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Not too long ago Anne Rice was the queen of vampire fiction with her creation of the legendary Lestat[phpbay] However, in the past few years Stephenie Meyer with her Twilight Saga, Charlaine Harris with True Blood, and other authors with their vampire creations have stormed the best seller charts[phpbay] But what are the most popular series with the legions of online vamp lit fans?

The top ten most popular (based on online chatter) vampire book series are:

10[phpbay] Riley Jensen Guardian by Keri Arthur

9[phpbay] Anita Blake Vampire Hunter by Laurell K[phpbay] Hamilton

8[phpbay] The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice

7[phpbay] The Morganville Vampires by Rachel Caine

6[phpbay] Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber

5[phpbay] The Darren Shan Saga by Darren Shan

4[phpbay] Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

3[phpbay] The House of Night by P[phpbay] C[phpbay] Cast and Kristin Cast

2[phpbay] The Southern Vampire Mysteries / Sookie Stackhouse Novels / True Blood Series by Charlaine Harris

[phpbay][phpbay][phpbay]and the most popular Vampire Lit Series is no surprise[phpbay][phpbay][phpbay]

1[phpbay] The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer

Not quite making the top ten were Night Huntress by Jeaniene Frost, Vampire Diaries by L[phpbay]J[phpbay] Smith, Undead and [phpbay][phpbay][phpbay] by MaryJanice Davidson, Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz, Vampire Beach by Alex Duval, Night World by L[phpbay]J[phpbay] Smith, Nikki and Michael by Keri Arthur, Mackenzie Vampires by Nina Bangs, and Almost Human by Melanie Nowak[phpbay]

The top two series on this list have also been adapted for the screen, with the wildly popular Twilight Saga movies and True Blood television series on HBO[phpbay] This can have only helped their dominance in this poll[phpbay] While great literature does not need to be adapted for the screen, it will clearly raise awareness of a series and bring in a whole new group of fans[phpbay] A Darren Shan motion picture (Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant) will be released in late 2009[phpbay] Both House of Night and Vampire Academy films or TV adaptations are almost inevitable, although neither seem to be even close to production[phpbay] If the new CW Network TV series based on L[phpbay] J[phpbay] Smith's Vampire Diaries is a hit, then those novels are bound to be in the top ten for my next vamp lit poll[phpbay] And, finally, it is lovely to see that modern vampire literature icon and pioneer Anne Rice made the list, even if she was not in the top five[phpbay] Oddly, only two of Anne Rice's novels (Interview with the Vampire and The Queen of the Damned) were ever turned into feature films[phpbay]

I compiled this list by searching for each of the vampire book series on a number of search engines and ranking them by the number of web pages, discussion forums, photos, videos, etc that are available online[phpbay]

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