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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