Experiments book series in reading order

by Terry Deary

by Steve Hockensmith

by Gordon Korman

Terry Deary

340 books• 41 series

Terry Deary is a British children's author, born in 1946, best known as the writer of the Horrible Histories series. Deary has written 351 books, which have sold more than 38 million copies in over 45 languages, and has ranked among Britain's best-selling authors since 1994. In 2012 Deary was the tenth most-borrowed author in British libraries, and Books for Keeps magazine named Deary the Outstanding Children's Non-Fiction Author of the 20th Century. The catalogue lists 340 titles from Teaching Through Theatre (1977) onward, including the True Stories and Tudor Terror series.

Gordon Korman

119 books• 22 series

Gordon Korman is a Canadian writer of children's and young adult fiction whose books have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and reached number one on the New York Times bestseller list. The catalogue holds 119 titles, from This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall! (1977) to Sleepless (2026). Subject tags cover schools, friendship, humorous stories, adventure, mystery and detective stories, and shipwrecks. Series headings include Swindle Mysteries, Masterminds, Everest, Dive, Titanic, Ungifted and the Monday Night Football Club. Gordon Korman remains actively 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.

Steve Hockensmith is an American author born August 17, 1968, in Louisville, Kentucky. The catalogue holds 35 books from Tricks (2004) to Strong Medicine (2026). Series include Holmes On the Range, Nick and Tesla, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Tarot Mystery, Secret Smithsonian Adventures and the Double-A Western Detective Agency. Subjects cover mystery and detective stories, cowboys, science experiments and time travel.

Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen is credited with 65 books from Chemotherapy (2003) to Princess Kira's Kiwi Jubilee (2024), catalogued for grades 1 to 3. Early titles include AIDS (2004), The Eiffel Tower (2005) and Last-Minute Science Fair Projects (2006). Subject tags cover mermaids, cats, princesses, pirates, magic and experiments. Bardhan-Quallen series include Purrmaids, Mermicorns, Adventures of Caveboy and Disney Princess: Merida.

Marthe Jocelyn, born 1956, is a Canadian author of more than 40 children's books. The Writers' Trust of Canada gave Jocelyn the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People in 2009, recognising a body of work judged inspirational to Canadian youth. The catalogue lists 39 books from The Invisible Day (1997) to One Kiss (2025), including Hannah and the Seven Dresses (1999), Earthly Astonishments (2000) and Mable Riley (2004). Invisible, Ready For and Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen are the series, and picture books and board books appear in the subjects.

Vampires, genetic engineering and immortality are recurring subjects in the books of Lynn Viehl. The catalogue lists 19 titles from 2005 to 2014, tagged as paranormal romance and romantic suspense. Lynn Viehl series include Darkyn, Lords of the Darkyn, Kyndred, Youngbloods and Disenchanted & Co. If Angels Burn (2005) opens the list, followed by Private Demon (2005), Dark Need (2006) and Night Lost (2007). The Clockwork Wolf (2014) is the last listed book, and the catalogue is likely complete.

Michelle Gagnon is an American crime fiction novelist, born in 1971, who holds US and Irish citizenship and lives in San Francisco. Boneyard (2008), Gagnon's second novel, received a Daphne du Maurier award nomination. The young adult Persefone trilogy drew starred reviews from Kirkus, VOYA and School Library Journal. Kelly Jones and Amber Jamison are the other series. For Michelle Gagnon books in order, the 12 titles run from The Tunnels (2007) to Slaying You (2025).

Asia Citro writes children's fiction for grades 1 to 3, with 10 books published from 2017 to 2024. Catalogue subjects include science, experiments, ecology, rescue work, cats, dragons, unicorns, monsters and imaginary creatures. Dragons and Marshmallows (2017) is listed first, and Caterflies and Ice, Merhorses and Bubbles and Monsters and Mold also appeared in 2017. Unicorns and Germs (2018), Bips and Roses (2020) and Wishypoofs and Hiccups (2021) come later. Gnomes and Sneezes (2024) is the newest, and the median book runs to 96 pages.

James Patterson

510 books• 73 series

James Patterson, born on March 22, 1947, is an American writer whose catalogue here holds 514 books published from 1976 to 2027. The run opens with The Thomas Berryman Number (1976), and Along Came a Spider (1992) and Kiss the Girls (1995) follow later. Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, Witch & Wizard, NYPD Red, Private, Middle School and the Women's Murder Club are among the Patterson series, alongside standalone thrillers, non-fiction and romance. Marshall Karp shares the credit on 5 of the books. Patterson's sales exceed 425 million copies, and Patterson was the first person to sell one million e-books. Forbes ranked Patterson the highest-paid author in 2016, for a third year running, and the National Book Foundation gave Patterson the Literarian Award in November 2015. 27 Stars is scheduled for 2027.

James Rollins

48 books• 10 series

James Rollins is the pen name of James Paul Czajkowski, an American writer born August 20, 1961, who gave up a veterinary practice in Sacramento, California to write full time. Rollins writes action-adventure, mystery and techno-thriller novels, often set underground or underwater, drawing on experience as an amateur caver and certified scuba diver. The catalogue opens with Subterranean (1999) and Excavation (2000), counts 49 books through Trust No One (2026), and lists Into the Serpent's Nest for 2027. Series include Sigma Force, the Order of the Sanguines, Tucker Wayne and Jake Ransom. Under a second pen name, James Clemens, Czajkowski publishes fantasy.

Philip Pullman

51 books• 10 series

Philip Pullman's catalogue covers fantasy and children's adventure, with detective stories, fairy tales and graphic novels alongside. His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust are the sequences it is built around, joined by the Sally Lockhart mysteries, the New Cut Gang, the Canongate Myths and The Adventures of John Blake. Sixty-five catalogued titles run from The Haunted Storm (1972) through The Ruby in the Smoke (1985) to The Rose Field in 2025.

Andrew Clements

83 books• 10 series

Andrew Clements (May 29, 1949 to November 28, 2019) was an American children's author. Frindle, the first Clements novel, won an award decided by the votes of schoolchildren in about 20 U.S. states, and received the 2016 Phoenix Award, given to a book that missed a major prize on first publication. The catalogue lists 83 books from Bird Adalbert (1985) to The Frindle Files (2024). Schools, teachers, friendship and dogs recur in the subjects. The Clements series include Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School, Jake Drake, Pets to the Rescue and Real Monsters.

Jessica Khoury has 18 books in the catalogue, spanning Origin (2012) to The Moorwitch (2025). Science fiction and magic both appear among the subjects, alongside immortality, rain forests, survival and safaris. Khoury's series include Corpus, Mystwick, Skyborn and Forbidden Wish, and other titles include Vitro (2015), Kalahari (2015) and The Mystwick School of Musicraft (2019). Jessica Khoury is still publishing.