I first learned about the Twilight series this summer. I read an article about how this series was even more well loved than the Harry Potter books amongst teenage girls.

Well, as a fiction writer, I had to check that out. So on the Saturday before I was leaving on vacation, I went to the bookstore and bought Twilight (which is the first one in the series) and another book. I figured reading the first one would be enough — after all, it’s been a few years since I was in high school.

I started reading Twilight Saturday night. By Sunday night I was back in the bookstore buying the second two in the series. I had the second one read before I left for vacation and forced myself to wait until I was in the airport to start the third. (Needless to say, I finished up having to work part of my vacation because I got so caught up with those books.)

I’m not even going to tell you what I went through to get my hands on the fourth one.

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You’d have noted that the Vampire based movies such as the Dracula, Van Helsing and many more to list have become greatest hits in the Hollywood. Things aren’t very different in the case of the novel world. The Vampire based fantasy novels will always make a spark among the readers worldwide. Infact there are thousands of such novels with millions of fans for them around the planet. One such world well-known vampire based fantasy novel is the “Twilight Series” comprising of four fantastic novels of all time. This series which is a like tale combined with the fiction of the existence of Vampires is written by Stephenie Meyer. Now since this article is about a novel based on like tale and vampires, I am sure that you will find it very much fascinating to read the rest of this passage.

The Storyline:

Unlike the common novels based on the fantasy of Vampires, the Twilight series is based on a rare concept of like between a human and a Vampire. This novel is centered on the changes occurring in the life of young “Bella Swan” who falls in like with “Edward Cullen” who is a Vampire. The Twilight series is written as the life of Bella is narrated by herself. This novel is fascinating to read as it covers the purity of like and the excitement of Vampires. The uniqueness of this novel lies in the nature of the vampire Edward to whom Bella falls in like with. Unlike other Vampires who drink human blood, the Vampires of the “Cullen Family” drink only animal blood. The ending of the novel has the Vampires of the Cullen family defend the human blood drinking Vampires and help Bella to escape to Phoenix, Arizona.

The Records

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Not too long ago Anne Rice was the queen of vampire fiction with her creation of the legendary Lestat.  But, in the past few years Stephenie Meyer with her Twilight Saga,  Charlaine Harris with Right Blood, and other authors with their vampire creations have stormed the best seller charts.  But what are the most well loved series with the legions of online vamp lit fans?

The top ten most well loved (based on online chatter) vampire book series are:

10. Riley Jensen Guardian by Keri Arthur

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The Twilight book series has overtaken Harry Potter as the new sensation among preteens, and the teens and adults who still delight in reading books aimed at younger people. With the first book being made into a blockbuster movie the series is starting to attract even more attention. The movie will only tell the tale of the first book but there are three books after that (and another one on the way!)

The first book is titled simply Twilight and it sets up the tale of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen. At it’s heart this is a tale about the unlikely budding romance between Bella and Edward. What makes it so unlikely? Edward is a vampire who is over 100 years ancient (although that’s really quite young for a vampire!) Bella on the other hand is just a 17 year ancient girl. But while Edward is over 100 years ancient, he looks 17 too and he will look 17 forever because that’s how ancient he was when he became a vampire. Yes, that’s how it works!

The second, third, and fourth books are called New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. I do not want to give a synopsis of each book as that would be giving too much away.

There is a fifth novel plotted by author Stephanie Meyer. The 5th book isn’t really an extension of the tale but rather a different point of view of the tale. The four books are told through the point of view of Bella and Breaking Dawn will tell that same tale through the eyes of Edward.

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