It is essential to have read The Witching Hour (1990) before reading Merrick, I don’t recommend rhe sequels Lasher and Taltos but Lasher does introduce a key character who is integral in Chronicles 9 and 10.
Chronicles 6 (Armand) and 8 (Blood and Gold) are similar to New Tale #1 (Pandora) in terms of their connection to/focus on Marius, and form a rough thematic trilogy (i feel Armand and Blood and Gold fit better into the New Tales series but they aren’t about new characters so were still labelled as Chronicles).Ĭhronicle #7, Merrick (2000) is a crossover novel between the Vampire Chronicles and the 3 Lives of the Mayfair Witches novels. It is connected to established character Marius. Vittorio is a stand-alone novel with no connections to other vampires from the Chronicles but still a part of the same universe. In 1998 Anne started a new series called New Tales of the Vampires which was short-lived and includes two novels: Pandora, published same year but prior to Armand (#6), and Vittorio (1999) published immediately after Armand. If you stop there at least read Vittorio before calling it quits.
And I also recommend reading Prince Lestat (Chronicle 11, 2014, see below) before deciding whether to move on and read the rest of the books. I strongly recommend reading The Witching Hour (1990, see below) before Memnoch or at worst immediately after.
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