I know theyre very polarizing books at best for some people, but ive just been very intrigued by it. Books by anne rice authors like anne rice what should i read. Her books have sold over 100 million copies world wide. Since she has tried to avoid genre distinctions for her work, it can be difficult to draw parallels. Handpicked recommendations to authors who have a similar writing style to anne rice. The writer has had a fairly tumultuous religious history. From the iconic and bestselling author of the mummy and the vampire chronicles, a mesmerizing, glamorous new tale of ancient feuds and modern passions. Books similar to the claiming of sleeping beauty the claiming of sleeping beauty. If it seems like an eternity until the release of prince lestat, anne rices return to her beloved vampire chronicles, try glen duncans. The people have spoken, and rice takes offense the new york. The closer two writers are, the more likely someone will like both of them. Anne rice the best books, recommendations and similar. On july 28, bestselling author anne rice officially left the roman catholic church.
Anne rice, born in new orleans in 1941, is best known for her vampire chronicles novels, some of the bestselling novels of all time. Anne rice is an american author of gothic and christian fiction. Find authors like anne rice from the worlds largest community of readers. The atlanta journalconstitution anne rice will live on through the ages of literature. From anne rice, author of beautys kingdom, the third book in the erotic sleeping beauty series before e. James fifty shades of grey and sylvia days bared to you, there was anne rices provocative. In a darkened room a young man sits telling the macabre and eerie story of his life the story of a vampire, gifted with eternal life, cursed with an exquisite craving for human blood. Are there any other great authors of vampire fiction that we havent discovered yet. Anne rice was born howard allen frances obrien on october 4, 1941. If you like anne rice you might like similar authors faye perozich, a. Remember that individual judgments of writing styles will differ among readers and that these suggestions are selective. This book brings together rice s vampires and the mayfair witches plot summary. Over the years this has grown to a unique and invaluable author like for like recommendation resource, created.
What to read next if you liked prince lestat, orphan train, the. The homoerotic overtones of the vampire chronicles are also welldocumented. In the opening chapter of the novel, beauty is awakened from her 100year sleep by her prince, but. If neatness counts for you, dont count on anne rice s musicalghost novel violin. Books like fifty shades of grey for frisky thrills. Books from the vampire chronicles were the subject of two film adaptations, interview with the vampire in 1994, and queen.
She lives in palm desert, california, but misses her home in new orleans. It is an eruption of the author s personal demons, as messy as the monster bursting from that poor fellows chest in the movie alien. Roquelaure, with this beautifully repackaged boxed set of the three erotic novels in her acclaimed sleeping beauty trilogy. But while mystery might be filled with series that gradually decline janet evanovich comes to mind, its practically defined by authors like raymond chandler. Books by anne rice authors like anne rice what should. In these novels the mayfair witches become part of the vampire chronicles world. Author of 202 books including interview with the vampire follow author anne rice born howard allen frances obrien is a bestselling american author of gothic, supernatural, historical, erotica, and later religious themed books. If you love her series and are craving more, look no further. We are both thrilled and grateful these precious items and papers now have a safe and permanent home.
Her novels interview with the vampire and queen of the damned were both adapted to film. Ramses the great, former pharaoh of egypt, is reawakened by the elixir of life in edwardian england. Fans of fifty shades of grey will love this because. I finished reading the chronicles years ago, and now im interested in reading about more vampires. Some of the themes of this novel and in large part the title are reborrowed from the 19th century gothic novel melmoth the wanderer by irish author charles maturin. Exit to eden was also adapted very loosely to film rice considered herself an atheist for many years, but returned to catholicism in 1998. If there were ever a series i would love another book from, it would be the mayfair witch series. Taltos while many people love anne rice mostly for her vampire books, i love her more for her mayfair witch books. Anne rice is also the author of other novels, including the witching hour, servant of the bones, merrick, blackwood farm, blood canticle, violin, and cry to heaven.
Rice that some readers, to put it mildly, did not like. Her notable works included the vampire chronicles, which largely feature the vampire lestat, and a trilogy about the mayfair witches. Readalikes are suggestions for readers who enjoy the works of a particular author and would like to have recommendations of other authors that write in a similar style or genre. They are followed by the beautiful witch merrick mayfair, an offshoot of the mayfair clan, with julien mayfair as one of her ancestors. Books by anne rice authors like anne rice what should i read next register for free to build your own book lists.
Merrick 2000 is the seventh book in anne rice s the vampire chronicles series. Roquelaure the claiming of sleeping beauty similar books. With a band of likeminded mercenaries and the blessing of the church, they head. It is undeniable that anne rice has created the paradigm in which all vampire stories are measured against. Who is the better author between anne rice and stephenie meyer. Anne rice s violin tells the story of two charismatic figures bound to each other by a passionate commitment to music as a means of rapture, seduction, and liberation. Anne rice, american author best known for her novels about vampires and other supernatural creatures. If you cant get enough of paranormal romance, check out our posts on anne rice, christine feehan, gena showalter, nora roberts, and the best urban fantasy books of 2015. It was suggested to me that i ask this question here.
Memnoch the devil is the fifth novel in anne rice s vampire chronicles series, following the tale of the body thief. Books to read if you like anne rice vampire chronicles. Vampire chronicles and new tales of the vampiresby anne rice. Are there any books similar to anne rice s vampire chronicles. The untold story of irelands heroic role from the fall of rome to the rise of. She is perhaps best known for her series of novels, the vampire chronicles, revolving around the central character of lestat.
The writer wanted to know which authors she could try who fall in the agatha christie category my word, not hers. Because anne rice and dracula by bram stoker are my favorites, im not into anything like stephany myers vampires whoshudder, sparkle. Some people dont like annes work, for some people she can get. Looking for books like interview with the vampire by anne. Exit to eden, feast of all saints, interview with the vampire, lasher, merrick, the mummy, pandora, queen of the damned, servant of the bones, tale of the body thief, vampire lestat, vittorio the vampire, the witching hour. The sequel and the original novel combine elements of the adventure, horror, supernatural thriller, historical romance, and erotica. Roquelaure, michael riley, stephen king, william peter blatty.
That said, no offence to her, but her writing skills are nowhere near as good as that of anne rice. Although she was raised catholic, rice rejected the. The claiming of sleeping beauty by anne rice lesson plans. Anne rice born howard allen frances obrien is a bestselling american author of gothic, supernatural, historical, erotica, and later religious themed books. Click on an author s name learn more about them and see a partial list of their books. Even though the first books that i read were the vampire chronicles, i actually liked books like the mummy or the lives of the mayfair witches much better and was always taken by the author s ability to draw you into her world. Books similar to sleeping beauty trilogy sleeping beauty. Feast of all saints became a miniseries in 2001 and queen of the damned was released as a film in 2002. She is most well known for her series of novels about vampires entitled the vampire chronicles which feature famous character lestat.
Anne rice 6 erotic romance novels that are better than. Looking for books like interview with the vampire by anne rice and good books to research folklore especially the boogeyman branch, i think is the way to describe it on mobile, typing fast so sorry for any misspelling and bad formatting. Interview with a vampire was adapted into a popular 1994 film starring tom cruise, kirsten dunst, brad pitt, and antonio banderas. If it seems like an eternity until the release of prince lestat, anne rice s return to her beloved vampire chronicles, try glen duncans justcompleted trilogy that begins with the last werewolf. She hopes to obtain a pied a terre in the french quarter there some time in the near future. In this same year, the category for works based on anne rice s books was removed wholesale from.
Celebrate the daring gifts of anne rice, writing as a. Join our community of taste explorers to save your discoveries, create inspiring lists, get personalized recommendations, and follow interesting people. Anne rice, woman who gifted us interview with the vampire, also wrote the claiming of sleeping beauty, a threebook series thats pretty much the same as. This morning i received a letter asking me for some advice. The passion of cleopatra, is a historical horror novel by anne rice and christopher rice. Thomas cahill is the author of the bestselling hinges of history series a planned seven part series including how the irish saved civilization. Author anne rice, reacting with shock and horror to criticisms from readers. Anne rice is an american novelist who writes vampire fiction, christianthemed novels and erotica. So my question is whether people know of authors or works that are similar to anne rice. In telling the sexually charged, bloodsoaked family saga of 200yearold lycanthrope jake marlowe, duncan does for werewolves what rice did for. Heres a list of books to read if you like anne rice vampire chronicles, from vampire hunting to the darkly paranormal. Does any one know books written in a similar vein to anne rice s sleeping beauty trilogy.
It explores a world of seduction, desire and discipline wrapped up in a classic fairytale the claiming of sleeping beauty is the first in the sleeping beauty quartet from acclaimed author anne rice. The sleeping beauty quartet is a series of four novels written by american author anne rice under the pseudonym of a. Like rice, the heroine triana lives in new orleans, mourns a dead young daughter and a drunken mother, and is subject to uncanny visions. Since she has tried to avoid genre distinctions for her. Anne rice born howard allen frances obrien, october 4, 1941 is an american author of gothic fiction, christian literature, and erotic literature. The vampire chronicles complete 10 hardcover set anne rice on. The quartet comprises the claiming of sleeping beauty, beautys punishment, beautys release, and beautys kingdom, first published individually in 1983, 1984, 1985, and 2015, respectively, in the united states. Readalikes for anne rice if you like anne rice try these authors. Books similar to anne rices sleeping beauty series. Check out this list of books to read if you like laurell k. A graphic novel from the worlds largest community of readers. Christopher here with a tremendously exciting announcement. Laurell k hamilton stephen king thomas harris brian jacques mary pope osborne mary wollstonecraft shelley a a milne beverly cleary dr seuss, theodore geisel stephen king.
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