Ability book series in reading order

by Shannon Messenger

by Tahereh Mafi

by Victoria Aveyard

Tahereh Mafi

27 books• 6 series

Tahereh Mafi, born November 10, 1988, is an Iranian-American writer of young adult fiction based in Santa Monica, California. Mafi's series are Shatter Me, Shatter Me: The New Republic, This Woven Kingdom and Furthermore. Shatter Me (2011) is the first catalogued title, and Whichwood (2017) and A Very Large Expanse of Sea (2018) come later. Fantasy, science fiction, magic, dictatorship and resistance feature in the subjects. Escape Me (2026) is the newest Mafi title.

Victoria Aveyard

15 books• 3 series

Victoria Aveyard writes young adult fantasy about power, blood and resistance to government. Red Queen (2015) opens a catalogue of 15 titles, joined the same year by the novella Queen Song, then Glass Sword (2016), Steel Scars (2016), the collection Cruel Crown (2016) and King's Cage (2017). Realm Breaker and Lyrian Sea form later series. Tempest is the newest title, and Aveyard remains actively publishing.

Shannon Messenger

16 books• 3 series

Shannon Messenger is an American author of middle-grade and young adult fantasy, published by Simon & Schuster. Keeper of the Lost Cities, begun in 2012, is her best-known series and a New York Times bestseller; its book 8.5, Unlocked, reached number 8 on the USA Today list in 2020. The young adult Sky Fall trilogy runs alongside, and a graphic novel adaptation of Keeper continues into 2025. Elves, psychic ability, memory and foster families are the standing subjects across 16 catalogued books.

Kresley Cole started in historical romance with The Captain of All Pleasures (2003) and the MacCarrick and Sutherland Brothers books, then moved to paranormal romance. Immortals After Dark, opening with A Hunger Like No Other (2006), is the largest sequence, and vampires, demons and other supernatural beings fill it. The Arcana Chronicles and Game Maker follow. Thirty-seven titles are catalogued, reaching Ravenous in 2026.

Lisa McMann

37 books• 7 series

Lisa McMann, born February 27, 1968, is an American author who created The Unwanteds and The Unwanteds Quests for young readers and the Wake trilogy for young adults. The catalogue lists 37 McMann books from 2008 to 2026, beginning with Wake (2008), Fade (2009) and Gone (2010). The Unwanteds (2011) and Island of Silence (2012) are among the titles. Other series include Forgotten Five, Visions and Going Wild. Subjects include twins, magic, superheroes and dreams, and Forever Rogue (2026) is the newest.

Marie Lu

29 books• 11 series

Marie Lu, born Xiwei Lu on 11 July 1984, is an American author of young adult science fiction and fantasy. The Legend series, set in a dystopian and militarised future, is Lu's best known work, alongside Young Elites, Warcross and Batman: Nightwalker in the DC Icons line. The catalogue lists 30 books from Legend (2011) to Rebel (2026), with Silver Dawn listed for 2027. Skyhunter, Stars and Smoke and New Alchemists are further series. Subjects include resistance to government, plague, fugitives, soldiers and the supernatural.

Veronica Roth

27 books• 12 series

Divergent (2011) opens the catalogue of Veronica Roth, an American novelist and short story writer born August 19, 1988. Sales of the Divergent trilogy exceed 35 million copies worldwide. Insurgent (2012), Allegiant (2013) and Four (2014) follow early in the list, which counts 28 titles through Seek the Traitor's Son (2026). Carve the Mark, Curse Bearer and Sixth Faction are the other named series. Dystopias, courage, identity and social classes appear among the subject headings.

Scott Westerfeld

42 books• 18 series

Scott David Westerfeld, born May 5, 1963, is an American young adult writer known for the Uglies and Leviathan series. Other series include Midnighters, Peeps, Impostors, Zeroes and Spill Zone. The 42 catalogued books include Polymorph (1997), Fine Prey (1998), Evolution's Darling (2000) and The Risen Empire (2003). Subjects include science fiction, personal beauty, brainwashing and teenage girls. The Mortons (2026) is the newest title.

Lisi Harrison

41 books• 10 series

Lisi Harrison is a Canadian author of young adult fiction, known for three series: The Clique, Alphas and Monster High. The Clique (2004) opens a catalogue of 41 titles, with middle schools, cliques, friendship and competition in the subject tags, and monsters, boarding schools and prejudice beside them. Graphic novels, a Clique Summer Collection and the Graveyard Girls follow. Two Truths and a Lion (2023) is the most recent title.

Leigh Bardugo

25 books• 12 series

Leigh Bardugo is an American fantasy author, born April 6, 1975, best known for the young adult Grishaverse: the Shadow and Bone trilogy and the Six of Crows and King of Scars duologies. Ninth House was Bardugo's paranormal fantasy debut for adults. Netflix adapted Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows as the series Shadow and Bone, Amazon Studios holds Ninth House, and Bardugo is an executive producer on both. The catalogue lists 25 books from Shadow and Bone / The Gathering Dark (2012) to A Darker Shore (2026), with Alex Stern and Language of Thorns among the series.

John C. Maxwell

208 books• 10 series

Leadership is the main subject of John C. Maxwell, an American author, speaker and pastor. Maxwell's leadership books include The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader and The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, and some have reached the New York Times Best Seller list. The catalogue lists 208 titles from Think on These Things: Meditations for Leaders (1979) to The Resilient Leader (2026). The Winning Attitude (1984), Be a People Person (1989), Developing the Leader Within You (1993) and The Power Of Attitude (1995) are earlier entries. Series include Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Leadership Gold, John C. Maxwell's 101 and Lunch & Learn. Success, attitude and Christian life run through the subject tags.

Susan Dennard

14 books• 5 series

Susan Dennard is an American young adult fantasy author. The debut, Something Strange and Deadly, came from HarperCollins in 2012 and named the series it opened, which runs through A Darkness Strange and Lovely (2013) and Strange and Ever After (2014). The Witchlands books followed, beginning with Truthwitch in 2016 and continuing through Windwitch, Sightwitch and Bloodwitch, with the Luminaries series after that. Witches, magic and imaginary wars are the subjects, written for readers in grades 6 to 8. Sixteen titles make up the catalogue, and Four and Twenty Blackbirds is scheduled for 2027.

Janette Rallison

40 books• 8 series

Janette Rallison, born 1 April 1966, is an American writer known mainly for light romance novels aimed at young adults. Rallison also uses two pen names: C. J. Hill for young adult science fiction and fantasy, and Sierra St. James for romantic novels for adults. The catalogue holds 40 books from Blue Eyes and Other Teenage Hazards (1996) to We Are Never Getting Together (2026), with Trial of the Heart (1999) among the Sierra St. James titles. My Fair Godmother, Slayers, Erasing Time and Pullman High are listed series.

Elly Blake writes young adult fantasy. The Frostblood Saga came first - Frostblood and Fireblood in 2017, Nightblood in 2018 - with titles built on frost, fire and night. Thirstwood follows, in The Forest King's Daughter (2025) and The Cursed Queen's Daughter (2026). Magic, gods and inherited ability are the recurring subjects. Five books are catalogued, running near 405 pages each.

Debbi Michiko Florence

33 books• 5 series

Debbi Michiko Florence, born in 1964 or 1965, is an American children's writer. The Jasmine Toguchi chapter books, which begin with Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen (2017), are the best known part of the catalogue. Florence also writes My Furry Foster Family, Dorothy and Toto and Last Chance Academy, and the listing opens with activity books on China (2008) and Japan (2009). Subjects record Japanese Americans, families, best friends, friendship and humorous stories. The catalogue runs to 33 books, reaching The Mastermind's Trap in 2026.

John Hornor Jacobs is an American author, born January 5, 1971. Southern Gods (2011), the novel Jacobs is best known for, began as a rough draft written through NaNoWriMo and was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. Foreign Devils (2015) received a David Gemmell Award nomination for Fantasy. Jacobs also wrote the Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy and the Incorruptibles series. Catalogue subjects include horror, fantasy, the supernatural, blues musicians and Arkansas, and The Night That Finds Us All (2025) is the newest of the 11 listed books.

Marcus Wilfrid Buckingham is an English author, business consultant and motivational speaker, born on 11 January 1966 and based in California. The catalogue lists 11 books from First, Break All the Rules (1998) to Love and Work (2022). Now, Discover Your Strengths (2001), Go Put Your Strengths to Work (2008), StandOut (2011) and Nine Lies About Work (2019) are among them. Subject headings cover management, leadership, employee motivation, executive ability, performance and self-actualization. The listing is marked dormant.