Sookie Stackhouse is a smart, savvy waitress in a small Southern town. Her ability to read minds gives humans the creeps. So her old boyfriend, Bill, seems perfect for her: since vampires are dead, Sookie can’t read their minds. At last, she’s with a man who might surprise her. But when the pair breaks up, Sookie hopes she can go back to her uneventful, pre-vamp existence. As if.
In Dead to the World, Sookie starts the New Year off with a bang by finding Bill’s “boss,” vampire Eric, running half-naked through the woods. Seems someone stole mighty Eric’s memory—and dropped the gorgeous and now vulnerable vampire right into Sookie’s lap. Eric might end up the only friend Sookie’s got, especially after her brother, Jason, goes missing—and a bloody footprint is found behind his house. Before she can say “Boo!”, Sookie finds herself in the middle of the most violent, bloody turf war that vampires, witches and werewolves have ever known….
In Dead As A Doornail, somebody is gunning for the two-natured, and if Sookie gets in the way, so much the better. Shifters are going down, and her brother, Jason, is a suspect. A wicked new vampire named Mickey has his lethal sights set on Sookie, and her old boyfriend Bill—and newer vampire love, Eric—will fight to the death to save her.
Sookie hopes they don’t kill her in the process….
Warning: Explicit sex. Jacket art by Julie Bell. (419 pp.) 2004-2005.
Hardcover Book : 432 pages
Publisher: Ace Books Inc. ( May 01, 2005 )
Item #: 11-899749
ISBN: 9780739453421
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 x 1.11inches
Product Weight: 15.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

a truly awesome book! you'll be hooked if your not already!
Reviewer: Crystal
This was a great book. I couldn't put it down. I have read all 9 books, currently on
short stories. Enjoy your reading.
Reviewer: Denise
The Sookie Stackhouse series is incredible. If you haven't read them all, READ THEM!!!! This collection is a must have for the collector.
Reviewer: Alan
im only on chapter 2 so far but im hooked. i first got hooked on True Blood on HBO. then i started reading the books. they are all hard to put down!
Reviewer: Laura S
Dead to the World is my, so far, favorite of the 9 Sookie Stackhouse books because I love ERIC! And this is the book that started off that love for him. For the TrueBlood watchers, this will show you a different side of Eric and you will love it! I truly hope that if this book gets a season on TrueBlood that it will stay true to the book, at least when it come to Eric. Also, the sex-reads are unbelievable in this book...steamy! Dead as a doornail has a LOT going on and introduces new characters that will be pivotal in books to come. It?s not my fav, but its still a good read!
Reviewer: Lauren P