Authors whose first name starts with F

F. Paul Wilson

102 books• 26 series

F. Paul Wilson (Francis Paul Wilson, born May 17, 1946) is an American author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers and science fiction, based in Wall, New Jersey. Repairman Jack is the recurring character of novels such as Ground Zero, The Tomb and Fatal Error, and a young adult series follows Jack as a teenager. The Adversary Cycle includes The Keep (1981). Healer (1976) is the first catalogued title. Wilson has won the Prometheus Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Inkpot Award and the Horror Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

79 books• 5 series

F. Scott Fitzgerald, born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald on September 24, 1896, was an American novelist, essayist and short story writer who died on December 21, 1940. The Jazz Age is the era most tied to Fitzgerald, who spread the term through the story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. Fitzgerald's output came to four novels, four story collections and 164 short stories; fortune arrived in the 1920s, and critical recognition followed only after death. The catalogue holds 79 books dated 1914 to 2020, including Flappers and Philosophers (1920), Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1920) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Stories (2020). Subjects name short stories, social customs and the nineteen twenties.

F.X. Holden has 23 books in the catalogue, published between 2018 and 2026. Bering Strait (2018) is the earliest title, followed by Deep Core and Okinawa in 2019, Kobani and Orbital in 2020, and Core Drift, Golan and Pagasa in 2021. Defiant (2026) is the most recent. Future War, Aggressor, Coruscant and Jack O'Hare are the four series credited to Holden, and the 2020s are the heaviest decade on the list.

Faith Gardner has 16 catalogued books, all dated between 2021 and 2025. Girl on the Line (2021) opens the list and Breakneck Bay (2025) is the most recent title. A cluster of books carries a 2022 date, among them Perdita, The Prediction, The Second Life of Ava Rivers and Violet Is Nowhere. Gardner remains in active publication.

Faith Hogan writes romantic fiction about friendship. Her catalogue opens with My Husband's Wives in 2016 and runs to 12 books, among them The Girl I Used to Know (2017), The Ladies' Midnight Swimming Club (2021), The Gin Sisters' Promise (2022) and The Bookshop Ladies (2024). The Sisters of Hope Square, published in 2026, is the most recent, and Hogan remains actively publishing.

Faith Hunter

61 books• 9 series

Faith Hunter is the fantasy pen name of Gwendolyn Faith Hunter, an American author and blogger who writes thrillers as Gwen Hunter. Thrillers written with Gary Leveille appear under the joint name Gary Hunter. Hunter co-founded the writer assistance blog MagicalWords.net and built a role-playing game on the Rogue Mage series. The catalogue lists 61 books, from Bloodring (2006) to Junkyard Riders (2026). Jane Yellowrock, Soulwood, Junkyard Cats and Thorn St. Croix are among the series. Subjects include vampires, shapeshifting, New Orleans and Cherokee Indians.

Faith Martin is a pen name used by the English author Jacquie Walton, whose detective series stars DI Hillary Greene. Walton also publishes as Maxine Barry and Joyce Cato, and ranks among the decade's most-read Kindle Unlimited authors in the UK. Under the Faith Martin listing sit 48 books, beginning with Murder on the Oxford Canal / A Narrow Escape (2004). Series include DI Hillary Greene, Jenny Starling / Travelling Cook Mysteries, Ryder & Loveday Mystery, Val & Arbie Mysteries and Lyssa Moore Mysteries. A Dangerous Train of Thought appeared in 2026, and Death at Deepdene Hall is due in 2027.

Faith Summers has one catalogued title, The Boss' Girl, published in 2020. The catalogue files it among the Khardine Gray short stories and novellas. Nothing further has been published under the Faith Summers name.

Falon Ballard's catalogue holds 10 books, opening with Lease On Love (2022). Just My Type (2023), Right on Cue (2024) and Change of Heart (2025) follow, and Toe to Toe (2026) is the newest release. Come Away with Me is scheduled for 2027. Idle Reputations is the series credited to Ballard.

Fannie Flagg

12 books• 5 series

Small towns and the people in them are the subject of Fannie Flagg's fiction. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (1987) is her best known novel, and the Elmwood Springs books, A Redbird Christmas (2004) and I Still Dream About You (2010) follow. Flagg's catalogue holds 12 titles published between 1981 and 2025, including a Whistle Stop Cafe cookbook.

Farley Mowat

38 books• 1 series

Farley Mowat (1921-2014) was a Canadian writer and environmentalist whose work was translated into 52 languages and sold more than 17 million copies. People of the Deer (1950) opens a catalogue of 38 titles and begins Mowat's writing on the Canadian north, its Inuit peoples and the Arctic. Never Cry Wolf (1963), an account of life among Arctic wolves, was filmed in 1983. Mowat wrote for children as well, taking the Vicky Metcalf Award in 1970, and the catalogue closes at Eastern Passage (2010).

Farrah Rochon writes African American romance, with 42 books in the catalogue from Deliver Me (2007) to Be Prepared (2025). Release Me (2008), Rescue Me (2009), Huddle with Me Tonight (2010) and A Forever Kind of Love (2012) are among the earlier titles. Rochon series include Holmes Brothers, Moments In Maplesville, Bayou Dreams, New York Sabers Football, Boyfriend Project and Doggone Delightful. Subjects include single mothers, businesspeople, reunions, Louisiana and the restoration of historic buildings.

Fay Weldon

59 books• 9 series

Fay Weldon (1931-2023), born Franklin Birkinshaw, was a British novelist, essayist and playwright whose career ran fifty-five years and produced 31 novels. The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1983) is the best known, televised by the BBC in 1986. The Bulgari Connection (2000), Puffball (1980), Wicked Women (1995) and The Cloning of Joanna May (1989) sit alongside it. Weldon was a feminist and described her subject as overweight, plain women. Fifty-nine catalogued titles, taking in novels, plays, short stories and nonfiction, run from 1967 to 2019.

Faye Kellerman (Faye Marder Kellerman, born July 31, 1952) is an American author of mystery novels. The Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series is the centre of the work, and the catalogue opens with The Ritual Bath in 1986. Kellerman also wrote non-series novels, among them The Quality of Mercy (1989). The catalogue contains 37 books through The Hunt (2022). Police procedure, murder investigation and Jewish life appear in the subjects.

Ireland supplies both the setting and the subject of Felicity Hayes-McCoy's books. Her 13 catalogued titles run from Finn's Thumb (2008) to The Heart of Summer (2020) and divide between the Finfarran Peninsula novels and books on Irish life and landscape such as The House on an Irish Hillside (2012), Enough Is Plenty (2015) and Dingle and Its Hinterland (2017). Social life and customs, history, homes and genealogy make up the listed subjects.

Felicity Heaton writes paranormal romance around vampires, shifters, angels and gods. Eternal Mates is the largest series, joined by Vampires Realm, London Vampires, Guardians of Hades, the Her Angel books, Black Ridge Bears, Cougar Creek Mates and Daughters of Lyra. Ninety-one books span 2007 to 2027, from Eternity and Child of Light (2007) to Wolf Crowned (2026), with Rites of Shadow and Frost scheduled for 2027.

Felix Francis, born in 1953, is a British crime writer and the younger son of Dick Francis. Felix Francis studied physics and electronics at London University and taught A Level physics for 17 years at three schools, ending as head of science at Bloxham School in Oxfordshire. The catalogue lists 20 books from Dead Heat (2007) to The Chase (2026). Dick Francis and Jefferson Hinkley appear as series names, Sid Halley is a recurring character, and subjects include horse racing, jockeys and betting.

Fenella J. Miller writes historical romance, much of it Regency. Dukes, earls and aristocratic households fill the Aurora Regency, Duke's Alliance, Lord & Ladies, Earl's Disputed Inheritance and At Pemberley books, while Barbara's War, Spitfire Girl, Army Girls and Goodwill House turn to wartime. Attempted murder, bodyguards and gambling put a suspense strand through the romance. Miller's 110 catalogued titles open with A Marriage of Convenience (2005) and reach Love Returns to Harbour House (2026), at a median of 224 pages and roughly five a year.

Fern Michaels was the pen name of Mary Ruth Kuczkir, born Mary Ruth Koval on April 9, 1933, who died on November 12, 2025. The American novelist wrote romance and thrillers, including the Texas quartet, the Captive series, Family Blessings, Pretty Woman and Crown Jewel. Michaels's output passed 200 books with an estimated 150 million copies sold. The catalogue lists 190 titles, from Pride and Passion (1975) to A Season of Secrets (2026). Series include the Sisterhood, Godmothers, Men of the Sisterhood, Lost and Found, Vegas, Kentucky and Twin Lights. Female friendship, vigilantes and revenge appear among the subject tags.

Fiona Baker has 72 catalogued books published between 2021 and 2027, almost all of them set in coastal and small-town series: Rosewood Beach, Marigold Island, Saltwater Sunsets, Chasing Tides, Sea Breeze Cove, Magnolia Shore, Snowy Pine Ridge and Fir Tree Grove Holidays. The Beachside titles open the catalogue in 2021, among them Beachside Beginnings, Beachside Memories and Beachside Weddings. An Autumn Affair is scheduled for 2027.

Fiona Barton writes psychological thrillers about secrets kept inside marriages and small communities. The Widow (2016) opens the Kate Waters series, followed by The Child and The Suspect, with a journalist working the cases. Elise King takes over in Local Gone Missing and Talking To Strangers. Six books make up the catalogue, with Repeat After Me scheduled for 2027, at a median of 416 pages.

Fiona Cole's catalogue holds 20 titles published between Where You Can Find Me (2015) and Goner (2022). Three series divide it: ME, Blame It On The Alcohol and Shame Me Not. Deny Me (2016), Imagine Me (2017) and Shame Me Not (2017) fall in the early years, with Voyeur (2018) and Savior (2019) after them. No new title has appeared since 2022.

Fiona Cummins writes English crime thrillers in two series, the Bone Collector books and the DS Saul Anguish novels. Rattle (2017) opens the catalogue, and The Neighbour (2019), When I Was Ten (2020), Into the Dark (2022) and All Of Us Are Broken (2023) follow. Seven titles reach Some of Us Are Liars (2025), and Cummins is listed as ongoing.

Fiona Davenport began publishing in 2016 with titles such as Baby, You're Mine, Baby Steps, Brief Me, Baby and Dance With Me, Baby, and the listing reaches Her Polar in 2026. Series include Silver Saints MC, Shifted Love, New York Nighthawks, Iron Rogues MC, Hounds of Hellfire MC, Redline Kings, Yeah, Baby, Vegas, Baby, Snowed Inn Romance, Love Bitten and Mafia Ties. Contingency Plan, Danger, Deception and Devotion are further 2016 titles.

Fiona Davis

15 books• 3 series

Fiona Davis, born in 1966, writes historical fiction inspired by New York City architecture, often setting a novel inside one of the city's landmark buildings. The 16 catalogued Davis books begin with The Dollhouse (2016) and include The Address (2017), The Chelsea Girls (2019) and The Lions of Fifth Avenue (2020); The Jewel of Sugar Hill is announced, taking the list to 2027. The Dakota apartment building, social classes, housekeepers and women journalists appear among the subjects. Davis is a New York Times bestselling author.

Fiona Gibson writes comic contemporary fiction about women's lives: single women, mothers, journalists and the men around them. The 26 catalogued books open with Babyface and Wonderboy in 2004 and reach The Woman Who Turned Her Life Around (2026), by way of Lucky Girl (2006), Mummy Said the F-Word (2009), The Great Escape (2012) and Pedigree Mum (2013). London and country life both appear as settings.

Cozy mysteries make up Fiona Grace's catalogue, 184 books published since Murder in the Manor (2019). Lacey Doyle, the Beachfront Bakery, a Café in Tuscany, the Irish Inn, a Tuscan vineyard, Endless Harbor and Magnolia Bay each head a series. The books run short at a median 215 pages, Brooch and Betrayal is the newest catalogued title, and Almond Alibi is scheduled for 2027.

Fiona Leitch writes cozy mysteries set in Cornwall, 10 catalogued books published between 2021 and 2026. The catalogue opens in 2021 with A Brush with Death, A Cornish Christmas Murder, A Sprinkle of Sabotage and The Cornish Wedding Murder, followed by A Cornish Recipe for Murder (2022) and A Cornish Seaside Murder (2023). The Cornish Honeymoon Murder is the newest title.

Fiona McIntosh

42 books• 10 series

Betrayal (2001) opens Fiona McIntosh's catalogue of 42 books, which reaches 2026 at a median 498 pages. McIntosh writes epic fantasy in the Quickening, Percheron and Valisar sequences, crime in the DCI Jack Hawksworth series, and historical fiction and romance in Luc & Lisette and the standalone novels. Kings and rulers, succession, exile, harems and Paris recur across the work. McIntosh, born in 1960, is an English-born Australian author of books for adults and children, and has also published as Lauren Crow.

Fiona Quinn writes romantic suspense and military thrillers: the Lynx books, Strike Force, Uncommon Enemies, the FBI Joint Task Force, Delta Force Echo and several Cerberus Tactical K9 teams, where working dogs carry much of the action. Fifty catalogued books have appeared since Chaos Is Come Again (2014), with the Kate Hamilton and Badge Bunny Booze mysteries alongside. Acting on Instinct is the newest catalogued title.

Fiona Valpy writes historical fiction, and the Second World War, France, Scotland and underground movements appear in the catalogue's subject headings. The 15 Valpy books run from The French for Love (2013) to Sisters of the Midnight Sun (2026). The Beekeeper's Promise (2018), The Dressmaker's Gift (2019) and The Storyteller of Casablanca (2021) are among the later novels. The French For... and Escape to France series sit alongside the standalone titles.

Fiona Veitch Smith writes in two registers. The Young David and Young Joseph picture books retell Old Testament stories for children, which holds the catalogue's median length down to 32 pages. The Poppy Denby Investigates novels move to murder investigation in the nineteen-twenties, with suffragist material, and the Miss Clara Vale Mysteries follow. Twenty-eight books are catalogued, from Donovan's Rainbow (2001) to The Berlin Murders (2026).

Fliss Chester writes mysteries across three series: Fen Churche Mystery, Cressida Fawcett Mystery and Maddie Penrose. The catalogue opens elsewhere, with four light titles in 2018 and 2019, Snowballs: Winter Fun on the Slopes, Summer at the Vineyard, Meet Me On The Riviera and Surf's Up on the Beach, before the crime begins: A Dangerous Goodbye (2020), Night Train to Paris (2020), The Moonlit Murders (2021), Death Among the Diamonds (2022), Death by a Cornish Cove (2023) and Death in the Highlands (2023). Sixteen books run through to Murder at the Cornish Book Club (2026), with France among the recorded subjects.

Flora Ferrari has 394 books in the catalogue, published from Baby Lust (2016) to Texting The Possessive CEO (2026). Series include A Man Who Knows What He Wants, Text Me You Love Me, Texting the CEO, Inked By Love, Bratva Bear Shifters, Russian Underworld, Sokolov Bratva, Lairds & Ladies and Irish Wolf Shifters. Billionaire's Babysitter (2017) is among the early titles.

Two books stand in Florence Knapp's catalogue, seven years apart and unalike. Flossie Teacakes' Guide to English Paper Piecing (2018) is a handbook on quilting and applique, running to around 128 pages. The Names (2025) is a first novel, and it took a British Book Award. Knapp writes and blogs from England, and was born in 1977.

Flynn Berry

4 books

Under the Harrow (2016) opens the catalogue of American writer Flynn Berry and remains the book she is most widely known for. Four titles follow: A Double Life (2018), Northern Spy (2021), Trust Her (2024), and A Good Man on a Dark Night, scheduled for 2027. Berry writes psychological thrillers and suspense. Recurring subjects include sisters, murder and crime, with London and Northern Ireland among the settings.

Fonda Lee

14 books• 4 series

The Green Bone Saga is the work most associated with Fonda Lee, a Canadian-American author of speculative fiction born March 10, 1979. Jade City, the first Green Bone Saga book, won the 2018 World Fantasy Award, and Time magazine placed Jade City among its 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time. NPR included the saga in its 50 favourite science fiction and fantasy books of the past decade. The catalogue lists 14 books from Zeroboxer (2015) to Mark of the Warrior (2026), with Exo and Breathmarked as other series.

Kate Shackleton, a private investigator in England, leads Frances Brody's historical mystery series, which opens with Dying in the Wool (2009) and continues in A Medal for Murder (2010) and Murder in the Afternoon (2011). Brody's catalogue holds 20 books, from Somewhere Behind the Morning (2005) to Six Motives for Murder (2024), and takes in the Brackerley Prison Mysteries. The First World War recurs as a subject.

Frances Evesham writes mysteries set in the English countryside and on its coast. The Exham on Sea Mysteries open with Murder At the Lighthouse (2015) and carry on through Murder on the Levels, Murder on the Tor and Murder at the Cathedral; the Ham-Hill Murder Mysteries begin with A Village Murder (2020). Sixteen catalogued books start at An Independent Woman (2014) and reach Murder at the Palace (2026).

Frances Hardinge

13 books• 2 series

Frances Hardinge, born 1973, is a British children's writer. Her debut, Fly by Night (2005), won the 2006 Branford Boase Award and was named among the School Library Journal Best Books, and her later novels and short stories have collected further shortlistings and awards. Thirteen books are catalogued through to Traitors' Nest (2026), among them A Face Like Glass (2012), Cuckoo Song (2014), The Lie Tree (2015) and Deeplight (2019). Recorded subjects include fantasy, witches, magic, guilds, and books and reading.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

44 books• 4 series

Frances Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 to 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright, born in Cheetham, Manchester. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess (1905) and The Secret Garden (1911) are the three best-known Burnett children's novels. After the death of Burnett's father in 1853, the family emigrated to New Market, Tennessee, where Burnett began publishing magazine stories at 19 to support the household. The catalogue holds 44 books, starting with One Day at Arle (1872) and That Lass O'Lowrie's (1877). Series include A Lady of Quality, Emily Fox-Seton and Head of the House of Coombe.

Frances Mayes is an American writer, born in 1940, known above all for Under the Tuscan Sun, the 1996 memoir that held a place on the New York Times bestseller list for more than two years and became a film. The catalogue runs to 27 books, beginning with poetry in Peach and Glass (1977) and moving through travel writing about Italy to A Great Marriage (2024). Description and travel, Italian social life, women travellers and biography fill out the subjects.

Frances Parkinson Keyes

58 books• 1 series

Frances Parkinson Keyes wrote about her life as the wife of a U.S. senator, and set novels in New England, Louisiana and Europe. Letters From a Senator's Wife (1924) opens a catalogue of 58 titles. A convert to Roman Catholicism, Keyes gave the later books Catholic themes, and saints, biography and both world wars appear among the subjects. Keyes lived from 1885 to 1970, and the surname rhymes with eyes rather than keys.

Francine Mathews writes mystery and spy fiction, and publishes historical mysteries under the name Stephanie Barron. Her 15 catalogued books divide between the Merry Folger novels, which set murder investigations on Nantucket, and a strand of espionage fiction that includes the Caroline Carmichael books. Death in the Off-Season (1994) opens the catalogue and Death on a Winter Stroll (2022) is the last title recorded. Mathews appears in the reference work Great Women Mystery Writers.

Francine Pascal (née Rubin, 1932–2024) was an American author whose name is tied to the Sweet Valley books for young adults. Sweet Valley High anchored that collection, was adapted for television, and branched into spin-offs such as The Unicorn Club and Sweet Valley University. The catalogue opens with Hangin' Out with Cici (1977) and also carries the Fearless series. Subjects include twins, sisters, high schools, friendship and dating. Most Sweet Valley books came out in the 1980s and 1990s, and several titles were re-released decades later.

Francine Rivers writes Christian historical fiction. Biblical history, frontier life and the bond between mothers and daughters run through 43 catalogued books, the earliest being Kathleen (1979). Mark of the Lion, A Lineage of Grace, Sons of Encouragement and Marta's Legacy are the main series, non-fiction and short stories fill out the list, and The Woman Between is scheduled for 2027.

Francis Spufford is an English author and writing teacher, born in 1964, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature since 2007. Golden Hill (2016), his first novel, took the Costa Book Award for First Novel, the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Ondaatje Prize. Before it came nonfiction on technology, exploration and reading: I May Be Some Time (1996), The Child that Books Built (2002), Backroom Boys (2003), Red Plenty (2007) and Unapologetic (2012). Eleven titles are catalogued, running through Light Perpetual (2021) and Cahokia Jazz (2024) to Nonesuch in 2026.

Frank Delaney

30 books• 3 series

Frank Delaney was an Irish novelist, journalist and broadcaster. His novel Ireland became a New York Times bestseller and named the series it belongs to, and Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea is one of his non-fiction books. The catalogue holds 30 titles, from James Joyce's Odyssey in 1981 to Undead in 2013, taking in The Celts (1986), A Walk In The Dark Ages (1988) and Legends of the Celts (1989). Irish history, literary landmarks and travel run through the work.

Frank E. Peretti (Frank Edward Peretti, born January 13, 1951) is a New York Times bestselling author of Christian fiction about the supernatural and spiritual warfare. The New York Times has credited Peretti with creating the Christian thriller genre, and This Present Darkness (1986) and Piercing the Darkness (1989) are the best-known novels. The catalogue lists 30 books from The Door in the Dragon's Throat (1985) to Hybrids (2015). Cooper Kids Adventures and Veritas Project are series. Peretti has held ministry credentials with the Assemblies of God and lives in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Frank Herbert

90 books• 8 series

Frank Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science fiction writer best known for Dune (1965) and the five sequels that followed it. Dune ranks among the best-selling science fiction novels ever published. Herbert also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant and lecturer. The catalogue opens with Operation Syndrome (1954) and continues through The Dragon in the Sea (1956), Missing Link (1959), The Worlds of Frank Herbert (1961) and Dune World (1963). Pandora Sequence and ConSentiency Universe are further series, and metaphysics and the imaginary place Dune appear in the subjects.

Frank McCourt

5 books• 1 series

Frank McCourt, born Francis McCourt in 1930 and died in 2009, was an Irish-American teacher and writer. His memoir Angela's Ashes won the Pulitzer Prize for its tragicomic account of a childhood of poverty and squalor. Five books carry McCourt's name, from Angela's Ashes (1996) through 'Tis, Angela and the Baby Jesus and Teacher Man to A Couple of Blaguards (2011). Irish-American family life, biography and New York run through the work.

Frank Tallis is an English clinical psychologist who writes crime fiction. The catalogue opens on the professional side with Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions (1992) and further books on obsessive-compulsive disorder, then turns to the Liebermann Papers, historical mysteries built around the Viennese psychoanalyst Max Liebermann. The BBC adapted those novels as Vienna Blood, first broadcast in 2019. Under the name F.R. Tallis the same author publishes horror. 24 books run to Mortal Secrets (2024).

Westerns account for the whole of Frank Wheeler's catalogue: 83 books published between 2020 and 2026, divided between the Westward Western Saga and Frontier Western Justice series. Destined for Justice (2020) opens the run, alongside A Bullet For Justice, Battle at Dry Cross, Texas Trails and The Lone Star Rider in that same first year. Eastbound (2026) is the most recent title.

Franklin Horton writes post-apocalyptic fiction about survival after collapse. The Borrowed World (2015) starts the main series, and the Mad Mick books, Locker Nine, The Way of Dan, the Ty Stone thrillers and Defeated Creek follow. Thirty-nine catalogued titles reach Collateral Savage in 2026.

Franz Kafka

26 books

Franz Kafka's catalogue is built from short fiction: The Judgement (1912), Meditation, The Stoker, The Metamorphosis (1915), A Country Doctor, In the Penal Colony and A Hunger Artist. Twenty-six entries are listed, counting later translations, correspondence and collections such as The Lost Writings. The 1920s are the densest period, and volumes are short at a median of 191 pages.

Fred Saberhagen

75 books• 10 series

Fred Saberhagen (Fred Thomas Saberhagen, May 18, 1930 to June 29, 2007) was an American science fiction and fantasy author, most famous for the Berserker stories and novels. Saberhagen also wrote vampire novels with Dracula as protagonist, and a post-apocalyptic sequence that opens with Empire of the East and continues through the Swords and Lost Swords books. The site lists 75 books from The Golden People (1964) onward, including Berserker (1967) and The Dracula Tape (1975). Subjects include robots, artificial intelligence and space warfare.

Fred Vargas

12 books• 2 series

Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg is a police chief in Paris, and Fred Vargas built the longer of two series around him. The Chalk Circle Man (1991) opens that run, with Have Mercy on Us All (2001), This Night's Foul Work (2006) and Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand (2007) after it. The Three Evangelists (1995) starts a second sequence. Twelve titles are catalogued, the last of them dated 2017.

Frederick Forsyth

28 books• 5 series

Frederick Forsyth (25 August 1938 to 9 June 2025) was an English novelist and journalist. Forsyth joined Reuters in 1961 and in 1965 became an assistant diplomatic correspondent for the BBC. Thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Dogs of War and The Fourth Protocol made the name, more than a dozen titles were filmed, and sales passed 70 million books in over 30 languages by 2006. The catalogue lists 28 books, opening with The Biafra Story (1969) and ending with Revenge of Odessa (2025). Espionage, terrorism and intelligence work are recurring subjects.

Fredrik Backman

13 books• 5 series

Swedish author Fredrik Backman, born in 1981, also works as a blogger and columnist. A Man Called Ove (2012) opens his catalogue of 13 books, which runs to My Friends (2025). Other titles include My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, Beartown, Us Against You, Anxious People and The Winners. His books were number one bestsellers in Sweden and have been published in more than twenty-five languages. Subjects include hockey teams, neighbours, friendship, and fathers and sons.

Freeman Wills Crofts was an Irish railway engineer who became a detective novelist, and the training shows: railway settings and intricately planned crimes are the Crofts trademark. Inspector French is the recurring detective, introduced in Inspector French's Greatest Case (1924) and carried through the police procedurals that follow. Crofts began with The Cask (1920), and the 32 catalogued books run to Anything to Declare? (1957). Golden-age contemporaries including Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler held the work in high regard.