If you like the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris...

If you like the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris, you may like some of the following books.  Sookie is not only a telepath, but a spunky gal!  This series features all kinds of fearsome creatures, but the humor shines through at all times.

One list you might like is "Books With Bite" featuring vampires, werewolves and other fictional creatures that go bump in the night.

A few favorites from this list include:

Naked Brunch by Sparkle Hayter
Annie Engel hasn't been feeling herself lately. With good reason. A mousy secretary by day, she's been morphing into a werewolf at night. In the morning, she's not quite sure what she's been up to, but she knows she'd like to do it again. She soon discovers that her odd dreams and strange hangovers are actually the remnants of a night out on the prowl. (Book Description)

The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill from Publisher's
Weekly: (T)he half-man, half-bull supposedly slain by Theseus in the labyrinth is actually working as a cook at Grub's Rib in a small town in North Carolina.

Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson
First Betsy Taylor loses her job, then she's killed in a car accident. But what really bites is that she can't seem to stay dead. And now her new friends have the ridiculous idea that Betsy is the prophesied vampire queen, and they want her help in overthrowing the most obnoxious power-hungry vampire in five centuries. (Book Description)

Vamped by David Sosnowski
When (vampire) Marty decides to end his endless life of soul-crushing ennui -- call it vampire affluenza -- a three-foot blond obstacle is thrown in his path: Isuzu Trooper Cassidy, a refugee from a human hunting preserve. At first he thinks "midnight snack," but before the sun comes up, Isuzu...charms him into staying undead long enough to raise her in a world rife with danger and almost entirely populated by vampires yearning for the taste of real human blood. (Book Description)

Wilderness by Dennis Danvers
Alice White has a secret that stalks her steps and shadows her every thought and feeling. There is no friend or family member she can trust and confide in, especially not the strangers who are her willing accomplices in the fevered one-night stands that are as close as she dares come to love. (Book Description)

Some other booklists you may enjoy are:

Otherworldly Love

Not Your Ordinary Romance

Gumshoes of the Galaxy

Dating and Other Disasters of Modern Life

These lists may be accessed from the Reading Room section of the library's home page, in the Booklist PDF Archives:

Some other titles and authors you might like:

A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore.  Beta male Charlie Asher finds one of Death's minions (supposedly invisible) in his wife's hospital room.
This is just the start of a wild ride.

Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow.  Werewolves tale in blank verse.  Sounds preposterous, but it's not.

Other authors to try:

Gerry Bartlett
Tate Hallaway
Kim Harrison
Charlie Huston
Jennifer Rardin

I hope you like these titles.  All of them are owned by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library.  If you have a CRRL library card you may put any (or all!) of them on hold, either through the "library catalog" or by calling the branch library nearest you.

M. E. Raymond
Reference Librarian
Salem Church Road branch
phone: 540-785-9267