Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana

Anne Rice

Anne Rice is best known for gothic and supernatural fiction (notably vampire and witch stories), historical fantasy, and later religious-themed novels.

Major series include The Vampire Chronicles (start with Interview with the Vampire), Lives of Mayfair Witches (start with The Witching Hour), The Sleeping Beauty trilogy (start with The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty), The Wolf Gift Chronicles (start with The Wolf Gift), Songs of the Seraphim, and the Ramses the Damned books. For religious novels, try the Christ the Lord titles.

A commonly followed order from the publisher listings is: Interview with the Vampire (Book 1), The Vampire Lestat (2), The Queen of the Damned (3), The Tale of the Body Thief (4), Memnoch the Devil (5), The Vampire Armand (6), Merrick (7), Blood and Gold (The Vampire Marius) (8), Blackwood Farm (9), Blood Canticle (10), Prince Lestat (11), Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis (12), Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat (13).

Her work frequently examines love, death, immortality, existential questions, and the human condition; later works also engage explicitly with religious and spiritual themes.

Anne Rice was a bestselling author whose books have sold nearly 100 million copies worldwide, making her one of the most widely read contemporary authors; specific awards are not listed on the provided page.