Sookie Stackhouse Books

I was thinking the other day how I had probably read everything that is related to Sookie Stackhouse at this point. I mean, I certainly have read through and enjoyed all the books that Charlaine Harris has done in the series. In fact, I probably have read them several times, because I read a book when it first comes out, again when the next one comes out to refresh my memory and then again before the season of True Blood starts that is based on the book.

And while it is true that there are several short stories with our gal Sookie Stackhouse in them, I have gotten pretty good at tracking those down through the fan sites online. I have even gone on YouTube to see the interviews With Charlaine Harris about the books and particularly about Sookie. I just love that gal!

So I was pretty happy to find out there is a book devoted to Sookie and all things surrounding her, and that Ms. Harris was very much involved with it. It isn’t a fan book about the character, it is a background and extras book that she put together to kinda show off Sookie. It is called The Sookie Stackhouse Companion and it is very aptly named!

The book starts out with a great bonus- a whole new Sookie story! I loved it, our little tale of Sookie taking off with Sam to help out with his brother’s wedding. It is kinda nice to see Sookie out of Bon Temps for a bit. But more than just a new story, it has all kinds of goodies like a map of Bob Temps, some commentary on all kinds of stuff like how the books came to be and why Sookie. It even has recipes for plenty of the food discussed in the books including my favorite – Caroline Bellefluer’s amazing chocolate cake.

So if you are a big fan of Sookie, you have got to check this book out for yourself. It is a great companion book to the series, a must-have for any true believer and full of great tips about Sookie and more. Why, I bet you could use this book to be a bit of a show-off when watching True Blood with your friends by just casually mentioning that you read recently how … (well you can fill in the blanks when you read the book).

Just don’t tell them where you found it out!

Although this one starts off with a bang, there is also plenty of intrigue and fairy plots in the latest volume of Harris’s enormously popular series. Sookie is back, and puttering around to her hearts content, or at least as much as we can stand as readers.

The whole Pam/Erik thing continues in this book and the initial explosive beginning makes everyone including Sookie wonder just what Sam is up to. I am sad to see that the Sam/Sookie setup is not to happen, but I am rooting that in the end Eric will save the day and our Sookie’s heart. Unfortunately he seems to be missing in action in a lot of this book. But then there is more mystery and intrigue than romance going on in this time around. We will have to wait for Ms. Harris to give us more next book!

There are plots galore, vamps on the run and werewolves in the woods. Just another day in a small southern town for Sookie and friends.

Here are all of the Sookie Stackhouse books in order. They're written by Charlaine Harris:

1. Dead Until Dark
2. Living Dead in Dallas
3. Club Dead
4. Dead to the World
5. Dead as a Doornail
6. Definitely Dead
7. All Together Dead
8. From Dead to Worse
9. Dead and Gone
10. Dead in the Family

Charlaine Harris has also written other Sookie Stackhouse stories that have appeared in short story anthologies:

1.  "Fairy Dust", a short story in the Powers of Detection book
2.  "Dracula Night", a short story in the book Many Bloody Returns
3.  "One Word Answer", a short story from the book Bite
4.  "Lucky", a short story in the Unusual Suspects book
5.  "Gift Wrap", a short story from the Wolfsbane and Mistletoe book
6.   A Touch of Dead, an entire book of Sookie Stackhouse short stories

This box set contains the first 8 books in the Sookie Stackhouse series.  In most cases, purchasing the box set is MUCH cheaper than purchasing each book individually!