Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series

## Genre Information

Urban Fantasy
Paranormal P.I.

Paranormal Romance
Erotica

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## About the Series

* **Genres:** Urban Fantasy, Erotica, Paranormal P.I.
* **Theme:**
* **Narrative style:** First person POV, Anita Blake

## Series Description

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter is a series of fictional works set into a fantasy world parallel to our own, where vampires, shapeshifters (including lycanthropes such as werewolves), faeries, etc. exist, where humans can have a wide variety of psychic and magical abilities from clairvoyance to re-animating the dead, and where faith causes religious items to glow in the presence of active vampire powers regardless of the religion. This parallel world is complex and ever-changing, as the relationships and power structures evolve and we learn more about the numerous subgroups.

In the middle of all of this is Anita Blake, the heroine of the series, who tries to figure out her own life and relationships while doing her part to keep the people safe from the monsters -- and, when the situation calls for it, the monsters safe from the people and/or each other.

**NOTE**: The early books are very tame, it isn't until around book 6 that the tone changes and they become much more violent and includes detailed erotica.

*The series frequently contains explicit violence, harsh themes, and detailed sexual encounters that do not always fit within the golden rule of 'safe, sane, and consensual'.*.

## Books in order

* Series list:
	1. Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 1) (1993)
	2. The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 2) (1994)
	3. Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 3) (1995)
	4. The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 4) (1996)
	5. Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 5) (1996)
	6. The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 6) (1997)
	7. Burnt Offerings (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 7) (1998)
	8. Blue Moon (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 8) (1998)
		+ The Girl Who was Infatuated with Death (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter 8.5) (2004) (in Bite)
	9. Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 9) (2000)
	10. Narcissus in Chains (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 10) (2001)
	11. Cerulean Sins (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 11) (2001)
	12. Incubus Dreams (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 12) (2004)
	13. Micah (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 13) (2006)
	14. Danse Macabre (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 14) (2006)
	15. The Harlequin (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book15) (2007)
	16. Blood Noir (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 16) (2008)
	17. Skin Trade (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 17) (2009)
	18. Flirt (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 18) (2009)
	19. Bullet (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 19) (2010)
	20. Hit List (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 20) (2011)
		+ Beauty (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter 20.5) (2012)
	21. Kiss the Dead (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 21) (2012)
	22. Affliction (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 22) (2013)
		+ Dancing (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter 22.5) (2013)
	23. Jason (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 23) (2014)
	24. Dead Ice (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 24) (2015)
		+ Wounded (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter 24.5) (2016)
	25. Crimson Death (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 25) (2016)
	26. Serpentine (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 26) (2018)
	27. Sucker Punch (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 27) (2020)
	28. Rafael (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 28) (2021)

### Shorts

* Out of This World (2001) (contains chapters from Narcissus in Chains, "Magic Like Heat Across My Skin", and short stories by other authors)
* Strange Candy (2006) first short story collection — Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #0.5
* Bite (2004) "The Girl Who was Infatuated with Death" — Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #8.5 (Jean-Claude, Anita)
* Beauty (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter 20.5) (2012)
* Dancing (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter 22.5) (2013)
* Shutdown (October 2013)(#22.6)
* A Girl, a Goat, and a Zombie (November 2016), an eShort story available for download through Laurell K. Hamilton's website.
* Wounded (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter 24.5) (2016)
* Sweet Seduction (original short story/novelette; collected in Noir Fatale, May 2019)
* Zombie Dearest (original short story/novelette; collected in Fantastic Hope, April 2020) (#26.5)

## World Building

### Fantasy Elements

Vampires, Werewolves, the usual paranormals

### World

The series takes place in a parallel universe where supernatural creatures and powers are real and their presence is public knowledge. Supernatural beings are considered citizens with most of the rights of regular humans. The novels follow legal vampire executioner Anita Blake's ongoing conflicts with the supernatural as she attempts to solve a variety of mysteries, come to terms with her own abilities, and navigate an increasingly complex series of romantic and political relationships. As the series progresses, Anita's perspective on the supernatural changes; initially she sees preternatural beings simply as "monsters" to be fought, and later grows to see them as communities to be protected, as well as possible love interests.

### Protagonist

Anita Blake
A paranormal PI detective and necromancer.
She works in St. Louis, Missouri, as a professional zombie raiser, vampire executioner and supernatural consultant for the police. The early novels focus predominantly on crime-solving and action; the later ones on Anita's personal and sexual-defender relationships and power.
## Book Descriptions

To many to list, please see one of the external links in the infobox for a site where all of the books are described.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Anita Blake Wiki
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Anita Blake at wikipedia