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Sookieverse FAQs

The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories by author Charlaine Harris

Some of the Sookie-verse characters and their associated backstories appear in short stories. Here is the reading order for the series, including short stories:

 

  • DEAD UNTIL DARK
  • LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
  • CLUB DEAD
  • DEAD TO THE WORLD
  • “Fairy Dust” from POWERS OF DETECTION
  • “Dracula Night” from MANY BLOODY RETURNS
  • DEAD AS A DOORNAIL
  • “One Word Answer” from BITE
  • DEFINITELY DEAD
  • ALL TOGETHER DEAD
  • FROM DEAD TO WORSE
  • “Lucky” from UNUSUAL SUSPECTS
  • “Gift Wrap” from WOLFSBANE AND MISTLETOE
  • DEAD AND GONE
  • “Two Blondes” from DEATH’S EXCELLENT VACATION
  • DEAD IN THE FAMILY
  • “Small Town Wedding” from SOOKIE STACKHOUSE COMPANION (8/30/11)
  • DEAD RECKONING
  • “If I Had a Hammer” from HOME IMPROVEMENT, UNDEAD EDITION
  • DEADLOCKED
  • DEAD EVER AFTER
  • A TOUCH OF DEAD contains the short stories Fairy Dust through Gift Wrap
The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories by author Charlaine Harris

Here are some guidelines for finding out more about the short stories….

  • Readers of ‘Fairy Dust’ from Powers of Detection (Dana Stabenow ~ editor) will find out more about the fairy triplets. Sookie is also featured in this short story.
  • ‘Dancers In The Dark’ from the Night’s Edge Anthology (Maggie Shane) features a romance/thriller set in the fictional city of Rhodes. While Sookie is not featured, the world is part of the ‘Sookieverse’ and the two main characters from this short story reappear in All Together Dead, in the city of Rhodes.
  • ‘One Word Answer’ is from the Bite Anthology, usually found under Laurel K. Hamilton as author. Some backstory on cousin Hadley is provided in this short story
  • ‘Dracula Night’ from the Many Blood Returns anthology (Charlaine Harris & Toni L. P. Kelner ~ editors) finds Sookie as the only human invited to Fangtasia’s annual gala celebration of Dracula’s birth.
  • Q: When we hear about Cousin Hadley in DEFINITELY DEAD, it’s like we’re only getting part of the story.
    A: Sookie’s cousin Hadley’s background is contained in the short story “One Word Answer,” originally published in the anthology BITE. Laurell K. Hamilton is usually listed as the main writer in this anthology.

Special thanks to Sonofnorway for compiling this list.