Bram Stoker Books

Bram Stoker is known worldwide for Dracula, the novel that made him most famous. But the truth is that there are many books by Bram Stoker. Considering that he wrote more than 400, there is no doubt that there must be other hidden gems among those works.

For this reason, today we want to talk to you about those books that the author wrote, what they are and those that are called the best. Have you read anything by Bram Stoker other than Dracula? Perhaps you are surprised by what you find of his pen.

Who was Bram Stoker

First of all, let's put you in context. And that happens to know who it was Abraham 'Bram' Stoker. Born in 1847 (and died in 1912), he was one of the best-known Irish novelists in the world, especially for his novel Dracula (published in 1897). But she is not the only one who wrote.

Bram Stoker was the third son of Abraham Stoker and Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornley. He had six brothers and his family was hard-working, bourgeois and with a fortune based on books and culture.

Bram did not have a very normal childhood due to his poor health. That made me have to study at home with private teachers while spending days, weeks or months in bed due to illnesses. His mother, in those periods, told him stories of mysteries, ghosts, etc. which he himself reflected in his works.

At the age of seven, he managed to fully recover and have iron health. This allowed him enter trinity college and there he got honors in both math and science. He was athletics champion and president of the Philosophical Society. And to add insult to injury, he also worked while studying. He did it in Dublin Castle as an official although it is known that his father worked there as a high official (so he would have something of a plug). But he was also a theater critic (in the Dublin Evening Mail) or art critic in English and Irish publications.

His career was that of Law, approving the oppositions to be able to practice as a lawyer in England (specifically in London, where he moved with his wife, Florence Balcombe, ex-girlfriend of Oscar Wilde). Fruit of their love was born Irving Noel.

On a literary level, Bram Stoker was a good writer since in his spare time he wrote stories, novels, etc. The first, horror, were published in the London Society magazine and Shamrock. He was also the author of The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland, published in 1879 and used as a reference for a long, long time.

As a theater critic, he also found time to write his stories. But nevertheless, a positive review of Henry Irving's performance as Hamlet led to Irving being offered a job as private secretary and manager of the Lyceum Theatre., something that he accepted. And while working with him he was also a literary critic at the Daily Telegraph. And what is more important: he wrote Dracula (in addition to other novels).

Best Bram Stoker Books

Telling you about all the novels and stories (especially the latter) by Bram Stoker would be never ending. And he wrote hundreds and hundreds of them. It is said that there may be more than 400 stories created by him (between novels and short stories). It is true that the best known is that of Dracula, but the truth is that there are many other novels by this writer that are at the height of his bestseller, and even exceed it.

For this reason, on this occasion, we want to make a compilation of what would be the best Bram Stoker books. Keep in mind that it is only a list of some of them, so it may or may not coincide with the ones you like the most.

The jewel of the seven stars

We find ourselves with a novel published several years after Dracula's in which, in the first person, the story of a young man who was related to an archaeologist whose goal was to revive Queen Tera, an Egyptian mummy.

The story begins with a call in the middle of the night and an unexpected meeting at the home of Egyptologist Abel Trelawny, who has been found unconscious and bloodied in his room.

The Snake's Pass

This is one of the most important Bram Stoker works, published 7 years before Dracula. In it there is a history related to Central European and Balkan folklore but, in such a way, that it seemed completely real. And it is that he used letters, quotes, blogs, diary entries, press clippings... All completely false but that gave him that realism that a writer wants.

judge's house

Do you remember that Bram Stoker's mother used to tell him ghost stories when he was little and sick? Well, this novel is about ghosts. In it we will meet a young man who arrives in a town to study for an exam.

Decides staying at the house of the judge, who is said to have died by hanging. And the first night, he finds that a huge rat does not take his eyes off him.

After several nights, he begins to understand the reason for the town's superstitions, but he also discovers something else.

The burrow of the white worm

We recommend this book to you because it was the one that It was published a year before Bram Stoker's death. In it you will meet Adam Salton, a man who receives the request of his great-uncle to resume relations since Adam is the only living member of the family (apart from that old man). So he travels to Southampton to meet him.

His great-uncle wants to make him heir to his estate, but what happens next may not be what he was expecting.

The Doors of Life (also published as The Man)

Wouldn't you expect Bram Stoker to write a romance novel? Well he did. In it he introduces us to Stephen Norman, lord of the manor at Normanstead. After marrying Margaret, his friend's younger sister, he is soon widowed when she dies after giving birth to a daughter.

Determined that she be the heiress, he names her Stephen and raises her as a boy.

There are many more Bram Stoker books worth reading. So we suggest that if you have read any that you think deserves to be recommended, leave it in the comments so that others can have more options.