Looking for the Pillars of the Earth books in order? This guide covers the Kingsbridge series only, the historical novels set in and around Kingsbridge, England. It is not a complete Ken Follett bibliography.
Below you’ll find two practical reading paths. Start with publication order for the cleanest first-time experience, or use chronological order when you want the timeline …
Looking for the Stormlight Archive reading order? This guide breaks down exactly where to start, which books to read next, and where the novellas fit so you don’t accidentally spoil yourself.
The Stormlight Archive is epic fantasy on a ridiculous scale: a brutal world, a genuinely fun magic system, and some of Brandon Sanderson’s most addictive long-form storytelling, all …
Looking for the Mistborn reading order? This guide lists the Mistborn books in order, tells you exactly where to start, and shows where the short stories and Secret History fit so you can stay spoiler-free.
Mistborn is also one of the biggest pillars of Brandon Sanderson’s larger Cosmere universe, but don’t let that intimidate you from starting the …
If you want the simplest Lord of the Rings books in order, start with The Hobbit, then read The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.
The famous trilogy is the easy part. The harder question is where The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, the Great Tales, The Fall …
Reading the James Bond books in order lets you follow 007 from Ian Fleming’s original novels through decades of continuation stories, reinventions, and new eras of espionage. Few fictional characters have stayed this iconic for so long, and part of the appeal is seeing how each writer preserves Bond’s core identity while bringing a slightly different edge to the page.…
Looking for Tess Gerritsen books in order? Gerritsen’s bibliography can get tricky because she’s written several different kinds of books: Rizzoli & Isles crime thrillers, Martini Club spy thrillers, older romantic suspense novels, medical thrillers, short stories, anthologies, and reprint collections that can make her bibliography look bigger than her original book list really is.
The simplest place to …
Reading Charles Todd books in order gets a little tricky because there are two major historical mystery series, a few short stories, and a couple of companion pieces mixed in. The Ian Rutledge books follow a Scotland Yard inspector after World War I, while the Bess Crawford books follow a battlefield nurse during and after the war.
I’d start with …
The Iris Johansen books in order can look a little overwhelming at first because her bibliography crosses romance, romantic suspense, crime fiction, and several connected thriller series. If you’re here for her best-known work, I’d start with Eve Duncan and then move into Kendra Michaels, Catherine Ling, or the standalones.
I’ve split the lists below by series so you can …
Looking for the Nicholas Sparks books in order? Most of his novels are standalones, so you don’t have to read everything in publication order unless you want the full Nicholas Sparks experience from the beginning.
There are a couple of exceptions, though. The Wedding follows The Notebook, and At First Sight follows True Believer. Beyond that, you …
Looking for Tana French books in order? This guide starts with her full publication order, then breaks the books down by series.
Tana French’s novels fall into three groups: the Dublin Murder Squad books, the Cal Hooper series, and the standalone novel The Witch Elm. Start with the master list if you want the clearest path through her …