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Vampire books spiked in popularity thanks to the success of the Twilight franchise. This spike in popularity has remained steady ever since then.
Thanks to the increased desire for people to read about fictional relationships between humans and vampires, this book series was suddenly becoming admired by a whole new generation.
If you are one of the people interested in reading The Vampire Diaries books, then you might be interested in finding out more about them, including how many books there are in the series for you to read.
Well, the good news is that we have the answer for you. In this article, we are going to walk you through all that you need to know about The Vampires Diaries book series, including how many books there are, all about the author, and much more.
Who Writes The Vampire Diaries Books?
Before we look at how many books there are in The Vampire Diaries series, it is important that you know more about the author of the books.
Whilst determining the author of a book is usually a simple process, the information surrounding the author of The Vampire Diaries books is a bit more complicated.
The named author and the person who created the initial Vampire Diaries world is Lisa Jane Smith, who goes by the name L.J. Smith in her novels.
L.J. Smith is an American author who has been writing young adult fantasy romance novels for quite some time.
Unfortunately, the complicated part of who writes The Vampire Diaries books comes from the fact that L.J. Smith did not write all of the books.
In fact, L.J. Smith was fired from being able to write her own books in this series. This might sound strange, after all, how can an author be fired from writing the books they created?
Well, this was possible because L.J. Smith signed a work-for-hire contract with Alloy Entertainment.
A work-for-hire contract meant that L.J. Smith did not own the copyrights for the series but was owned by Alloy Entertainment instead.
It is rumored that L.J. Smith was fired from writing the books because she had disagreements with the main romances in the novels. Therefore, the books published after were authored by a ghostwriter.
Although, this didn’t stop L.J. Smith from continuing her work on The Vampire Diaries series. L.J. Smith started to publish the rest of her work on the series on Amazon through Kindle.
You might be wondering how this is allowed, well it is because the remaining books she published on Amazon are considered to be fanfiction.
How Many Vampire Diaries Books Are There?
So, how many books are there for you to read in The Vampire Diaries series? In total, there are thirteen books in The Vampire Diaries series.
The interesting thing about The Vampire Diaries books is that the thirteen books are divided into their own subsections. Here is a list of the books in this series, organized by their publication date and the subsection they belong to.
The Original Novels Series
The Awakening (1991)
The Struggle (1991)
The Fury (1991)
Dark Reunion (1992)
The Vampire Diaries: The Return Series
The Return: Nightfall (2009)
The Return: Shadow Souls (2010)
The Return: Midnight (2011)
The Return series was the last series of The Vampire Diaries written by L.J. Smith. After this, the rest of the books had a ghostwriter write them.
The Vampire Diaries: The Hunters Series (A Ghostwriter Wrote Them)
The Hunters: Phantom (2011)
The Hunters: Moonsong (2012)
The Hunters: Destiny Rising (2012)
The Vampire Diaries: The Salvation Series (The Ghostwriter Aubrey Clark Wrote Them)
The Salvation: Unseen (2013)
The Salvation: Unspoken (2013)
The Salvation: Unmasked (2014)
These are all of the books that are officially part of The Vampire Diaries series.
L.J. Smith: The Vampire Diaries Fan Fiction
As mentioned earlier, L.J. Smith continued to write her version of The Vampire Diaries as fan fiction. Here are her stories that continue on after The Return: Midnight.
Evensong: Paradise Lost (2014)
Evensong: The War of Roses (2014)
Evensong: Into the Wood (2014)
L.J. Smith has also published a bunch of short stories about characters in The Vampire Diaries books on her website.
Are There Any Spin-Off Books?
There are some spin-off books for The Vampire Diaries series, but they are mainly based on the TV Series. These spin-off books are The Stefan Diaries series and The Originals series.
The Stefan Diaries
Stefan’s Diaries: Origins (2010)
Stefan’s Diaries: Bloodlust (2011)
Stefan’s Diaries: The Craving (2011)
Stefan’s Diaries: The Ripper (2011)
Stefan’s Diaries: The Asylum (2012)
Stefan’s Diaries: The Compelled (2012)
The Originals
The Originals: The Rise (2015)
The Originals: The Loss (2015)
The Originals: The Resurrection (2015)
All of the books in The Stefan Diaries and The Originals series were authored by a ghostwriter.
Are The Books Similar To The TV Show?
The TV series The Vampire Diaries was inspired by the books but there are many elements of the books that the series did not include. In fact, the TV series almost has no similarities to the original books series written by L.J. Smith.
The main thing that the book series and television series have in common is the name of the characters. Other than that, the plot lines in the book series and the television differ completely.
Final Thoughts
To conclude, there are thirteen books in The Vampire Diaries series, but these do not include any of the spin-off books or the fan fiction series written by L.J. Smith.
There are seven official Vampire Diaries books written by L.J. Smith but the rest are created by ghostwriters.
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