Looking for John Grisham books in order? This guide covers his recurring series, standalone legal thrillers, non-legal novels, middle grade mysteries, short fiction, non-fiction, and major screen adaptations.
The heavy hitters are obvious: A Time to Kill, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, and The Rainmaker. However, Grisham’s range extends well beyond those …
Looking for the A Touch of Darkness series order? Scarlett St. Clair’s Hades and Persephone books can get confusing fast because the story is split between Persephone’s books, Hades’s books, a combined reading order, and a holiday novella.
The simplest path is to start with A Touch of Darkness. After that, you can either read each side of …
The Charles Finch books in order mostly center on the Charles Lenox Mysteries, his Victorian mystery series about a gentleman detective in London. If you’re starting the series for the first time, I’d read Charles Lenox in publication order before trying the chronological order.
Along with Lenox, Finch has also written a standalone novel and a nonfiction book, so …
Stephen Hunter’s books in order center on the Swagger family, especially former U.S. Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger. The connected stories also reach backward to Earl, Charles, and Jackson Swagger, while Ray Cruz carries part of the universe into a younger generation.
The simplest place to begin is Point of Impact and then follow the Bob Lee Swagger books in …
The bestselling series by Jeff Kinney is adored by readers for its relatable main character in Greg Heffley, the entertaining shenanigans he gets up to at school, and its uplifting message about finding out who you are for yourself. The below 21 recommendations for books like Diary of a Wimpy Kid all include one or more of those same themes. …
The Jack Ryan novels are some of Tom Clancy’s most iconic political thrillers, and the “Ryanverse” has grown into a much bigger world than the early Jack Ryan books most people start with. That’s where Jack Ryan Jr. Books in Order comes in, because Clancy introduced Jack Ryan Jr. later in the timeline, and the character has continued on through …
Jonathan Kellerman is best known for psychological crime fiction, especially the long-running Alex Delaware series. If you’re trying to read the Jonathan Kellerman books in order, the simplest approach is to understand how his bibliography is split: Alex Delaware, Petra Connor, Clay Edison, Jacob Lev, standalones, short works, children’s books, and nonfiction.
Most readers should start with Alex Delaware, …
The Emily Giffin books in order begin with Something Borrowed, the novel that introduced readers to Rachel and Darcy and later became a movie starring Ginnifer Goodwin and Kate Hudson.
Most of Giffin’s other novels are standalones, but publication order is still the simplest way to catch returning characters and small connections between books.
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The I Survived books in order take middle grade readers into real historical disasters through fictional children fighting to survive them. Lauren Tarshis combines fast-paced historical fiction with carefully researched context, while keeping courage, fear, loss, and resilience at the center of every story.
The franchise also includes graphic novel adaptations and two nonfiction lines. I’ve separated each format below …
Reading the Shadow and Bone books in order starts with Leigh Bardugo’s three-book trilogy, but the story continues through the wider Grishaverse. This guide gives you the trilogy, the seven core novels, and the complete Grishaverse reading order I recommend for adding every short story, collection, graphic novel, and companion without spoiling the main series.
I recommend beginning with Shadow …