The Radleys (2010)

Matt Haig reimagines the vampire thirst through the lens of suburban domesticity, following a quiet Yorkshire family who attempt to live as abstaining vegans. Suppressing their natural craving for human blood results in chronic lethargy, physical ailments and emotional numbness, treating bloodlust like a fraught, stigmatised addiction. The novel wittily dissects the toll of somatic denial, illustrating that repressing an essential appetite often poisons everyday life far more than acknowledging it.