Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter Books in Order
Laurell K. Hamilton's long-running urban fantasy series follows Anita Blake, a St. Louis necromancer who raises the dead for a living and moonlights as a licensed vampire executioner and police consultant. As the books progress, the supernatural crime-solving increasingly blends with the dangerous romantic and political entanglements Anita forms among the city's vampires and shapeshifters.
Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on AmazonGuilty Pleasures (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter)
1993 · Laurell K. Hamilton
Anita Blake is a woman who kills vampires. She is known as the Executioner by the undead, and she has personal scars from her experiences. After the…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · Laurell K. Hamilton
The second book in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series. Anita attempts to solve a particularly grisly set of murders while…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Laurell K. Hamilton
A 1995 novel by Laurell K. Hamilton, part of the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series of urban fantasy novels, short stories, and comic books. The…
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Buy on AmazonThe Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake)
1996 · Laurell K. Hamilton
Anita Blake has fallen for the leader of a local pack of werewolves. She's survived a lot, but this love affair may kill her yet. A 1996 novel by…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Laurell K. Hamilton
Bloody Bones is a 1996 horror/mystery novel by American writer Laurell K. Hamilton, the fifth book in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series.…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Laurell K. Hamilton
The sixth book in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series, a horror/mystery novel. Published in 1997. (Summary adapted from…
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Buy on Amazon1988 · Laurell K. Hamilton
In this 2007 novel, Book 7 of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series, an arsonist's fires begin licking at St. Louis's undead, and it is up to Anita…
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Buy on Amazon1998 · Laurell K. Hamilton
When she chose master vampire Jean-Claude over her ex-fiance, alpha werewolf Richard Zeeman, Anita learned that sometimes love is not enough in this…
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Buy on AmazonObsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter)
2000 · Laurell K. Hamilton
Anita travels to New Mexico to aid her enigmatic mercenary friend Edward, who needs help with a series of gruesome, inhuman killings. Surrounded by…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Laurell K. Hamilton
Just returned to St. Louis, Anita is still torn between vampire Jean-Claude and werewolf Richard when two wereleopards she has been watching are…
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Buy on Amazon2003 · Laurell K. Hamilton
Cerulean Sins (2003) by Laurell K. Hamilton is the eleventh book in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series, described as a horror/mystery/erotica…
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Buy on Amazon2004 · Laurell K. Hamilton
Incubus Dreams is a 2004 horror/mystery/erotica novel by Laurell K. Hamilton. It is the twelfth book in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series. The…
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Buy on AmazonMicah (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
2006 · Laurell K. Hamilton
Micah (2006), the thirteenth Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel by Laurell K. Hamilton, sends Anita to Philadelphia to raise a dead federal witness so…
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Buy on AmazonDanse Macabre (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter)
2006 · Laurell K. Hamilton
Danse Macabre (2006) by Laurell K. Hamilton is the fourteenth novel in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series, described as a horror/mystery/erotica…
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Buy on AmazonHarlequin, The (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter)
2007 · Laurell K. Hamilton
The Harlequin, an ancient and feared group of vampire enforcers who answer only to the vampire council, secretly arrive in St. Louis. Their presence…
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Buy on Amazon2008 · Laurell K. Hamilton
A 2008 novel by Laurell K. Hamilton. A favor for Jason, vampire hunter Anita Blake's werewolf lover, puts Anita at the center of a full-blown scandal…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Laurell K. Hamilton
A 2009 novel by Laurell K. Hamilton follows Anita Blake, a protagonist who receives a grisly souvenir from a vampire serial killer in Las Vegas. She…
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Buy on Amazon2010 · Laurell K. Hamilton
A 2010 novel by Laurell K. Hamilton in which Anita Blake meets prospective client Tony Bennington, who is desperate for her to reanimate his recently…
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Buy on Amazon2010 · Laurell K. Hamilton
Anita Blake returns to St. Louis, trying to live a normal life despite her roles as a legal vampire executioner and a U.S. Marshal. She has lovers,…
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Buy on Amazon2011 · Laurell K. Hamilton
Anita joins Edward to hunt a serial killer butchering victims in the Pacific Northwest, a case that draws out the deadly remnants of the Harlequin…
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2012 · Laurell K. Hamilton
Kiss the Dead is a 2012 erotic thriller written by American author Laurell K. Hamilton. Published on June 5, 2012, by Berkley Hardcover, it is the…
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Buy on Amazon2013 · Laurell K. Hamilton
A 2013 novel by Laurell K. Hamilton. Micah's estranged father is dying from a strange ailment doctors call "zombie disease." Anita makes her living…
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Buy on Amazon2014 · Laurell K. Hamilton
This shorter installment centers on Jason, Anita's friend and Jean-Claude's werewolf pomme de sang, as personal and relationship dynamics take the…
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Buy on Amazon2015 · Laurell K. Hamilton
Anita is pulled into a disturbing FBI case involving zombies being raised and abused as part of a criminal enterprise, work that strikes…
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2016 · Laurell K. Hamilton
Anita and Jean-Claude travel to Ireland to confront a crisis among vampires there, where rogue undead are rising without a master to control them.…
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Buy on Amazon2018 · Laurell K. Hamilton
Anita heads to a Florida island for a wedding among her circle, but the celebration is overshadowed by a strange supernatural affliction causing…
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Companion & related books
Short-story collections and companion titles in this series.
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Buy on AmazonThe Harlequin (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 15)
2007 · Laurell K. Hamilton
The Harlequin is the fifteenth book in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series, a horror, mystery, and erotica novel by Laurell K. Hamilton. It was…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter books in?
Publication order — Widely recommended by readers and book-order guides (OrderOfBooks, BookSeriesInOrder, FictionDB); the story is one continuous chronological arc, so first-time readers are advised to follow the order of release. Start with “Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter).”
How many books are in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series?
We list 27 books by Laurell K. Hamilton , published between 1988–2018.
Where can I buy the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter books?
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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted an error? We continuously correct the catalog.