The Vampire Chronicles books in order

The books

1. 1

   Interview with the Vampire 1976 6.4 h

   This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life.

2. 2

   The Vampire Lestat 1985 11.1 h

   The Vampire Lestat (1985) is a vampire novel by American writer Anne Rice, the second in her Vampire Chronicles, following Interview with the Vampire (1976).

3. 3

   The Queen of the Damned 1988 10.5 h

   The third book in The Vampire Chronicles, Queen of the Damned, follows three parallel storylines.

4. 4

   The Tale of the Body Thief 1992 9.3 h

   Returning to Lestat as the main character, the fourth in the Vampire Chronicles series finds Lestat impulsive and careless in the pursuit of what he wants: a serial killer in…

5. 5

   Memnoch the Devil 1995 7.9 h

   Lestat is searching for Dora, the beautiful and charismatic mortal daughter of a drug lord.

6. 6

   The Vampire Armand 1998 9.2 h

   The previous volume of the Vampire Chronicles, Memnoch the Devil, was called 'a modern Paradise Lost' by the Washington Post.

7. 7

   Merrick 2000 7.9 h

   At the center of Anne Rice's new novel is the beautiful, unconquerable Merrick, a child--a witch with the power and magical knowledge of a Medea and a Circe.

8. 8

   Blood and Gold 2001 11.6 h

   Publication to coincide with new Vampire Chronicle BLOOD CANTICLE in hardback.Lestat is back, saviour and demon, presiding over a gothic story of family greed and hatred through…

9. 9

   Blackwood Farm 2002 7.5 h

   "Anne Rice continues her astonishing vampire chronicles with the story of Lestat's passionate quest for redemption, goodness and the love of Rowan Mayfair."

10. 10

    Blood Canticle 2003 length not known

11. 11

    Prince Lestat 2014 10.3 h

    "The novel opens with the Vampire world in crisis ... vampires have been proliferating out of control; burnings have commenced all over the world, huge massacres similar to those…

12. 12

    Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis 2016 10.7 h

    The vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, hero, leader, inspirer, irresistible force, irrepressible spirit, battling (and ultimately reconciling with) a strange otherworldly form that has…

13. 13

    Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat 2018 5.0 h

    In this spellbinding novel, Lestat, rebel outlaw, addresses the tribe of vampires, directly, intimately, passionately, and tells the mesmerizing story of the formation of the…

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