Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood, Book 1)

Sink your teeth into the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series€"the books that gave life to the Dead and inspired the HBO original series True Blood.

Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Bon Temps, Louisiana. She's quiet, doesn't get out much, and tends to mind her own business€"except when it comes to her €œdisability.€ Sookie can read minds. And that doesn€t make her too dateable. Then along comes Bill Compton. He€s tall, dark, handsome€"and Sookie can€t hear a word he€s thinking. He€s exactly the type of guy she€s been waiting for all her life...

But Bill has a disability of his own: he€s a vampire with a bad reputation. And when a string of murders hits Bon Temps€"along with a gang of truly nasty bloodsuckers looking for Bill€"Sookie starts to wonder if having a vampire for a boyfriend is such a bright idea.