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Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat (2018) Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis (2016) SKIP ALSOĬhr#13. As mentioned above I recommend reading Chronicle 11 (Prince Lestat) after Memnoch because its pretty good, and then determine if you want to go back and read the others.Ĭhr#12. The final 3 Chronicles are the revival series. The crossover between series continues in Blackwood Farm (which is its own attempt at a new franchise but doesn’t get up off the ground) and everything culminates in Blood Canticle (Vampires, Witches, Blackwood Farm characters) which was intended to end all the series together.

I personally recommend reading Witching Hour between Chronicles #4 and 5. It is essential to have read The Witching Hour (1990) before reading Merrick, I don’t recommend rhe sequels Lasher and Taltos but Lasher does introduce a key character who is integral in Chronicles 9 and 10. Chronicles 6 (Armand) and 8 (Blood and Gold) are similar to New Tale #1 (Pandora) in terms of their connection to/focus on Marius, and form a rough thematic trilogy (i feel Armand and Blood and Gold fit better into the New Tales series but they aren’t about new characters so were still labelled as Chronicles).Ĭhronicle #7, Merrick (2000) is a crossover novel between the Vampire Chronicles and the 3 Lives of the Mayfair Witches novels. It is connected to established character Marius. Vittorio is a stand-alone novel with no connections to other vampires from the Chronicles but still a part of the same universe. In 1998 Anne started a new series called New Tales of the Vampires which was short-lived and includes two novels: Pandora, published same year but prior to Armand (#6), and Vittorio (1999) published immediately after Armand.

If you stop there at least read Vittorio before calling it quits.

And I also recommend reading Prince Lestat (Chronicle 11, 2014, see below) before deciding whether to move on and read the rest of the books. I strongly recommend reading The Witching Hour (1990, see below) before Memnoch or at worst immediately after.

1st Sequence, Books 1-5 (considered The Vampire Chronicles proper for many years.)Īt this point stop and get your bearings.

Updated to incorporate Anne’s other novels, written during her husband Stan’s life.Ī breakdown of how the books tie together: A lot of people ask me for my recommended reading order for the Vampire Chronicles and Lives of the Mayfair Witches. I figured it would be helpful to post this separately (instead of just a response as I previously posted).