Vampire Academy

Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy reworked the boarding-school fantasy with a sharp class twist. Its world splits vampires into the mortal, magic-wielding Moroi and the immortal, predatory Strigoi, with the Dhampir bodyguards caught between them, and the novels ("Frostbite," "Shadow Kiss," "Blood Promise," "Spirit Bound," "Last Sacrifice") follow guardian-in-training Rose Hathaway through duty, friendship, and forbidden romance.

The series matters partly because of its loyalty. The 2014 film adaptation stumbled by playing the material for camp, yet the books held their audience well enough to earn a more faithful 2022 Peacock television series years later. That gap between a misfire and a revival is the real story here: a property whose readers refused to let a bad movie be the last word, and were eventually proven right about the source material's staying power.

The Vampire Academy franchise spans 1 series, 9 books, 1 films in the CrossBinge catalog.