If it was the way you moved between Jesse’s investigations, Maharet’s ancient memories, Marius’s secrets, and Lestat’s dangerous celebrity that hooked you in The Queen of the Damned, you’ll love how The Passage orchestrates voices—Amy, Wolgast, Peter, and more—into a rising chorus. The same ensemble energy that led to the tense gathering at Maharet’s Sonoma refuge is mirrored here as scattered survivors and ageless monsters converge, with revelations dropping across timelines until it all collides.

If you were riveted by the epic sweep of Akasha’s awakening—from Lestat’s rock concert to the long, blood-soaked history revealed by Maharet—The Historian delivers that same grand scale. Following letters, archives, and trails through Istanbul, Budapest, and monasteries reminiscent of the Talamasca’s deep files (think Jesse’s fieldwork), the novel peels back layers of Dracula’s legacy with the patient, globe-trotting urgency you enjoyed in Rice’s sprawling tapestry.

If the origin myth of the vampires—the spirit Amel binding to Akasha, the tragedy of the twins Mekare and Maharet, and the intricate customs that grew from that moment—was your favorite part, The Golem and the Jinni will hit the same pleasure centers. In 1899 New York, Chava (a golem) and Ahmad (a jinni) carry centuries of lore on their shoulders, their powers and constraints revealed with the kind of careful, elegant detailing Rice used when unfolding the first brood’s law and lineage.

If Lestat’s swaggering antiheroism—the rock-god defiance of the ancient ones, the seductive danger that draws Akasha—was what sang to you, Vicious offers a similarly addictive charge. Victor Vale and Eli Ever become superhuman through near-death experiments, then wage a ruthless duel that forces you to root for the devil you know. Like watching Lestat teeter between brilliance and catastrophe, you’ll relish Victor’s razor-edged charm and the way power twists every choice.

If Akasha’s terrifying majesty and the iron-willed presence of Maharet and Mekare drew you in—and Jesse’s work with the Talamasca made you lean forward—The Witching Hour is your next obsession. Rowan Mayfair inherits a dynasty of powerful witches, the enigmatic spirit Lasher haunts the bloodline, and the Talamasca (with figures like Aaron Lightner) quietly document it all. It’s the same intoxicating pull of dangerous, brilliant women shaping an old, hidden world.