32 Books like Dracula

Empire of the Vampire

by Jay Kristoff

The sun has gone dark. A half-vampire and a street thief hold the world's last light.

4.33

82k+

⚔️ Grimdark Epic 🧛 Vampire Hunters 🤝 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Romance 🕯️ Chosen One Sacrifice

Empire of the Vampire 91%

The sun has gone dark. A half-vampire and a street thief hold the world's last light.

by Jay Kristoff 2021

4.33

82k+ ratings

⚔️ Grimdark Epic 🧛 Vampire Hunters 🤝 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Romance 🕯️ Chosen One Sacrifice

Powers of Darkness

by Valdimar Ásmundsson • 1901

A Transylvanian castle imprisons a solicitor as its blood-drinking master schemes to rule the world.

3.63

2k+

🦇 Vampire Conspiracy 🖤 Erotic Horror 💋 Femme Fatale Vampire 🕯️ Ritual Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror

Powers of Darkness 95%

A Transylvanian castle imprisons a solicitor as its blood-drinking master schemes to rule the world.

by Valdimar Ásmundsson 1901

3.63

2k+ ratings

🦇 Vampire Conspiracy 🖤 Erotic Horror 💋 Femme Fatale Vampire 🕯️ Ritual Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror

Dracul

by Dacre Stoker • 2018

Before he wrote Dracula, Bram Stoker was saved by a nanny who slept in earth.

4.14

19k+

🏚️ Irish Gothic 📜 Epistolary Horror 🩸 Tragic Vampire 🤝 Immortal Pact 🧬 Cursed Bloodline

Dracul 94%

Before he wrote Dracula, Bram Stoker was saved by a nanny who slept in earth.

by Dacre Stoker 2018

4.14

19k+ ratings

🏚️ Irish Gothic 📜 Epistolary Horror 🩸 Tragic Vampire 🤝 Immortal Pact 🧬 Cursed Bloodline

The Madness

by Dawn Kurtagich • 2024

A psychiatrist returning to Wales to save a dying friend walks into a centuries-old hunting ground.

3.71

3k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic Horror 🧛‍♀️ Dracula Retelling 🦇 Women Hunting Monsters 🌿 Welsh Folklore 💀 Toxic Devotion

The Madness 92%

A psychiatrist returning to Wales to save a dying friend walks into a centuries-old hunting ground.

by Dawn Kurtagich 2024

3.71

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic Horror 🧛‍♀️ Dracula Retelling 🦇 Women Hunting Monsters 🌿 Welsh Folklore 💀 Toxic Devotion

Black Ambrosia

by Elizabeth Engstrom • 1988

An orphaned drifter chooses to become a vampire: the hunger is real, and so are the bodies.

3.74

877

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Trauma As Monster ✍️ Lyrical Horror 🏚️ Small Town Horror

Black Ambrosia 91%

An orphaned drifter chooses to become a vampire: the hunger is real, and so are the bodies.

by Elizabeth Engstrom 1988

3.74

877 ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Trauma As Monster ✍️ Lyrical Horror 🏚️ Small Town Horror

The Vampire Diaries, Volumes 1-4

by L.J. Smith • 1991

In Victorian London, a vampire hunts the real Ripper to save his brother from the gallows.

3.96

6k+

🩸 Historical Vampires 👬 Vampire Brothers 🔪 Jack The Ripper 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 💔 Vampire Guilt

The Vampire Diaries, Volumes 1-4 Summary

The Vampire Diaries, Volumes 1-4 90%

In Victorian London, a vampire hunts the real Ripper to save his brother from the gallows.

by L.J. Smith 1991

3.96

6k+ ratings

🩸 Historical Vampires 👬 Vampire Brothers 🔪 Jack The Ripper 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 💔 Vampire Guilt

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

by V.E. Schwab • 2025

Three women, five centuries, one vampire's promise: you are mine forever, and forever is a cage.

3.88

218k+

🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🦇 Vampire Gothic 💔 Toxic Immortal Love 🏚️ Vampire Found Family 🌑 Lyrical Gothic

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil Summary

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil 90%

Three women, five centuries, one vampire's promise: you are mine forever, and forever is a cage.

by V.E. Schwab 2025

3.88

218k+ ratings

🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🦇 Vampire Gothic 💔 Toxic Immortal Love 🏚️ Vampire Found Family 🌑 Lyrical Gothic

House of Hunger

by Alexis Henderson • 2022

Marion sells her blood to a northern countess, but the gothic estate hungers for far more.

3.63

25k+

🩸 Sapphic Gothic Horror 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💔 Dark Sapphic Romance 🦴 Body Horror 🖤 Sensual Horror

House of Hunger 90%

Marion sells her blood to a northern countess, but the gothic estate hungers for far more.

by Alexis Henderson 2022

3.63

25k+ ratings

🩸 Sapphic Gothic Horror 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💔 Dark Sapphic Romance 🦴 Body Horror 🖤 Sensual Horror

Lucy Undying

by Kiersten White • 2024

A vampire who survived Dracula and a trapped heiress connect through a century-old journal.

3.69

7k+

🧛 Vampire Retelling 🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🖤 Gothic Romance ⏳ Dual Timelines 🏙️ Victorian London

Lucy Undying 90%

A vampire who survived Dracula and a trapped heiress connect through a century-old journal.

by Kiersten White 2024

3.69

7k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Retelling 🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🖤 Gothic Romance ⏳ Dual Timelines 🏙️ Victorian London

The Tale of the Vampire Bride

by Rhiannon Frater • 2009

Dracula invites a family to his castle; he has chosen the daughter to become his vampire bride.

4.09

1k+

🧛 Vampire Gothic 🗡️ Feminist Vampire 💔 Forced Transformation 🩸 Vampire Brides 🕯️ Gothic Seduction

The Tale of the Vampire Bride 94%

Dracula invites a family to his castle; he has chosen the daughter to become his vampire bride.

by Rhiannon Frater 2009

4.09

1k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Gothic 🗡️ Feminist Vampire 💔 Forced Transformation 🩸 Vampire Brides 🕯️ Gothic Seduction

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood

by James Malcolm Rymer • 1845

A fanged neighbor mirrors the cursed portrait on their wall. Their daughter is his prey.

3.40

2k+

🏰 Victorian Gothic 🩸 Tragic Vampire 💀 Ancestral Curse 📰 Penny Dreadful 🎭 Gothic Melodrama

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood Summary

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood 94%

A fanged neighbor mirrors the cursed portrait on their wall. Their daughter is his prey.

by James Malcolm Rymer 1845

3.40

2k+ ratings

🏰 Victorian Gothic 🩸 Tragic Vampire 💀 Ancestral Curse 📰 Penny Dreadful 🎭 Gothic Melodrama

The Bewitching

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A grad student researching a forgotten horror writer wakes a witch, and she's the next course.

3.81

46k+

🕯️ Academic Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 💔 Saphic Yearning 📜 Found Manuscript 🔮 Generational Curse

The Bewitching 90%

A grad student researching a forgotten horror writer wakes a witch, and she's the next course.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025

3.81

46k+ ratings

🕯️ Academic Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 💔 Saphic Yearning 📜 Found Manuscript 🔮 Generational Curse

The Strain

by Guillermo del Toro • 2009

A dead plane at JFK, a CDC doctor, and a vampire plague that surfaces at sundown.

3.80

91k+

🩸 Vampire Plague 🔬 Epidemiological Horror 👹 Ancient Evil ⚔️ Vampire Hunters 🦠 Body Horror

The Strain 90%

A dead plane at JFK, a CDC doctor, and a vampire plague that surfaces at sundown.

by Guillermo del Toro 2009

3.80

91k+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Plague 🔬 Epidemiological Horror 👹 Ancient Evil ⚔️ Vampire Hunters 🦠 Body Horror

Once Burned

by Jeaniene Frost • 2012

A touch-averse psychic is kidnapped by vampires and forced to ally with Vlad Tepesh, the Dracula.

4.19

72k+

🩸 Vampire Romance 🔮 Psychic Heroine 🏰 Gothic Atmosphere 🗡️ Vampire Politics 🚪 Forced Proximity

Once Burned 90%

A touch-averse psychic is kidnapped by vampires and forced to ally with Vlad Tepesh, the Dracula.

by Jeaniene Frost 2012

4.19

72k+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Romance 🔮 Psychic Heroine 🏰 Gothic Atmosphere 🗡️ Vampire Politics 🚪 Forced Proximity

Cartas de inverno

by Agustín Fernández Paz • 1995

A painter finds a hidden room in his new house, and something ancient begins to feed.

3.68

1k+

✉️ Epistolary Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 📖 Cursed Object 🎨 Artist's Obsession

Cartas de inverno 90%

A painter finds a hidden room in his new house, and something ancient begins to feed.

by Agustín Fernández Paz 1995

3.68

1k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 📖 Cursed Object 🎨 Artist's Obsession

Midnight Rooms

by Donyae Coles • 2024

At her new husband's decaying manor, a young bride finds the family's appetites are not human.

3.38

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Bartered Bride 👹 Monstrous In-Laws 🏠 House As Predator 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Midnight Rooms 90%

At her new husband's decaying manor, a young bride finds the family's appetites are not human.

by Donyae Coles 2024

3.38

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Bartered Bride 👹 Monstrous In-Laws 🏠 House As Predator 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

She Made Herself a Monster

by Anna Kovatcheva • 2026

A cursed orphan allies with a vampire slayer to fake her death and flee her abuser.

3.56

2k+

✊ Feminist Horror 🧛‍♀️ Vampire Hunter 💀 Fake Death 👭 Female Alliance 🔗 Patriarchal Abuse

She Made Herself a Monster 90%

A cursed orphan allies with a vampire slayer to fake her death and flee her abuser.

by Anna Kovatcheva 2026

3.56

2k+ ratings

✊ Feminist Horror 🧛‍♀️ Vampire Hunter 💀 Fake Death 👭 Female Alliance 🔗 Patriarchal Abuse

La sed

by Marina Yuszczuk • 2020

Inheriting a cemetery tomb, a grieving daughter unlocks it and wakes the vampire sleeping inside.

3.44

9k+

🧛‍♀️ Female Vampire 🖤 Sapphic Horror 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere ⏳ Historical Horror 🪦 Cemetery Setting

La sed 90%

Inheriting a cemetery tomb, a grieving daughter unlocks it and wakes the vampire sleeping inside.

by Marina Yuszczuk 2020

3.44

9k+ ratings

🧛‍♀️ Female Vampire 🖤 Sapphic Horror 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere ⏳ Historical Horror 🪦 Cemetery Setting

The Lesser Dead

by Christopher Buehlman

Feral child vampires hunt the 1978 subway. The colony that shelters them never stood a chance.

4.07

10k+

🧛 Ancient Child Vampires 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🗽 1970s New York 🕳️ Underground Vampire Colony 👹 Feral Vampires

The Lesser Dead 90%

Feral child vampires hunt the 1978 subway. The colony that shelters them never stood a chance.

by Christopher Buehlman 2014

4.07

10k+ ratings

🧛 Ancient Child Vampires 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🗽 1970s New York 🕳️ Underground Vampire Colony 👹 Feral Vampires

Carmilla

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu • 1872

A remote castle, a lonely girl, and the beautiful stranger whose love drains her of life.

3.87

208k+

🧛 Vampire Gothic 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Gothic 🩸 Female Vampire 💔 Obsessive Love 😰 Atmospheric Dread

Carmilla 93%

A remote castle, a lonely girl, and the beautiful stranger whose love drains her of life.

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu 1872

3.87

208k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Gothic 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Gothic 🩸 Female Vampire 💔 Obsessive Love 😰 Atmospheric Dread

The Historian

by Elizabeth Kostova • 2005

A dragon-emblazoned book draws a girl into her father's past and the truth that Dracula is alive.

3.80

278k+

📖 Academic Obsession 🏛️ Historical Conspiracy 🔍 Archival Mystery 🏰 Eastern European Gothic 🕯️ Slow-Burn Horror

The Historian 93%

A dragon-emblazoned book draws a girl into her father's past and the truth that Dracula is alive.

by Elizabeth Kostova 2005

3.80

278k+ ratings

📖 Academic Obsession 🏛️ Historical Conspiracy 🔍 Archival Mystery 🏰 Eastern European Gothic 🕯️ Slow-Burn Horror

The Crimson Road

by A.G. Slatter • 2025

To claim her inheritance, Violet must journey into the Darklands and kill something that cannot die.

3.87

1k+

🔮 Prophecy 🖤 Gothic Fantasy 🗡️ Reluctant Heroine 👪 Cursed Bloodline 🤝 Found Family

The Crimson Road 90%

To claim her inheritance, Violet must journey into the Darklands and kill something that cannot die.

by A.G. Slatter 2025

3.87

1k+ ratings

🔮 Prophecy 🖤 Gothic Fantasy 🗡️ Reluctant Heroine 👪 Cursed Bloodline 🤝 Found Family

Thirst No. 1

by Christopher Pike • 1998

A five-thousand-year-old vampire has one rule: leave no witnesses. A detective just became one.

3.86

37k+

🧛 90s Vampire Fiction 🩸 Ancient Vampire 💔 Immortal Loneliness 🧬 Vampire Conspiracy 🖤 Gothic Horror

Thirst No. 1 90%

A five-thousand-year-old vampire has one rule: leave no witnesses. A detective just became one.

by Christopher Pike 1998

3.86

37k+ ratings

🧛 90s Vampire Fiction 🩸 Ancient Vampire 💔 Immortal Loneliness 🧬 Vampire Conspiracy 🖤 Gothic Horror

The Hellbound Heart

by Clive Barker • 1986

Her lover vanished solving a puzzle box. Blood she spills brings him back piece by piece.

4.08

70k+

🖤 Erotic Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 💔 Destructive Obsession 🔮 Forbidden Knowledge

The Hellbound Heart 90%

Her lover vanished solving a puzzle box. Blood she spills brings him back piece by piece.

by Clive Barker 1986

4.08

70k+ ratings

🖤 Erotic Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 💔 Destructive Obsession 🔮 Forbidden Knowledge

Blood on Her Tongue

by Johanna van Veen • 2025

A desperate letter summons her to a remote estate where a bog body stirs a hunger.

3.79

21k+

📜 Epistolary Horror 👯 Twin Horror 🧬 Changeling Myth 🩸 Body Horror 🌿 Bog Setting

Blood on Her Tongue 90%

A desperate letter summons her to a remote estate where a bog body stirs a hunger.

by Johanna van Veen 2025

3.79

21k+ ratings

📜 Epistolary Horror 👯 Twin Horror 🧬 Changeling Myth 🩸 Body Horror 🌿 Bog Setting

Interview with the Vampire

by Anne Rice • 1976

A vampire recounts his life: from 1791 Louisiana to Parisian vampire theater, an eternity of sorrow.

4.02

656k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🎙️ Framed Narrative 🧛 Reluctant Vampire 👧 Eternal Child 🥀 Immortal Melancholy

Interview with the Vampire 92%

A vampire recounts his life: from 1791 Louisiana to Parisian vampire theater, an eternity of sorrow.

by Anne Rice 1976

4.02

656k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🎙️ Framed Narrative 🧛 Reluctant Vampire 👧 Eternal Child 🥀 Immortal Melancholy

The God of Endings

by Jacqueline Holland • 2023

An immortal teacher cages her hunger behind a preschool until a dying boy needs her darkest self.

3.81

13k+

🧛 Literary Vampire 🩸 Reluctant Monster 👧 Immortal Guardian ⏳ Weight Of Immortality 🖤 Lyrical Gothic

The God of Endings 92%

An immortal teacher cages her hunger behind a preschool until a dying boy needs her darkest self.

by Jacqueline Holland 2023

3.81

13k+ ratings

🧛 Literary Vampire 🩸 Reluctant Monster 👧 Immortal Guardian ⏳ Weight Of Immortality 🖤 Lyrical Gothic

Fledgling

by Octavia E. Butler

Waking in a cave with no memory, a daylight vampire discovers her skin is a death sentence.

3.79

40k+

🧬 Biological Vampires ☀️ Daylight Vampire 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 💉 Coercive Symbiosis

Fledgling 90%

Waking in a cave with no memory, a daylight vampire discovers her skin is a death sentence.

by Octavia E. Butler 2005

3.79

40k+ ratings

🧬 Biological Vampires ☀️ Daylight Vampire 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 💉 Coercive Symbiosis

Blood Vows

by Stephanie Hudson • 2025

A vampire lord's revenge traps a woman in a gothic manor where an ancient blood curse stirs.

4.57

423

🦇 Gothic Vampire Romance 🏰 Gothic Manor 💔 Kidnapping To Lovers 🔮 Fated Mates 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

Blood Vows 90%

A vampire lord's revenge traps a woman in a gothic manor where an ancient blood curse stirs.

by Stephanie Hudson 2025

4.57

423 ratings

🦇 Gothic Vampire Romance 🏰 Gothic Manor 💔 Kidnapping To Lovers 🔮 Fated Mates 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

The Great God Pan

by Arthur Machen • 1890

A forbidden brain experiment yields a child who grows into a woman of inhuman, ruinous beauty.

3.67

17k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 📜 Weird Fiction ⚗️ Forbidden Experiment 🌹 Inhuman Beauty 🔗 Contagious Evil

The Great God Pan 90%

A forbidden brain experiment yields a child who grows into a woman of inhuman, ruinous beauty.

by Arthur Machen 1890

3.67

17k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 📜 Weird Fiction ⚗️ Forbidden Experiment 🌹 Inhuman Beauty 🔗 Contagious Evil

Born in Blood

by Sadie Kincaid • 2024

A Victorian rake turned vampire awakens an immortal hunger that binds him to his ancient sire.

3.83

8k+

🩸 Sire Bond 🏙️ Victorian London 🎩 Rake Hero 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Born in Blood 90%

A Victorian rake turned vampire awakens an immortal hunger that binds him to his ancient sire.

by Sadie Kincaid 2024

3.83

8k+ ratings

🩸 Sire Bond 🏙️ Victorian London 🎩 Rake Hero 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere ⚔️ Revenge Quest

La hija de la noche

by Laura Gallego García • 2004

Her cellar holds a vampire. Her blood is his leash. The village wants them dead.

3.46

4k+

🩸 Gothic Vampire Romance 💔 Cursed Lover 🔥 Small Town Hysteria 🇫🇷 19th Century France 🏚️ Isolated Mansion

La hija de la noche 90%

Her cellar holds a vampire. Her blood is his leash. The village wants them dead.

by Laura Gallego García 2004

3.46

4k+ ratings

🩸 Gothic Vampire Romance 💔 Cursed Lover 🔥 Small Town Hysteria 🇫🇷 19th Century France 🏚️ Isolated Mansion

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