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Question: Order for reading the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice!?
I know for the Vampire Chronicles the order is:
Interview with the Vampire
The Vampire Lestat
The Queen of the Damned
Tale of the Body Thief
Memnoch the Devil
The Vampire Armand
Merrick
Blood & Gold
Blackwood Farm
Blood Canticle
I want to know WHERE the Tales of the Witches fall into that timeline!. Where do I need to read each of the Witches books in order to know the characters/events taking place in the Vampire Chronicles!. also, do the New Tales of the Vampires (Pandora and Vittorio the Vampire) tie in with the Vampire Chronicles!? Are these new vampires in the series at all, if so- when should I read them!?
Should I just go by the publication dates!?
And if you want to be AMAZING, with your listing of the order of the books-- rate each book out of 5! I have only read the first 3 in the series!.
Thank you!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Why not just read them in the order they were published!? Even if some books were intended to be prequels or whatnot, she released them in a specific order!. I would read them in that order!.
It scares me to think that someone may watch Star Wars Episode 1-3 before the originals!. Just because they take place earlier in the store doesn't necessarily mean that they should be read/watched first!. Then again, this is just a general commentary on order, not specific to the Rice novels!.
Take it for what you will ;) Hope that helps!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Pandora and Vittorio the Vampire can be read seperatly, but it help if you read them in the following order because Marius is involved!.
Interview With The Vampire
The Vampire Lestat
Queen of The Damned
Tale of The Body Thief
Memnoch The Devil
The Vampire Armand (Can be read before or after Pandora)
Pandora
Vittorio The Vampire
Merrick
Blood And Gold
The Witching Hour
Lasher
Taltos
Blackwood Farm
Blood Canticle
Its been a while since I have read this books but i loved them a lot, just in their own way!. Reading them as close to order as possible allows you to follow a rough story line!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
I read the Mayfair Witch books before the Vampire books, but the witched do not actually play a part in the Vampire Chronicles until Merrick so I would just read them before then and then the rest if the Vampire books will probably make more sense!.
Pandora and Vittorio are not really part of the series, but Pandora is pretty interesting (the same cannot be said for the big "V")!. Pandora has a minor role in some of Lestat's books, but nothing too major!.
Rating wise, the Witching Hour is my favorite and them the rest of the witch series goes downhill!. My favorite vampire books are:The Vampire Lestat, Tale of the Body Thief, Memnoch the Devil and Blackwood Farm!. The rest are pretty good too, just more forget-able!.
Hope this helps :)Www@QuestionHome@Com
the first three are the only ones worth reading,,,after i read memnoch,,it was so bad i quite reading them!. i read lestate, interview, and queen in that order!.!.lestat and queen being the best!. far as i can tell, the witches series refered to the talamasca and david talbot (the people who observe paranomal stuff),,who was introduced in queen!. you can buy autographed copies pretty cheap on ebay!.!.!.i'd get hardbacks if you can!.Www@QuestionHome@Com