Rice’s debut novel was Interview with the Vampire, a gothic story originally published in 1976. In it, a vampire named Louis de Pointe du Lac tells a reporter about his life, which Amazon calls, “a story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the senses. It is a novel only Anne Rice could write.”
Although the book originally received mixed reviews, Rice went on to create several more in the series, which is now known as The Vampire Chronicles. Throughout the 1980s, she started to get more favorable reviews from both critics and fans.
The book inspired the 1994 film with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, which has an 86% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. It also went on to become a hit AMC series that started in 2022, which has a critic score of 99%. Its third season is releasing in June 2026.
Other books on the “Best Modern Horror Novels” list includes The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson and Ghost Story by Peter Straub.
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