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Dead and Gone

A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood)

  • 2009 first published
  • 320 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (17 ratings)
  • 20 editions

Dead and Gone is a 2009 paranormal romance and vampire fiction novel by Charlaine Harris. Readers will find themes of vampires, Sookie Stackhouse, werewolves and Louisiana.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 17 ratings, and 29 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 20 editions.

It runs to roughly 320 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Dead and Gone

Now an HBO original series, True Bloodthe New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series continues.Except for Sookie Stackhouse, folks in Bon Temps, Louisiana, know little about vampsand nothing about weres.Until now. The weres and shifters have finally decided to reveal their existence to the ordinary world. At first all goes well. Then the mutilated body of a were-panther is found near the bar where Sookie worksand she feels compelled to discover who, human or otherwise, did it.But theres a far greater danger threatening Bon Temps. A race of unhuman beingsolder, more powerful, and more secretive than vampires or werewolvesis preparing for war. And Sookie finds herself an all-too human pawn in their battle.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Vampires
  • Sookie Stackhouse
  • Werewolves
  • Paranormal romance
  • Women sleuths mystery & detective
  • Occult & supernatural
  • Stackhouse, sookie
  • Louisiana
  • Mystery & detective

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Dead and Gone?

Dead and Gone was written by Charlaine Harris and first published in 2009.

What genre is Dead and Gone?

It is usually shelved as Paranormal Romance, Vampire Fiction, Werewolf Fiction and Occult Fiction.

How long is Dead and Gone?

The median edition has 320 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Dead and Gone?

Readers who like it often enjoy Soulless, Iron Kissed and Silver Borne.

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