Tradition 24 of 33
Legendary beings and transformations
Fairies, elementals, vampires, werewolves, and other beings discussed in folklore, occult literature, or anomalous reports.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 1,294
- Earliest
- 1144
- to 2026
- Read free
- 34%
- 442 with public full text
- With covers
- 62%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match996
- Metadata match21
- Query match277
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- Fiction282
- Vampires246
- Juvenile fiction166
- Fairies152
- Children's fiction122
- Vampir111
- Werewolves111
- Fairy tales91
- Fantasy89
- Vampires, fiction89
- Fantasy fiction66
- Films de vampires57
- Folklore54
- Horror tales42
- Vampyrer42
- Magic40
- Fiction, fantasy, general39
- Fiction, horror36
- Text36
- History35
- Vampires in literature34
- Horror stories33
- Children's stories32
- Dans la littérature32
Top languages
- English744 · 57%
- German287 · 22%
- French63 · 5%
- Japanese31 · 2%
- Dutch29 · 2%
Notable authors
All authors- Andrew Lang16 in this tradition25 books
- Wenzel Müller15 in this tradition17 books
- Harriet Muncaster14 books
- Anne Rice12 in this tradition16 books
- Stephenie Meyer12 in this tradition13 books
- Kristin Cast10 books
- P. C. Cast10 books
- Patricia Briggs10 books
- Robert Lawrence Stine9 in this tradition49 books
- James Matthew Barrie9 in this tradition10 books
- Kelley Armstrong9 in this tradition10 books
- Christoph Martin Wieland7 in this tradition12 books
1,294 books
The bedside, bathtub, and armchair companion to Dracula
Mark Dawidziak
2008
The beginning of the end
Steve Niles, Sam Kieth
2012
The darkling
Jan L. Perkowski
1989
The enchantment of the Trossachs
Louis Stott
1992
The falconer
Elizabeth May
2013
The fantastic vampire
James Craig Holte
2002
The history of vampires
Dudley Wright
1993
The tale of the living vampyre
Kevin Dodd, ProQuest
2021
The vampire
Thomas M. Bohn
2019
The vampire
Alan Dundes
1998
The vampire film
Alain Silver, James Ursini
1994
The vampire film
Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
2012
The vampire in contemporary popular literature
Lorna Piatti-Farnell
2014
The vampire in legend, art and fact
Basil Copper
1993
Theorizing Twilight
Maggie Parke, Natalie Wilson
2011
Ultimate Avengers
Mark Millar
2011
Vampire culture
Maria Mellins
2013
Vampire films around the world
James R. Aubrey
2020
Vampire legends in contemporary American culture
William Patrick Day
2002
Vampirella
Mark Millar
2002
Vampires
Bernhardt J Hurwood
1981
Vampires
Jim Pipe
2006
Vampires & violets
Andrea Weiss
1992
Vampires in Italian cinema
Michael Guarneri
2020