Comics & graphic novels, fantasy book series in reading order

Neil Gaiman

199 books• 41 series

Neil Gaiman, born Neil Richard Gaiman on 10 November 1960, is an English writer of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre and screenplays. The Sandman comic series ran from 1989 to 1996, and the novels include Stardust (1999), American Gods (2001), Coraline (2002), Anansi Boys (2005) and The Graveyard Book (2008). The Graveyard Book made Gaiman the first author to win both the Newbery and Carnegie medals for one work, and other awards include the Hugo, Nebula and Bram Stoker. Gaiman co-created the television adaptations of Good Omens and The Sandman. The catalogue runs from Duran Duran (1984) to The Silver Age (2024) and includes Sandman and Death graphic novels and children's books.

Mike Carey

109 books• 30 series

Mike Carey, born in 1959, is a British writer of comics, novels and films who also uses the pen name M. R. Carey. Carey's credits include Lucifer, a spin-off from The Sandman; three years on Hellblazer; Crossing Midnight and The Unwritten for DC's Vertigo imprint; an extended stint on Marvel's X-Men; and the 2014 novel The Girl with All the Gifts, adapted for film in 2016. The catalogue lists 109 books from 2000 to 2025, with series including Felix Castor, X-Men Legacy, Suicide Risk and Rampart Trilogy.

R.A. Salvatore

133 books• 34 series

Robert Anthony Salvatore, published as R.A. Salvatore, is an American fantasy writer born on January 20, 1959. The Legend of Drizzt, set in the Forgotten Realms and starring Drizzt Do'Urden, is the work Salvatore is chiefly known for. Other work includes The DemonWars Saga, a high fantasy series, and Vector Prime, the first novel in Star Wars: The New Jedi Order. The catalogue counts 134 books, starting with The Crystal Shard (1988); Witch of Whispervale (2025) is the newest, and Fat Rabbit is listed for 2027. US sales exceed 15 million copies, and 22 Salvatore titles have been New York Times best-sellers.

George R.R. Martin

90 books• 19 series

George R.R. Martin, born George Raymond Martin on September 20, 1948 and known by the initials GRRM, is an American author, screenwriter and television producer. A Song of Ice and Fire, the epic fantasy series adapted by HBO as Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and the prequel House of the Dragon, is Martin's best-known work; the related Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas became A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. The catalogue begins in 1976 with A Song for Lya, Starlady and Fast-Friend and The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr, followed by Dying of the Light (1977), Sandkings and Windhaven (1981), and Fevre Dream (1982). Science fiction, fantasy and short stories appear among the subjects.

Erik Larsen

39 books• 11 series

Erik Larsen, born Erik J. Larsen on December 8, 1962, is an American comic book artist, writer and publisher who serves as chief financial officer of Image Comics. Larsen drew attention in the early 1990s with art on Marvel's Spider-Man titles, then in 1992 left Marvel with several other artists to found Image Comics. At Image, Larsen launched Savage Dragon, one of the longest-running creator-owned superhero comics, and spent several years as the company's publisher. Collected editions such as Savage Dragon, Vol. 1 (1993) through Savage Dragon, Vol. 7 (2001) appear in the catalogue, which also files other comics collections under the Larsen name.

Robert Kirkman

181 books• 31 series

Robert Kirkman, born 30 November 1978, is an American comic book writer, screenwriter and producer. Kirkman co-created The Walking Dead, Invincible, Tech Jacket, Outcast, Oblivion Song and Fire Power for Image Comics, wrote Ultimate X-Men, Irredeemable Ant-Man and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics, and worked with Todd McFarlane on Haunt. Kirkman is one of the five partners of Image Comics and serves as its COO. The catalogue gathers 181 volumes published between 2001 and 2026, listed as graphic novel and omnibus collections, from Battle Pope, Vol. 1: Genesis (2001) to The Emissary (2026). Charlie Adlard shares the credit on 2 volumes and Sean Phillips on 1.

Robert Jordan

43 books• 8 series

Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney Jr. (17 October 1948 to 16 September 2007), an American writer of epic fantasy who used several pen names for different genres. The Wheel of Time, 14 books plus a prequel novel, has sold 90 million copies and ranks among the highest-selling book series. Earlier in the career, Jordan was one of several writers of original Conan the Barbarian novels. The catalogue opens with The Fallon Blood (1980), followed by The Fallon Pride (1981), and Conan titles such as Conan the Invincible (1982) and Conan the Destroyer (1984) appear in the early years. Jordan series also include Fallon.

Margaret Weis

109 books• 34 series

Margaret Edith Weis, born March 16, 1948, is an American fantasy and science fiction author who, with Tracy Hickman at TSR, Inc., created the Dragonlance role-playing game world. Weis founded Sovereign Press and Margaret Weis Productions, which license television and film franchises for role-playing games. Pyramid magazine named Weis one of The Millennium's Most Influential Persons in 1999, and the Origins Hall of Fame inducted Weis in 2002. Dragons of Autumn Twilight (1984) is among the catalogued titles, and series include Death Gate Cycle, Darksword and Star Of The Guardians.

Fritz Leiber

88 books• 4 series

Fritz Leiber was an American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction, and a Hugo Award winner. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser is the signature creation, a fantasy adventure pairing with a graphic novel line of its own. Ninety-four titles are catalogued from 1943 to 2024, opening with Conjure Wife (1943) and Gather, Darkness! (1943), and taking in the Change War stories and several short fiction collections.

Dan Abnett

224 books• 95 series

Dan Abnett, born 12 October 1965, is an English novelist and comic book writer. Abnett has written for Marvel Comics and its UK imprint Marvel UK since the 1990s, for 2000 AD and for DC Comics, often in partnership with Andy Lanning. Abnett's Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 novels and graphic novels for Games Workshop's Black Library number several dozen and have sold more than two million copies. Abnett's first original novels came from Angry Robot in 2009. The catalogue lists 224 books from Uther, the Half Dead King (1993) to Legends of the Waaagh! (2026), across series such as Gaunt's Ghosts, Eisenhorn, Ravenor, Guardians of the Galaxy and Aquaman graphic novels.

Stephen King

223 books• 25 series

Horror fiction is the field most closely tied to Stephen King, an American author born on September 21, 1947, and nicknamed the "King of Horror". King's work also reaches into suspense, crime, science fiction, fantasy and mystery, and includes roughly 200 short stories, most later gathered in collections. Carrie (1974) was the debut that set King in horror; Different Seasons (1982), four novellas in one volume, marked the first major step outside it. The catalogue lists 223 books from 1971 to 2026, starting with The Blue Air Compressor, a short story, and reaching Other Worlds Than These (2026). Series on file include Holly Gibney, the Bill Hodges Trilogy, Green Mile, Shining and Talisman.

Christian mystery, thriller and fantasy novels make up the work of Ted Dekker, an American author born October 24, 1962, whose name is stylised TED DEKkER. Thr3e, Obsessed and the Circle Series are named in the sourced record. The catalogue holds 66 Dekker books from Heaven's Wager (2000) to Play Dead (2021), including Black, Red and White (all 2004). Listed series include Books Of Mortals, Martyr's Song, Paradise, Dream Traveler's Quest and A.D. No new title is recorded after 2021, so the catalogue lists Dekker as dormant.

Alex Grecian is an American writer of novels, short fiction and comics. Grecian's 20 catalogued books open with Seven Sons (2006) and run to The Boatman (2026), covering historical detective fiction built on the London police alongside the Proof and Rasputin graphic novels. Scotland Yard's Murder Squad is the sequence Grecian is known for, beginning with The Yard (2012) and taking in The Black Country (2013) and The Blue Girl (2013). The Yard drew Strand Award and Barry Award nominations for a first novel, and The Black Country a Dilys Award nomination.

Michael Moorcock

160 books• 29 series

Michael John Moorcock, born 18 December 1939, is an English writer who started in science fiction and fantasy and later produced literary novels, comic thrillers, graphic novels and non-fiction. Moorcock has also worked as an editor and a musician. The Elric of Melniboné novels shaped the fantasy field in the 1960s and 1970s. Other series include Jerry Cornelius, Eternal Champion, Corum, Runestaff/Hawkmoon, Von Bek Family and Colonel Pyat Quartet. The catalogue runs from The Sundered Worlds / The Blood Red Game (1962) to The Wounds of Albion (2026).

Greg Rucka

105 books• 35 series

Greg Rucka, born November 29, 1969, is an American novelist and comics writer. The Atticus Kodiak novels carry Rucka's name, as do the creator-owned comics Whiteout, Queen & Country, Stumptown and Lazarus. For DC Comics, Rucka wrote long runs on Detective Comics, Wonder Woman and Gotham Central, and co-created Kate Kane, the second Batwoman; the Marvel work includes Elektra, Wolverine and The Punisher. Crossover material by Rucka includes No Man's Land, Infinite Crisis and New Krypton. The catalogue lists 106 titles from 1994 onward, with Keeper (1996) and Whiteout (1998) among the early entries and a Batwoman collection scheduled for 2027.

Charlaine Harris

78 books• 14 series

Charlaine Harris, born Jean Charlaine Harris Schulz on November 25, 1951, in Tunica, Mississippi, is an American author specialising in mysteries. The Southern Vampire Mysteries, Harris's best-known series, became HBO's True Blood, which ran for seven seasons from 2008 to 2014. The catalogue starts with Sweet and Deadly (1981) and A Secret Rage (1984) and reaches The Last Wizards' Ball (2025). Sookie Stackhouse, Aurora Teagarden, Lily Bard, Gunnie Rose and Midnight, Texas are among the series. Vampires, werewolves and women librarians appear in the subjects, and Harris lives in Texas.

Kim Harrison

43 books• 8 series

Kim Harrison is the pen name of American author Dawn Cook, born September 30, 1966. The Hollows, an urban fantasy series that hit #1 on the New York Times list, features Rachel Morgan. Harrison has also written young adult fiction and science thrillers, scripted two Hollows graphic novels and published traditional fantasy as Dawn Cook. The catalogue counts 44 books from Dead Witch Walking (2004) through Secondhand Luck (2026), with Absolute Demon set for 2027. Witches, vampires, demonology and Cincinnati recur in the subject headings.

Jim Butcher

48 books• 7 series

Jim Butcher, born October 26, 1971, is an American author of the contemporary fantasy series The Dresden Files, as well as Codex Alera and Cinder Spires. Storm Front (2000) opens the catalogue, which includes Fool Moon (2001), Grave Peril (2001), Summer Knight (2002) and Furies of Calderon (2004), and runs to Out Law: A Dresden Files Novella (2026). Harry Dresden, wizards, private investigators and Chicago appear among the subjects. Butcher is still publishing.

Stephenie Meyer

16 books• 5 series

Stephenie Meyer, née Morgan and born December 24, 1973, is an American novelist and film producer who wrote the Twilight vampire romance series. Twilight has sold over 160 million copies in 37 languages, and Meyer was the top-selling US author of 2008 and 2009. Meyer earned an English literature degree at Brigham Young University in 1997 and conceived Twilight in a dream. Twilight (2005), New Moon (2006), Eclipse (2007) and Breaking Dawn (2008) appear in the catalogue with The Host (2008) and Midnight Sun (2020), alongside graphic novel and companion editions.

Ransom Riggs

16 books• 4 series

Ransom Riggs, born February 3, 1979, is an American writer and filmmaker, and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2011) is the Riggs book best known to readers. Hollow City (2014), Library of Souls (2015) and A Map of Days (2018) appear in the catalogue alongside graphic novel editions, Tales of the Peculiar (2016) and Miss Peregrine's Journal for Peculiar Children (2016). The list of 16 titles begins with The Sherlock Holmes Handbook (2009). The Sunderworld series reached a second volume in 2026.

Patrick Rothfuss

11 books• 4 series

Patrick Rothfuss is an American fantasy author, born in 1973, known for The Kingkiller Chronicle. The Name of the Wind (2007) was Rothfuss's first novel and took several awards; the sequel, The Wise Man's Fear (2011), reached the top of the New York Times bestseller list. Eleven catalogued books run through to The Narrow Road Between Desires (2023), covering quests, orphans and demons alongside The Adventures of Princess and Mr. Whiffle picture books and graphic novel work. No new title has followed 2023.

David Liss

29 books• 5 series

David Liss, born March 16, 1966 in New Jersey, is an American writer of novels, essays, short fiction and comic books. Liss grew up in South Florida and studied at Syracuse University, Georgia State University and Columbia University, then left postgraduate study of 18th-century British literature, dissertation unfinished, to write full-time. The 29 catalogued books start with A Conspiracy of Paper (2000) and include The Coffee Trader (2003) and The Whiskey Rebels (2008). Series are Benjamin Weaver and Randoms. Liss lives in San Antonio, Texas, and The Death and Birth of Iliana Marek (2026) is the newest title.

Robert Asprin

55 books• 10 series

Robert Lynn Asprin (28 June 1946 - 22 May 2008) wrote humorous science fiction and fantasy and was an active figure in fandom. The MythAdventures books and Phule's Company are the work Asprin is best known for; Skeeve, the imaginary kingdom of Possiltum and Captain Willard Phule all turn up in the subject tags. The catalogue holds 55 books from Another Fine Myth (1978) to Dragons Deal (2010), taking in Myth Conceptions (1980), Myth Directions (1982) and Hit or Myth (1983). Other headings cover Time Scout, Griffen McCandles, Wartorn and graphic novel lines for Myth Adventures, Thieves' World and Duncan & Mallory. The run is listed as likely complete.

Brian Keene, born September 22, 1967, is an American author, podcaster and film producer working in horror, dark fantasy, crime fiction and comic books. Keene received the 2014 World Horror Grandmaster Award and two Bram Stoker Awards, and has written for Doctor Who, Thor, Hellboy, Alien, Masters of the Universe and The X-Files. The catalogue lists 83 books from Jobs in Hell (1998) to Island of the Dead (2024), including The Rising (2003) and Terminal (2004). Series include Clickers, Earthworm Gods, Levi Stoltzfus, Lost Level and LeHorn's Hollow.