The star of the book, Rose, is a half-vampire who’s been on the run. She’s forcefully brought back to the Vampire Academy she’s escaped from. 

The novel centers around the normal angst a teenage girl might experience at high school – boys, peer pressure, gossip, bullying – plus the added problems of being a vampire. Life is hard as a teen vampire as you’ll find out. It’s a fun series with a lot of teen drama. This is one of the more popular vampire series for young adults/teenagers and is a recommended read if you love Twilight.

Goth girl meets vampire and falls in love. This book will appeal to young adults who adore the Twilight style of vampire romance. This is the classic girl-torn-between-two-different-guys story. If you want a vampire series for teens that’s ALL about teen romance, this is your best bet. Now there's even a Manga spawned by the series.

Another vampire romance series, but one that has a pretty interesting vampire character. The plot follows Kerry, a young woman, who saves Ethan – a vampire – from vampire hunters. It’s a choice that she may regret as Ethan turns out to be an untrustworthy character. Of course, Kerry also falls madly in love with him which makes things complicated.

The vampire book that spawned a thousand copycats, Twilight is THE premier vampire novel for young adults. The first book came out in 2005, but it took a couple of years before the vampire craze really started to hit. The story revolves around a loner, Bella, who falls head over heels for Edward, a reformed vampire. But Edward can’t consummate his love because it would destroy her.  The four novels in the series follow the pair as they struggle to stay together despite the various opposing forces that try to prevent them from being together.

This is a vampire tale that's different from the rest of the books/series on this list. Peeps is a much more edgy and gritty type of modern vampire tale. If you are looking for a vampire romance novel for preteens or teens with simplistic characters and a high school drama fest, look elsewhere on this list. But if you want a more mature vampire tale, Peeps is one of the most interesting vampire tales I've read in a long time.

A combination of Mean Girls and Vampire Academy. Bianca is forced by her parents to attend a private school. What her parents don’t realize is that this private school is one attended by vampires.

This series is a supernatural fest with vampires, werewolves, and witches involved in the plot. Night World is a supernatural society that’s “hidden” from normal humans. The story centers around the Night World cardinal rule, which is ‘Humans can never under any circumstance know that Night World exists.” Each story follows what happens when this rule is broken. This is a darker series than many may be used to, but it’s also incredibly fascinating too.

This series follows sassy 16-year-old Zoey Redbird as she transforms into a vampire after being marked out by a vampire tracker. She’s forced to move from home into a sort of “school for new vampires” which is called House of Night. Life, as expected, proves to be pretty tough in this new school, from stuck up popular girls who take bullying to a new level to  a string of mysterious deaths at the school. This novel is entertaining, if a little dark, with some adult features. Don’t expect a novel as sappy and happy-go-lucky as Twilight –the series has more of an edge to it.

A vampire series that has a bit more of a bite than Twilight. Unlike Twilight, these novels actually have some “scary” moments in them. Vampires are not very nice in this series. The book explores the “what if I lived in a town that vampires completely controlled” question. It makes for a bit of a chilling and highly entertaining read.

If you are looking for a revamped version of the traditional vampire story, this book is for you. It follows a group of wealthy kids as they go to a privileged school. What these teens don’t realize is that they are “Blue Bloods” or vampires. The plot centers around their struggle to live with what they are, and to survive as another vampire group seeks to murder them.

Blue Blood really spends a lot of time following the activities of the privileged high society with a good dose of the usual teen high school drama thrown in. The vampire aspect adds an interesting twist, but the story is more about “life as a spoiled rich kid” than about vampires. The story itself is pretty entertaining and a lot more solid than some of the other vampire fiction on the market.