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J.R. Mathews has 8 catalogued books spanning 2021 to 2026, grouped under two series, Jake's Magical Market and Portal to Nova Roma. Jake's Magical Market (2021) is the earliest title and Empire (2026) the newest. Portal to Nova Roma and Venice both appeared in 2022, The Rhine in 2023, A Trek Through Time and Home Sweet Home in 2024, and Paris alongside Empire in 2026. Mathews is credited alone on all 8, and the catalogue marks the run ongoing.

J.R. Rain has 224 books in the catalogue, from Ararat (2006) to Gladiator Moon (2026), with Dead Mom Walking due in 2027. Series include Vampire For Hire, Samantha Moon Short Stories/Novellas, Jim Knighthorse, Alexis Silver, Spinoza, Zeb Clemens, PSI and the Watson Files. Subjects on file include vampires, private investigators, murder and Orange County, California. Moon Dance and The Body Departed are both dated 2009, and the 2010s were the busiest decade.

J.R. Saileri is the author of the Rise of the Weakest Summoner and Dungeon Cleaners Inc. series. The catalogue lists 13 books from 2021 to 2026. Rise of the Weakest Summoner began in 2021 and runs to at least eleven volumes. Dungeon Cleaners Inc. appeared in 2022, with a second installment in 2023. The newest Rise of the Weakest Summoner volume dates from 2026, and Saileri is still publishing.

The 8 books catalogued under J.R. Sanders fall into two unrelated subject areas. Oak Glen and Los Rios Rancho (2006) is filed under California local history, apple growers, orchards and pictorial works. Later titles carry mystery and detective subjects, among them Stardust Trail (2020), Dead-Bang Fall (2022), Bring the Night (2023) and A Killing Way (2024), and the Nate Ross series stands under the name. The Littlest Wrangler (2010), Some Gave All (2013) and Emily's Gift (2020) complete the listing.

J.R. Thorn writes romance. The catalogue lists 58 books published between 2016 and 2026, opening with Succubus in Seattle (2016) and reaching Their Rejected Queen (2026). Series recorded against the name include Fortune Academy, Fortune Academy Underworld, Fortune Fae Academy, Elemental Fae Academy, Dark Arts Academy, Unicorn Shifter Academy, Royal Covens, Hell Fae, Noir Reformatory and Crescent Five. Thorn holds the sole credit on all 58 titles.

Scottish history supplies J.R. Tomlin's material: the Douglas Trilogy, Archibald the Grim, Stewart Chronicle and Son of Scotland work the wars and dynasties, while the Sir Law Kintour Mysteries turn the same setting to crime. A Kingdom's Cost (2011) and Freedom's Sword (2011) sit early in a catalogue that also holds fantasy, in Talon Of The Raptor Clan (2009) and Pendant of Power (2011). The 33 catalogued books run from Warrior's Duty (2009) to Path in the Dark (2026).

Paranormal romance built on vampires, angels and the deadly sins is J.R. Ward's territory. Ward began as Jessica Bird with Leaping Hearts (2002) and Heart of Gold (2003), then started the Black Dagger Brotherhood with Dark Lover (2005), continuing through Lover Eternal and Lover Awakened (2006) and Lover Revealed (2007). 61 catalogued books also take in Black Dagger Legacy, Prison Camp, Fallen Angels, Lair Of The Wolven, Firefighters and the Bourbon Kings. Lover Enthroned is the most recent title.

J.R.R. Tolkien

61 books• 13 series

J.R.R. Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 3 January 1892 to 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist, author of The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954 to 1955). At the University of Oxford, Tolkien held the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon and a Pembroke College fellowship from 1925 to 1945, then the Merton Professorship of English Language and Literature until retiring in 1959. Tolkien belonged to the Inklings and was a close friend of C. S. Lewis. The catalogue lists 61 books from A Middle English Reader and Vocabulary (1921) to The Battle of Maldon (2023), including the History of Middle-Earth, poetry and children's titles.

J.S. Cooper writes contemporary and erotic romance, with billionaires, businessmen and women executives among the recorded subjects. The catalogue counts 136 books from 2013 to 2026. The 2013 titles include Crazy Beautiful Love, Scarred, Healed and The Ex Games, and Next Time We'll Fall is the newest listing. J.S. Cooper's series include Forever Love, One Night Stand, Inappropriate Bachelors, Brothers at Horseshoe Ranch and Four Valenti Brothers.

J.S. Donovan's catalogue lists 35 books from 2016 to 2022. Zika (2016) is the first title. The Beginning, The Missing and The Haunting of Rachel Harroway Omnibus appeared in 2017, followed by The Secret Family (2018), The Highland Murders (2019) and The Lost Orphans (2019). EMP San Antonio (2022) is the most recent entry, and no new titles have been listed since.

J.S. Fletcher

40 books

J.S. Fletcher (1863-1935) was an English journalist who became one of the most prolific writers of detective fiction, with more than 230 books to his name across fiction and nonfiction. This catalogue lists 40 of them, dated from Anima Christi (1884) through reprints as late as 2020, with the 1920s his peak decade. London settings, journalists, wills and criminal investigation run through the mysteries.

J.S. Monroe / Jon Stock is a catalogue entry that joins two bylines, with 12 books from 1997 to 2026. The Riot Act (1997) and To Snare a Spy (2017) are credited as Jon Stock. The Daniel Marchant series is listed, and Dead Spy Running (2009), Games Traitors Play (2011) and Dirty Little Secret (2012) appear alongside Find Me (2017), The Other You (2020) and The Man on Hackpen Hill (2021). His Final Patient (2026) is the newest title. Subject tags include terrorism, MI6, intelligence officers, anarchists and thrillers.

J.S. Morin writes science fiction and fantasy. Black Ocean accounts for four of the nine recorded series - Mercy For Hire, Mirth & Mayhem, Passage of Time and Astral Prime - with Twinborn Chronicles, Mad Tinker Chronicles, Dragonhammer Saga, Project Transhuman and Sins Of Angels beside them. Morin has 109 catalogued books dated 2013 to 2026, four of them from the first year: Aethersmith, Echoes of Angels, Firehurler and Shadows of Angels. Volumes average 239 pages.

J.S. Scott writes contemporary romance, much of it about billionaires and the women who meet them at work. The Billionaire's Obsession, the Sinclairs, the Walker Brothers, the Accidental Billionaires and the British Billionaires are her main series, and paranormal runs such as Vampire Coalition, Sentinel Demons and Changeling Encounters sit beside them. Ninety-four books have followed Mine for Tonight (2012), with Billionaire Undefeated ~ Gideon scheduled for 2027.

Matthew Riker carries all five of J.T. Baier's books. Ghost Agent and The Import both appeared in 2020, followed by Long Way Home (2021), Relentless Pursuit (2022) and Fatal Alliance (2024). The series is listed as ongoing.

J.T. Brannan writes thrillers and suspense. Journalists, scientists, archaeologists, extraterrestrial beings, biblical history and natural disasters all appear in the subjects recorded against the books. The catalogue holds 76 titles from Origin (2012) to The Thousand Dollar Unit (2026). Colt Ryder, Mark Cole, Maxwell Knight and A Force One Thriller are the four series listed under the Brannan name, and Brannan is still publishing.

J.T. Edson, full name John Thomas Edson, was an English writer of Westerns, escapist adventure and police-procedural novels, with 137 Westerns to that name. Edson was born on 17 February 1928, lived near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire from the 1950s, stopped writing in 2005 because of ill health, and died on 17 July 2014. The catalogue lists 143 books from Slaughter's Way (1965) to Texas Teamwork (1997). Floating Outfit, Calamity Jane, Waco, Ole Devil, Rockabye County and Bunduki are among the series, and Dusty Fog and the Texas Rangers feature in the subject records.

J.T. Ellison

50 books• 8 series

Nashville police work and forensic pathology supply J.T. Ellison's material. Taylor Jackson leads the first series from All the Pretty Girls (2007), Dr. Samantha Owens heads a second, and Jayne Thorne, CIA Librarian, a third. Serial murder, missing persons and criminal investigation are the recurring subjects. Forty-nine books are catalogued through You Know Why in 2026, at 408 pages on median.

J.T. Geissinger moves between paranormal romance and romantic suspense: shapeshifting and the occult on one side, rock musicians and dark contemporary romance on the other, with California and Barcelona among the settings. Queens & Monsters, Wicked Games, Night Prowler, Bad Habit, Morally Gray and Beautifully Cruel are among her series. Forty-four catalogued books run from Shadow's Edge and Edge of Oblivion (2012) to Afterlife in 2026.

J.T. Patten has four catalogued series: Sean Havens Black Ops, Task Force Orange, New Orleans Haunts and Killian Kane. The 12 listed books run from Shadow Masters (2014) to None Witness (2026). Subject headings include thrillers, war and military, and historical fiction. Primed Charge (2016), Buried in Black (2018), Presidential Retreat (2020) and Howl of the Hunted (2024) are among the other titles.

J.T. Williams has 80 books catalogued between 2014 and 2026. Raven's Requiem (2014) is the earliest title and God Bane Hunter (2026) the newest. Series include Rogue Elf / Half-Elf Chronicles, Stormborn Saga, Lost Tales of the Realms, Blademaster, Fallen Dwarf, Sunkenlands, Rogues of Magic, Blackmoon Wars and Hammersong. Other titles include Half-Bloods Rising (2016), Elf Bane (2017) and Mage Soul (2017).

J.V. Jones

9 books• 2 series

J.V. Jones, born Julie Victoria Jones in 1963, is an American and British fantasy author. Two series are recorded against the name, Book of Words and Sword of Shadows. Nine books run from The Baker's Boy (1995) to Watcher of the Dead (2010), taking in A Man Betrayed, Master and Fool, The Barbed Coil, A Cavern of Black Ice, A Fortress of Grey Ice and A Sword from Red Ice. The seven volumes with a recorded length run to a median of 624 pages.

Jabari Asim, born August 11, 1962, is an American author, poet and playwright who teaches writing, literature and publishing at Emerson College in Boston. Asim formerly edited The Crisis, the NAACP journal of politics, ideas and culture that W. E. B. Du Bois founded in 1910, was named Emerson's inaugural Elma Lewis '43 Distinguished Fellow in the Social Justice Center in February 2019, and became Distinguished Professor of Multidisciplinary Letters there in September 2022. The catalogue holds 23 books dated 2001 to 2022, among them Road to Freedom: Reconstruction (2001), Whose Toes are Those? (2006), What Obama Means (2009) and Me and Muhammad Ali (2022). Slavery, Reconstruction, African American history and fathers and sons run through the recorded subjects.

Jaci Burton is an Oklahoma-based romance author who came to writing after years in the business world. The subject tags list erotic romance, contemporary romance, small towns, baseball players and football players. The catalogue holds 110 books from Mesmerized (2003) to Designs on You (2024). Play by Play, Wild Riders, Demon Hunters, Kismet, Holloway, Boots and Bouquets and Kent Brothers are among the series.

Jacie Middlemann has 294 catalogued books, published between 2013 and 2026. The run opens with Cost of Redemption (2013) and reaches Not a Single Easy Day - Book 6 in 2026. Middlemann writes in family-centred series, among them Stratton Family, Andersens, Hidden Keys Legacy, Delahass Legacy, Cincinnati City Lights and Home to Clare Harbor. The 2020s hold the bulk of the output, and the catalogue is still growing.

Jack Arbor writes espionage thrillers around assassins and former Soviet intelligence. Russians, the KGB and a bombing in London appear among the catalogued subjects. Arbor's 9 books divide into the Max Austin, Kira Nomura Thriller and Joe Pound series. The Russian Assassin, Cat & Mouse and The Pursuit all appeared in 2016, followed by The Attack (2017), The Hunt (2019), The Abyss (2020), Endgame (2022) and The Japanese Assassin (2023). Ghosts of Mendoza is dated 2025.

Jack Batten, born in 1932, is a Canadian writer and broadcaster working in both fiction and non-fiction. Non-fiction dominates the 35 catalogued books, which run from The Inside Story of Conn Smythe's Hockey Dynasty (1969) to Ross Mackay, The Saga of a Brilliant Criminal Lawyer (2020) and take in hockey and the Toronto Maple Leafs, Canadian lawyers and the courts, and the First World War. The fiction is the Crang Mystery series, opening with Crang Plays the Ace (1987). Median length is 224 pages.

Jack Benton writes mysteries. Slim Hardy is the recurring investigator, and the Slim Hardy Mysteries make up most of the catalogue, with Tokyo Lost as the second series. Fourteen Benton titles run from Broken (2016) to The House beyond the Trees (2026), taking in Stolen (2016), Frozen (2017), The Clockmaker's Secret (2018), The Games Keeper (2019), The Angler's Tale (2020) and When the Wind Blows (2022).

Jack Bryce writes LitRPG and progression fantasy, where mages, summoners and cultivators level up across numbered sequels. Apocalypse Cultivator, Country Mage, Frontier Summoner, Mage of Waycross, Chronicles of a Retired War Mage, Warped Earth, Aerda Online and Sky Lord are the series. Bryce has 56 catalogued books, every one published between 2021 and 2026, ending with Enchanter 10.

Jack Campbell

44 books• 13 series

Jack Campbell is the pen name of John G. Hemry, born April 14, 1956, a retired United States Navy officer who writes military science fiction. Under the Campbell name, Hemry has written 21 volumes of The Lost Fleet and the steampunk and fantasy Pillars of Reality series. Beyond the Frontier continues The Lost Fleet as a spin-off. As Hemry, the Stark's War and Paul Sinclair series appeared, along with short stories in Analog. The 44 catalogued books run from Dauntless (2006) to Squad Kill (2026).

Jack Canfield, born August 19, 1944, is an American author and motivational speaker. Canfield co-authored the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, which has more than 250 titles and 500 million copies in print across over 40 languages. The Success Principles, written with Janet Switzer, followed in 2005. The catalogue lists 182 books from Dare to Win (1988) to Everyday Catholicism (2020), with Mark Victor Hansen co-credited on 148 and Amy Newmark on 46. Chicken Soup for the Soul appeared in 1993.

Jack Carr is the pen name of George Petersen, an American novelist born on 3 July 1975 who served as a Navy SEAL sniper and also works as a screenwriter, producer and podcaster. Carr writes the James Reece thrillers, which open with The Terminal List (2018); that novel became a television series starring Chris Pratt, with a second season and a spin-off starring Taylor Kitsch. Targeted: Beirut marks a move into non-fiction, and The Fourth Option is a thriller series co-written with M.P. Woodward. The catalogue lists 11 Carr books from 2018 to 2027, with State of Exile due in 2027.

Jack Cartwright has 28 books in the catalogue, all published between 2022 and 2026. Dead Like Them (2022) is the first title and Into The Woods (2026) is the newest. Cartwright's series are Wild Fens, the Deadly Wolds Murder Mysteries and the DCI Cook Murder Mystery. Early titles include Dance With Death, One For Sorrow and Suffer In Silence.

Jack Cavanaugh writes religious historical fiction, much of it in saga form. The American Family Portrait series is the longest run, opening the catalogue in 1994 with The Puritans and The Colonists and continuing through The Patriots, The Pioneers, The Adversaries and The Allies. Twenty-nine catalogued books reach I am NOT a Demon, also catalogued as Behold, in 2024, with Great Awakenings, Kingdom Wars, Songs in the Night, African Covenant and Book of Books alongside. The Reformation, the Second World War and South Africa supply further settings.

Jack Chabert writes horror stories for young readers, catalogued at a grades 1-3 level. Catalogue subjects record haunted schools, elementary schools, friendship, best friends, science projects and blizzards. Eerie Elementary is the series recorded under this name, and all 10 catalogued books carry the Chabert credit between 2014 and 2019: The School Is Alive! and The Locker Ate Lucy! in 2014, Recess Is a Jungle!, School Freezes Over! and The Science Fair is Freaky! in 2016, Classes Are Canceled! and Sam Battles the Machine! in 2017, The Art Show Attacks! and The Hall Monitors Are Fired! in 2018, and The End of Orson Eerie? in 2019.

Jack Coughlin is a retired United States Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who writes military thrillers and nonfiction. The catalogue opens with his autobiography, Shooter: The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper (2005), and runs to 13 books ending with In the Crosshairs (2017). The Kyle Swanson Sniper novels carry the fiction. Subjects across the catalogue include snipers, special operations, terrorism and the Iraq War.

Jack Dayton Hunter (4 June 1921 - 13 April 2009) was an American author and artist, best known for the novel The Blue Max (1964), which was filmed under the same title. The catalogue lists 16 books published between 1964 and 2008, among them The Expendable Spy (1968), Spies, Inc (1970), The Blood Order (1979), The Tin Cravat (1981) and Judgment in Blood (1986), with The Ace (2008) the last. Subjects record war and military writing, historical fiction, thrillers, German aerial operations and fighter pilots of both world wars. Blue Max is the one series in the listing.

Jack Dane's catalogue holds nine books, all published in 2024 and 2025. The John Kincaid novels, Only The Bones Know, All That Remains Behind and In The Quiet Night, all 2024, open the list, and the 2025 titles follow: His First Wife, Such Lovely Neighbors, The Apartment Across The Hall, The New Sitter, The Other Couple and Don't Go Downstairs.

Jack Du Brul is an American techno-thriller novelist, born October 15, 1968, in Burlington, Vermont. Vulcan's Forge (1998) opens the catalogue of 14 books, followed by Charon's Landing (1999), The Medusa Stone (2000), Pandora's Curse (2001), River Of Ruin (2002) and Deep Fire Rising (2003). The Lightning Stones (2015), The Titanic Secret (2019) and The Iron Storm (2025) are later titles. Philip Mercer is the series on the author page, and Isaac Bell also appears among the characters. Geologists, terrorists, weapons of mass destruction, Nazis and treasure feature in the subject tags.

Jack Erickson is the author of the Milan DIGOS / Milan Thriller series. Thirteen books are catalogued between 2009 and 2025, with Mornings Without Zoe (2009) recorded first and Strange Lights in the Night (2025) the newest. A Streak Across the Sky, Perfect Crime, Blood and Money, The Stalker, Thirteen Days in Milan and Bloody Mary Confession are among the titles. Erickson continues to publish.

Jack Finney (1911-1995) wrote American science fiction and thrillers, and time travel is the thread running through the work. The catalogue holds 16 titles from The Third Level (1940) to From Time to Time (1995), taking in 5 Against the House (1954), The Body Snatchers (1955), also published as Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Assault on a Queen (1959) and Time and Again (1970). Ordinary people meeting extraordinary circumstances is the other recurring theme, and many of the books were adapted for film or television.

Jack Flynn has a single catalogued book: Blood in the Water (2020), a mystery running 352 pages. No further title has followed it, and the entry stands alone in this directory under the Jack Flynn name.

Chicago private investigators and cold cases figure in the subjects of Jack Fredrickson's mysteries. Fredrickson writes the Dek Elstrom and Milo Rigg Mystery series, with 11 books catalogued between 2006 and 2022. A Safe Place for Dying (2006) comes first, followed by Honestly Dearest, You're Dead (2008) and Hunting Sweetie Rose (2012). Kill Her Twice (2022) is the newest title.

Jack Gantos is an American children's author, born in 1951, known for two creations. Rotten Ralph is a cat who starred in twenty picture books between 1976 and 2014, illustrated by Nicole Rubel; Joey Pigza is a boy with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, featured in five novels between 1998 and 2014. Gantos took the 2012 Newbery Medal for Dead End in Norvelt. The catalogue records 50 titles from Rotten Ralph (1975) onward, written for grades 3 to 5, with a median length of 48 pages.

Jack Gatland has 62 books in the catalogue, published from 2020 onward. The first listed title is Liquidate the Profits (2020), and early entries include Letter From The Dead (2020), A Dinner To Die For (2021) and Murder Of Angels (2021). Seven series appear under the name: Detective Inspector Declan Walsh, Tom Marlowe, Ellie Reckless Crime Thrillers, Liam Harper, Sebastian Silver Cozy Mysteries, Hunter & Chase and Damian Lucas. A Model For Murder (2026) is the latest title, and Bury The Past is due in 2027.

Jack Grimwood writes espionage thrillers. Moskva (2016) opens a sequence built around Tom Fox, with Nightfall Berlin (2018) following; The Return (2019), Island Reich (2021) and Arctic Sun (2023) complete 5 catalogued books. Moscow, Berlin, intelligence officers, missing persons and serial murder supply the material. No title has appeared since 2023.

Jack Hardin published 19 catalogued books in a short span between 2018 and 2021. Broken Stern and Bitter Tide both date from 2018, and Savage Prey (2021) is the newest title. Hardin's work falls into three series: Ryan Savage Thriller, Pine Island Coast Florida Suspense and Team 99 Ops Thriller. The list includes the short stories Silent Ripple (2018) and 18 Dragons (2019), along with Breakwater, Lonely Coast and Savage Justice from 2019. No new Jack Hardin title has appeared since 2021.

Jack Heath is an Australian writer of fiction for children and adults, living in Gungahlin, Canberra. The Danger, Scream, Liars and Timothy Blake series are the work Heath is best known for. Shortlistings include the ACT Book of the Year Award, CBCA Notable Book Award, the Aurealis science fiction book of the year and the Australian of the Year Award. The catalogue lists 46 books from The Lab (2006) to The Mistake (2025), and subjects include spies, genetic engineering, kidnapping and thieves.

Espionage, terrorism and the Second World War supply Jack Higgins with his material. Higgins published the earliest of 76 catalogued books as Harry Patterson, among them Sad Wind from the Sea (1959), Cry of the Hunter (1960) and Hell Is Too Crowded (1962). Sean Dillon, Paul Chavasse, Liam Devlin and Martin Fallon head series of their own, alongside standalone thrillers. The Midnight Bell, published in 2016, closes the catalogue.

Jack Hunt's catalogue runs to 93 books published between 2013 and 2026, from Under the Ground (2013) to Blood Ties (2026). Post-disaster survival supplies most of the series names: EMP Survival, A Powerless World, Agora Virus, Cyber Apocalypse, Camp Zero, Survival Rules and Safety Plan. High Peaks Mystery Thriller, Lone Survivor and Outlaws of the Midwest run alongside them. The median Hunt book is 400 pages. Hunt continues to publish.

Jack Jordan writes crime and suspense thrillers. Nine books are catalogued between 2016 and 2026: Anything for Her and My Girl (2016), A Woman Scorned and Before Her Eyes (2018), Night by Night (2019), Do No Harm (2022), Conviction (2023), Redemption (2024) and Deception (2026).

Jack Kerouac

47 books

Jack Kerouac was an American novelist and poet, and a pioneer of the Beat Generation alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. The catalogue carries 47 books dated 1942 to 2018, a span that runs long past Kerouac's death in 1969 through posthumous publication. The Sea Is My Brother (1942) and And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (1945) sit at one end, On the Road (1957) and The Dharma Bums (1958) in the middle, and Piers of the Homeless Night (2018) at the other. Poetry, letters and biography fill out the list beside the fiction.

Jack Ketchum

43 books• 2 series

Jack Ketchum was the pen name of Dallas William Mayr (10 November 1946 to 24 January 2018), an American horror novelist. Ketchum won four Bram Stoker Awards, received three more nominations and was named Grand Master at the 2011 World Horror Convention. Offspring and Red, two Ketchum novels, were adapted to film. Off Season (1980) appears in the catalogue, followed by Hide and Seek (1980), Cover (1987), She Wakes (1989) and The Girl Next Door (1989). Gorilla In My Room (2019) is the newest title. Subjects include horror, psychopaths, kidnapping, captivity and Maine.

Jack L. Chalker

60 books• 12 series

Jack L. Chalker (17 December 1944 to 11 February 2005) was an American science fiction author. Before writing full time, Chalker spent 12 years teaching history in Baltimore City Schools and left in 1978. Chalker belonged to the Washington Science Fiction Association and helped found the Baltimore Science Fiction Society. The catalogue records 60 books from A Jungle of Stars (1976) to Kaspar's Box (2003). Series include Well Of Souls, Dancing Gods, Soul Rider, Four Lords of the Diamond, Rings of the Master and Changewinds, and Nathan Brazil and Mavra Chang are named characters in the subject records.

Jack Lively has 10 books in the catalogue, published from 2020 to 2026, and Tom Keeler is the one series listing. Straight Shot (2020) comes first, followed by Switch Back (2020), Breacher (2021), Hard Candy (2022) and Impact (2022). Later titles include Badlands (2024), The Reckoning (2025) and Backlash (2026). The catalogue marks Jack Lively as still publishing.

Jack London

156 books• 2 series

Jack London (January 12, 1876 to November 22, 1916), born John Griffith Chaney, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. London helped pioneer commercial fiction and the American magazine, and became one of the first American writers to win international celebrity and a large fortune from writing. A member of the radical San Francisco literary group "The Crowd", London campaigned for animal welfare, workers' rights and socialism. Those causes shaped The Iron Heel, a dystopian novel, and The People of the Abyss, a non-fiction exposé, as well as War of the Classes and Before Adam. The catalogue lists 156 titles from The Wisdom Of The Trail (1899), including The Son of the Wolf (1900) and Children of the Frost (1902).

Jack Ludlow writes historical fiction, and the catalogue's subjects place it in Rome, Italy, France and Spain, taking in the Crusades, mercenary troops and the Spanish civil war of 1936 to 1939. Ludlow has 15 catalogued books published between 2007 and 2016, all credited to Ludlow, from The Pillars of Rome (2007) to Hawkwood (2016). Republic, Conquest Trilogy, Road to War, Crusades Trilogy and Last Roman Trilogy are the five series filed under the name.

Jack Lynch wrote the Peter Bragg mysteries, with Peter Bragg recorded as the recurring character and private investigators, murder and a California prison setting among the subjects. The catalogue records 33 books dated between 1982 and 2020: Braggs Hunch, Pieces of Death and The Dead Never Forget all appeared in 1982, and San Quentin, Sausalito, Speak for the Dead and Wake Up and Die in 1984. The listing also carries reference works on English lexicography and literary history, which sit outside the Bragg novels. I Am Not a Machine is the second series recorded.

Jack Mars writes espionage and action thrillers at volume: 203 catalogued books since 2015. Luke Stone leads the first sequence, from Any Means Necessary (2015) through Oath of Office and Situation Room, and the Agent Zero books follow. Later series include Spy Game, Jake Mercer, Lara King, Axel Strike, Cole Hunter, Connor Cross and Cyrus Drake. Terrorism and cyberterrorism are the catalogued subjects, and Cross Asset is scheduled for 2027.

Jack McDevitt

35 books• 4 series

Jack McDevitt, born April 14, 1935, is an American science fiction author whose novels often turn on contact with alien races and on archaeology, including xenoarchaeology. Two sets of characters carry most of the books: the relic hunters Alex Benedict and Chase Kolpath, and the faster-than-light pilot Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins. Seeker took the 2006 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and McDevitt has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and John W. Campbell awards many times. The catalogue lists 35 books from The Hercules Text (1986) to Doorway to the Stars (2024), including A Talent for War (1989), The Engines of God (1994), Eternity Road (1997) and Moonfall (1998). The first published McDevitt story was "The Emerson Effect" in The Twilight Zone Magazine in 1981.