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Dead to the World

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #4 / 13 ✓
by Charlaine Harris
Dead to the World (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #4) by Charlaine Harris
  ★ 7.82 / 53
1★2★3★14★5★126★67★218★29★1110★

Sookie Stackhouse is back! The mind-reading, vampire-dating, small-town cocktail waitress from small-town Louisiana returns in her fourth Southern Vampire Mystery.

Life is never simple for Sookie Stackhouse, despite (or maybe because of) the fact that she always tries to do the right thing. Maybe that's why, when she comes across a semi-naked vampire on the road home from work, she doesn't just drive on by, even though she knows it almost certainly means trouble. Turns out the vampire hasn't a clue as to who he is.

But Sookie does. It's Eric, still as scary and sexy – and dead – as the day she first met him. But now that he has amnesia, Eric is sweet, vulnerable, and in need of Sookie's help – because whoever took his memory now wants his life. Sookie's investigation into why leads straight into a dangerous battle among witches, vampires and werewolves. But the greater danger could be to Sookie's heart – because the kinder, gentler Eric is very difficult to resist...

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Category: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Vampires, Werewolves, TV Series, Shapeshifters, Romance, Paranormal Romance
Release date: 2004

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Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris didn’t just bring vampires into small-town America—she made them feel like your eccentric neighbors down the street. With a knack for blending the eerie and the everyday, Harris carved out a distinctive space in fantasy and mystery, where Southern charm meets supernatural chaos.

Born in Mississippi and raised in the heart of the South, Harris grew up surrounded by stories—ghost tales whispered on porches, family secrets that lingered like fog, and a cultural richness steeped in shadow and folklore. That upbringing shaped her voice: grounded in the rhythms of rural life, but always with one eye on the things that lurk just beyond the veil.

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Though she began her career writing traditional mysteries, it was a telepathic waitress named Sookie Stackhouse who changed everything. With Dead Until Dark, Harris introduced readers to Bon Temps, Louisiana—a town teeming with vampires, shapeshifters, and all manner of supernatural intrigue. The Southern Vampire Mysteries—which later inspired HBO’s True Blood—didn’t just ride the wave of vampire fiction; they gave it a bold, sassy Southern accent and a twist of dark humor.

What makes Harris’s work endure isn’t just the paranormal hook. It’s the humanity beneath the fangs. Her protagonists—flawed, resilient, often underestimated—wrestle with identity, morality, and the desire to belong in worlds that don’t make it easy. Whether it’s Aurora Teagarden navigating small-town gossip or Harper Connelly using her ability to locate the dead, Harris gives readers women who are both vulnerable and tough as nails.

She once said, “I write about people who are a little outside the mainstream,” and that empathy for outsiders has become a hallmark of her fiction. It’s no surprise her books have topped bestseller lists and been translated into dozens of languages. Yet despite the global recognition, her stories remain intimate—more front porch than red carpet.

Today, Harris continues to expand her supernatural universe with series like Midnight, Texas and The Gunnie Rose, each one adding a new layer to her genre-bending legacy. But at the core of it all is that singular talent: turning strange, spooky, even dangerous places into homes you want to return to—preferably before nightfall.

In the world of dark fantasy and Southern gothic mystery, Charlaine Harris doesn’t just write the story. She invites you in, offers you sweet tea, and then quietly lets the werewolves out.

The Southern Vampire Mysteries

Also known as the Sookie Stackhouse series.

The Southern Vampire Mysteries consists of thirteen primary books, and includes five additional books that complement the series but are not considered mandatory reads — considered a complete series. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Dead Until Dark (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #1)
  ★ 7.40 / 78
Living Dead in Dallas (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #2)
  ★ 7.20 / 62
Club Dead (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #3)
  ★ 7.28 / 58
Dead to the World (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #4)
  ★ 7.82 / 53
Dead as a Doornail (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #5)
  ★ 7.20 / 49
Definitely Dead (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #6)
  ★ 7.40 / 47
All Together Dead (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #7)
  ★ 7.48 / 48
From Dead to Worse (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #8)
  ★ 7.12 / 45
Dead and Gone (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #9)
  ★ 7.14 / 43
Dead in the Family (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #10)
  ★ 6.98 / 38
Dead Reckoning (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #11)
  ★ 6.74 / 35
Deadlocked (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #12)
  ★ 6.48 / 31
Dead Ever After (The Southern Vampire Mysteries #13)
  ★ 6.04 / 27
A Touch of Dead (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)
  ★ 6.54 / 13
The Sookie Stackhouse Companion (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)
  ★ 7.00 / 2
After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)
  ★ 4.60 / 5
Dancers in the Dark & Layla Steps Up: The Layla Collection (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)
  ★ 8.00 / 1
The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)
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11/17/2015
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HourglassEyes
597 books, 66 reviews, 4 posts
★★★★★★★★☆☆ 8 / 10

Eric Northman with amnesia; what is there not to love? :P

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