Mike McCrary Standalone Novels

Mike McCrary's standalone novels include Genuinely Dangerous, Relentless, Hard Hearts, Someone Savage, For You, and Table 13.

Series · Thriller · Crime Fiction · Dark Humor

Luke Jennings Standalone Novels

Luke Jennings' standalone novels include Breach Candy, Atlantic, Beauty Story, and Panic. See the complete list of his novels in publication order.

Series · Literary Fiction · Thriller

Ninja

The complete reading order for Benedict Jacka's Ninja series, a two-book children's adventure inspired by the author's own ninjutsu training.

Series · Children's Fiction · Adventure · Martial Arts

Steady Teddy

The Steady Teddy series by Mike McCrary is a two-book thriller following a character named Teddy through escalating chaos.

Series · Thriller · Crime Fiction · Dark Humor

Inheritance Of Magic

The Inheritance of Magic series by Benedict Jacka follows Stephen Oakwood as he discovers drucraft magic in modern London. Read the three books in publication order.

Series · Urban Fantasy · Fantasy

Remo Cobb

The Remo Cobb series by Mike McCrary follows a defense attorney who keeps ending up in over his head across four fast-paced thrillers.

Series · Thriller · Crime Fiction · Dark Humor

Stars

The complete reading order for Luke Jennings' Stars series, two young adult novels about teenagers at a performing arts school, co-written with his daughter Laura.

Series · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction

Alex Verus

The complete Alex Verus series by Benedict Jacka in reading order, an urban fantasy set in magical London following a divination mage.

Series · Urban Fantasy · Fantasy

Killing Eve

The Killing Eve series by Luke Jennings follows assassin Villanelle and MI6 agent Eve Polastri in a cat-and-mouse thriller. Read all six books in order.

Series · Thriller · Spy Fiction · Crime Fiction

Markus Murphy

The Markus Murphy series by Mike McCrary is a three-book thriller series following a man whose life takes increasingly dark turns.

Series · Thriller · Crime Fiction · Dark Humor

Benedict Jacka

Complete list of books by Benedict Jacka, including the Alex Verus urban fantasy series and Inheritance of Magic, in reading order with publication dates.

Author · Urban Fantasy · Fantasy

Luke Jennings

Complete list of books by Luke Jennings, including the Killing Eve / Villanelle thriller series that inspired the hit TV show.

Author · Thriller · Spy Fiction

Mike McCrary

Mike McCrary is a Texas-based thriller and crime fiction author known for the Remo Cobb series, Relentless, and Someone Savage.

Author · Thriller · Crime Fiction · Dark Humor

Irvine Welsh Anthologies

Irvine Welsh has contributed to fifteen anthologies between 1994 and 2022, with pieces appearing in collections of Scottish and international writing.

Series · Literary Fiction · Short Stories · Anthologies

Jane Roberts Non-Fiction

Jane Roberts' 22 non-fiction books include the Seth Material and Seth Speaks, channeled texts on consciousness and reality. Read them in publication order starting from 1966.

Series · Non-Fiction · Metaphysics · New Age · Spirituality

Susan Ee Anthologies

Susan Ee's anthology contribution The Dragon and the Stars, a 2010 science fiction and fantasy collection featuring Asian-themed stories.

Series · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Anthology

Irvine Welsh Non-Fiction

Irvine Welsh's non-fiction includes Days Like This (2009), a memoir and essay collection.

Series · Non-Fiction · Memoir

Seth Sessions

The complete reading order for the Seth Sessions by Jane Roberts, a 20-volume collection of channeled transcripts from the Seth trance sessions spanning 1963 to 1984.

Series · New Age · Metaphysics · Channeling

Susan Ee Short Story Collections

Complete list of Susan Ee short story collections in order, including Under the Needle's Eye (2012).

Series · Science Fiction · Short Stories

Irvine Welsh Short Story Collections

Irvine Welsh's short story collections include The Acid House, Ecstasy, If You Liked School You'll Love Work, and Reheated Cabbage.

Series · Literary Fiction · Transgressive Fiction · Short Stories

Jane Roberts Standalone Novels

Jane Roberts' standalone novels include The Rebellers (1963) and Emir's Education in the Proper Use of Magical Powers (1979). See the complete list here.

Series · Fiction · Fantasy

Penryn & the End of Days

The complete reading order for Susan Ee's Penryn & the End of Days trilogy, a post-apocalyptic YA series about a girl who teams up with an enemy angel to rescue her sister.

Series · Young Adult · Post-Apocalyptic · Urban Fantasy

Irvine Welsh Short Stories/Novellas

Irvine Welsh's short fiction includes Rave (2018), a standalone novella set in the Edinburgh club scene.

Series · Literary Fiction · Transgressive Fiction

Oversoul Seven

The complete reading order for Jane Roberts' Oversoul Seven trilogy, a metaphysical fiction series based on the Seth Material exploring reincarnation and consciousness.

Series · Metaphysical Fiction · New Age · Philosophical Fiction

Irvine Welsh Standalone Novels

Irvine Welsh's standalone novels include Marabou Stork Nightmares, Filth, and The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins, all set in or connected to Edinburgh.

Series · Literary Fiction · Transgressive Fiction · Crime Fiction

Jane Roberts

Complete list of books by Jane Roberts, including the Seth Material, Seth Sessions, and the Oversoul Seven trilogy, in reading order.

Author · New Age · Metaphysics · Non-Fiction

Midnight Tales

The Midnight Tales series by Susan Ee features dark fairy tale retellings including Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, and Sleeping Beauty. Read all four books in order.

Series · Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retelling · Young Adult

Friendship

Friendship is a standalone entry by Irvine Welsh featuring Silly Furry Cat (2024), a departure from his usual fiction.

Series · Fiction

Paul Levine Anthologies

The complete list of Paul Levine's anthology contributions, including Naked Came the Manatee and other multi-author collections from 1997 to 2012.

Series · Legal Thriller · Crime Fiction · Anthology

Susan Ee

Complete list of books by Susan Ee, including the Penryn and the End of Days trilogy (Angelfall) and the Midnight Tales fairy tale retellings.

Author · Young Adult · Fantasy · Post-Apocalyptic

Paul Levine Short Story Collections

Paul Levine's short story collection The Road to Hell, a 2011 release featuring crime fiction short stories from the former trial lawyer turned author.

Series · Legal Thriller · Crime Fiction · Short Stories

Terry Lawson

The Terry Lawson series by Irvine Welsh features interconnected novels set in Edinburgh's working-class neighborhoods.

Series · Literary Fiction · Transgressive Fiction · Crime Fiction

Akashic Noir

The complete reading order for the Akashic Noir anthology series, featuring 122 city-based crime fiction collections published by Akashic Books from 2002 to 2025.

Series · Noir Fiction · Crime Fiction · Anthology

Trainspotting / Mark Renton

The Trainspotting / Mark Renton series by Irvine Welsh follows a group of Edinburgh heroin addicts across multiple novels spanning from 1993 to 2025.

Series · Literary Fiction · Transgressive Fiction · Crime Fiction

Crime

Crime is a series by Irvine Welsh featuring DS Ray Lennox, an Edinburgh detective battling personal demons while investigating violent cases.

Series · Crime Fiction · Noir Fiction · Literary Fiction

Paul Levine Standalone Novels

The complete list of Paul Levine's standalone novels, including 9 Scorpions, Illegal, and Ballistic, published between 1998 and 2014.

Series · Legal Thriller · Crime Fiction · Thriller

Einstein-Chaplin

The Einstein-Chaplin thriller series by Paul Levine, starting with Midnight Burning (2025), featuring Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin fighting a Nazi plot in 1930s Hollywood.

Series · Historical Thriller · Mystery

Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist best known for Trainspotting. His fiction depicts working-class Edinburgh life, drug addiction, and social alienation.

Author · Literary Fiction · Crime Fiction · Transgressive Fiction

Austen Project

The Austen Project features modern retellings of Jane Austen novels, including Curtis Sittenfeld's Eligible, a contemporary retelling of Pride and Prejudice.

Series · Literary Fiction · Romance · Contemporary Fiction

Solomon vs. Lord

The complete reading order for Paul Levine's Solomon vs. Lord series, a seven-book legal caper series about squabbling Miami lawyers Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord.

Series · Legal Thriller · Crime Fiction · Humor

Curtis Sittenfeld Short Story Collections

Curtis Sittenfeld's short story collections include You Think It, I'll Say It, Help Yourself, and Show Don't Tell.

Series · Literary Fiction · Short Stories · Contemporary Fiction

Jake Lassiter

The Jake Lassiter series by Paul Levine follows a former NFL linebacker turned Miami trial lawyer through 17 legal thrillers. Read all books in order.

Series · Legal Thriller · Mystery · Crime Fiction

Curtis Sittenfeld Short Stories/Novellas

Curtis Sittenfeld's short stories and novellas include A Regular Couple, Atomic Marriage, and Giraffe and Flamingo, published between 2009 and 2020.

Series · Literary Fiction · Short Stories · Contemporary Fiction

Paul Levine

Complete list of books by Paul Levine, including the Jake Lassiter and Solomon vs. Lord legal thriller series set in Miami.

Author · Legal Thriller · Mystery · Humor

Curtis Sittenfeld Standalone Novels

Curtis Sittenfeld's standalone novels include Prep, American Wife, Sisterland, Rodham, and Romantic Comedy, spanning two decades of literary fiction.

Series · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Alternate History

Rooker Lindström

The complete reading order for Pete Zacharias' Rooker Lindstrom thriller series, following a journalist and serial killer's son who consults for Minnesota police.

Series · Crime Thriller · Mystery · Nordic Noir

Currency

Currency is a short fiction series by Curtis Sittenfeld published between 2020 and 2021 with eight stories.

Series · Literary Fiction · Short Stories · Contemporary Fiction

Pete Zacharias

Complete list of books by Pete Zacharias in the Rooker Lindstrom thriller series, in reading order with publication dates.

Author · Thriller · Crime Fiction

Curtis Sittenfeld

Curtis Sittenfeld is an American novelist and short story writer whose books include Prep, American Wife, Rodham, and Romantic Comedy.

Author · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Short Stories

Debbie Rix Standalone Novels

All 9 Debbie Rix standalone novels in order, from The Girl with Emerald Eyes (2015) to The Telegram (2024). Historical fiction set across Europe.

Series · Historical Fiction · World War II Fiction

Debbie Rix

Complete list of books by Debbie Rix, including her historical fiction novels set in Italy and World War II, in publication order.

Author · Historical Fiction · Women's Fiction

James W. Ziskin Anthologies

James W. Ziskin's anthology contributions include Low Down Dirty Vote (2018), a multi-author political thriller collection. See the complete list here.

Series · Mystery · Anthology · Thriller

Low Down Dirty Vote

The Low Down Dirty Vote series is a collection of crime fiction anthologies on political themes, edited by Mysti Berry with contributions from James W. Ziskin and others.

Series · Mystery · Anthology · Crime Fiction

James W. Ziskin Short Stories/Novellas

James W. Ziskin's short fiction includes The Twenty-Five Year Engagement (2020). See the complete list of his short stories and novellas here.

Series · Mystery · Short Stories · Historical Mystery

James W. Ziskin Standalone Novels

James W. Ziskin's standalone novels include Bombay Monsoon (2022), a thriller set in 1975 India during the Emergency. See the full list here.

Series · Thriller · Historical Fiction

Ellie Stone Mysteries

All 7 Ellie Stone Mysteries by James W. Ziskin in order, starting with Styx & Stone (2013). Award-winning 1960s mystery series.

Series · Mystery · Historical Mystery

James W. Ziskin

Complete list of books by James W. Ziskin, including the Ellie Stone Mysteries set in the 1960s, in reading order with publication dates.

Author · Mystery · Historical Mystery

Al Lamanda Short Story Collections

Al Lamanda's short story collections include Santino the Great (2012) and Tales of the Old West (2020), spanning crime fiction and Western genres.

Series · Crime Fiction · Western · Short Stories

Al Lamanda Short Stories/Novellas

Al Lamanda's short fiction includes Searching For Hemingway, a novella published in 2017.

Series · Mystery · Short Stories

Al Lamanda Standalone Novels

Al Lamanda's standalone novels span 22 books of crime fiction, thrillers, and mystery published between 2008 and 2021, featuring hit men, dark streets, and small-town secrets.

Series · Crime Fiction · Thriller · Mystery

Rollie Finch

The Rollie Finch series by Al Lamanda features The Missing Six (2020), a mystery novel about an investigator tracking down missing persons.

Series · Mystery · Crime Fiction

Noir

The Noir series by Al Lamanda is a two-book crime fiction duology published in 2015, written in the classic noir tradition.

Series · Noir · Crime Fiction

Lee Gavin

The Lee Gavin series by Al Lamanda is a four-book crime fiction series following an investigator through cases that blend noir atmosphere with dark humor.

Series · Crime Fiction · Mystery

Kellerman

The Kellerman series by Al Lamanda is a six-book crime fiction series featuring detective Kellerman, starting with Checkmate (2011).

Series · Crime Fiction · Mystery

John Bekker

The John Bekker series by Al Lamanda is an eight-book mystery series featuring a former cop solving cases on the Maine coast, starting with Sunset.

Series · Mystery · Crime Fiction

Homeless

The Homeless series by Al Lamanda is a three-book thriller following a protagonist navigating life on the streets while caught up in dangerous situations.

Series · Thriller · Crime Fiction

Duncan Wyatt and Lo-Lo Del Ray

The complete reading order for the Duncan Wyatt and Lo-Lo Del Ray series by Al Lamanda, a mystery/thriller trilogy set in Key West, Florida.

Series · Mystery · Thriller · Crime Fiction

Assassin's Creed

The complete reading order for the Assassin's Creed series by Al Lamanda, a five-book thriller series published in rapid succession in 2019.

Series · Thriller · Action · Crime Fiction

Al Lamanda

Al Lamanda is a Nero Wolfe Award-winning mystery and thriller author known for his John Bekker series, as well as the Kellerman mysteries and Duncan Wyatt novels.

Author · Mystery · Thriller · Crime Fiction · Western

Mick Goodenough

The complete reading order for the Mick Goodenough series by Greg Woodland, an Australian crime fiction duology starting with The Night Whistler.

Series · Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

Greg Woodland

Greg Woodland is an Australian crime fiction author known for the Mick Goodenough series, starting with the Ned Kelly Award-shortlisted novel The Night Whistler.

Author · Crime Fiction · Thriller · Historical Fiction

Marilyn Clay Non-Fiction

Non-fiction works by Marilyn Clay, including historical research on Regency-era furniture, English women at sea, and a self-publishing guide.

Series · Non-Fiction · History

Marilyn Clay Spiritual

Marilyn Clay's spiritual writing includes You Are Never Alone (2017), a book of faith and encouragement.

Series · Spiritual · Non-Fiction

Children's

Marilyn Clay's children's books are three picture books for young readers, featuring bears, sailors, and a girl named Daisy.

Series · Children's Fiction · Picture Books

Marilyn Clay Standalone Novels

Marilyn Clay's standalone novels include the suspense thriller Stalking a Killer (2013) and He Didn't Go Alone (2015), separate from her Regency romance and mystery series.

Series · Thriller · Suspense · Mystery

Regency Romance

The Regency Romance series by Marilyn Clay spans eleven books from 1995 to 2023, featuring traditional Regency-era love stories set in English high society.

Series · Regency Romance · Historical Romance

Jamestown

The Jamestown series by Marilyn Clay features historical suspense novels set in Colonial-era Jamestown, Virginia, beginning with Deceptions (2010).

Series · Historical Fiction · Historical Suspense

Colonial American Historical Suspense

The Colonial American Historical Suspense series by Marilyn Clay features five novels of mystery and intrigue set in colonial-era America, beginning with The Letter.

Series · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Suspense

Juliette Abbot Regency Mystery

The Juliette Abbot Regency Mystery series by Marilyn Clay is a six-book historical mystery series set in Regency England, with alliterative 'Murder in M' titles.

Series · Historical Mystery · Mystery

Marilyn Clay

Marilyn Clay is a Regency romance and historical mystery author known for the Juliette Abbot Regency Mystery series and her Colonial American historical suspense novels.

Author · Regency Romance · Historical Mystery · Historical Fiction

Castle Bookshop Mystery

The complete reading order for the Castle Bookshop Mystery series by Essie Lang, a cozy mystery series set in the Thousand Islands region of New York, featuring bookstore owner Shelby Cox.

Series · Cozy Mystery · Mystery

Essie Lang

Essie Lang is a cozy mystery author known for her Castle Bookshop Mystery series set in the Thousand Islands region of upstate New York, featuring bookstore owner Shelby Cox.

Author · Cozy Mystery · Mystery

Anna Smith Standalone Novels

Anna Smith's standalone novels include Spit Against the Wind (2003) and The Homecoming (2004), her early literary fiction set in Scotland before she turned to crime thrillers.

Series · Literary Fiction · Drama

The Widows

The Widows by Anna Smith is an upcoming 2026 novel from the Scottish crime fiction author known for the Rosie Gilmour and Kerry Casey series.

Series · Crime Fiction · Thriller

Anna Smith Anthologies

Anthologies featuring Anna Smith Spark, including fantasy collections like Art of War, Knaves, Unfettered III, and The King Must Fall.

Series · Fantasy · Grimdark · Anthology

Anna Smith Standalone Novels

Anna Smith Spark's standalone novels include grimdark fantasy titles Lost Gods, A Woman of the Sword, and In the Shadow of Their Dying.

Series · Grimdark Fantasy · Fantasy

Judge Anderson: The Early Years

Anderson Versus Death (2025) by Anna Smith Spark is a Judge Anderson novel set in the Judge Dredd universe, part of the Judge Anderson: The Early Years series from 2000 AD.

Series · Science Fiction · Tie-In Fiction · Action

Empires of Dust

The Empires of Dust trilogy by Anna Smith Spark is a grimdark fantasy series following a bloodthirsty conqueror and the people caught in his path of destruction.

Series · Fantasy · Grimdark

A Sword Of

The complete reading order for the A Sword Of series by Anna Smith Spark, a grimdark fantasy duology starting with A Sword of Bronze and Ashes.

Series · Fantasy · Grimdark · Epic Fantasy

Billie Carson

The complete reading order for the Billie Carson series by Anna Smith, a crime thriller series starting with Until I Find You, following a determined investigator through four novels.

Series · Crime Fiction · Thriller · Mystery

Kerry Casey

The Kerry Casey series by Anna Smith is a four-book crime thriller following a tough Glasgow journalist who takes on criminals, corruption, and organized crime.

Series · Crime Fiction · Thriller

Rosie Gilmour

The Rosie Gilmour series by Anna Smith follows a Glasgow investigative journalist who digs into corruption, trafficking, and murder across nine gritty crime thrillers.

Series · Crime Fiction · Thriller · Mystery

Anna Smith

Anna Smith is a Scottish crime fiction author and former journalist known for the Rosie Gilmour, Kerry Casey, and Billie Carson thriller series set in Glasgow.

Author · Crime Fiction · Thriller · Mystery · Fantasy

Samuel R. Delany Anthologies

A collection of 40 anthologies featuring contributions from Samuel R. Delany, spanning science fiction, speculative fiction, and literary criticism from 1967 to 2018.

Series · Science Fiction · Literary Fiction · Anthology

Sexual Cultures

The complete list of books in the Sexual Cultures academic series from NYU Press, featuring works on gender, sexuality, race, and queer studies by various scholars.

Series · Non-Fiction · Academic · Queer Studies · Cultural Studies

Samuel R. Delany Non-Fiction

All non-fiction works by Samuel R. Delany, spanning literary criticism, memoir, essays on science fiction, and cultural commentary from 1977 to 2021.

Series · Non-Fiction · Literary Criticism · Essays · Memoir

Samuel R. Delany Collections

Samuel R. Delany's collections span nearly six decades of short fiction, essays, and criticism from one of science fiction's most honored and influential writers.

Series · Science Fiction · Short Stories · Literary Criticism

Samuel R. Delany Short Stories/Novellas

Samuel R. Delany's novellas and short fiction span four decades of literary science fiction, from The Jewels of Aptor (1962) to Phallos (2004).

Series · Science Fiction · Literary Fiction

Samuel R. Delany Standalone Novels

Samuel R. Delany's standalone novels span five decades of science fiction and literary fiction, from The Ballad of Beta-2 (1965) to Shoat Rumblin (2020), by the four-time Nebula Award-winning author of Dhalgren and Babel-17.

Series · Science Fiction · Literary Fiction · Speculative Fiction

Return to Nevèrÿon

The Return to Neveryon series by Samuel R. Delany is a four-volume sword-and-sorcery sequence that uses fantasy settings to explore language, power, and sexuality.

Series · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Science Fiction

The Fall of the Towers

The Fall of the Towers is Samuel R. Delany's early science fiction trilogy, written in his early twenties and set in a post-apocalyptic city-state threatened by war and alien influence.

Series · Science Fiction

Samuel R. Delany

Samuel R. Delany is an award-winning science fiction author known for Dhalgren, Babel-17, and the Return to Neveryon series. He has won four Nebula Awards and one Hugo Award.

Author · Science Fiction · Literary Fiction · Non-Fiction

Henry Wise Standalone Novels

Standalone novels by Henry Wise, including Holy City, a 2024 novel published by Grove Press.

Series · Literary Fiction

Henry Wise

Henry Wise is an Edgar Award-winning author whose debut novel Holy City (2024) is a Southern gothic crime story set in rural Virginia.

Author · Crime Fiction · Mystery · Southern Gothic

Becca Day Standalone Novels

Becca Day's standalone novels are psychological thrillers with twisty plots and shocking endings, including The Girl Beyond the Gate and The Woman in the Cabin.

Series · Psychological Thriller · Mystery

Becca Day

Becca Day is a British psychological thriller author known for standalone novels like The Girl Beyond the Gate, The Secrets We Buried, and The Woman in the Cabin.

Author · Psychological Thriller · Mystery

Melissa Bashardoust Standalone Novels

Standalone novels by Melissa Bashardoust, including Girls Made of Snow and Glass and Girl, Serpent, Thorn, both YA fantasy retellings inspired by fairy tales and Persian mythology.

Series · Young Adult · Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retelling

Melissa Bashardoust

Melissa Bashardoust is a fantasy author known for fairy tale retellings, including Girls Made of Snow and Glass and Girl, Serpent, Thorn, which draws on Persian mythology.

Author · Fantasy · Young Adult · Fairy Tale Retelling

Jill Churchill Anthologies

Anthologies featuring Jill Churchill, including Malice Domestic 5, a 1996 cozy mystery anthology in the long-running Malice Domestic series.

Series · Cozy Mystery · Mystery · Anthology

Jill Churchill Non-Fiction

Jill Churchill's non-fiction includes Kings and Queens: The Plantagenets of England (1975), written early in her career under the name Janice Young Brooks.

Series · Non-Fiction · History

Jill Churchill Short Stories/Novellas

The Bun Also Rises (1996) is a short mystery story by Jill Churchill, the Agatha and Macavity Award-winning author of the Jane Jeffry and Grace & Favor cozy mystery series.

Series · Cozy Mystery · Short Stories

Jill Churchill Standalone Novels

Jill Churchill's standalone novels span twelve books of historical fiction and romance published between 1975 and 1992, before she turned to her popular cozy mystery series.

Series · Historical Fiction · Romance

Grace & Favor

Grace & Favor is a six-book cozy mystery series by Jill Churchill, set in Depression-era upstate New York and following siblings Lily and Robert Brewster, published between 1999 and 2005.

Series · Cozy Mystery · Historical Mystery · Historical Fiction

Jane Jeffry

The Jane Jeffry series by Jill Churchill is a sixteen-book cozy mystery series following a suburban mom who keeps stumbling into murder, known for its punny literary titles.

Series · Cozy Mystery · Mystery

Lady Of Fire

The Lady of Fire series by Jill Churchill (Janice Young Brooks) is a three-book historical romance trilogy published in 1980-1981.

Series · Historical Romance

Jill Churchill

Jill Churchill is the pen name of Janice Young Brooks, an American author of the Agatha Award-winning Jane Jeffry cozy mystery series and the Depression-era Grace and Favor mysteries.

Author · Cozy Mystery · Historical Romance · Historical Fiction

Sunya Mara Standalone Novels

Standalone novels by Sunya Mara, including Embrace the Serpent, a 2025 YA fantasy from the author of the City of Nightmares duology.

Series · Young Adult · Fantasy

The Darkening

The complete reading order for The Darkening duology by Sunya Mara, a YA fantasy series following Vesper Vale in a city plagued by cursed storms and warring gods.

Series · Young Adult · Fantasy

Sunya Mara

Sunya Mara is a YA fantasy author known for The Darkening duology, a story of revolution, cursed storms, and enemies-to-lovers romance in a besieged city.

Author · Young Adult Fantasy · Fantasy

Lisa Cutts Anthologies

Anthologies featuring Lisa Cutts, including To Serve, Protect, and Write, a 2022 crime fiction anthology by authors with law enforcement backgrounds.

Series · Crime Fiction · Anthology

Lisa Cutts Standalone Novels

Lisa Cutts's standalone novels are British crime thrillers drawing on her experience as a real-life detective, including Mercy Killing and Buried Secrets.

Series · Crime Fiction · Thriller

DC Nina Foster

The complete reading order for the DC Nina Foster series by Lisa Cutts, a police procedural duology written by a real-life Kent Police detective, starting with the award-winning Never Forget.

Series · Crime Fiction · Police Procedural · Mystery

Belinda Penshurst

The Belinda Penshurst series by Lisa Cutts is a three-book cozy mystery following Belinda as she investigates murders in villages, castles, and gardens.

Series · Cozy Mystery · Mystery

Lisa Cutts

Lisa Cutts is a British crime fiction author and retired Kent police detective, known for the DC Nina Foster series and the Belinda Penshurst village mysteries.

Author · Crime Fiction · Mystery · Police Procedural · Cozy Mystery

Lauren Conrad Non-Fiction

Lauren Conrad's non-fiction books cover style, beauty, and entertaining, with three lifestyle guides published between 2010 and 2016 by the reality TV star turned fashion designer.

Series · Non-Fiction · Lifestyle · Fashion

Fame Game

The Fame Game series by Lauren Conrad is a three-book young adult series about aspiring stars navigating fame, friendships, and betrayal in Hollywood.

Series · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction

L.A. Candy

L.A. Candy is a three-book young adult fiction series by Lauren Conrad, loosely based on her experiences on reality TV, published between 2009 and 2010.

Series · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction · Romance

Lauren Conrad

Lauren Conrad is a #1 New York Times bestselling author known for the L.A. Candy and Fame Game young adult series, as well as lifestyle and beauty non-fiction books.

Author · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction · Non-Fiction

Esther M. Friesner Anthologies

A complete list of anthologies featuring or edited by Esther M. Friesner, spanning fairy tale retellings, humorous fantasy, science fiction, and horror collections from 1990 to 2020.

Series · Fantasy · Science Fiction · Horror · Humor

Men In Black

The Men In Black novelizations by Esther M. Friesner adapt the hit film franchise into book form, including the original, The Grazer Conspiracy, and Men in Black II.

Series · Science Fiction · Movie Tie-In

Dragonflight

The complete reading order for the Dragonflight series, a young adult fantasy collection published between 1990 and 1997 featuring works by multiple authors including Esther M. Friesner.

Series · Young Adult · Fantasy

Chicks In Chainmail

The complete reading order for the Chicks in Chainmail series edited by Esther M. Friesner, a humorous fantasy anthology series about warrior women that ran from 1994 to 2015.

Series · Fantasy · Humor · Anthology

Blood Of Ten Chiefs

The Blood of Ten Chiefs series is a five-book shared-world fantasy anthology set in the Elfquest universe, featuring stories about elf chiefs and their wolf companions.

Series · Fantasy · Anthology

Author's Choice Monthly

The complete reading order for the Author's Choice Monthly series, a collection of short fiction chapbooks published between 1989 and 1991 by various science fiction and fantasy authors.

Series · Science Fiction · Fantasy · Short Stories

Esther M. Friesner Collections

Short story collections by Esther M. Friesner, including the Nebula Award-winning Death and the Librarian and Other Stories and the humor collection Up the Wall.

Series · Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

Esther M. Friesner Short Stories/Novellas

Esther M. Friesner's short fiction includes Ecce Hominid (1991) and A Birthday, blending humor, fantasy, and science fiction in shorter form.

Series · Fantasy · Science Fiction · Humor

Esther M. Friesner Standalone Novels

Esther M. Friesner's standalone novels span fantasy, humor, and historical fiction, from Harlot's Ruse (1986) to Threads and Flames (2010), by the two-time Nebula Award-winning author.

Series · Fantasy · Humor · Historical Fiction

Twelve Kingdoms

The Twelve Kingdoms series by Esther M. Friesner is a four-book fantasy published from 1985 to 1989, following different heroes across generations as they resist an evil demigod in a world inspired by Arabian Nights-style adventure.

Series · Fantasy · Adventure

Tim Desmond

The Tim Desmond series by Esther M. Friesner is a three-book comic urban fantasy trilogy about magical creatures invading modern-day New York, starting with Gnome Man's Land (1991).

Series · Urban Fantasy · Comedy

Spirit's Princess

The complete reading order for the Spirit's Princess series by Esther M. Friesner, a young adult duology set in ancient Japan following a girl with a spiritual gift.

Series · Young Adult · Historical Fiction · Fantasy

Sphinx's Princess

The Sphinx's Princess duology by Esther M. Friesner is a YA historical fantasy reimagining the early life of Nefertiti in ancient Egypt, published in 2009 and 2010.

Series · Young Adult · Historical Fantasy · Historical Fiction

Psalms of Herod

The Psalms of Herod by Esther M. Friesner is a two-book science fiction series exploring a post-apocalyptic world where men have become sterile, published in 1991.

Series · Science Fiction · Dystopian

Nobody's Princess

The complete reading order for the Nobody's Princess series by Esther M. Friesner, a young adult duology retelling the early life of Helen of Sparta before she became Helen of Troy.

Series · Young Adult · Historical Fiction · Fantasy · Mythology

New York

The complete reading order for the New York series by Esther M. Friesner, an urban fantasy series set in New York City featuring elves, sphinxes, and magic in modern-day Manhattan.

Series · Urban Fantasy · Fantasy · Humor

Majyk

The complete reading order for the Majyk series by Esther M. Friesner, a humorous fantasy trilogy about a hapless student who accidentally absorbs a powerful magical force.

Series · Fantasy · Humor

Demons

The complete reading order for the Demons series by Esther M. Friesner, a humorous fantasy trilogy about demons loose in the modern world, starting with Here Be Demons.

Series · Fantasy · Humor

Deception's Princess

Deception's Princess by Esther M. Friesner is a two-book YA historical fantasy duology set in ancient Ireland, featuring a princess navigating druidic magic and political deception.

Series · Young Adult · Historical Fantasy

Esther M. Friesner

Esther M. Friesner is a Nebula Award-winning American fantasy and science fiction author known for her humorous writing style, with 121 books spanning series like Chicks in Chainmail, Majyk, and Nobody's Princess.

Author · Fantasy · Science Fiction · Humor · Young Adult

Frey & McGray

The Frey and McGray series by Oscar de Muriel is a Victorian mystery series set in 1890s Edinburgh, pairing two mismatched detectives on cases with supernatural overtones.

Series · Mystery · Historical Fiction · Crime Fiction

Oscar de Muriel

Oscar de Muriel is a Mexican-born author of the Frey and McGray Victorian mystery series, set in 1890s Edinburgh and described as the Victorian X-Files.

Author · Mystery · Historical Fiction · Crime Fiction

L. Wilder Standalone Novels

Standalone novels by J.L. Wilder, including three omegaverse paranormal romance titles published in 2019: The Human Omega, The Omega Hybrid, and The Omega Vampire.

Series · Paranormal Romance · Shifter Romance

Triplet Harems

The complete reading order for the Triplet Harems series by J.L. Wilder, a five-book paranormal reverse harem romance series featuring shifter triplets searching for their fated mates.

Series · Paranormal Romance · Reverse Harem · Shifter Romance

Rejected Moons

The Rejected Moons series by J.L. Wilder is a three-book wolf shifter romance published in 2022, following a heroine cast out from her pack who must find her place among rival wolves.

Series · Paranormal Romance · Shifter Romance

Omega University

The complete reading order for the Omega University series by J.L. Wilder, a paranormal shifter romance series set at a university for wolf shifters.

Series · Paranormal Romance · Shifter Romance

Midlife Wolves in Crisis

The Midlife Wolves in Crisis series by J.L. Wilder is a two-book paranormal shifter romance featuring older heroines navigating wolf pack politics and second-chance love.

Series · Paranormal Romance · Shifter Romance

Midlife Shifters

The Midlife Shifters series by J.L. Wilder is a thirteen-book paranormal romance featuring mature heroines finding love with bear, wolf, and dragon shifters.

Series · Paranormal Romance · Shifter Romance · Contemporary Romance

Hell's Wolves MC

The Hell's Wolves MC series by J.L. Wilder is a seven-book paranormal romance combining motorcycle club settings with omegaverse wolf shifter dynamics.

Series · Paranormal Romance · MC Romance

Hell's Bears MC

The Hell's Bears MC series by J.L. Wilder is a three-book paranormal MC romance featuring bear shifters in a motorcycle club, starting with Omega's Bears (2018).

Series · Paranormal Romance · Shifter Romance · MC Romance

Hate To Love Shifters

Hate To Love Shifters by J.L. Wilder is a four-book paranormal romance series featuring enemies-to-lovers shifter romances with wolves, bears, and fire-wielding hybrids.

Series · Paranormal Romance · Shifter Romance

Hate to Love Fae

The Hate to Love Fae series by J.L. Wilder is a paranormal romance series combining fae and shifter elements with enemies-to-lovers storylines.

Series · Paranormal Romance · Fantasy Romance

Feral Wolves of the Arctic

The complete reading order for the Feral Wolves of the Arctic series by J.L. Wilder, a paranormal shifter romance trilogy set in the frozen north with wolf packs and omega heroines.

Series · Paranormal Romance · Shifter Romance

Devil's Wolves MC

The Devil's Wolves MC series by J.L. Wilder blends motorcycle club romance with omegaverse shifter elements across three books.

Series · Paranormal Romance · MC Romance

L. Wilder Anthologies

L. Wilder's anthology appearances include motorcycle club romance collections like Rev the Engine, Pink, and Love, Loyalty and Mayhem.

Series · MC Romance · Contemporary Romance

What Bad Boys Do

What Bad Boys Do is a single-book romance by L. Wilder, published in 2019, separate from her long-running motorcycle club romance series.

Series · Romance · Contemporary Romance

Satan's Fury MC Second Generation

The complete reading order for Satan's Fury MC Second Generation by L. Wilder, a motorcycle club romance series following the sons of the original Satan's Fury MC members.

Series · Romance · MC Romance · Contemporary Romance

Satan's Fury MC: Memphis

Satan's Fury MC: Memphis by L. Wilder is a nine-book motorcycle club romance following the Memphis chapter of the Satan's Fury MC, published from 2018 to 2020.

Series · Romance · MC Romance · Contemporary Romance

Satan's Fury MC- Little Rock

Satan's Fury MC - Little Rock by L. Wilder is a spinoff MC romance series following a new chapter of the Satan's Fury motorcycle club in Arkansas.

Series · Romance · MC Romance

Satan's Fury MC

The Satan's Fury MC series by L. Wilder follows the members of the Satan's Fury motorcycle club through eleven books of romance, brotherhood, and danger.

Series · Romance · MC Romance

Ruthless Sinners MC

The Ruthless Sinners MC series by L. Wilder is a ten-book motorcycle club romance published from 2020 to 2022, with each book following a different club member and the woman who changes his life.

Series · Romance · MC Romance · Contemporary Romance

The Happy Endings Collection

The Happy Endings Collection by L. Wilder is a three-book contemporary romance series featuring standalone love stories, published between 2017 and 2018.

Series · Contemporary Romance · Romance

Devil Chaser's MC

The Devil Chaser's MC series by L. Wilder is a motorcycle club romance series following the members of the Devil Chasers as they find love and face danger.

Series · Romance · MC Romance

L. Wilder

L. Wilder is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of MC romance and paranormal shifter romance, best known for the Satan's Fury MC series and its multiple spinoffs.

Author · Romance · MC Romance · Paranormal Romance

Tyler Dilts Standalone Novels

Standalone novels by Tyler Dilts, including Mercy Dogs (2018), a standalone thriller from the author of the Long Beach Homicide detective series.

Series · Mystery · Thriller

Long Beach Homicide

The Long Beach Homicide series by Tyler Dilts is a four-book police procedural set in Long Beach, California, following a homicide detective dealing with personal pain and difficult cases.

Series · Crime Fiction · Mystery · Police Procedural

Tyler Dilts

Tyler Dilts is an American crime fiction author known for the Long Beach Homicide series featuring Detective Danny Beckett, set in Long Beach, California.

Author · Crime Fiction · Mystery · Police Procedural

Jayne Castle Anthologies

Jayne Castle's anthology appearances include Charmed (1999), a multi-author paranormal romance collection.

Series · Paranormal Romance · Romance

Jayne Castle Standalone Novels

All standalone novels by Jayne Castle (Jayne Ann Krentz) published between 1979 and 1985, featuring category romance titles from the early years of her writing career.

Series · Romance · Contemporary Romance

Looking Glass Trilogy

The complete reading order for the Looking Glass Trilogy by Jayne Castle (Jayne Ann Krentz), a cross-pen-name paranormal romance trilogy connected to the Arcane Society universe.

Series · Paranormal Romance · Romantic Suspense

Harmony

The Harmony series by Jayne Castle is a long-running futuristic romance set on the colonized world of Harmony, where psychic abilities, alien ruins, and dust bunnies make for unusual romances.

Series · Romance · Science Fiction · Futuristic Romance

Dreamlight Trilogy

The Dreamlight Trilogy by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle and Amanda Quick) follows a powerful paranormal artifact across three time periods, with Fired Up (2009), Burning Lamp (2010), and Midnight Crystal (2010).

Series · Paranormal Romance · Romantic Suspense · Fantasy

Dark Legacy

The complete reading order for the Dark Legacy series by Jayne Castle (Jayne Ann Krentz), a romantic suspense duology featuring psychic talents, rare books, and dangerous secrets.

Series · Romantic Suspense · Paranormal Romance

Fogg Lake

The Fogg Lake trilogy by Jayne Ann Krentz is a paranormal romantic suspense series featuring psychic investigators, starting with The Vanishing (2020) and ending with Lightning in a Mirror (2022).

Series · Romantic Suspense · Paranormal Romance · Mystery

Whispering Springs

The complete reading order for the Whispering Springs series by Jayne Castle (Jayne Ann Krentz), a romantic suspense duology set in a small desert town with psychic undertones.

Series · Romantic Suspense · Romance

Eclipse Bay

The Eclipse Bay series by Jayne Castle (Jayne Ann Krentz) is a contemporary romantic suspense trilogy set in a small Pacific Northwest coastal town.

Series · Romantic Suspense · Contemporary Romance

Futuristic World of Harmony: Rainshadow

The Rainshadow series by Jayne Castle is a six-book futuristic paranormal romance set on the mysterious Rainshadow Island in the World of Harmony, published between 2011 and 2016.

Series · Paranormal Romance · Science Fiction Romance · Fantasy

Futuristic World of Harmony: Ghost Hunters

The Ghost Hunters series by Jayne Castle (Jayne Ann Krentz) is a futuristic paranormal romance set on the colony world of Harmony, featuring ghost hunters and psychic energy.

Series · Futuristic Romance · Paranormal Romance · Science Fiction

Futuristic World of St. Helen's

The Futuristic World of St. Helen's series by Jayne Castle is a three-book futuristic romance trilogy set on a colonized world where psychic abilities and flower-named heroines meet danger and desire.

Series · Romance · Science Fiction · Futuristic Romance

Ladies and Legends

The complete reading order for the Ladies and Legends series by Jayne Castle (Jayne Ann Krentz), a romance trilogy from 1990 featuring a pirate, an adventurer, and a cowboy.

Series · Romance · Historical Romance

Gifts Duology

The Gifts Duology by Jayne Castle (Jayne Ann Krentz) consists of Gift of Gold (1988) and Gift of Fire (1989), two paranormal romance novels featuring psychic heroines and dangerous antiquities.

Series · Paranormal Romance · Romantic Suspense

Dreams Duology

The complete reading order for the Dreams Duology by Jayne Castle (Jayne Ann Krentz), a paranormal romance series featuring psychic talents and the Arcane Society.

Series · Paranormal Romance · Romantic Suspense

Guinevere Jones

The complete reading order for the Guinevere Jones series by Jayne Castle, a romantic suspense series from the 1980s following a temp worker and a private investigator who solve mysteries together.

Series · Romantic Suspense · Mystery · Romance

Jayne Castle

Jayne Castle is the futuristic romance pen name of Jayne Ann Krentz, known for her Harmony series featuring psychic talents and paranormal suspense set on a colonized alien world.

Author · Romance · Futuristic Romance · Paranormal Romance · Romantic Suspense

Jas Hammonds Standalone Novels

All standalone novels by Jas Hammonds, including the award-winning YA debut We Deserve Monuments and the follow-up Thirsty, exploring race, identity, and queer love.

Series · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction · LGBTQ+ Fiction

Jas Hammonds

Jas Hammonds is an award-winning YA author whose debut We Deserve Monuments won the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award, exploring race, identity, and queer love in the American South.

Author · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction · LGBTQ+ Fiction · Mystery

Alfred Bertram Guthrie Jr. Non-Fiction

A.B. Guthrie Jr.'s non-fiction works include memoir, essays on the American West, and a guide to writing fiction, published between 1965 and 1991.

Series · Non-Fiction · Memoir · Writing

Alfred Bertram Guthrie Jr. Short Story Collections

The Big It and Other Stories (1972) by A.B. Guthrie, Jr. is a short story collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Big Sky and The Way West.

Series · Western · Literary Fiction · Short Stories

Alfred Bertram Guthrie Jr. Standalone Novels

A.B. Guthrie, Jr.'s standalone novels span from 1943 to 1987 and include Westerns, mysteries, and fiction set in the American frontier and Montana.

Series · Western · Historical Fiction · Mystery

The Big Sky

The Big Sky trilogy by A.B. Guthrie, Jr. follows the American frontier from the 1830s through the 1870s, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Way West (1949), published between 1947 and 1982.

Series · Western · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction

A.B. Guthrie, Jr.

A.B. Guthrie, Jr. (1901-1991) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Western fiction, best known for The Big Sky and The Way West, and for his screenplay for Shane.

Author · Western · Historical Fiction · Mystery

Sadie Kincaid Anthologies

Anthologies featuring Sadie Kincaid, including A Dark Desires Love Story: Volume 1, a dark romance anthology published in 2024.

Series · Dark Romance · Anthology
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