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHarold the dog thinks the Monroes' new pet rabbit is just a cute little bunny. But when the vegetables in the Monroes' kitchen start turning white, Chester the cat is worried. Could Bunnicula be a vampire bunny? Chester will stop at nothing to protect the Monroes and their vegetables from the threat... -
Chosen by Nancy Holder
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBIGGEST BADDEST BUFFY OF THEM ALL The First has come to Sunnydale and set its sights on taking down the Slayer. On the side of the White Hats: Buffy, Xander, Willow, Anya, Dawn, Giles, Spike, Faith, Angel, and an assortment of young, innocent, untried Potentials... -
American Monsters by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe epic conclusion in the mind-blowing supernatural thriller from bestselling author DEREK LANDY, creator of international sensation Skulduggery Pleasant.Bigger, meaner, stronger, Amber closes in on her murderous parents as they make one last desperate play for power... -
Vampirina Ballerina by Anne Marie Pace
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOh, to be a ballerina! It's a challenge for any little girl, but even more so if you happen to be a vampire like Vampirina. First of all, you have to find a class that meets at night... -
Benjamin's Parasite by Jeff Strand
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStrand, author of The Sinister Mr. Corpse, Gleefully Macabre Tales, and Pressure, delivers his most outrageous adventure yet--an over-the-top mix of gruesome body horror and a wacky road-trip comedy... -
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With Teeth by Brian Keene
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor a group of middle-aged friends, the trip into the forest was supposed to be simple. All they had to do was find a place to set up their criminal enterprise, and all of their financial problems would be solved. But now, night is falling, and with the darkness comes something else. Something fast. Something ferocious. Something... with teeth... -
The Haunted Dinosaur : A Geronimo Stilton Adventure by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGet ready for a fur-raising adventure with Creepella von Cacklefur! A terrible haunted dinosaur is wreaking havoc throughout Mysterious Valley! He's scattering bones and leaving destruction in his wake... -
A Dose of Agony by Stacey Trombley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe final installment of the Shadow Hills Relentless series.They say the games have only just begun, but I'm here to end them once and for all.A civil war is brewing in the Under World, lead by the same villain who stole my sister from me. Jarron must return to his world for damage control, leaving me alone at Shadow Hills Academy again... -
From Dusk Till Dawn: A Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe screenplay of Tarantino's film "From Dusk until Dawn," this is the story of two kidnappers who use a lapsed preacher and his two teenage children as human shields in their escape to Mexico. Mayhem ensues when they encounter a group of creatures who exist only from dusk until dawn... -
Dracula and Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis e-book publication is unique which includes compilation of two classics, Dracula and Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker. A new table of contents with working links has been included by a publisher. This edition has been corrected for spelling and grammatical errors... -
The Best of Cemetery Dance, Volume 1 by Richard Chizmar, Stephen King
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Cemetery Dance, the award-winning showcase for today's greatest masters of dark fiction, comes a stunning short story anthology of dark dreams, forbidden fantasies, and waking nightmares... -
Storberry by Dan Padavona
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDo You Miss the Days when Vampire Novels were Scary?Haunted by the demons of his childhood, Evan Moran returns to Storberry, Virginia, to find a greater evil threatens the town. Across town, teenager Jen Barrows is frightened by the strange noises which come from her garage crawlspace after nightfall, despite the assurances of friend Tom Kingsley that there is nothing to fear... -
Knead to Know by Liz Schulte
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaggie Edwards can’t sleep, eat, or die—but, she can bake. However, just before the Halloween grand opening of her bakery, a pesky reporter witnesses an accident in her kitchen and gets a little too close to the truth. If she can’t convince him to keep quiet, not only will she lose her chance at happiness, but they both could lose their lives... -
Mr. Jingle by Layla Fae
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe faint jingling of bells is the only warning she’ll get when he comes.Mr. Jingle has been trapped for millennia, his only entertainment the faces flashing outside his prison, all as indifferent as snowflakes, all as cold.Until her.She captivates him. Her smile is as glorious as her tears. There has never been a more beautiful face, a more radiant personality, a more mesmerizing voice... -
HOLLOW by Celina Myers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMia feels stuck. The only talents she has ever had - the ability to see ghosts - dried up when she was a child. She knows there must be something more for her out there, but what? Then one day a tragic series of events kills her and she soon discovers she has been turned into a vampire. She must choose between two vampire families - and two unexpected loves... -
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The Greatest Trick The Devil Ever Pulled by Anonymous
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Dead Hunters are back in a new adventure. When the Devil finds out he's been tricked by the Bourbon Kid he brings Count Dracula back from Hell to help him exact his revenge. Meanwhile Elvis and Rodeo Rex do a favour for Papshmir, the local priest in Santa Mondega. A favour that causes all kinds of trouble for everyone... -
All You Can Eat by Johnny B. Truant
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSAVE WITH THE FAT VAMPIRE BUNDLE!This book is also available in the "Fat Vampire Value Meal," which contains books 1-4 in the Fat Vampire series. You can get it here: http://johnnybtruant... -
Don't Scream: 60 Tales to Terrify by Blair Daniels
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI picked up a hitchhiker. Now I’m not sure I’ll get home alive. I finally bought my own Airpods. I hear something terrifying when I wear them. Today, I looked in the mirror... for the first time in 10 years. Do NOT read a book called “Goodnight, Precious” to your children. DON’T SCREAM brings you 60 terrifying tales for your darkest nights... -
Guide to the Sabbat by Justin Achilli
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShadows of the Elders War The Sabbat are depraved monsters, reveling in their Damned state and herding the kine about them like cattle. Or so it would seem to the uninitiated. In truth, the Sabbat wage a secret war on the elders, struggling night after night to free themselves from the tyranny of the dread Antediluvians and the Jyhad itself... -
The Fifth House of the Heart by Ben Tripp
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFilled with characters as menacing as they are memorable, this chilling twist on vampire fiction packs a punch in the bestselling tradition of ’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King.Asmodeus “Sax” Saxon-Tang, a vainglorious and well-established antiques dealer, has made a fortune over many years by globetrotting for the finest lost objects in the world... -
Vampenguin by Lucy Ruth Cummins
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the critically acclaimed author and illustrator of A Hungry Lion and Stumpkin comes a charming, wryly humorous story of adventure, mistaken identity, and a vampire family’s day at the zoo.On a Saturday morning, baby Dracula visits the zoo with his family, where baby Penguin lives with hers. But these intrepid young adventurers are not content with staying in their proper places... -
Harder Better Fatter Stronger by Johnny B. Truant
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSAVE WITH THE FAT VAMPIRE BUNDLE!This book is also available in the "Fat Vampire Value Meal," which contains books 1-4 in the Fat Vampire series. You can get it here: http://johnnybtruant... -
Clanbook: Malkavian Revised by Ethan Skemp, Jess Heinig
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Circle of ChaosThe childer of Malkav bear two curses: undeath and madness. From emotionless sociopaths to raving lunatics and everything in between, the Malkavians nonetheless command startling insight... -
I Love My Fangs! by Kelly Leigh Miller
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs a vampire still a vampire if his fang is all wobbly? Find out in this funny and endearing spin on the classic first lost tooth story.Young Dracula loves his fangs. They are pointy. They are sharp! They are a cherished family trait. So one day, when a fang wiggles…and jiggles…and falls loose, Dracula doesn’t know what to do. He tries pushing it back in. Then taping it. Then sticking it... -
Hottest Blood by Jeff Gelb, Michael Garrett
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTerror never felt this sexy! Graham Masterton, Bentley Little, Rex Miller, Elizabeth Massie, David Schow, Matthew Costello, John Shirley, Thomas Tessier, Grant Morrison and other established masters, as well as rising stars in the galaxy of horror writers, weave riveting tales of sex and terror... -
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Goodnight Kiss by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGoodnight Kiss 1Matt and his girlfriend, April, are plunged into a horrifying world of endless night when they encounter the vampires of Sandy Hollow. April is lured away from Matt when a vampire controls her -- hypnotizes her with his strange, intoxicating kisses. Now Matt must save April, before she gets her final goodnight kiss. Goodnight Kiss 2 Bill has been to Sandy Hollow before... -
Guide to the Camarilla by Richard Dansky
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRoses watered with blood It has been over five centuries since the curtain of the Masquerade was drawn across the stage of the Kindred. It has been five centuries of secrecy, tradition and lies, five centuries of hidden elegance and terror. It has been five centuries since anyone knew the truth. Now, at last, the curtain will be drawn back. The lies will be exposed... -
Dracula Doesn't Play Kickball by Debbie Dadey, Marcia Thornton Jones
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDrac is back! A funny and spooky new adventure in the best-selling and beloved series about a town where the grown-ups are more than a little weird.Just when you thought it was safe to go out on the playground...Drac is back!There are some odd grown-ups living in Bailey City...Categorized as:
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Vampirina at the Beach by Anne Marie Pace
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the summer moon is full, a beach trip is an epic way to spend the night. With her signature poise, Vampirina and her clan gear up for a festive time at the beach. Keeping her ballet lessons in mind, Vampirina demi-pliés on a surfboard, leaps for a volleyball, and finishes each competition with style, even if she doesn't always come out on top... -
Blood Red by James A. Moore
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor years, Halloween has been a time for celebration in picturesque Black Stone Bay, RI. But this year, things will be very different. This year, the town will learn that things that go bump in the night are not always figments off the imagination... -
Last Breath by Joe Hill
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . .Francis is unhappy... -
Abraham's Boys by Joe Hill, David LeDoux
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . .Francis is unhappy... -
The Thirst by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSenior year begins on a gruesome note when students are found drained of blood... -
Bats by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA frightening tale about a swarm of vampire bats that have developed a taste for human blood--from bestselling author Johnstone (Watchers in the Woods). The great black cloud of terror appeared one evening in the southern U.S. --first hundreds and then thousands. No one knows how to stop the deadly shadows, but someone has to find a way... -
Royal Sparks by Avery Free
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI never wanted to be the Chosen, but it seems it’s not up to me…My powers can help shape the future of my world, like little sparks igniting change. But as a stranger to the paranormal, how do I know what to decide?And what if the decision I make is wrong?In this world, one wrong move can cost you everything, and most consequences must be paid in blood... -
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Rite of Passage by John Passarella
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThirty years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a demonic supernatural force. Following the tragedy, their father taught the boys everything about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners of America... and how to kill it.Laurel Hill, New Jersey is beginning to look like one of the unluckiest places on Earth when a series of mishaps hit the town... -
Horror Stories - A Collection of Terror by Jack Kilborn, J.A. Konrath
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis collection features a menagerie of horror stories. Some are scary. Some are disturbing. Some are funny. Meet werewolves, vampires, zombies, psychopaths, aliens, cannibals, ghosts, and various things that go bump in the night.Previously published in dozens of anthologies and magazines, some of these tales are mild, but some are extreme. Let the reader beware.. -
Quit Calling Me a Monster! by Jory John
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe talented creators of I Will Chomp You! brilliantly frame the struggle to buck stereotypes and learn empathy in this monster’s hilarious lament... -
Suckers by J.A. Konrath, Jeff Strand
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStrand's perpetually unlucky character Andrew Mayhem sets off on a simple mission at the request of his wife: Get some spaghetti sauce. On his way to the store he meets Konrath's obnoxious private eye Harry McGlade, co-star of the Lt. Jack Daniels thrillers.Horrific violence, bad jokes, and lots of name calling soon ensues. Some sex, too, but not between the main characters... -
Goodnight Kiss 2 by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVampires are stalking the small resort town of Sandy Hollow. Billy knows it; his girlfriend was one of the victims last summer. Now Billy is back - and he wants revenge.His friends don't believe him. But nobody can explain the bodies found on the beach - with two puncture holes in the neck. Or the swarm of bats that appear each night.The undead are here, and Billy's going to beat them... -
Tastes Like Chicken by Johnny B. Truant
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe story of Reginald -- the world's slowest, weakest, most out-of-shape vampire -- continues in this second installment of the FAT VAMPIRE series… +++++It's been six months since fast-food-addicted Reginald Baskin was turned into a vampire too fat to live peacefully amongst the glamorous undead -- six months in which Reginald and his two-thousand-year-old maker Maurice have learned that power...
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