Twilight stans! We’re always looking for our next read, and we’re sure you are too. We’ve compiled a list of alternatives to the Twilight Saga in an effort to find some new unproblematic faves. This list includes both recent/upcoming werewolf and vampire novels, as well as ownvoices stories from indigenous creators (both genre and contemporary); most are YA, but not all. We haven’t read all of them, so this is just a starting point for your TBR. Please report back on how they are! As a reminder, please support your local library or independent bookstore, or check out Bookshop.org. And, this isn’t at all a definitive list, so feel welcome to add on!
New York Times bestselling author Renée Ahdieh returns with a sumptuous, sultry and romantic new series set in 19th century New Orleans where vampires hide in plain sight.
Humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming, but now an even greater evil lurks. The indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream.
Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite
Anthology ed. by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker
Eleven fresh vampire stories by YA authors both bestselling and acclaimed, including Samira Ahmed, Dhonielle Clayton, Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker, Tessa Gratton, Heidi Heilig, Julie Murphy, Mark Oshiro, Rebecca Roanhorse, Laura Ruby, Victoria “V. E.” Schwab, and Kayla Whaley.
An undocumented immigrant discovers a world straight out of Argentine folklore, where the seventh consecutive daughter is born a bruja and the seventh consecutive son is a lobizón, a werewolf.
The term “Apple” is a slur in Native communities across the US. It’s for someone supposedly “red on the outside, white on the inside.” Eric tells his story and shatters that slur, reclaiming it in heartbreaking verse and prose and imagery.
for adults; published Sept 8, 2005
Seminal, foundational, visionary Black genre author Octavia Butler’s last novel. This is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: she is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire.
Auggie Pfeiffer is a gay 16-year-old who lives in a decaying Chicago suburb with a vampire problem. When strange things start happening to Auggie, he harbors the hope that he’s been mystically chosen to slay vampires…but things aren’t all what they seem.
Published February 13, 2007
“Looking for something to read that will make your TV jealous? TANTALIZE has it all — hot vampires and wolf-boys, a super-cool heroine in cowboy boots, nail-biting suspense, romance, chills ’n’ thrills, and Austin, Texas. What more could you want?” — Libba Bray, author of A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY and REBEL ANGELS
Winner of an American Indian Youth Literature Award
New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith turns to realistic fiction with the thoughtful story of a Native teen navigating the complicated, confusing waters of high school — and first love.
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