Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series

30 primary works • 47 total works
Series of urban fantasy novels, narrated by title character, Anita Blake. Anita lives in a parallel universe, much like our own, save that not only do things like vampires and shapeshifters exist, but their presence is public knowledge. The novels follow Anita's conflicts with the supernatural as she attempts to solve a variety of mysteries, come t…

Book 0.5

Strange Candy
3.78
· 17717 Ratings · 444 Reviews · published 2006 · 17 editions
The #1 New York Times bestselling author's short s…
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Book 1

Guilty Pleasures
4.02
· 155294 Ratings · 7037 Reviews · published 1993 · 115 editions
My name is Anita Blake. Vampires call me The Execu…
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Book 2

The Laughing Corpse
4.13
· 89540 Ratings · 2525 Reviews · published 1994 · 82 editions
Harold Gaynor offers Anita Blake a million dollars…
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Book 3

Circus of the Damned
4.17
· 98155 Ratings · 1988 Reviews · published 1995 · 4 editions
In Circus of the Damned-now in trade paperback for…
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Book 4

The Lunatic Cafe
4.13
· 82286 Ratings · 1711 Reviews · published 1996 · 64 editions
Anita has fallen for the leader of a local pack of…
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Book 5

Bloody Bones
4.12
· 77947 Ratings · 1564 Reviews · published 1996 · 67 editions
Hired to exhume two-hundred-year-old graves in the…
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Book 6

The Killing Dance
4.13
· 75733 Ratings · 1628 Reviews · published 1997 · 55 editions
With a price on her head and professional hitmen o…
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Book 7

Burnt Offerings
4.09
· 72683 Ratings · 1298 Reviews · published 1998 · 66 editions
"You can't trust anyone who sleeps with the monste…
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Book 8

Blue Moon
4.07
· 68800 Ratings · 1293 Reviews · published 1998 · 3 editions
When she chose master vampire Jean-Claude over her…
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Book 8.5

Bite
3.78
· 16932 Ratings · 479 Reviews · published 2004 · 13 editions
The bite is back in vampire fiction as five of tod…
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Book 9

Obsidian Butterfly
4.10
· 67402 Ratings · 1751 Reviews · published 2000 · 41 editions
The Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter backlist takes fli…
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Book 10

Narcissus in Chains
3.93
· 61751 Ratings · 1447 Reviews · published 2001 · 53 editions
Hamilton's vampire-hunting Anita Blake faces a ple…
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Book 11

Cerulean Sins
3.88
· 54576 Ratings · 1068 Reviews · published 2003 · 3 editions
Cerulean Sins, the eleventh entry in the hugely-po…
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Book 12

Incubus Dreams
3.82
· 52366 Ratings · 1239 Reviews · published 2004 · 3 editions
In the latest New York Times bestselling Anita Bla…
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Book 12.5

Cravings
3.84
· 9001 Ratings · 225 Reviews · published 2004 · 12 editions
Four favorite authors present their favorite chara…
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Book 13

Micah
3.68
· 48308 Ratings · 1121 Reviews · published 2006 · 9 editions
"RAISING THE DEAD IS EASY. LOVE IS HARD..."

There …
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Book 14

Danse Macabre
3.84
· 48991 Ratings · 1084 Reviews · published 2006 · 3 editions
Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN […
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Book 15

The Harlequin
3.94
· 47344 Ratings · 1075 Reviews · published 2007 · 3 editions
Anita Blake is about to face the challenge of her …
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Book 16

Blood Noir
3.89
· 43530 Ratings · 1156 Reviews · published 2008 · 3 editions
Readers can't get enough of the #1 New York Times …
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Book 17

Skin Trade
3.95
· 40413 Ratings · 1309 Reviews · published 2009 · 3 editions
Once you tell someone certain things, like, say, y…
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Book 18

Flirt
3.76
· 36953 Ratings · 1291 Reviews · published 2009 · 3 editions
When Anita Blake meets with prospective client Ton…
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Book 19

Bullet
3.87
· 36001 Ratings · 1326 Reviews · published 2010 · 3 editions
The music came back up and the next group of littl…
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Book 20

Hit List
3.97
· 31349 Ratings · 1704 Reviews · published 2011 · 3 editions
A serial killer is hunting the Pacific Northwest, …
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Book 20.5

Beauty
3.74
· 9026 Ratings · 403 Reviews · published 2012 · 6 editions
The steamy outtake that takes readers even further…
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Book 21

Kiss the Dead
3.86
· 27282 Ratings · 1789 Reviews · published 2012 · 33 editions
When a fifteen-year-old girl is abducted by vampir…
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Book 22

Affliction
4.07
· 23336 Ratings · 1882 Reviews · published 2013 · 24 editions
Micah’s estranged father lies dying, rotting away …
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Book 22.5

Dancing
3.97
· 7244 Ratings · 363 Reviews · published 2013 · 5 editions
For most people, summer barbecues are nothing to b…
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Book 22.75

Shutdown
3.65
· 2040 Ratings · 167 Reviews · published 2013 · 1 edition
This story is for all my readers who have been imp…
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Book 23

Jason
3.56
· 14574 Ratings · 1177 Reviews · published 2014 · 3 editions
"Enjoying pain with your pleasure is something you…
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Book 24

Dead Ice
3.97
· 16494 Ratings · 1520 Reviews · published 2015 · 3 editions
"If you've never read this series, I highly recomm…
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Book 24.5

Wounded
3.94
· 4520 Ratings · 279 Reviews · published 2016 · 1 edition
Be proud of Life’s battle scars, it means you were…
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Book 25

Crimson Death
3.93
· 13840 Ratings · 1445 Reviews · published 2016 · 22 editions
In her twenty-fifth adventure, vampire hunter and …
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Book 25.1

A Girl, a Goat, and a Zombie
3.86
· 325 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 2016 · 1 edition
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Book 26

Serpentine
3.98
· 11370 Ratings · 1292 Reviews · published 2018 · 21 editions
Vampire hunter Anita Blake has managed to overcome…
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Book 26.5 (Zombie Dearest)

Fantastic Hope
3.90
· 2234 Ratings · 358 Reviews · published 2020 · 6 editions
A collection of 16 sci-fi and fantasy stories edit…
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Book 27

Sucker Punch
4.00
· 9849 Ratings · 1339 Reviews · published 2020 · 17 editions
A brutal murder, a suspect in jail, and an executi…
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Book 28

Rafael
4.19
· 9316 Ratings · 914 Reviews · published 2021 · 14 editions
Rafael, king of the wererats, must fight to the de…
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Book 29

Smolder
3.85
· 7480 Ratings · 921 Reviews · published 2023 · 10 editions
The wedding of the century between vampire hunter …
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Book 30

Slay
4.23
· 6589 Ratings · 708 Reviews · published 2023 · 9 editions
Laurell K. Hamilton has captivated readers with he…
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Book 1-3

Club Vampyre
4.47
· 2898 Ratings · 67 Reviews · published 1997 · 11 editions
Club Vampyre brings together the first three Anita…
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Book 1-5

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-5
4.66
· 1233 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 2011 · 3 editions
More information to be announced soon on this fort…
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Book 4-6

The Midnight Cafe
4.49
· 2776 Ratings · 34 Reviews · published 1997 · 1 edition
Three Anita Blake novels in collector's edition ha…
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Book 6-10

Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Collection: Books 6-10
4.53
· 1573 Ratings · 29 Reviews · published 2011 · 4 editions
A collection of books 6-10 in Laurell K. Hamilton'…
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Book 7-8

Black Moon Inn
4.48
· 1970 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1998 · 3 editions
Two novels. Burnt Offerings - Blue Moon.
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Book 9-10

Nightshade Tavern
4.49
· 1128 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2005 · 4 editions
Omnibus edition with both Obsidian Butterfly and N…
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Book 11-15

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 11-15
4.48
· 1477 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 2011 · 3 editions
The #1 New York Times bestselling author who "just…
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Book 16-19

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 16-19
4.49
· 1119 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 2011 · 3 editions
A collection of books 16-19 in Laurell K. Hamilton…
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