"The Southern Vampire Mysteries" are a series of novels written by author Charlaine Harris. Twelve books in the series have been published in both hardcover and paperback by Ace Books between 2001 and 2012. The individual books include the word "Dead" as part of each title. The series was adapted into the HBO television series True Blood, which was developed by showrunner Alan Ball.
Books[]
| Book | Title | Released |
|---|---|---|
| Book One | Dead Until Dark | May, 2001 |
| Book Two | Living Dead in Dallas | March, 2002 |
| Book Three | Club Dead | May, 2003 |
| Book Four | Dead to the World | May, 2004 |
| Book Five | Dead as a Doornail | May, 2005 |
| Book Six | Definitely Dead | May, 2006 |
| Book Seven | All Together Dead | May, 2007 |
| Book Eight | From Dead to Worse | October, 2008 |
| Book Nine | Dead and Gone | May, 2009 |
| Book Ten | Dead in the Family | May, 2010 |
| Book Eleven | Dead Reckoning | May, 2011 |
| Book Twelve | Deadlocked | May, 2012 |
Differences from True Blood[]
- In Dead Until Dark, Lafayette Reynolds is killed at the end of the story. On True Blood, it was Miss Jeanette who was found disembowled inside of a car.
- In "The Southern Vampire Mysteries", Tara Thornton is not introduced until Club Dead. On True Blood, she is introduced in the beginning of the series.
- In the novels, Jason Stackhouse becomes a werepanther. On True Blood, he became a prisoner of an inbred family of werepanthers, but never actually became one.