#84 in Horror
The Lunatic Cafe
- 369
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Action and romance compete for space in “The Lunatic Cafe”, the fourth “Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter” novel. While someone is killing the city’s shapeshifters, Anita is torn between two suitors, and some readers praise the plot, the supernatural world and that tension. What several readers question is her romance with Richard, the werewolf, which they find moves too fast to be believed. Some also call the book a product of its time.
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About the book
First time in trade paperback: the fourth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Vampire hunter and zombie animator Anita Blake is an expert at sniffing out the bad from the good. But in The Lunatic Cafe-now in trade paperback for the first time-she's about to learn that nothing is ever as it seems, especially in matters of the not-so-human heart. Dating a werewolf with self-esteem issues is stressing Anita out. Especially when something-or someone-starts taking out the city's shapeshifters.
Reading order · Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
Full order & progress →- Guilty PleasuresStart here
7.37.3 / 10 - The Laughing Corpse
7.57.5 / 10 - Circus of the Damned
7.87.8 / 10 - The Lunatic CafeThis book
7.77.7 / 10 - Bloody Bones
7.57.5 / 10 - The Killing Dance
7.77.7 / 10 - Burnt Offerings
7.37.3 / 10 - Blue Moon
7.37.3 / 10 - Obsidian Butterfly
7.57.5 / 10 - Narcissus in Chains
7.27.2 / 10 - Cerulean Sins
7.17.1 / 10 - Incubus Dreams
7.17.1 / 10 - Micah
6.96.9 / 10 - Danse Macabre
7.27.2 / 10 - The Harlequin
7.27.2 / 10 - Blood Noir
7.17.1 / 10 - Skin Trade
7.37.3 / 10 - Flirt
7.17.1 / 10 - Bullet
7.27.2 / 10 - Hit List
7.37.3 / 10 - Kiss the Dead
–Not ranked yet - Affliction
–Not ranked yet - Jason
–Not ranked yet - Dead Ice
–Not ranked yet - Crimson Death
–Not ranked yet - Serpentine
–Not ranked yet - Sucker Punch
7.27.2 / 10 - Rafael
–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 166 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 53% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.8 | 12 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 154 | 93% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Lunatic Cafe?
It has 369 pages — shorter than 85% of the ranked books in Horror.
In this book
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