Love vampires and scary fiction that is written well enough to call itself "literature" with a straight face. Then I highly recommend The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. Totally fun story w/a good chunk of apparently more or less accurate history about a modern day scholarly investigation into Vlad the Impaler's undead personal self-re-invention as Count Dracula, the vampire we all know about. No Bela Lugosi cheesiness here though. The story is scary and Vlad is definitely painted out as a rather nasty fellow. Excellent bedtime reading.

The Da Vinci Code meets Dracula. A great, suspenseful, LONG, and easy read.

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The Historian is one of those beautifully descriptive novels that enchants you with the surroundings where the story takes place while pursuing something dark within. The book takes you on a journey through eastern Europe and through tales of legends and the present. A thoroughly enjoyable read.