Sookie Stackhouse book 1 · 2001
Dead Until Dark
Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress in Bon Temps, Louisiana, is thrilled when a vampire, Bill Compton, walks into the bar, because she cannot hear his thoughts. Then women who have had vampire lovers start turning up dead.
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Book facts
- Author
- Charlaine Harris
- Series
- Sookie Stackhouse, book 1 of 13
- Published
- 2001
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Bon Temps, Louisiana
- Characters charted
- 6
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in Dead Until Dark
6 recurring or key characters from Charlaine Harris’s chart. Introduces Sookie Stackhouse, Bill Compton, Eric Northman, Sam Merlotte and 2 more.
Lead 1
- Sookie StackhouseFirst appearanceTelepathic waitress in Bon Temps, Louisiana
Major 2
- Bill ComptonFirst appearanceVampire, Sookie's first love
- Sam MerlotteFirst appearanceShapeshifter who owns Merlotte's bar
Minor and cameo 3
- Eric NorthmanFirst appearanceVampire sheriff of Area Five
- Jason StackhouseFirst appearanceSookie's brother
- Pam RavenscroftFirst appearanceEric's vampire child
Also featuring these characters
Other Charlaine Harris books that share the most characters with Dead Until Dark.
- Club Dead2003 · Sookie Stackhouse · 6 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Dead to the World2004 · Sookie Stackhouse · 6 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Dead as a Doornail2005 · Sookie Stackhouse · 6 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Definitely Dead2006 · Sookie Stackhouse · 6 shared charactersBuy on Amazon