Authors whose first name starts with J, page 5 of 26

Jaimie Admans writes romance, with 23 books from 2012 to 2026. Creepy Christmas (2012) is the first, and Christmas returns often in titles such as Christmas Every Day, It's a Wonderful Night and Snowflakes at the Little Christmas Tree Farm. The Ever After Street series and The Chateau of Happily-Ever-Afters (2017) are part of the list. The Sunshine Teashop (2026) is the most recent Admans title.

Jaimie Roberts has 26 books catalogued between 2014 and 2022. Deviant (2014) is the earliest title and One Wish (2022) the most recent. Three series carry the Roberts name: Deviant, Take and Sicilian Mafia. No subject headings are recorded for the listing, and no title in it carries a date after 2022.

Jaine Diamond has 23 catalogued books published between 2015 and 2027. The run opens with Deep (2015), followed by Dirty Like Me and Dirty Like Us (2016), Deeper and Dirty Like Brody (2017), then Dirty Like Dylan, Dirty Like Jude, Dirty Like Seth and Dirty Like Zane (2018). Three series are listed for Diamond: the Bayshore Billionaires, the Vancity Villains and Orchard Cove. Thirst For Me appeared in 2026 and Juicy Little Secrets is scheduled for 2027.

Jake Bible writes science fiction and horror. Zombies, giant monsters and sea creatures supply much of the material: Z-Burbia, Mega, Kaiju Winter, ScareScapes and the Apex Trilogy are among 12 recorded series, with Roak: Galactic Bounty Hunter, Salvage Merc One and Fighting Iron on the space side. Bible was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in 2015 for the young adult novel Intentional Haunting, and hosts the podcast Writing in Suburbia. The catalogue holds 71 books dated 2009 to 2025, averaging 231 pages.

Jake Needham writes crime novels set in Asia, with Thailand and Singapore as the recurring locations. Two figures return across the books: Inspector Samuel Tay and Jack Shepherd. The Big Mango (1999) opens a catalogue of 20 titles taking in Laundry Man (2002), The Ambassador's Wife (2008), The Umbrella Man (2012) and The King of Macau (2014), and reaching A Jury Of His Peers (2026). Needham groups the work as the Mean Streets of Asia Crime Novels and the Charlie Trust series.

Jake Tapper

8 books• 1 series

Jake Tapper writes political non-fiction and political fiction. Eight titles are catalogued from Body Slam (1999) to Original Sin and Race Against Terror, both 2025, with The Outpost (2012), The Hellfire Club (2018) and All the Demons Are Here (2023) between them. Charlie and Margaret Marder is the named fiction series. Presidents, governors, political campaigns and the 2000 United States election fill the subject tags.

Jakob Arjouni was the pen name of a German author born Jakob Michelsen on 8 October 1964, who died on 17 January 2013. Arjouni took the 1992 German Crime Fiction Prize for One Man, One Murder. The 8 catalogued books span 1985 to 2012, opening with Happy Birthday, Turk! and closing with Brother Kemal. Kayankaya is the series recorded against the name, and subjects list the fictitious character Kemal Kayankaya alongside private investigators, Germany, hate crimes, immigrants and kidnapping. Magic Hoffman, Kismet, Idiots and Chez Max fill the middle of the run.

Fantasy is the single recorded subject for James A. Hunter, and the series bear it out: Yancy Lazarus, Viridian Gate Archives, Rogue Dungeon, Shadowcroft Academy For Dungeons, War God Saga, Wasteland Warlords, Vigil Bound and Golem Chronicles. The catalogue holds 56 books published between 2015 and 2026, from Strange Magic (2015) to Kiosk Kingdom (2026). Hunter's books are long, at a median 370 pages.

James A. Michener

50 books• 1 series

James A. Michener (February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer of more than 40 books, most of them long family sagas tracing many generations in a single geographic setting, with detailed history woven in. Tales of the South Pacific and Return to Paradise, both from 1947, are the earliest listed titles, followed by The Fires of Spring (1949), Sayonara (1953), The Bridges at Toko-ri (1953) and Hawaii (1959). Many of Michener's books were bestsellers and Book of the Month Club picks, and the research behind them was noted for its thoroughness. Travel, civilization and the Korean War feature in the subjects.

James A. Moore (3 September 1965 to 27 March 2024) was an American horror novelist, short story writer and role-playing game author who wrote more than fifty books. Moore's series include Jonathan Crowley, Seven Forges, Serenity Falls, Griffin & Price, Chris Corin, Black Stone Bay and Subject Seven. Subjects span horror, vampires, epic fantasy, alien contact and media tie-ins, including the Vampire game. The catalogue lists 57 books from Necropolis: Atlanta (1994) to Punk'd (2023), with Under the Overtree (2000) and Chaos Bleeds (2003) in between. Kirsten Cross shares credit on 4 books and Charles R. Rutledge on 3.

James Alan Gardner, born 10 January 1955, is a Canadian science fiction author. League of Peoples and Dark/Spark are the two series in the catalogue, and recorded subjects run to hard science fiction, exploration, outer space, gender identity, vigilantes and conspiracies. Fifteen books are listed from Expendable (1997) to Organisms: Selected Stories (2019), taking in Commitment Hour (1998), Vigilant (1999), Hunted (2000), Ascending (2001), Trapped (2002) and Radiant (2004).

James Alexander Thom (1933-2023) was an American novelist of the frontier and of colonial American history, working from heavy documentary research. Follow the River (1981), drawn from the Draper's Meadow massacre of 1755, is Thom's best-known book. Long Knife (1979), From Sea to Shining Sea (1984), Panther in the Sky (1989) and The Children of First Man (1994) stand beside it, with the Shawnee, western exploration and Clark's 1778-1779 Illinois expedition among the subjects. Sixteen titles are catalogued, from Let the Sunshine In (1976) to Once Upon a Time It Was Now (2017). Thom served in the Marine Corps in Korea and taught journalism at Indiana University.

James Axler is the pen name under which Mark Ellis wrote scores of Deathlands and Outlanders novels. The books are post-apocalyptic men's adventure: survivalism, the regression of civilisation, imaginary wars and the invented territory called Deathlands. The Axler name carries 234 titles published between 1986 and 2025, from Pilgrimage to Hell (1986) to Wraith Winter (2025). Volumes run long at a median of 347 pages, and Earthblood is a third series beside the two main runs.

James Baldwin

40 books• 4 series

James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987), born James Arthur Jones, was an American writer and civil rights activist whose essays, novels, plays and poems drew wide acclaim. Time magazine ranked Go Tell It on the Mountain among the top 100 English-language novels. The essay collection Notes of a Native Son (1955) established Baldwin as a voice for human equality, and a 1965 debate with William Buckley became a landmark on race in the United States. Catalogued works include Giovanni's Room (1956), Another Country (1962) and The Fire Next Time (1963), with race relations and African American life as recurring subjects.

James Barrington is a thriller writer whose catalogue counts 25 books from 2004 to 2023. Paul Richter is the lead series character, and the listing opens with Overkill (2004), followed by Pandemic and Foxbat. Other series include Eddie Dawson, Ben Morgan, Natasha Black and Royal Navy Diaries, and two 2012 titles are listed under the name Jack Steel. Subjects cover espionage, terrorism and Royal Navy operations. Black Ops: Red Death is the newest book.

James Becker writes historical thrillers about relics and lost treasure. Nineteen books are catalogued between 2008 and 2023, beginning with The First Apostle (2008) and ending with Thoth's Riddle: Flights of Fantasy (2023). Chris Bronson is the recurring character, and the Chris Bronson sequence runs alongside the Lost Treasure of the Templars books, the Steven Hunter Thrillers and a set of standalone novels. The Moses Stone (2009), The Messiah Secret (2010), The Nosferatu Scroll (2011), Echo of the Reich (2012) and The Lost Testament (2013) fill out the middle of the run. Christian antiquities, the Knights Templar, cryptographers and treasure troves are the recurring subjects.

James Beltz has two series in the catalogue, DJ Slaughter and Nite Trips. The 12 books run from Origin Story (2017) to Charlie (2022). Collections, Holiday Row, Infiltration, Skeleton Key and White Out carry 2018 dates, and Free Fall (2019), Darkest Knight (2020) and Betrayal (2021) follow. No new James Beltz title has appeared since 2022.

James Blish was an American science fiction and fantasy writer who lived from May 23, 1921 to July 30, 1975. Blish is best known for the Cities in Flight novels and for Star Trek novelisations written with J. A. Lawrence, and A Case of Conscience (1958) won the Hugo Award. Blish is credited with coining the term "gas giant". Criticism of science fiction appeared under the pen name William Atheling Jr. The catalogue lists 64 books, opening with Jack of Eagles (1952), and includes Earthman, Come Home (1956) and The Seedling Stars (1957).

A Street Cat Named Bob (2012) made James Bowen's name and started a run of nine books about one animal. Bowen was a homeless street musician in London, and the books record his life with Bob the cat. The World According to Bob (2013), For the Love of Bob (2014) and A Gift from Bob (2015) follow, alongside children's titles such as Bob: No Ordinary Cat and My Name Is Bob, and the run closes with The Little Book of Bob (2018).

James Bradley is an Australian novelist and critic whose novels look at both past and future. In 2012 Bradley received the Pascall Prize for Criticism and the title of Australian Critic of the Year. The catalogue records 12 books from Paper Nautilus (1994) to Landfall (2025), including Wrack (1997), The Deep Field (1999), The Resurrectionist (2006), Clade (2015) and Ghost Species (2020). Subjects include Australia, shipwrecks, archaeologists and life on other planets.

James Brogden writes horror and fantasy. Catalogue subjects record dreams, visions, mythology, good and evil, missing children and teachers, with thrillers alongside them. Brogden's 11 books run from The Narrows (2012) to The Strandling (2024), all credited alone, and include Tourmaline (2013), Evocations (2015), Hekla's Children (2017), The Hollow Tree (2018), The Plague Stones (2019), Bone Harvest (2020) and Blood Drinker (2021). Tourmaline is the one series recorded, and Brogden remains actively publishing.

James Bryan Smith has 13 catalogued books, from Embracing the Love of God (1995) to The Good and Beautiful You (2022). Good and Beautiful is Smith's series. Other titles include Rich Mullins: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven (2000), Room of Marvels (2003), The Good and Beautiful God (2009) and Hidden in Christ (2013). Subject headings include Christianity, spiritual life and spiritual formation.

James Burd Brewster writes short books under the Glad to do it! banner, with series named Uncle Rocky Fireman, Office Jack, Pete and Petey, and EMT Morales. The catalogue lists 24 books from Fire! (2013) to Tourniquets for Heroes (2023), at a median of 34 pages each. Sparky Protects and Sparky's Rescue (2013), Safe At Home (2014) and Rapid Response (2016) are further titles.

Graphic novels is the format recorded for James Burks, credited on 8 catalogued books published between 2012 and 2022. Beep and Bah (2012) opens the list. Seven Bird & Squirrel titles follow: On the Run! (2013), On Ice (2014), On the Edge! (2015), On Fire (2017), All Tangled Up (2019), All or Nothing (2020) and Bird & Squirrel All Together (2022). Nothing by Burks has been catalogued since.

James Byrne is catalogued with 4 books published between 2022 and 2026. The run opens with The Gatekeeper (2022) and continues through Deadlock (2023), Chain Reaction (2025) and Storm Warning (2026). Byrne writes the Dez Limerick series and remains actively publishing.

James Byron Huggins, born 14 August 1959, is an American thriller writer published by WildBlue Press. Huggins holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and English literature from Troy State University. The 13 catalogued books run from A Wolf Story (1993) to Last Hunt (2025), with Leviathan, Cain, Hunter, Rora, Nightbringer and Sorcerer in between. The Hunter Saga is the named series, and subject tags include religious fiction, Christian life, genetic engineering and the golem.

James C. Work writes westerns and crime fiction, with 21 catalogued books from Following Where the River Begins (1992) to Down Fall River Dead (2024). The Work series are Ranger McIntyre and Keystone Ranch. Ride South to Purgatory (1999), Ride West to Dawn (2001), A Title To Murder (2004), Riders of Deathwater Valley (2005) and Murder in the Blue Mist (2010) are among the titles. Ranch life and frontier life appear in the subjects.

James Caine has 19 books in the catalogue, all dated 2022 to 2026. The run starts with The Affair, The Girl Outside, The In-Laws and The Patients List in 2022 and reaches The Wife Across the Street in 2026. Other titles include The Boss, The Family Cabin, The Jealous Wife, A Happy Marriage and A Sister's Promise. No series is recorded. Caine's release status is ongoing.

James Carlos Blake was an American writer, born May 26, 1943, who died January 11, 2025. Blake's work drew critical favor and several awards, and Blake has been described as one of the greatest chroniclers of the mythical American outlaw life. The University of South Florida gave him its Distinguished Humanities Alumnus Award, and Blake counted membership of the Texas Institute of Letters as his crowning achievement. The catalogue lists 15 books from The Pistoleer (1995) to The Bones of Wolfe (2020), including The Friends of Pancho Villa (1996) and In the Rogue Blood (1997). Mexico, the frontier and organized crime are among the subjects.

A former Catholic priest, James Carroll (born January 22, 1943) is an American novelist, historian and journalist. Carroll writes about efforts to reform the Catholic Church, and his books cover religion and history as well as fiction. He holds nine honorary doctorates and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His 23 catalogued books run from Madonna Red (1976) to The Truth at the Heart of the Lie (2021), including An American Requiem (1996).

James Chambers

13 books• 5 series

James Chambers, born 16 December 1970, is an American author and comic book writer, and a member of the Horror Writers Association. Horror and thrillers are the two subjects recorded for the catalogue, which holds the Corpse Fauna and Vox Astra series. Thirteen books are listed from Resurrection House (2009) to The Billabong Trail (2024), taking in The Engines of Sacrifice (2011), The Dead Bear Witness (2012), Three Chords of Chaos (2013) and The Dead in Their Masses (2020).

Sam Johnstone heads James Chandler's thrillers, which start with Misjudged (2020) and take their titles from the courtroom, False Evidence, Capital Justice, The Truthful Witness, Bodies of Proof. Eleven catalogued books reach Reasonable Suspicion in 2026, with Smith and Bauer as the second series, at a median 364 pages.

Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell (1921-1994), known as James Clavell, was a British and American writer and filmmaker who served as a British Army officer in the Second World War. The Asian Saga novels, some adapted for film and television, are the work he is best known for. The catalogue lists 10 books from King Rat (1962) to Escape (1995), including Tai-Pan (1966), Shogun (1975), Noble House (1981), Whirlwind (1986) and Gai-Jin (1993). Clavell also wrote the screenplays for The Fly (1958) and The Great Escape (1963), and wrote and directed To Sir, with Love (1967). Subjects include prisoners of war, Hong Kong and World War II.

James Comey has 8 catalogued books, published between 2018 and 2026. The run opens with A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership (2018), followed by A Christian and a Democrat (2019), The Comey Memos (2019) and Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency, and Trust (2021). From 2023 the output turns to the Nora Carleton series: Central Park West (2023), Westport (2024), FDR Drive (2025) and Red Verdict (2026). Comey is still publishing.

James Craig writes London crime fiction, mainly the Inspector Carlyle police procedurals featuring John Carlyle. London Calling (2011) and Buckingham Palace Blues (2012) open the run, and 24 Craig books appear through 2026. A second series follows Max Drescher. Murder investigation and police work are the core subjects, and I Live by the River (2026) is the newest title.

James Crumley, born in 1939 and died in 2008, wrote violent hardboiled crime fiction alongside short stories, essays and screenplays. Critics placed Crumley as a patron saint of the post-Vietnam private-eye novel and as a writer somewhere between Raymond Chandler and Hunter S. Thompson. Two detectives carry the work: C.W. Sughrue and Milo Milodragovitch, both operating through Montana and Texas. Ten books run from One to Count Cadence (1969) to The Right Madness (2005), among them The Last Good Kiss (1978) and The Mexican Tree Duck (1993).

Charlie Moon is the detective in James D. Doss's mysteries, set in Colorado among Ute communities. The Shaman Sings (1994) opens a 17-book run that closed with The Old Gray Wolf in 2012. Police procedure, missing persons and Native American life carry the series, and the shaman titles - The Shaman Laughs, The Shaman's Bones, The Shaman's Game - group its early years.

James D. Hornfischer wrote narrative naval history of the United States at war. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors (2003), Ship of Ghosts (2006), Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal (2011), The Fleet at Flood Tide (2016) and Who Can Hold the Sea (2022) make up that run, with subjects recording American naval operations, the Second World War, the Battle of Leyte Gulf and personal narratives. Destroyer Captain carries a 2024 date, with David J. Hornfischer credited alongside. Two earlier titles, Right Thinking (1996) and Hate is Not a Family Value (1997), also sit under the name and are filed as political.

James D. Prescott writes science fiction. Extinction Code (2017) opens a catalogue of eight books, and The Fifth Kind: Ascension (2024) is the most recent entry. The Genesis Conspiracy (2017), Extinction Countdown (2018), Extinction Crisis (2018), Augmented (2019), The Fifth Kind: Arrival (2023) and The Fifth Kind: Awakening (2023) fill the span. Dark Nova is the series recorded under the Prescott name, and Prescott is credited on all eight titles.

James D. Shipman writes fiction on war and history, with World War II, military thrillers, immigrants, Irish Americans, nurses and widows among the catalogue subjects. The 10 catalogued books date from 2013 to 2025. Constantinopolis (2013) is the earliest, followed by Going Home (2014) and It is Well (2016). A Bitter Rain (2017), Task Force Baum (2019) and Irena's War (2020) come next, and Crossing the Line (2025) is the newest.

James D.F. Hannah is catalogued with 10 books published between 2018 and 2024. Two series stand under the name: Henry Malone and Parker County. The listing opens with She Talks to Angels (2018) and reaches Eight Very Bad Nights (2024), taking in Behind the Wall of Sleep (2019), Friend of the Devil (2019), Complicated Shadows (2021), The Righteous Path (2021) and Because the Night (2023). Hannah is still publishing.

James Dashner

26 books• 7 series

The Maze Runner series and the young adult fantasy series The 13th Reality are what American writer James Dashner, born November 26, 1972, is best known for. Much of Dashner's speculative fiction is aimed at children or young adults. The Journal of Curious Letters (2008), first in The 13th Reality, was a Borders Original Voices pick. The Maze Runner reached cinemas in 2014, with further films in 2015 and 2018 grossing an estimated $949 million together. The catalogue lists 26 books from A Door in the Woods (2003) to The Infinite Glade (2025), with the Jimmy Fincher Saga, Mortality Doctrine and Maze Cutter among the series.

James David Victor has 116 books in the catalogue, published between 2017 and 2026. Forged in Space, Defense, Infiltrate, Pursuit, Recruit, Zenith and Mimic and the Space Engineer all date from 2017, with A. I. Uprising, Alien Evolution and Alpha Rises following in 2018. Series headings include Outcast Marines, Blue Star Marines, Valyien, Star Dragon, Star Breaker, Sentinels, Mech Fighter, Gene Soldiers, Memories of Earth, Protector Jaks, Silver Cane and a Tin Man space opera line. Hammershot (2026) is the newest listed title.

James Dickey

15 books

James Lafayette Dickey (February 2, 1923 to January 19, 1997) was an American poet, novelist, critic and lecturer, appointed the 18th United States Poet Laureate in 1966. Dickey received the National Book Award for Poetry and a Guggenheim Fellowship. The debut novel Deliverance (1970) is Dickey's most widely known work, and Dickey adapted it for the 1972 film. Dickey was a decorated veteran of the Second World War and the Korean War, serving as a navigator with the United States Air Force's 418th Night Fighter Squadron. The catalogue holds 15 books, including Drowning with Others (1962), Buckdancer's Choice (1965) and Alnilam (1987).

James E. Ransome is credited on children's books in the catalogue, with subjects including African Americans, slavery, the Underground Railroad, quilts, grandparents and friendship. Titles include Aunt Flossie's Hats (1991), Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (1993), Uncle Jed's Barber Shop (1993) and The Creation (1993). The Bell Rang (2019) is the most recent entry.

Fantasy is James E. Wisher's genre across 66 catalogued books published between 2015 and 2026. The catalogue holds series including Aegis of Merlin, Soul Force Saga, Dragonspire Chronicles, Portal Wars Saga, Soul Bound Saga, Immortal Apprentice Trilogy, Divine Key and 72 Demons. Children of Junk (2015) and the two Death and Honor books open the run, and The Eternal Guardian (2026) is the most recent title.

James Ellroy

28 books• 5 series

Los Angeles crime is James Ellroy's territory - police, murder and hard-boiled detective fiction. Brown's Requiem (1981) opens the catalogue; the Lloyd Hopkins books follow in the mid-1980s, and The Black Dahlia (1987) and The Big Nowhere (1988) start the L.A. Quartet. Underworld U.S.A. and a Second L.A. Quartet came after. Ellroy has 28 titles catalogued, arriving at Red Sheet in 2026.

James Fenimore Cooper

34 books• 2 series

James Fenimore Cooper wrote frontier and sea fiction in the early American republic. The Leatherstocking Tales follow Natty Bumppo, with The Pioneers (1823), The Prairie (1824) and The Last of the Mohicans (1826) among them; The Pilot (1824) and The Red Rover (1827) belong to the sea stories. Thirty-four titles are catalogued, Indians of North America and pioneer life recur as subjects, and the 1840s were the busiest decade.

James Finn Garner is a Chicago-based American satirist, born in 1960. The catalogue lists 14 books by Garner, from Politically Correct Bedtime Stories (1994) to Politically Correct Pinocchio (2018), and two series: Politically Correct Bedtime Stories and Rex Koko, Private Clown. Apocalypse Wow! (1997), Recut Madness (2007) and Honk Honk, My Darling (2011) are among them. Subject headings include humorous stories and political correctness.

James Follett was an English novelist and screenwriter, born in 1939, who died in January 2021 at 81. Follett turned to fiction full time in 1976, having previously been a technical writer on Ministry of Defence contracts, and also produced television plays and radio drama. The catalogue lists 26 books from Doomsday Ultimatum (1976) to Those in Peril (2016), including the Earthsearch and Pentworth series.

James Francis Dwyer

13 books

James Francis Dwyer (22 April 1874 - 11 November 1952) was an Australian writer born in Camden Park, New South Wales. Dwyer worked as a postal assistant until an 1899 conviction over fraudulent postal orders brought a seven-year prison sentence. Writing began in prison, and The Bulletin published the work with help from another inmate and a guard. After release, Dwyer moved to London and then New York and wrote short stories and novels. The 13 catalogued books run from The Bust of Lincoln (1912) to Leg-Irons on Wings (1949), the autobiography written in France.

James Frey

21 books• 4 series

James Christopher Frey, born 12 September 1969, is an American writer. A Million Little Pieces (2003) and My Friend Leonard (2005) sold as memoirs before large parts of both were shown to be exaggerated or invented, which set off a public controversy. Bright Shiny Morning (2008) followed as a novel. Frey founded and runs the transmedia company Full Fathom Five, the outfit behind the seven-book Lorien Legacies written by Frey and others under the shared pen name Pittacus Lore. The catalogue holds 21 books through to Next To Heaven (2025), with three Endgame headings: The Training Diaries, The Zero Line Chronicles and The Fugitive Archives.

James Grady, born April 30, 1949, is an American writer and investigative journalist known for thrillers of espionage and intrigue as well as police procedurals. Grady wrote for television with Stephen J. Cannell, worked on films with Brandon Lee, William Katt and David Hasselhoff, and has edited fiction anthologies. London's Daily Telegraph listed Grady among 50 crime writers to read before you die in 2008. The catalogue lists 25 books, from Six Days of the Condor / Three Days of the Condor (1974) and Shadow of the Condor (1975) to Shadows on Sidewalks (2026). Condor, John Rankin and Devlin Rourke are the series.

James Grippando writes legal thrillers set largely in Miami, with the defence lawyer Jack Swyteck at the centre. The Pardon (1994) opens a catalogue of 36 books that reaches The Right to Remain in 2026, alongside standalone novels, novellas and plays. Missing persons, suspense and the work between attorney and client supply the plots.

James H. Cobb's eight catalogued books run from Choosers of the Slain (1996) to Robert Ludlum's The Arctic Event (2007). Subject headings place the work in thrillers, espionage, technological and hard science fiction, with imaginary wars and battles across the Pacific area and Antarctica, and index Amanda Lee Garrett as a fictitious character. The Amanda Garrett series is Cobb's, and Storm Dragon / Sea Strike (1997), West On 66 (1999) and Cibola (2004) also belong to the catalogue. The final title carries Robert Ludlum's name on its cover.

James Henry Schmitz (1911-1981) was a German-American science fiction writer. Telepathy, space travellers, witches, scientists and life on other planets run through the subjects attached to the 27 catalogued titles, the earliest dated 1960. Agent of Vega (1960) heads the list, followed by A Tale of Two Clocks / Legacy (1962), Watch the Sky (1962), The Universe Against Her (1964), The Witches of Karres (1966) and The Demon Breed (1968). Hub is the one series recorded. Several dated entries, among them Lion Loose (2022), carry dates later than Schmitz's death.

James Haddock has published 20 books since 2019, grouped into five series: Hand Made Mage, Dragon's Envoy, Thief's Gift, Cast Down World and Heart Mage. The first year brought Hand Made Mage, Duty Calls, Mage Throne Prophecy and The Derelict Duty, with Cast Down World and Wizard's Alley following in 2020 and Lord of the High Reaches in 2021. Root and Branch arrived in 2026, and the catalogue is ongoing.

James Hadley Chase was the pen name of Rene Lodge Brabazon Raymond, an English crime writer who lived from 1906 to 1985. Ninety-six books are catalogued between No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1939) and Hit Them Where It Hurts (1984), and some early titles appeared as by Raymond Marshall. Recurring characters carry the series: Vic Malloy, Steve Harmas, Dave Fenner, Frank Terrell, Tom Lepski, Mark Girland, Helga Rolfe and Don Micklem. Fifty of the books have been filmed, the work was widely translated into Russian, and Chase was called the king of thriller writers in Europe. The median book runs 204 pages.

James Hall writes Florida thrillers featuring a character named Thorn, according to the catalogue subjects. Mean High Tide (1995) is the earliest listed title, followed by Gone Wild (1996), Buzz Cut (1997) and Red Sky (1998). Later books include Blackwater Sound (2002), Magic City (2007), Hell's Bay (2009), Silencer (2011) and Bad Axe (2020). Dolphins, male friendship, conspiracies and family-owned businesses are among the listed subjects.

James Hankins writes thrillers and suspense. Eight Hankins novels are catalogued between 2012 and 2018, opening with Brothers and Bones and Drawn, both dated 2012. Jack of Spades followed in 2013, then Shady Cross and The Prettiest One in 2015, Last to Die and The Inside Dark in 2017, and A Blood Thing in 2018. Subjects filed against the books record crime, robbery, thieves, missing persons, conscience, authors, and settings in Massachusetts and Indiana. Hankins is the sole credit on every title, and three of the books have page counts recorded, at a median of 336.