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Charlaine Harris

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Born

in Tunica, Mississippi, The United States

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http://www.charlaineharris.com/

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Genre

Urban Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Horror

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October 2012

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Charlaine Harris has been a published writer for over forty years. Her first two books were standalones, followed by a long sabbatical when she was having children. Then she began the Aurora Teagarden book, mysteries featuring a short librarian (eventually adapted for Hallmark movies). The darker Lily Bard books came next, about a house cleaner with a dark past and considerable fighting skills.

Tired of abiding by the mystery rules, Harris wrote a novel about a telepathic barmaid that took at least two years to sell. When the book was published, it turned into a best seller, and DEAD UNTIL DARK and the subsequent Sookie books were adapted in Alan Ball's "True Blood" series. At the same time, Harris began the Harper Connelly books. Harper ca ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 3,788,224 ratings · 151,279 reviews · 203 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 559,743 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4) 4.12 avg rating — 266,834 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 262,496 ratings — published 2002 — 192 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 244,589 ratings — published 2003 — 153 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse, #5) 4.01 avg rating — 224,546 ratings — published 2005 — 151 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #6) 4.02 avg rating — 210,989 ratings — published 2006 — 134 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #7) 4.05 avg rating — 207,593 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9) 4.02 avg rating — 194,849 ratings — published 2009 — 130 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8) 4.01 avg rating — 194,871 ratings — published 2008 — 142 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse, #10) 3.91 avg rating — 169,815 ratings — published 2010 — 116 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”
― Charlaine Harris

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“You are speaking of my future lover. Be more respectful.”
― Charlaine Harris, Club Dead

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“If there were an international butt competition, Eric would win, hands down—or cheeks up.”
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Best Fantasy

Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9)

990 votes 24.8%

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, #1)

948 votes 23.7%

The Magicians (The Magicians #1)

362 votes 9.1%

Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, #4)

324 votes 8.1%

The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time, #12)

279 votes 7.0%

The City & the City

250 votes 6.3%

White Witch, Black Curse (The Hollows, #7)

223 votes 5.6%

The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

219 votes 5.5%

Skin Trade (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #17)

208 votes 5.2%

Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, #11)

193 votes 4.8%

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message 1: by Adrián

Feb 08, 2017 05:20AM

I'm just here to register my vexation that Dead Until Dark didn't make the Top-10 Paranormal Romances list. Since I *do* regularly make Top-10 Hacker lists, let me know if you need a horse's head delivered to the Goodreads HQ.

... what, I can't specialize in more than one thing? You'd be amazed at what FedEx Custom Critical will ship.

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