Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claire Got Herself In Trouble | 2020 | Lumen Reese | Buy |
| 2 | The Undesirables | 2020 | Lumen Reese | Buy |
| 3 | Trial Of The Lovebird Butcher | 2021 | Lumen Reese | Buy |
| 4 | Monster Midwife | 2022 | Lumen Reese | Buy |
| 5 | The Bride Hunt Of Elk Mountain | 2022 | Lumen Reese | Buy |
| 6 | Fault | 2023 | Lumen Reese | Buy |
| 7 | #TeenSheriff Evelyn Lassiter | 2024 | Lumen Reese | Buy |
| 8 | There’s Something Wrong in Hugo Creek | 2025 | Lumen Reese | Buy |
Lumen Reese’s standalone novels cover a different genre and setting with each book. Claire Got Herself In Trouble (2020) is a contemporary YA novel about a biracial lesbian teenager in small-town Georgia. The Undesirables (2020) is an alternate-history WWII thriller about a telegraph operator secretly working as a spy in Nazi-occupied America. Trial of the Lovebird Butcher (2021) follows a dream-thief private investigator on the trail of an antiquities dealer who may be an otherworldly force stretching back decades.
Monster Midwife (2022) is set in a world of fairy kingdoms, where a human woman has three years left on a pact to deliver the babies of magical creatures. The Bride Hunt of Elk Mountain (2022) is a post-apocalyptic horror novel about a fringe religious rite in Appalachia. Fault (2023) follows an engineer who builds a submarine to hunt a creature that swallowed part of California. #TeenSheriff Evelyn Lassiter (2024) is about a high school senior who runs for county sheriff and wins, then has to deal with a drug epidemic. There’s Something Wrong in Hugo Creek (2025) is a western horror about a Chinese immigrant seeking vengeance in a cursed Texas town.