There are three useful ways to read the Dragonriders of Pern books in order. For a first read, I recommend starting with Dragonflight and following the publication-based reading order below. Anne McCaffrey created the series, and her son Todd McCaffrey and daughter Gigi McCaffrey later added stories to the same world.
Dragonriders of Pern blends science fiction and fantasy. …
Looking for the Brad Thor books in order? Most of his fiction follows Scot Harvath, a former Navy SEAL and Secret Service agent who takes on political conspiracies, covert operations, and threats to national security around the world.
Each Harvath novel has its own central mission, but the relationships, career changes, and consequences carry forward. I recommend starting with …
The Mercy Thompson series in order follows Mercedes Thompson, a Volkswagen mechanic and coyote shapeshifter living in Washington’s Tri-Cities. Patricia Briggs fills Mercy’s world with werewolves, vampires, fae, witches, ghosts, and other supernatural communities.
The same world continues through the Alpha & Omega novels, Mercyverse short stories, original graphic stories, and Asil’s blind-date collection. For Briggs’s other fantasy series, see …
Patricia Briggs is best known for the Mercy Thompson and Alpha & Omega urban fantasy series, but her bibliography began with traditional fantasy. This guide to the Patricia Briggs books in order covers every novel series, her standalone novel, significant short fiction and collections, and the released graphic novels.
Most of her series are simple to follow in publication order. …
If you’re looking for Taylor Jenkins Reid books in order, her bibliography spans contemporary relationship novels, historical fiction about fame and ambition, and a love story set against NASA’s 1980s Space Shuttle program. She is best known for The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones & The Six, Malibu Rising, Carrie Soto Is Back, and …
The Dresden Files is Jim Butcher’s urban fantasy series about Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard. With novels, short stories, novellas, and graphic novels, there’s a lot to sort through, so finding the right Dresden Files book order can get confusing fast.
The good news is that the best reading order depends on how much of the series you want …
If you’re looking for the Jane Harper books in order, she has written six atmospheric Australian crime novels. Her bibliography includes the three-book Aaron Falk series and three standalone mysteries, all known for tense investigations, isolated settings, and long-buried secrets.
Harper’s work is often described as outback noir, although her stories range from drought-stricken rural towns to coastal Tasmania and …
Most of the Jana DeLeon books in order mix mystery, romance, comedy, and Louisiana settings. Since DeLeon grew up in the state, her bayou books usually feel specific in a way that’s hard to fake.
I recommend reading her series in publication order, especially if you’re starting with Miss Fortune. The mysteries often work on their own, but the character …
The Virgin River books in order are pretty straightforward once you know where the novellas fit. Robyn Carr’s small-town romance series follows the people of Virgin River, California, a fictional mountain town where new arrivals, old friends, and second chances tend to collide.
If you came here after watching the Netflix series, start with the first book. The show and …
Looking for Ann Cleeves books in order? I’ve got the full list here by series, including Vera Stanhope, Shetland, Matthew Venn, the Palmer-Jones books, Inspector Ramsay, standalones, short fiction, and TV adaptations.
Cleeves is best known for Vera and Shetland, but there’s a lot more to her bibliography than those two series. I think the easiest way to read …