Publisher: Ace Books (May 1, 2001)

Summary: Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. Until the vampire of her dreams walks into her life-and one of her coworkers checks out…Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend isn’t such a bright idea.

Publisher: Penguin Group (March 2002)

Summary: When a vampire asks Sookie Stackhouse to use her telepathic skills to find another missing vampire, she agrees under one condition: the bloodsuckers must promise to let the humans go unharmed.

Publisher: Ace Books (April 29, 2003)

Summary: Sookie Stackhouse is having man trouble. Her vampire boyfriend, Bill, has been distant and inattentive lately. Then he announces that he is going on a business trip, which clearly is more than it seems.

Publisher: Ace (May 3, 2005)

Summary: Sookie finds that her bad luck has taken a new turn for the worse. Sookie’s love interest, Bill the vampire, runs off to Peru to do research. In his place, Sookie is stuck with Eric, Bill’s boss, who appears out of thin air buck naked with no memory of who he is or what he does.

Publisher: Ace (April 25, 2006)

Summary: Sookie Stackhouse just can’t seem to stay away from the supernatural denizens of Bon Temps, Louisiana. In Dead to the World (2004), she found herself embroiled in vampire politics; this time around, she’s involved in the machinations of the Were-people, whose pack leader has just died.