Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy discussion

top 5 Vampire books would be, in no order
Black Dagger Brotherhood
Vampire Acadmey
Twilight
The Night Huntress
The Midnight Breed


Top 5 Shifter books in no order
Riley Jenson
Women of the Otherworld
Faythe Saunders
PSY/Changling
The Breeds

The Mortal Instruments (both)
Twilight saga (both)
Wolves of Mercy Falls (Shiver/Linger)(shifter)
Vampire Diaries (vampire)
Glory (vampire)
The Night World books (both)
Bitten (shifter)

The question made me realize I like fantasy a lot but most of my favorites are not necessarily vampires or shifters. I actually don't care for some of the ones I have read.

vamp
twilight
chicagoland vampires
shadow world
night huntress
vampire academy

shifter
kate daniels
mercedes thompson
nightshade

VAMP: Argeneau series (Lynsay Sands)
Black Dagger Brotherhood (JR Ward)
Darkyn series (Lynn Viehl)
Night Huntress (Jeaniene Frost)
Vegas Vampires (Erin McCarthy) or Chicagoland vampires (Chloe Neill)

SHIFTER:Anita Blake (Laurell K Hamilton)
Dark Hunter series (Sherrilyn Kenyon)
Mercedes Thompson (Patricia Briggs)
Riley Jenson Guardian (Keri Arthur)
True Blood/Sookie Stackhouse (Charlaine Harris)

VAMP
Argeneau series
Black Dagger Brotherhood
Night Huntress series
Vampire Academy series
Carpathians series

SHIFTER
Anita Blake series
Dark Hunter Series
Mercedes Thompson
True Blood
Night creatures series

Seeing as I've only read three series with vamps or shifters, lol, they obviously made my top 5 list.

Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Series (Read all) by Charlaine Harris
Argeneau Series (Read 3 or 4 but own all) by Lyndsay Sands
Twilight (Reading last now) by Stephanie Meyer

Other than finishing last Twilight book now and finishing the Argeneau series, I'm not sure what PNR/UF series to try next. I do have the Dresden Files to finish (Read first 2, own all) and I do have Moon Called to try. (Is that Mercy Thompson?)

Vampire:
NIght Huntress
Black dagger Brotherhood
Night World
Midnight Breed

Shifter:
Wolves of Mercy falls
WOMen of the OTherworld
Mercedes TOMPson

ஐ Briansgirl "Book Sale Queen"ஐ wrote: "Seeing as I've only read three series with vamps or shifters, lol, they obviously made my top 5 list.

Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Series (Read all) by Charlaine Harris
Argeneau Series (R..."

Yes it's Mercy Thompson. lol

Dagger of Brotherhood J.R. Ward
Sookie Stackhouse NovelCharlaine Harris
Night Huntress Jeaniene Frost
Love at Stake Kerrelyn Sparks
Dark Hunter Sherrilyn Kenyon
I could go on and on lol.

Shifter (no order):

Shifter series by Rachel Vincent
Magnus Pack series by Shelly Laurenston
Pride series by Shelly Laurenston
Long Island coven series by Shelly Laurentson
Dragon Kin series by G.A. Aiken (who is actually Shelly Laurentston)


Vampires (no order):

Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward
Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer
No Rest For the Wicked (book 3 of Immortals After Dark series) by Kresley Cole
Dark Needs at Night's Edge (book 5 of Immortals After Dark series) by Kresley Cole
Deep Kiss of Winter (book 8 of Immortals After Dark series) by Kresley Cole

ஐ Briansgirl "Book Sale Queen"ஐ wrote: "Seeing as I've only read three series with vamps or shifters, lol, they obviously made my top 5 list.

Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Series (Read all) by Charlaine Harris
Argeneau Series (R..."


You should read the vampire series Black Dagger Brotherhood by JR Ward. They're really good.

Keri wrote: "ஐ Briansgirl "Book Sale Queen"ஐ wrote: "Seeing as I've only read three series with vamps or shifters, lol, they obviously made my top 5 list.

Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Series (Read all)..."

You should!!

Shifter (in no particular order):
Bitten
Moon Called
Linger
Kitty and the Midnight Hour
Eternal Pleasure

Vampires (no particular order):
Twilight
Touch the Dark
Vampire Academy
Blue Bloods
One Foot in the Grave

1. Vampire Academy
2. Twilight
3. Evernight Series
4. House Of Night
5. Wolves Of Mercy Falls Series

Vamps
1. Chicagoland Vampires
2. Argeneau Series
3. BDB
4. Sookie Stackhouse
5. Anita Blake

Shifter
1. Mercy Thompson
2. Kate Daniels
3. Psy-Changeling
4. Dark Hunter
5. Riley Jensen

Night Creatures? Who writes?

Holly wrote: "VAMP
Argeneau series
Black Dagger Brotherhood
Night Huntress series
Vampire Academy series
Carpathians series

SHIFTER
Anita Blake series
Dark Hunter Series
Mercedes Thompson
True Blood
Night c..."

The UF/PNR series I read very rarely has just Vampires or just Shifters in it, so here is a mixed list of my top 10 series, in no particular order:
Patricia Briggs’s Mercy Thompson series
Faith Hunter’s Jane Yellowrock series
Chloe Neill’s Chicagoland Vampires series
Carrie Vaughn’s Kitty Norville series
Kelley Armstrong’s Women of the Otherworld series
Carole Nelson Douglas’s Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator series
Christine Warren’s The Others series
Yasmine Galenorn’s Sisters of the Moon/Otherworld series
Kim Harrison’s Rachel Morgan series
Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series

I haven't read all that many yet. But I love:

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (both)
Wolves of Mercy Falls (shifter)
Vampire Diaries (mostly vampire)
Nightwold (both and other PN)
Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampire (both) by Charlaine Harris (not every one is 5 stars but I am addicted to Eric!)

Vampires:
Anita Blake by Laurell K. Hamilton
Night Huntress by Jeaniene Frost
Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward
Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
Gardella Vampire Chronicles by Colleen Gleason

Shifters (Just started reading about shifters, so I haven't really read that many yet. Those I have read though, I've loved so far!)
Anita Blake by Laurell K. Hamilton
Shifters by Rachel Vincent
Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
Psy-Changeling by Nalini Singh

Vampires:
Twilight Saga - Stephenie Meyer
Anita Blake - Laurell K. Hamilton
Sookie Stackhouse - Charlaine Harris
Black Dagger Brotherhood - J.R. Ward
Blue Bloods - Melissa de la Cruz

Shifters: (Shifters are not my favorite - I am not sure why I have an adversion to them, but a few have been winners for me)
Psy-Changeling - Nalini Singh
The Wolves of Mercy Falls - Maggie Stiefvater
Were-Hunters - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Mercedes Thompson - Patricia Briggs
Anita Blake - Laurell K. Hamilton (love her were-kitties!)

Vampires:
1. Sookie Stackhouse series
2. Vampire Academy
3. Twilight
4. House of Night
5. Blue Bloods

Shifters:
1. Sookie Stackhouse series
2. Twilight
3. Anita Blake series
That's all I've read about shifters.

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Vampires:
1. The Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward
2. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
3. No Rest for the Wicked (IAD series by Kresley Cole)
4. I Only Have Fangs for You by Kathy Love
5. Twilight

Shifters:
1. Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night (IAD series by Kresley Cole)
2. The Dark Prince (IAD series by Kresley Cole)
3. Dark Side of the Moon (Were-Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon)
4. Scent of Darkness by Christina Dodd
5. Come Moonrise by Lucy Monroe

A Hunger Like No Other
Vampire Acdemy
Vampire diaries
Heart of the dragon

Vampire:
Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris
Anita Blake by Laurell Hamilton
Dark series by Christine Feehan
Black Daggar Brotherhood by J.R. Ward
Undead series by Mary Janice Davidson

Shifter:
Kitty Norville series by Carrie Vaughn
Shifters by Rachel Vincent
Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs
Riley Jenson series by Keri Arthur
Otherworld by Kelly Armstrong

VAMPS
Twilight
black dagger brothers
night huntress
midnight breed
house of night

SHIFTERS
Mercedes Thompson
true blood
fever series
alpha & Omega

Vampire :
- Twilight
- Interview with a vampire
- True blood
- Dracula

Shifters :
- Wolfen
- Wolf
- mate set
- call of the wolf
- Last wolf standing

Vampires:

Night Huntress-Jeaniene Frost
Guild Hunter-Nalini Singh
Blackdagger Brotherhood-J.R. Ward
Chicagoland Vampire-Chloe Neill
Sookie's Southern Vampire Series(only 1-8 the ones after started to SUCK *no pun intended*)-Charlaine Harris

Shifters:

Kate Daniels (love Curran)-Ilona Andews
Psy-Changling -Nalini Singh
Darkest Jaguar Series -Juliana Stone
Blood Law - Karin Tabke
Magnus Pack -Shelly Laurenston

eurgh...no twilight here

top 5 vampire books
Christine Feehan's Carpanthians series
Anne Rice's Lestat
Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy
Christopher Pike's Last Vampire series
Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunters


top 5 shifter books
Ilona Andrews's Kate Daniels' series
Keri Arthur's Riley Creek Werewolves
Kresley Cole's Scottish Royal Wolfs.. *ehem*
Michelle M Pillow's Var royals/cat-shifter
Christine Feehan's werepanthers series

VAMPS:
BDB
Sookie
Night Huntress
Vampire Academy
Midnight Breed

SHIFTERS:
Magnus Pack/Pride
Fever
Psy-changelings
Mercy Thompson
Feral Warriors
No order to them... All great books though! :)

VAMP
Sookie Stackhouse
Twilight
House of Night
Vampire Academy
Vampire Kisses

SHIFTER
Wolves of Mercy Falls
Sookie Stackhouse
Alpha & Omega
Keri Arthur's Riley Creek Werewolves

I'm new to the genre but so far my favorites are:

Shifters:
Darkness Chosen series by Christina Dodd
Feral Warriors series by Pamela Palmer
Shifters Unbound by Jennifer Ashley

Vampires
Midnight Breeds by Lara Adrian
Dark Hunters by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Scanguards Vampires by Tina Folsom

Shifters:
Shelly Laurenston
Michelle Pillow
Psy-Changling
Mercy Thompson
Adams and Clamp


Vampires
I love Angela Knights Vampires
Immortals After Dark
Gail Kroger
BDB (But I have really quit reading the series)
Night Huntress

Vamps:

The Hollows
Night Huntress
Midnight Breed
BDB
Chicagoland Vamps
Jaz Parks (sorry - I know that's 6!)

Shifters:

Kate Daniels
Psy-Changeling
Mercy Thompson
The Mortal Instruments
Twilight
Shout out to the FREE series Law of the Lycans by Nicky Charles (The Mating, The Keeping, The Finding)