Dead as a Doornail
- 310
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Dead as a Doornail” is a light, easy-going fifth outing for Sookie Stackhouse. This time the supernatural trouble comes close to her own small-town life. Some readers call it a filler volume, loosely plotted and heavy on recaps of earlier books, and some feel parts of the series have aged poorly. It is for those already following along.
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About the book
Dead as a Doornail is the fifth book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries.
Reading order · The Southern Vampire Mysteries
Full order & progress →- Dead Until DarkStart here
7.27.2 / 10 - Living Dead in Dallas
7.57.5 / 10 - Club Dead
7.57.5 / 10 - Dead to the World
7.77.7 / 10 - Dead as a DoornailThis book
7.57.5 / 10 - Definitely Dead
7.57.5 / 10 - All Together Dead
7.67.6 / 10 - From Dead to Worse
7.67.6 / 10 - Dead and Gone
7.47.4 / 10 - Dead in the Family
7.47.4 / 10 - Dead Reckoning
7.37.3 / 10 - Deadlocked
7.37.3 / 10 - Dead Ever After
7.17.1 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 319 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 68% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Romance average of 7.6. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 17 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 302 | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is Dead as a Doornail?
It has 310 pages — shorter than 93% of the ranked books in Romance.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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