The Books

[Cassidy]

So she's doing away with including "Dead" in every title.

[Terri]

Hard to say. That could be the publisher's idea. But I love the books. One thing I love about the series though is Tara. Her character is a lot more interesting in the show.

[jessica83]

I didn't know she was coming out with TWO new books i thought there would only be one now im totally stoked.

[Vanora]

I'm currently reading #6 - Definitely Dead - finding it a bit strange. I do have to agree with liking the first couple of books when Bill did seem innocent. The character I like most in the books is Eric - he just makes me laugh! I think the actors who portray Eric and Pam are pretty right on.

[Lynsay]

Hi Kaitlin - how was it different? What were you expecting that did/didn't happen?

I've read up to Dead and Gone, cannot wait for the next one to come out!

Has anyone read any of the short stories? apparently they fill in a good bit of backstory between the books.

[SandraM]

deleted user wrote: "Here is where you can talk about one of Charlaine Harris's books.
Here is the latest list of all her upcoming Sookie Stackhouse books.


Sookie Stackhouse:

1. Dead Until Dark (2001)
2. Li..."


Actually the next Sookie book is called Dead in the Family and you can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_in_... and
http://www.amazon.ca/Dead-Family-Sook...


Apparently the book that her and Eric are finally together. Due out in May 2010.

[Lynsay]

Hi all

Thanks Sandra - here's an updated list:

Sookie Stackhouse:

1. Dead Until Dark (2001)
2. Living Dead in Dallas (2002)
3. Club Dead (2003)
4. Dead to the World (2004)
5. Dead as a Doornail (2005)
6. Definitely Dead (2006)
7. All Together Dead (2007)
8. From Dead to Worse (2008)
9. Dead and Gone (2009)
10. Dead in the Family (2010)

[Jayme(the ghost reader)]

I am caught up with all the books exccpt the short stories one

[Beccy]

I'm reading dead as a doornail at the moment :-)

[Elise-Pinterest+Goodreads=The Perfect Book Boyfriend]

This question is for those that read the books and watch the show. Most books are so much better than the shows/movies, would reading the books destroy my love for the show? I really like the show and I wouldn't want to mess that up.

[SandraM]

No reading the books won't destroy the show. The show appears to be loosely based on the novels. I really want to finish reading the whole series before the third season comes out.

[Lynsay]

The series deviates a lot from the books - characters are expanded, or new ones are added, things happen at different times etc. They've kept about 50% of the books so a lot is different. I tend to treat them as two different things, rather than tying them together!

[Katherine]

Lyndsay,

I agree, you almost have to look at them as two seperate stories with similar/same characters. I guess it is just a lot of information to try to incorporate into a series. I enjoy both, and take some pleasure in pointing out the differences to my husband who will never read the books and probably could care less about the differences.