But ever since October of 2005, when Stephenie Meyer put her miraculous dream to paper and published Twilight, the concept has flourished in the teen book market. Vampire and werewolf books are flying onto and off of the shelves, as so many aspiring authors are taking advantage of this phenomenal trend to get their foot in the door.
It’s been nearly a year since Breaking Dawn—the final book in the Twilight saga—was released, and fans are still hankering for more. So here’s a list of teenage vampire and werewolf titled published between December 2008 and June 2009:
- Moonlight by Rachel Hawthorne (HarperCollins Publishers | February 23, 2009)
- Full Moon by Rachel Hawthorne (HarperCollins Publishers | June 19, 2009)
Kayla can’t resist her attraction to Lucas, a werewolf, in Rachel Hawthorne’s Dark Guardian series.
- Need by Carrie Jones (Bloomsbury USA | December 2008)
After her father dies, Zara is shipped off to Maine to live with her grandmother. But danger lies in this small town and Zara is the target.
- Shiver by Maggie Steifvater (Scholastic Press | August 2009)
Grace is drawn to one of the wolves that lives in the wood behind her house. They often stare at each other, worlds apart. But their worlds soon collide when Grace discovers that her beloved creature is so much more than a wolf.
- Hunted: A House of Night Novel by P.C. Cast (St. Martin's Press | March 10, 2009)
Hunted is the fifth book in the House of Night series. Check out the first four books: Marked, Betrayed, Chosen and Untamed.
- Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Candlewick Press | February 10, 2009)
Also check out Cynthia Leitich Smith’s first book on vampires, Tantalize.
- The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinx (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | March 23, 2009)
The author of Genius Squad brings a hilarious twist to the dark and eerie realm of vampires.
- Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | December 17, 2008)
When a stunningly handsome vampire named Lucius shows up, Jessica finds herself marrying him in her senior year of high school.
- Persistence of Memory by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (Random House Children's Books | December 9, 2008)
All 16-year-old Erin wants is to be normal. But it’s hard to be like everyone else when your alter ego is a vampire. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes has been writing teen vampire fiction for nearly a decade.
- Night World No. 2: Dark Angel, The Chosen, Soulmate by L.J. Smith (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing | November 18, 2008)
- Night World No.3: Huntress, Black Dawn, Witchlight by L.J. Smith (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing | April 7, 2009)
L.J. Smith’s Night World series was original published in the 1990’s as individual books. Since then they’ve been rebound into three-book collections. Start from the beginning with Night World No. 1: Secret Vampire, Daughters of Darkness, Spellbinder.
- Evernight by Claudia Gray (HarperCollins Publishers | February 2, 2009)
- Stargazer by Claudia Gray (HarperCollins Publishers | March 16, 2009)
Claudia Gray’s series follows Bianca to Evernight Academy where she discovers that not only are she and her classmates vampires, but the love of her life is a vampire hunter.
Check online or in book stores regularly, as brand new vampire and werewolf titles surface every month.
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