If You've Never Read Anything By Anne Rice, Here's The Book You Should Start With

In addition to getting its own film adaptation, Anne Rice's "Interview with a Vampire" also spawned an entire book series following the vampire character Lestat (via Anne Rice). Because of this, Rice's debut novel is not only a safe way to introduce yourself to her writing, but it will also supply you with several books to read afterward. With 12 books in the series, "The Vampire Chronicles" is bound to keep you spellbound for a while.

If you're looking for a series but aren't ready to commit to that many installments, you might pick up Rice's trilogy "The Lives of the Wayfair Witches." Beginning with "The Witching Hour," this saga opens with Dr. Rowan Mayfair's discovery of her psychic powers and later follows her encounter with the villain Lasher (per Books Tell You Why). 

Her son and co-author, Christopher Rice, believes that this series "was Anne's New Orleans masterwork, brimming with her authentic and emotional responses to returning to the city in 1988 after years away," per Kirkus. Rice was born and raised in New Orleans, which makes it a promising introduction to her work.