Reading order · 13 books · 2001 to 2013 · Set in the fictional Bon Temps, Louisiana
Sookie Stackhouse Books in Order
Sookie Stackhouse is a waitress in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps who can read minds. Now that vampires have come out in public, she meets one, and finds herself drawn into a hidden world of vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters and fairies. The books inspired the television series True Blood.
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Series facts
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 2001 to 2013
- First book
- Dead Until Dark
- Latest
- Dead Ever After (2013)
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Bon Temps, Louisiana
The reading order
Every Sookie Stackhouse book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
13 books · Set in the fictional Bon Temps, Louisiana
- 1Dead Until Dark2001With Sookie StackhouseSookie 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.Buy on Amazon
- 2Living Dead in Dallas2002With Sookie StackhouseSookie is lent to the vampires of Dallas to use her telepathy to find a missing vampire, and runs into the anti-vampire church, the Fellowship of the Sun.Buy on Amazon
- 3Club Dead2003With Sookie StackhouseBill has disappeared, and Sookie goes to Jackson, Mississippi, with the werewolf Alcide Herveaux to find him in a club for supernatural creatures.Buy on Amazon
- 4Dead to the World2004With Sookie StackhouseOn New Year’s Eve, Sookie finds the vampire Eric Northman running down the road with no memory of who he is, and agrees to hide him while a coven of witches threatens the area.Buy on Amazon
- 5Dead as a Doornail2005With Sookie StackhouseShapeshifters around Bon Temps are being shot by a sniper, and Sookie’s brother Jason, newly a werepanther, is a suspect.Buy on Amazon
- 6Definitely Dead2006With Sookie StackhouseSookie goes to New Orleans to settle the affairs of her cousin Hadley, a vampire, and becomes involved with the vampire queen of Louisiana.Buy on Amazon
- 7All Together Dead2007With Sookie StackhouseSookie attends a summit of vampires in Rhodes, working for the queen of Louisiana, and senses danger in the hotel.Buy on Amazon
- 8From Dead to Worse2008With Sookie StackhouseIn the aftermath of disaster, the vampire and werewolf worlds of Louisiana are thrown into turmoil, and Sookie is caught in the middle.Buy on Amazon
- 9Dead and Gone2009With Sookie StackhouseThe werewolves and shifters reveal themselves to the world, and soon after, a shifter is murdered in Bon Temps.Buy on Amazon
- 10Dead in the Family2010With Sookie StackhouseSookie recovers from her ordeal in the fairy war, while family visitors, living and dead, turn up in Bon Temps.Buy on Amazon
- 11Dead Reckoning2011With Sookie StackhouseMerlotte’s bar is firebombed, and Sookie is caught up in Eric’s dangerous political battles.Buy on Amazon
- 12Deadlocked2012With Sookie StackhouseA young woman is found dead at Eric’s house, and Sookie must decide what to do with a powerful fairy relic.Buy on Amazon
- 13Dead Ever After2013With Sookie StackhouseSookie faces old enemies and new accusations, in the final Sookie Stackhouse novel.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read the thirteen novels in order, starting with Dead Until Dark. Sookie’s relationships and the politics of the supernatural world build from book to book.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Sookie Stackhouse | Bill Compton | Eric Northman | Sam Merlotte | Jason Stackhouse | Pam Ravenscroft | Alcide Herveaux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Dead Until Dark | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | |
| 2 Living Dead in Dallas | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | |
| 3 Club Dead | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 4 Dead to the World | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 5 Dead as a Doornail | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 6 Definitely Dead | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 7 All Together Dead | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 8 From Dead to Worse | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 9 Dead and Gone | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 10 Dead in the Family | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 11 Dead Reckoning | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 12 Deadlocked | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 13 Dead Ever After | LLead | ·Minor | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
Characters in the Sookie Stackhouse books
7 characters from Charlaine Harris’s chart, with the number of Sookie Stackhouse books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Sookie StackhouseTelepathic waitress in Bon Temps, Louisiana | 13 | Dead Until Dark 2001 |
| Bill ComptonVampire, Sookie's first love | 13 | Dead Until Dark 2001 |
| Eric NorthmanVampire sheriff of Area Five | 13 | Dead Until Dark 2001 |
| Sam MerlotteShapeshifter who owns Merlotte's bar | 13 | Dead Until Dark 2001 |
| Jason StackhouseSookie's brother | 13 | Dead Until Dark 2001 |
| Pam RavenscroftEric's vampire child | 13 | Dead Until Dark 2001 |
| Alcide HerveauxWerewolf | 11 | Club Dead 2003 |