Anderson, M.T. Thirsty
From the moment he knows that he is destined to be a vampire, Chris thirsts for the blood of people around him while also struggling to remain human.

Armstrong, Kelley.  The Summoning 
After fifteen-year-old Chloe starts seeing ghosts and is sent to Lyle House, a mysterious group home for mentally disturbed teenagers, she soon discovers that neither Lyle House nor its inhabitants are exactly what they seem, and that she and her new friends are in danger. Bk. 1 of The Darkest Powers

Ashby, Amanda.  Zombie Queen of Ashbury High 
While trying to cast a love spell on her date on the eve of the senior prom, Mia inadvertently infects her entire high school class with a virus that will turn them all into zombies.

Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Hawksong  
In a land that has been at war so long that no one remembers the reason for fighting, the shapeshifters who rule the two factions agree to marry in the hope of bringing peace, despite deep-seated fear and distrust of each other.  1st of the Kiesha'ra series

Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Shattered Mirror
Teen witch (and vampire killer) Sarah Vida, was raised on simple definitions of good and evil. But she gets more than she bargained for when she befriends vampire siblings Nissa and Christopher.

Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Midnight Predator
Turqoise Draka, a vampire hunter, is hired to kill the evil vampire Jeshikah. To enter his realm she must disguise herself as the human slave of Jaguar, a vampire and slave owner who is tormented by his own past. Will Jaguar release the humanity Turqoise long ago locked away?

Brewer, Heather. The chronicles of Vladimir Tod : eighth grade bites
For thirteen years, Vlad, aided by his aunt and best friend, has kept secret that he is half-vampire, but when his missing teacher is replaced by a sinister substitute, he learns that there is more to being a vampire, and to his parents' deaths, than he could have guessed.

Carey, Kate. Bloodline
In this story told primarily through journal entries, a British soldier in World War I makes the horrifying discovery that his regiment commander is descended from Count Dracula.

Cast, P.C. and Kristin Cast.  Betrayed: A House of Night Novel 
After settling in at the House of Night and becoming more comfortable with her vast powers, fledgling vampire Zoey Redbird faces a horrible crisis as human teenagers are becoming victims of a wave of murders and the House of Night becomes the prime suspect.

Cole, Stephen. Wounded.
Sixteen-year-old Tom Anderson and seventeen-year-old Kate Folan try to escape Kate's werewolf family--and fight becoming werewolves themselves--by making a cross-country journey in search of a mysterious man who might have a cure. First in the Wereling Series.

Conrad, Liza. High School Bites
Having learned on her sixteenth birthday that Count Dracula exists and lives in her hometown of Seattle, Lucy tries to save herself and her friends while wondering whether her boyfriend is also a vampire.

De la Cruz, Melissa. Blue Bloods
Select teenagers from some of New York City's wealthiest and most socially prominent families learn a startling secret about their bloodlines.

Hahn, Mary Downing. Look for Me by Moonlight
While staying at the remote and reputedly haunted Maine inn run by her father and pregnant stepmother, sixteen-year-old Cynda feels increasingly isolated from her father's new family and finds solace in the attentions of a charming but mysterious guest.

Hambly, Barbara and Martin H. Greenberg, eds. Sisters of the Night
14 original stories of female vampires.

Hawthorne, Rachel.  Moonlight 
While working as a wilderness guide in the national forest where her parents were killed twelve years earlier, seventeen-year-old Kayla is powerfully drawn to Lucas, who she learns is her appointed guardian--and much more--as she discovers her true identity and destiny. Bk. 1 of Dark Guardian

Hautman, Pete. Sweetblood
After a lifetime of being a model student, sixteen-year-old Lucy Szabo is suddenly in trouble at school, at home, with the “proto-vampires” she has met online and in person, and most of all with her uncontrolled diabetes.

Higson, Charlie.  The Enemy 
After a disease turns everyone over sixteen into brainless, decomposing, flesh-eating creatures, a group of teenagers leave their shelter and set out of a harrowing journey across London to the safe haven of Buckingham Palace.

James, Brian.  Zombie Blondes 
Each time fifteen-year-old Hannah and her out-of-work father move she has some fears about making friends, but a classmate warns her that in Maplecrest, Vermont, the cheerleaders really are monsters.

Jenkins, A.M. Night Road .
Battling his own memories and fears, Cole, an extraordinarily conscientious vampire, and Sandor, a more impulsive acquaintance, spend a few months on the road, trying to train a young man who recently joined their ranks.

Klause, Annette Curtis. Blood and Chocolate.
Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must battle both her packmates and the fear of the townspeople to decide where she belongs and with whom.

Klause, Annette Curtis. The Silver Kiss.
A mysterious teenage boy harboring a dark secret helps Zoe come to terms with her mother’s terminal illness.

Larbalestier, Justine.  Liar  
Compulsive liar Micah promises to tell the truth after revealing that her boyfriend has been murdered.

Martinez, A. Lee. Gil’s All Fright Diner.
Two friends–Earl (as in the Earl of Vampires) and Duke (as in the Duke of Werewolves)–are driving along one evening when their truck runs out of gas. They wind up at an all-night diner in Rockwood, a small desert town that has a bit of a zombie problem.

McKinley, Robin. Sunshine.
They took her clothes and sneakers. They dressed her in a long red gown. And they shackled her to the wall of an abandoned mansion- within easy reach of a figure in the moonlight. She knows she is a vampire.

Meehl, Brian. Suck it Up
After graduating from the International Vampire League, a scrawny, teenaged vampire named Morning is given the chance to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a superhero when he embarks on a League mission to become the first vampire to reveal his identity and show humans how peacefully-evolved, blood-substitute-drinking vampires can use their powers to help humanity.

Messina, Lynn.  Little Vampire Women  
In this adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, the girls are vampires and neighbor Laurie wants to join them.

Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight
When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human. 1st in the series

Needle, Jan. Bram Stoker’s Dracula
After discovering the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.

Pierce, Meredith Ann. The Darkangel
The servant girl Aeriel must choose between destroying her vampire master for his evil deeds of saving him for the sake of his beauty and the spark of goodness she has seen in him. First in the Darkangel Trilogy.

Reed, Gary. Bram Stoker’s Dracula: The Graphic Novel
Having discovered the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire. Presented in comic book format.

Rees, Douglas. Vampire High
When his family moves from California to New Sodom, Massachusetts and Cody enters Vlad Dracul Magnet School, many things seem strange, from the dark-haired, pale-skinned, supernaturally strong students to Charon, the wolf who guides him around campus on the first day.

Richards, Justin. The Death Collector.
Three teens and a curator of unclassified artifacts at the British Museum match wits with a madman determined to use unorthodox methods to reanimate the dead, both humans and dinosaurs.

Schreiber, Ellen. Vampire Kisses
Sixteen-year-old Raven, an outcast who always wears black and hopes to become a vampire some day, falls in love with the mysterious new boy in town, eager to find out if he can make her dreams come true. (Sequel is Vampire Kisses 2: Kissing Coffins.)

Seltzer, Adam.  I kissed a Zombie and I Liked It  
Living in the post-human era when the undead are part of everyday life, high schooler Alley breaks her no-dating rule when Doug catches her eye, but classmate Will demands to turn her into a vampire and her zombie boyfriend may be unable to stop him.

Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak
Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices. First of the Saga of Darren Shan – 12 books

Shusterman, Neal. Red Rider’s Hood.
After learning that there are werewolves in his city, a sixteen-year-old is even more surprised to discover the identities of the hunters who drove them out decades earlier, but he soon infiltrates the Wolves gang to help destroy them for good.

Sleator, William. The Boy Who Couldn’t Die.
When his best friend dies in a plane crash, sixteen-year-old Ken has a ritual performed that will make him invulnerable, but soon learns that he had good reason to be suspicious of the woman he paid to lock his soul away.

Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Tantalize
When multiple murders in Austin, Texas, threaten the grand re-opening of her family's vampire-themed restaurant, seventeen-year-old, orphaned Quincie worries that her best friend-turned-love interest, Keiren, a werewolf-in-training, may be the prime suspect.

Smith, L.J. The Awakening and the Struggle
The terrifying story of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them. ( Vampire Diaries series.)

Somper, Justin. Demons of the Ocean
When twins Connor and Grace's ship is wrecked in a storm and Connor is rescued by pirates, he believes that Grace has been taken aboard the mythical Vampirate's ship, and he is determined to find her.

Stiefvater, Maggie.  Shiver  
In all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has been watching her with increasing intensity. 1st of a trilogy

Stine, R.L. Dangerous Girls
After sixteen-year-old Destiny and her twin sister Livvy are turned into partial vampires at a summer camp, they try to find the "Restorer," someone who can return them to normal. Sequel: Dangerous Girls: The Taste of Night 387466

Vande Velde, Vivian. Companions of the Night
When sixteen-year-old Kerry Nowicki helps a young man escape from a group of men who claim he is a vampire, she finds herself faced with some bizarre and dangerous choices.

Waters, Daniel.  Kiss of Life   
Adam's return from death has made Phoebe's love life even weirder. Now she has to choose between two zombie boys. She knows how Adam needs her, but she still has feelings for Tommy. Meanwhile, the zombie population of Oakville, Conn., continues to grow. As their numbers rise, the undead community is becoming increasingly divided.

Yolen, Jane and Martin H. Greenberg. Vampires: A Collection of Original Stories
Thirteen original stories about vampires

Yolen, Jane and Martin H. Greenberg. Werewolves: A Collection of Original
Stories
A collection of fifteen stories by a variety of authors about the sometime frightening, sometime humorous, phenomena of werewolves.

Westerfeld, Scott. Peeps
Cal Thompson is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism, and must hunt down all of the girlfriends he has unknowingly infected.

Windsor, Patricia. The Blooding.
While spending the summer working as an au pair girl for a couple in England, Maris discovers that the husband is a werewolf intent on blooding her and making her one too.

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