Amnesia book series in reading order

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Delores Fossen writes romantic suspense and Western romance, much of it set in Texas. The catalogue counts 183 books, from Unbridled (1998) and Saddled (2001) to Crossfire Creek Takedown (2026). Series include Lawmen of Silver Creek Ranch, Appaloosa Pass Ranch, Sweetwater Ranch, Wrangler's Creek, Coldwater Texas, Lone Star Ridge, Last Ride, Texas, Marshals of Maverick County and several Hard Justice lines. Sheriffs, pregnant women and amnesia recur across the subjects.

Andrew Klavan

50 books• 9 series

Andrew Klavan writes crime and psychological suspense, with a young adult strand beside it. Face of the Earth (1980) is his earliest catalogued book, and the Cameron Winter mysteries, the Weiss and Bishop novels, the Homelanders series for teenagers, Mindwar and Another Kingdom follow. Some early titles appeared as Keith Peterson. Fifty books reach Find Me Nowhere in 2026.

Lisa Jackson

189 books• 27 series

Lisa Jackson, born Susan Lisa Jackson in 1952, is an American author of romance and romantic suspense novels, with more than 75 to that name. The catalogue holds 189 Lisa Jackson books, from A Twist of Fate (1983) to Not What It Seems (2026). Subjects across the list include serial murders, women detectives, Montana and contemporary romance. Jackson's series include Selena Alvarez/Regan Pescoli, McCaffertys, Cahills / San Francisco, Savannah and the Dark Jewels Trilogy, plus a historical trilogy issued as Susan Lynn Crose. New Jackson titles continue to appear.

Scott Sigler

36 books• 11 series

Scott Sigler is an American author of science fiction and horror, a podcaster and a No. 1 New York Times bestseller who lives in San Diego. Sigler co-founded Empty Set Entertainment, the publisher of the young adult Galactic Football League series. Earthcore (2001), Ancestor (2007), Infected (2008) and Contagious (2008) are among the listed novels, alongside The Rookie (2007), The Starter (2010) and Warpath (2026). Infected, Generations Trilogy and Crypt are further series, and parasites, survival, amnesia and football appear in the subjects.

Lynne Graham, born 30 July 1956 in Northern Ireland, has written more than 100 romance novels for Mills & Boon since 1987. The catalogue lists 151 books from Bittersweet Passion (1987) to King's Promised Princess (2026), with Italian's Heir Before Vows scheduled for 2027. Series include International Playboys; Virgin Brides, Arrogant Husbands; Secretly Pregnant, Conveniently Wed; and Stefanos Legacy. Billionaires, Greeks, marriage and pregnancy recur among the subjects.

Al Lamanda writes crime and thrillers. John Bekker, Kellerman, Lee Gavin and Rollie Finch each anchor a series, with the Homeless books and the Noir line alongside. The catalogue holds 57 titles dated 2008 to 2022, from Dunston Falls (2008) to The Case of the Missing Fan Dancer (2022). Private investigators, amnesia, identity theft, compulsive gambling and government investigators recur as subjects. Books run a median of 279 pages, and the 2010s were the busiest decade.

Colleen Hoover

28 books• 6 series

Colleen Hoover is an American novelist, born Margaret Colleen Fennell on December 11, 1979, whose work sits mainly in romance and young adult fiction. The catalogue holds 28 Hoover books, from Hopeless and Slammed (both 2012) to Woman Down (2026). Hoover's series include Hopeless, Maybe, Slammed, Never Never and It Ends With Us, and the 2016 novel It Ends with Us is the title Hoover is best known for. Many Hoover books were self-published before a publishing house took them on. Sales stood at roughly 20 million books by October 2022, and Time magazine listed Hoover among its 100 most influential people in 2023.

Nora Roberts

279 books• 37 series

Nora Roberts, born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950, is an American writer of romance under that name. As J. D. Robb, Roberts writes police procedurals with science-fiction elements, and has also published as Jill March and, in the UK, as Sarah Hardesty. This listing carries 280 Roberts books, opening with Irish Thoroughbred (1981); The Missing is scheduled for 2027. Series on the page include the In Death Universe, the MacGregors, Night Tales, the Calhoun Women, the Chesapeake Bay Saga, Irish Hearts and the O'Hurleys.

Dean Koontz, born on July 9, 1945, is an American novelist of suspense thrillers that mix in horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery and satire. Koontz published early work under pen names including Deanna Dwyer, K. R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, David Axton and Brian Coffey. The catalogue holds 164 books, from Star Quest / Doom of the Green Planet (1968) to The Friend of the Family (2026), with A Storm So Bright and Beautiful set for 2027. Jane Hawk, Nameless and Dean Koontz's Frankenstein are Koontz series, and Odd Thomas appears among the characters. Fourteen Koontz hardcovers and sixteen paperbacks reached number one on The New York Times list, and sales top 500 million copies.

Andy Carpenter leads David Rosenfelt's longest series, a run of legal mysteries set in New Jersey in which dogs recur throughout. Rosenfelt's catalogue holds 49 titles, opening with Open and Shut (2002) and running to Bark Humbug (2026). The K Team and Doug Brock series and a set of standalone novels complete the list. Murder trials and investigation are the recurring subjects.

Alexander McCall Smith

165 books• 25 series

Sir Alexander McCall Smith, born 24 August 1948, is a Scottish legal scholar and novelist who created The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Born and raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), McCall Smith was Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and worked on medical law and bioethics committees. English-language sales passed 40 million by 2010, with translations into 46 languages. The catalogue lists 165 books from White Hippo (1980) to 2026, including 44 Scotland Street, Isabel Dalhousie, Detective Varg and children's titles.

Linda Howard is the pen name of Linda S. Howington, an American author of romance and suspense born on August 3, 1950, in Alabama. The catalogue counts 63 books between All That Glitters (1982) and After Sundown (2019). Series include the Mackenzie Family Saga, Rescues/Kell Sabin, CIA's Spies/John Medina, Blair Mallory and GO-Team, alongside standalone novels. Contemporary, historical and paranormal romance all appear in the subject tags, together with romantic suspense.

Debra Webb, born 1958, is an American author of suspense novels and a USA Today bestseller. The catalogue credits Webb with 180 books from 1999 to 2026, starting with Tempting Trace (1999). Series include Colby Agency, Faces of Evil, Undertaker's Daughter, Shades of Death, Lookout Mountain Mysteries and Winchester, Tennessee. Subjects cover romantic suspense, private investigators, serial murderers and missing persons. The Woman I've Become (2026) is the newest title.

Elizabeth Lowell is one of the names used by American writer Ann Maxwell, born April 5, 1944, who also writes as A.E. Maxwell. Alone and with co-author and husband Evan, Maxwell has produced more than 50 novels and one non-fiction book, spanning science fiction, historical fiction, romance, mystery and suspense. The Elizabeth Lowell catalogue lists 52 books from 1983 to 2015, from To the Ends of the Earth / The Danvers Touch (1983) to Perfect Touch (2015). Series include St. Kilda, Rarities Unlimited, Donovans and MacKenzie-Blackthorn.

Kathleen Fuller, born September 11, 1967 in New Orleans, Louisiana, writes Christian and Amish romantic fiction. Fuller grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas and lives in Geneva, Ohio. Series include Hearts of Middlefield, Mysteries of Middlefield, Middlefield Family, Amish of Birch Creek, Amish Letters, Amish Brides of Birch Creek, Amish of Marigold and Amish Mail-Order Bride, plus Maple Falls and the Regency Royal Mystery books. Santa Fe Sunrise (2004) and San Francisco Serenade (2005) are among the earlier titles, and Tabitha's September Homecoming (2026) is the newest.

Gilbert Morris produced Christian historical fiction at length: 248 catalogued books between 1977 and 2014. The House of Winslow follows one family across American history; the Appomattox Saga and Bonnets & Bugles take up the Civil War; Cheney Duvall, M.D. follows a woman physician; the Seven Sleepers, Dixie Morris and Too Smart Jones series sit alongside, with children's fiction among the subjects. The catalogue opens with Race Against Time (1977), reaches Raina's Choice, and is listed as likely complete.

JoAnn Ross, an American writer, has published more than 100 novels since 1983 across romance, romantic suspense and women's fiction, and has also written as JoAnn Robbins and JoAnn Robb. She belongs to the Romance Writers of America's Honor Roll of best-selling authors and holds Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards in both category and contemporary single title. The catalogue lists 114 books from Winning Season (1983) to Just One Look (2022) and marks the run as dormant. Series include Shelter Bay, Honeymoon Harbor, Castlelough, High Risk, Lucky Penny, Callahan Brothers, Stewart Sisters and New Orleans Knights. Subjects include Navy SEALs, private investigators and first loves.

Julie Miller is a USA Today bestselling author of more than 70 books and a writer of romantic suspense, with a National Readers Choice Award, two Daphne du Maurier awards and a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in Series Romantic Suspense. One Good Man (2000) was Miller's first Harlequin Intrigue, followed by the Taylor Clan series and the Precinct spin-off. The catalogue holds 73 books from Immortal Heart (1997) to The McCormick Marines: Ethan (2026). Kansas City, police procedure and undercover operations feature in the subjects.

Carolyn Keene is a Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name, the credit on the Nancy Drew mysteries. Mildred Wirt Benson, one of the writers behind the name, used it from 1929 to 1953 and contributed to 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew books. The catalogue lists 647 Carolyn Keene books, beginning with The Secret of the Old Clock, The Hidden Staircase and The Bungalow Mystery (all 1930) and reaching Vans & Villains (2026). Series include Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, Nancy Drew Files, Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, Nancy Drew Diaries, Nancy Drew: Girl Detective and Dana Girls Mystery Stories.

Sharon Cameron writes young readers' fiction that moves between invention, memory and history. Nine books are catalogued, from The Dark Unwinding (2012) to Up from the Ashes (2026). The Dark Unwinding series pairs with A Spark Unseen (2013), and The Forgetting (2016) and The Knowing (2017) form a second pair built on amnesia. Rook (2015), The Light in Hidden Places (2020), Bluebird (2021) and Artifice (2023) stand outside the series.

William G. Tapply, born in 1940 and died in 2009, was an American writer who published more than 40 books and lived his whole life in New England, working as a high school teacher and a college professor. Brady Coyne, a Boston lawyer who investigates, carries the mysteries he is known for, and Stoney Calhoun heads a second series. Fly fishing, one of Tapply's own pastimes, fills much of his non-fiction. Forty-seven titles span Death at Charity's Point (1984) to The Nomination (2011).

Colleen Houck writes paranormal fiction for younger readers, and two series carry the catalogue. Tiger's Curse opens with the 2011 novel of that name and continues through Tiger's Quest (2011), Tiger's Voyage (2011), Tiger's Destiny (2012), Tiger's Promise (2014) and Tiger's Trek (2025). Reawakened (2015) is followed by Recreated (2016), Reignited (2017) and Reunited (2017). Both series were New York Times bestsellers. Curses, immortality, magic, tigers and Egyptian gods are the subject headings, and The Lantern's Ember (2018) sits outside both runs. Fourteen books are catalogued in all.

Charlotte Lamb is the best-known pen name of Sheila Ann Mary Coates Holland (22 December 1937 to 8 October 2000), a British novelist. Books also appeared under the married and maiden names Sheila Holland and Sheila Coates and under the pen names Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Woolf and Laura Hardy. The catalogue holds 158 books beginning in 1972, when Prisoner of the Heart and Love In A Mist appeared as Sheila Holland and A Crown Usurped as Sheila Coates. Subjects include contemporary and historical romance, revenge, forbidden love and amnesia, and the series listed are Barbary Wharf and Enemies & Lovers. The writers Sarah Holland and Jane Holland are Lamb's daughters.

Shiloh Walker, born 1976, is an American writer of contemporary and erotic romance novels and novellas who has also used the pen name J.C. Daniels. The catalogue lists 125 books from 2003 to 2026, starting with Declan and Tori and including Make Me Believe and Eli and Sarel from the same year. Subjects include paranormal romance, romantic suspense, vampires, psychics, magic and murder. Series include FBI Psychics, Grimm's Circle, Secrets & Shadows, Barnes Brothers, Colbana Files, Ash Trilogy and Pretern Wars. I Choose the Bear (2026) is the newest title.