Dead Until Dark
May 2001 · Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood Book 1 · Sold by Penguin
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Sink your teeth into the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series—the books that gave life to the Dead and inspired the HBO® original series True Blood.
Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Bon Temps, Louisiana. She's quiet, doesn't get out much, and tends to mind her own business—except when it comes to her “disability.” Sookie can read minds. And that doesn’t make her too dateable. Then along comes Bill Compton. He’s tall, dark, handsome—and Sookie can’t hear a word he’s thinking. He’s exactly the type of guy she’s been waiting for all her life...
But Bill has a disability of his own: he’s a vampire with a bad reputation. And when a string of murders hits Bon Temps—along with a gang of truly nasty bloodsuckers looking for Bill—Sookie starts to wonder if having a vampire for a boyfriend is such a bright idea.
Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Bon Temps, Louisiana. She's quiet, doesn't get out much, and tends to mind her own business—except when it comes to her “disability.” Sookie can read minds. And that doesn’t make her too dateable. Then along comes Bill Compton. He’s tall, dark, handsome—and Sookie can’t hear a word he’s thinking. He’s exactly the type of guy she’s been waiting for all her life...
But Bill has a disability of his own: he’s a vampire with a bad reputation. And when a string of murders hits Bon Temps—along with a gang of truly nasty bloodsuckers looking for Bill—Sookie starts to wonder if having a vampire for a boyfriend is such a bright idea.
Sink your teeth into the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series—the books that gave life to the Dead and inspired the HBO® original series True Blood.
Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Bon Temps, Louisiana. She's quiet, does...
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Janet (0rganic)
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February 6, 2026
Sookie's character at times act like a timid teenager. Then at other times like a proactive self assured woman. Flitting between the two character stages can be daunting at times but still it was a good read. Mostly because of how descriptive Sookie's narrative is. Her detailing everything down to their minute details at times was stimulating.
Amethyst Meadows
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July 9, 2017
Read the books, skip the show tbh. (Though. The show had lots of Lafayette... loved him to bits.) But the books are way better. I loved them. Charlaine writes how people think and I love that writing style.
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JessicaAndBrad Davey
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February 7, 2021
If this book did not have the rudimentary steamy scenes, if could very well be a YA book. This is the first time I have ever been against the vampire, in a vampire novel. Too much inconsequential detail.
About the author
Charlaine Harris is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse and Midnight, Texas, fantasy/mystery series, the Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connelly, and Lily Bard mystery series, and the Gunnie Rose series. Her books have inspired HBO’s True Blood, NBC’s Midnight, Texas, and the Aurora Teagarden movies for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and sold over 40 million copies. She has lived in the South her entire life.
Charlaine Harris is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse and Midnight, Texas, fantasy/mystery series, the Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connelly, and Lily Bard mystery series, and the Gunnie Rose series. Her books have inspired HBO’s True Blood, NBC’s Midnight, Texas, and ...
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