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Got fangs? If you’re a fan of "Twilight," these are some supernatural stories you can really sink your teeth into.


Life SucksAbel, Jessica
Life Sucks
Being undead isn’t what the books & movies make it out to be, especially when you’re bound in eternal servitude to the bloodsucking owner of a chain of convenience stores.

ThirstyAnderson, M.T.
Thirsty
Chris is going through a lot of changes. These aren’t your typical growing pains. His teeth are growing. He’s sleeping during the day. He’s losing his reflection. And he’s oh so very, very thirsty…

In the Forests of the NightAtwater-Rhodes, Amelia
In the Forests of the Night
The night her brother was murdered, Rachel was transformed into the vampire Risika. 300 years later she’s decided it’s time for some payback.

DarksideBecker, Tom
Darkside
On the run, 14-year-old Jonathan stumbles into London’s hidden Darkside. Home to vampires, werewolves, and villains of all sorts, Darkside is a place from which there may be no escape…

Glass HousesCaine, Rachel
Glass Houses
Claire thought the bullies in her freshman dorm would be the death of her. That was before she learned the town of Morganville was overrun with vampires.

City of BonesClare, Cassandra
City of Bones
Clary has the Sight, an ability that puts her on the menu for all the nasty things in the shadows that are trying to take over the human world.

WoundedCole, Stephen
Wounded
Tom and Kate flee Kate’s family to New Orleans in search of a witch doctor who may hold the cure that will keep them from becoming werewolves.

The Good Girl’s Ghoul’s Guide to Getting EvenKenner, Julie
The Good Girl’s Ghoul’s Guide to Getting Even
Beth Frasier was in heaven when she landed a date with the star quarterback. But the date went wrong and left her thirsty for a lot more than Diet Coke.

Blood and ChocolateKlause, Annette Curtis
Blood and Chocolate
What with Vivian falling in love with a human and a brutal murderer stalking the streets, it doesn’t look like her werewolf pack will be settling peacefully into life in the suburbs any time soon.

The Silver KissKlause, Annette Curtis
The Silver Kiss
A mysterious teenage boy harboring a dark secret helps Zoë come to terms with her mother’s terminal illness.

The Historian: a NovelKostova, Elizabeth
The Historian: a Novel
When her father goes missing, a young American girl sets out to find him. The only clue to his disappearance, an ancient and seemingly blank book inscribed with a fearsome dragon and the word “Drakulya.”

UninvitedMarrone, Amanda
Uninvited
Jordan’s life was spiraling downward but it’s hit a new low now that her undead-ex is at her window every night, begging her to invite him in.

Got Fangs?Maxwell, Katie
Got Fangs?
Traveling across Hungary with a Psychic Fair isn’t Fran’s idea of a good time. But things start looking up when she meets motorcycle-riding, mysterious Benedikt, who just may be a vampire.

SunshineMcKinley, Robin
Sunshine
There hadn’t been any trouble out at the lake for years, and Sunshine just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts. Vampires never entered her mind. Until they found her.

Vampire AcademyMead, Richelle
Vampire Academy
Vampire Princess Lissa and her bodyguard and best friend Rose couldn’t escape St. Vladimir’s forever. But the academy that should be home may be the most dangerous place for them of all.

Suck it upMeehl, Brian
Suck it up
Scrawny, teenaged, vegan (he drinks soy-blood subsitute) vampire Morning McCobb becomes the first vampire to come out of the coffin and reveal the presence of the undead to the world.

The DarkangelPierce, Meredith Ann
The Darkangel
Aeriel braves the vampyre’s castle to rescue her friend and discovers the Darkangel’s secret. Who will she choose to save—the vampyre or the world?

Weregirls: Birth of the PackPopescu, Petru
Weregirls: Birth of the Pack
Lily and her soccer team have more to worry about than how they do on the field—they have newly awakened magical powers and a newly awakened ancient enemy.

Carpe JugulumPratchett, Terry
Carpe Jugulum
When a family of vampires with “modern notions” attempt to take over the Kingdom of Lancre, only an inexperienced witch stands in their way.

Vampire HighRees, Paul
Vampire High
It doesn’t take long for Cody Elliot to realize that his new high school is a little different. The other students are supernaturally strong, don’t like the sunlight, and are always placing orders at the local blood bank.

My Swordhand is SingingSedgwick, Marcus
My Swordhand is Singing
In the dead of winter, an isolated village is terrorized by the undead. The village’s only hope: a rag-tag band of gypsies, a woodcutter with a past, and a young man armed with a legendary sword.

Cirque du FreakShan, Darren
Cirque du Freak
Sneaking into an illegal freak show, two best friends encounter a deadly spider…and a centuries-old vampire.

TantalizeSmith, Cynthia Leitch
Tantalize
Transforming the family restaurant into a vampire-themed upscale establishment seemed like a good idea…until the head chef was brutally murdered, the police’s only suspect a werewolf.

DraculaStoker, Bram
Dracula
After discovering the double identity of a wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire in this classic tale of the undead.

Companions of the NightVande Velde, Vivian
Companions of the Night
When Kerry goes back to the laundromat for her brother’s stuffed bear she walks into what looks like a gang war or a drug deal gone bad. Instead, she’s up to her neck in kidnapping, car theft, murder…and vampires.

PeepsWesterfeld, Scott
Peeps
Cal is parasite positive, a peep. Employed by a secret government organization, he tracks down others who’ve been transformed into crazed cannibals. Unfortunately, the peeps may be the least of the city’s worries…

The Last Days: a NovelWesterfeld, Scott
The Last Days: a Novel
Busy forming their new band, five teens have little time for the impending vampire apocalypse. But will their music bring about the end of the world, or save it?

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