D.J. MacHale Books in Order
D.J. MacHale has written 39 books, published between 1991 and 2025. The first book is East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1991) and the newest is The Paper Trail (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 39
- Published
- 1991–2025
- Confirmed
- 10 of 39 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,381 in 23 of 39 books
- Reading time
- 123–185 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,381 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 39 titles with a page count on record.
Donald James MacHale, born March 11, 1956, is an American writer, director and executive producer. Television work includes Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Flight 29 Down and Seasonal Differences; in print, MacHale wrote the young adult series Pendragon and Morpheus Road. The catalogue holds 39 books from East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1991) to The Paper Trail (2025), with titles such as The Merchant of Death (2002), The Never War (2003) and Black Water (2004) along the way, and SYLO Chronicles among the later groupings. Stan Rogow is credited alongside MacHale on 6 books and Walter Sorrells on 5.
How many D.J. MacHale books are there?
D.J. MacHale has 39 books, released between 1991 and 2025. They include 7 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.
D.J. MacHale Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 39 D.J. MacHale books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1East of the Sun, West of the Moon1991 · confirmed 2/41991–2/4
- 219951602/4
- 320023753/4
- 420034003/4
- 520033363/4
- 620033753/4
- 720044273/4
- 82005482/4
- 9The Merchant of Death Graphic Novel2005 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/420051762/4
- 1020054053/4
- 1120054963/4
- 1220062242/4
- 132006–2/4
- 1420062222/4
- 1520062502/4
- 1620062222/4
- 1720072242/4
- 1820072182/4
- 1920075473/4
- 2020085603/4
- 212009–2/4
- 222009–2/4
- 232009–2/4
- 242009–3/4
- 252010–2/4
- 26The Monster Princess2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 272011–2/4
- 2820123712/4
- 292013–2/4
- 30The Scout2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 3120144812/4
- 322014–2/4
- 332015–2/4
- 3420162562/4
- 3520173042/4
- 362018–2/4
- 3720183042/4
- 38Trinity2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 39The Paper Trail2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
D.J. MacHale series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Flight 29 Down books in order 8 books
- Pendragon books in order 14 books
D.J. MacHale books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Pendragon books in order
10 books by D.J. MacHalePendragon: Before The War in order
3 booksMorpheus Road in order
3 booksSYLO Chronicles in order
3 booksLibrary in order
3 booksPendragon Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Voyagers in order
1 bookEquinox Curiosity Shop in order
1 bookAre You Afraid of the Dark? in order
1 bookStandalone books
6 books6 D.J. MacHale titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read D.J. MacHale books in order?
You only need to read D.J. MacHale books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with D.J. MacHale
Start with the first book of the D.J. MacHale series you want to read: Flight 29 Down starts with Static (2006) and Pendragon starts with The Merchant of Death (2002). The earliest catalogued title overall is East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1991).
What is the newest D.J. MacHale book?
The Paper Trail (2025) is the newest D.J. MacHale book released so far.
Is there a new D.J. MacHale book coming?
No next D.J. MacHale book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
D.J. MacHale at a glance
- Still publishing
- D.J. MacHale published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- D.J. MacHale books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,381 pages across the 23 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most D.J. MacHale books, 22 of 39, were published in the 2000s.
What the D.J. MacHale books are about
34 of the 39 D.J. MacHale books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 21 of 34. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 21 of 34 books
- Adventure stories 19 of 34 books
- Fantasy 11 of 34 books
- Space and time 8 of 34 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 34 books
- Science fiction 6 of 34 books
- Supernatural 6 of 34 books
- Survival 6 of 34 books
- Adventures and adventurers 5 of 34 books
- Diaries 5 of 34 books