Dracula Books in Order
Dracula contains 10 books, published between 1975 and 2024. The first book is The Dracula Tape (1975) and the newest is Lucy Undying (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1975–2024
- Pages on record
- 2,709 in 9 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 45–68 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,709 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Dracula is catalogued here as Fred Saberhagen's vampire sequence, ten books published between 1975 and 2024. The Dracula Tape (1975) opens it, and Lucy Undying (2024), co-credited to Kiersten White, is the newest. The Holmes-Dracula File (1978) brings Sherlock Holmes into the run, and An Old Friend of the Family (1979), Thorn (1980), A Matter of Taste (1990) and A Sharpness on the Neck (1996) follow. Vampires, horror and time travel sit among the subjects, with Chicago among the settings.
How many Dracula books are there?
Dracula has 10 books, released between 1975 and 2024.
Dracula Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Dracula books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1The Dracula Tape1975 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/419752882/4
- 1Lucy Undying2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
- 2The Holmes-Dracula File1978 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/419782562/4
- 3An Old Friend of the Family1979 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/419792402/4
- 4Thorn1980 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/419803042/4
- 5Dominion1982 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/419823202/4
- 6A Matter of Taste1990 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/419902882/4
- 7A Question of Time1992 · 278 pages · confirmed 2/419922782/4
- 9A Sharpness on the Neck1996 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/419963522/4
- 10A Coldness in the Blood2002 · 383 pages · confirmed 2/420023832/4
Do you have to read Dracula books in order?
You should read the Dracula books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Dracula book also stands alone.
Where to start with Dracula
Start with The Dracula Tape (1975), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Dracula book?
Lucy Undying (2024) is the newest Dracula book released so far.
Is there a new Dracula book coming?
No next Dracula book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Dracula
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Dracula. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1981Shortlistedfor Thorn
Dracula at a glance
- Still running
- Dracula is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Dracula books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 2,709 pages across the 9 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Dracula books, 3 of 10, were published in the 1990s.
- Attribution
- Of the 10 titles, 9 are credited to Fred Saberhagen and 1 to Kiersten White.
What the Dracula books are about
9 of the 10 Dracula books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: horror is tagged on 8 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Horror 8 of 9 books
- Vampires 7 of 9 books
- Science fiction 2 of 9 books
Other series by Fred Saberhagen
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Berserker books in order 22 books