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The Vampire Chronicles books in order

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice has 13 books, published 1976–2018. Reading all of them takes about 118 hours (6,444 pages). 12 can be borrowed free from Open Library.

1Interview with the… 2The Vampire Lestat 3The Queen of the Da… 4The Tale of the Bod… 5Memnoch the Devil 6The Vampire Armand 7Merrick 8Blood and Gold 9Blackwood Farm 10Blood Canticle 11Prince Lestat 12Prince Lestat and t… 13Blood Communion: A…
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Reading order

  1. Book 1 · 1976

    Interview with the Vampire

    349 pages, about 6.4 hours 3.9★ (95)

    BORROW FREE

  2. Book 2 · 1985

    The Vampire Lestat

    606 pages, about 11 hours 4.3★ (51)

    BORROW FREE

  3. Book 3 · 1988

    The Queen of the Damned

    573 pages, about 11 hours 3.8★ (36)

    BORROW FREE

  4. Book 4 · 1992

    The Tale of the Body Thief

    507 pages, about 9.3 hours 3.9★ (25)

    BORROW FREE

  5. Book 5 · 1995

    Memnoch the Devil

    432 pages, about 7.9 hours 3.9★ (16)

    BORROW FREE

  6. Book 6 · 1998

    The Vampire Armand

    500 pages, about 9.2 hours 3.7★ (18)

    BORROW FREE

  7. Book 7 · 2000

    Merrick

    431 pages, about 7.9 hours 3.7★ (10)

    BORROW FREE

  8. Book 8 · 2001

    Blood and Gold

    591 pages, about 11 hours 3.9★ (7)

    BORROW FREE

  9. Book 9 · 2002

    Blackwood Farm

    633 pages, about 12 hours 3.5★ (6)

    BORROW FREE

  10. Book 10 · 2003

    Blood Canticle

    406 pages, about 7.5 hours 3.1★ (7)

    BORROW FREE

  11. Book 11 · 2014

    Prince Lestat

    560 pages, about 10 hours 3.0★ (6)

    BORROW FREE

  12. Book 12 · 2016

    Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

    584 pages, about 11 hours 5.0★ (2)

    BORROW FREE

  13. Book 13 · 2018

    Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat

    272 pages, about 5 hours 4.0★ (1)

Questions people ask

How many The Vampire Chronicles books are there?

There are 13 books in the series, published 1976–2018.

Which The Vampire Chronicles book should I read first?

Start with Interview with the Vampire (1976), book 1. The list above is the reading order.

How long does it take to read the whole series?

About 118 hours at an average pace of 250 words a minute, or 6,444 pages in total. The longest book is Blackwood Farm at 633 pages.

Can I read The Vampire Chronicles for free?

12 books can be borrowed free from Open Library with a free account. The book pages have the links.