Dead until Dark
core novel 2001 The Southern Vampire Mysteries
Record
| First published | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.97 (565,614 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441008537 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Dead Until Dark is Charlaine Harris's 2001 urban fantasy novel, the first in The Southern Vampire Mysteries. Set in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps in the early 2000s, shortly after vampires have publicly revealed themselves to humanity following the invention of synthetic blood, the novel follows Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress at Merlotte's bar who has spent her life struggling to live with her unwanted ability to hear other people's thoughts. Her life changes when Bill Compton, a vampire whose mind she cannot read, walks into the bar, and the two are drawn into a romance that offers Sookie a rare escape from the constant noise of the people around her.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Southern Vampire Mysteries
- Series: The Southern Vampire Mysteries core; position 1 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 1 of 13: next Living Dead in Dallas (2002)
Sources
← The Southern Vampire Mysteries dossier · All universes
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