Selected as:
Barnes & Noble Top 10 Novel of 2020!
New York Public Library Top 10 Book of 2020!
Amazon Top 100 Book of 2020!
Goodreads Top Horror Novel of 2020!
Thank you to everyone who keeps buying a copy despite the Red Death. The response to this book has been huge and I’m deeply, deeply gateful.
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires is a spiritual sequel to My Best Friend’s Exorcism. It’s about adult friendships rather than high school friendships, and while it doesn’t feature any of the same characters it takes place in the same neighborhood, about five years later, in the Nineties. It’s the story of a book club who realize that their new neighbor might not just be some yankee from away, he might be a literal monster. But who’s going to take a bunch of housewives seriously?
“It feels weird to call a blood-soaked horror novel writhing with creepy-crawlies a delight, but these are strange times, and indie horror writer Grady Hendrix is the patron saint of strange.” - USA Today
“[A] clever, addictive vampire thriller....This powerful, eclectic novel both pays homage to the literary vampire canon and stands singularly within it.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Every vampire novel is going to have blood and teeth, but this one’s got that one essential ingredient that nobody else does like Grady Hendrix: heart." — Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians
“Hendrix has masterfully blended the disaffected housewife trope with a terrifying vampire tale, and the anxiety and tension are palpable...a spot-on pick for book clubs.” — Booklist, starred review
“The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires is funny and warm and genuinely creepy and disturbing. Grady re-created a time and place without the dangerous, distortive lens of nostalgia.” — Paul Tremblay, author of Survivor Song
"Hendrix cleverly sprinkles in nods to well-established vampire lore, and the fact that he's a master at conjuring heady 1990s nostalgia is just the icing on what is his best book yet." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Grady Hendrix has cemented his place as a literary luminary…cancel your plans and lock your doors, you won’t be able to stop reading this one until the very end.” — Sarah Gailey, author of Magic for Liars
"A vampire’s hunger for blood may be insatiable, but this masterpiece novel ladles out ample thrills, chills, and relevant examples of sociopolitical injustices to satisfy any literary appetite." — Foreword Reviews, starred review
“This book is a goddamn delight.” — Lauren Beukes, author of Afterland
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