Dead to the World

core novel 2004 The Southern Vampire Mysteries

Record

First published	2004
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.12 (268,828 ratings, collected 2026-08-26)
First-edition ISBN	9780441012183
Internal chronology	4

Synopsis

Set on New Year's Eve, three weeks after the events of Club Dead, the fourth Southern Vampire Mysteries novel begins when Sookie finds vampire Eric Northman running dazed and injured near her home, having lost all memory of who he is. She takes the amnesiac Eric in, while his second-in-command Pam explains the strange circumstances and Sookie's brother Jason gets drawn into negotiating financial matters connected to Eric's situation. Pam believes a coven of witches, some of whom are also werewolves, newly arrived in Shreveport, is responsible for erasing Eric's memory as part of a scheme to extort money from him and seize control of his territory, and the coven is actively hunting for him while he remains vulnerable in Sookie's care.

Where it sits

• Universe: The Southern Vampire Mysteries
• Series: The Southern Vampire Mysteries core; position 4 of 13 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Charlaine Harris

Notes

• From the series record (The Southern Vampire Mysteries): Also known as the Sookie Stackhouse novels; the basis for the television series True Blood.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.

• Reading order, within the series The Southern Vampire Mysteries: position 4 of 13: previous Club Dead (2003) · next Dead as a Doornail (2005)

Sources

• Charlaine Harris: Sookie Stackhouse series page
• https://wellesleybooks.com/book/9780441012183
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_to_the_World_(novel)

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