Future life book series in reading order

Sylvia Browne wrote about psychic phenomena and the afterlife. The American author, who described herself as a medium, published 55 catalogued books between 1990 and 2012, from Adventures of a Psychic (1990) to Past Lives of the Rich and Famous (2012). Spiritualism, parapsychology, the New Age movement and life after death are the recurring subjects, and the Journey of the Soul sequence collects part of the work. Browne appeared regularly on television and radio, including The Montel Williams Show and Larry King Live. Statements she made about missing persons were later shown to be false, and in 1992 she pleaded no contest to securities fraud. Browne was born in 1936 and died in 2013.

Near-death experience is the subject that defines Raymond A. Moody Jr.'s catalogue. Life After Life (1975) opens it and heads a series of the same name, followed by Reflections On Life After Life (1977), The Light Beyond (1988), Coming Back (1990), Reunions (1993) and Out of Body (1994). Subject tags name near-death experiences, future life, reincarnation and parapsychology, with case studies and research among the approaches. The listing holds 21 books and reaches Proof of Life After Life (2023). The median listed length is 196 pages and the catalogue is dormant.

Mitch Albom

21 books• 1 series

Sports journalism came first for Mitch Albom, born Mitchell David Albom on May 23, 1958; inspirational storytelling followed, with Tuesdays with Morrie (1997) an early landmark. Albom is also an American talk show host and philanthropist, and reported sales of Albom's books stood at 40 million copies in 2021. The catalogue lists 21 titles, opening with Live Albom (1988), which was followed by Live Albom II, III and IV. Later entries include The Fab Five (1993), The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003), For One More Day (2006) and Twice (2025). Heaven is the one series listed.

Alyson Noel

32 books• 5 series

Thirty-two books by Alyson Noel are catalogued, from Faking 19 (2005) to Chasing Eternity (2024). Noel, born December 3, 1965, is an American author from Orange County, California. Paranormal fiction dominates the recorded subjects, along with psychic ability, immortality, the dead, high schools and death. Soul Seekers, Riley Bloom, Beautiful Idols and Stealing Infinity are the series listed, and Evermore (2009), Blue Moon (2009) and Shadowland (2009) are among the titles.

Gena Showalter is an American novelist, born in Oklahoma in 1975, who writes contemporary romance, paranormal romance and young adult fiction. Showalter sold a first book at age 27 and has reached the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. The catalogue lists 116 books from The Stone Prince (2004) to The Kraken Bride (2026). Lords of the Underworld, Alien Huntress, Angels of the Dark and the White Rabbit Chronicles are among the linked series, and vampires and demonology recur in the subject headings.

Neal Shusterman

59 books• 12 series

Neal Shusterman is an American writer of young adult fiction, born November 12, 1962. Challenger Deep won Shusterman the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Scythe was a 2017 Michael L. Printz Honor book, and the 2024 Margaret Edwards Award recognised a lasting contribution to writing for teens. The catalogue lists 59 books from 1988 to Rising Thunder (2026). Series include the Unwind Dystology, Arc of a Scythe, Skinjacker, Accelerati Trilogy, Star Shards Chronicles and Antsy Bonano.

Sarah Fine's 28 catalogued books appeared between 2012 and 2019, from Sanctum (2012) to The Warrior (2019). Recorded subjects run to fantasy and science fiction, magic, good and evil, hell, the soul, future life, extraterrestrial beings, fathers and sons, and children's fiction. Fine's series include Guards of the Shadowlands, Of Metal and Wishes, Servants of Fate, Reliquary, Impostor Queen, Immortal Dealers, Scan, Starving Artists and Reliquary Graphic Novels. All 28 titles are credited to Fine alone.

Walter Mosley

71 books• 6 series

Easy Rawlins, a Black private investigator in Los Angeles, is the figure Walter Mosley returns to most. Devil in a Blue Dress (1990) opens the catalogue, which holds 71 books and reaches Ghalen (2026). Leonid McGill heads a second detective sequence, and Fearless Jones, Socrates Fortlow, King Oliver and the Crosstown to Oblivion science fiction books make up further lines. Los Angeles and New York are the recurring settings.

V.E. Schwab

49 books• 11 series

V.E. Schwab, born Victoria Elizabeth Schwab on July 7, 1987, is an American writer. Schwab is known for the 2013 novel Vicious, the Shades of Magic series and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, a nominee for the 2020 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. Children's and young adult books appear under the name Victoria Schwab. The catalogue runs to 49 books from The Near Witch (2011) to Victorious (2026), with series including Archived, Monsters of Verity and Cassidy Blake. Schwab also created First Kill, a supernatural teen drama adapted from a short story in the 2020 anthology Vampires Never Get Old.

Chuck Palahniuk

28 books• 6 series

Fight Club (1996) was the first published novel by Chuck Palahniuk and became a film under the same title. Palahniuk, born Charles Michael Palahniuk on February 21, 1962, is an American novelist who calls the work transgressional fiction; the output spans 19 novels, three nonfiction books, two graphic novels, two adult coloring books and short stories. The catalogue lists 29 books, including Invisible Monsters (1999), Survivor (1999), Choke (2001), Lullaby (2002), Diary (2003), Haunted (2004) and Rant (2007), up to Shock Induction (2024), with Galleria due in 2027. Subject headings name satire, horror, humour and disfigured persons, and Fight Club Graphic Novels with Cameron Stewart is a listed series.

Randy Alcorn

59 books• 2 series

Randy Alcorn is an American Christian author of more than sixty fiction and non-fiction books, which have sold over 12 million copies in 70 languages. C.S. Lewis, A.W. Tozer and Francis Schaeffer are named as influences. Alcorn founded and directs Eternal Perspective Ministries, a nonprofit Bible teaching organization. The catalogue lists 59 Alcorn books, from Money, Possessions and Eternity (1989) to All God's Creatures (2026), including Deadline (1994), Dominion (1996), Safely Home (2001) and The Treasure Principle (2001). Ollie Chandler is the series on record, and subjects include heaven and wealth.

Paranormal romance fills H.P. Mallory's catalogue, which runs to 227 titles since Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble (2010). Vampires, witches, warlocks, ghosts and guardian angels carry series including Jolie Wilkins, Dulcie O'Neil, Lily Harper, Haven Hollow, Midlife Spirits, Bryn and Sinjin, Dark Destinies and the Trailer Park Vampire. New Orleans and the afterlife recur as settings. Damask Dreams appeared in 2026, and Oracles and Oddyseys is dated 2027.

Rudy Rucker

53 books• 4 series

Rudy Rucker, born March 22, 1946, is an American mathematician, computer scientist and science fiction author, and a founder of the cyberpunk movement. Software and Wetware, the first two Ware novels, each won a Philip K. Dick Award, and Rucker edited the webzine Flurb until 2014. Rucker writes both fiction and non-fiction, and the 53 catalogued books run from White Light (1980) to Sqinks (2025), taking in Infinity and the Mind (1981) and The Fourth Dimension (1984). Ware, Hollow Earth and Postsingular are the series.

Paul J. McAuley

44 books• 7 series

Paul J. McAuley, born 23 April 1955, is a British botanist and science fiction author who writes mostly hard science fiction. Biotechnology, alternative history and space travel are recurring themes in McAuley's novels. The first was the far-future space opera Four Hundred Billion Stars (1988), followed by Eternal Light and the planetary-colony adventure Of the Fall. Red Dust (1993) is set on a far-future Mars colonised by the Chinese. The catalogue holds 44 McAuley books running to Loss Protocol (2026), and the series include Quiet War and Confluence.

Bart D. Ehrman

43 books

Bart D. Ehrman, born 5 October 1955, is an American biblical scholar working on New Testament textual criticism, the historical Jesus, and how early Christianity began. Ehrman teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in a chair named for James A. Gray. The 43 catalogued books start with Didymus the Blind & the Text of the Gospels (1986) and reach Love Thy Stranger in 2026, taking in Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium (1999) and Lost Christianities (2002). A membership blog run by Ehrman had raised more than $3 million for hunger and homelessness charities by March 2025.

Daniel Jose Older

40 books• 10 series

Daniel José Older is an American writer of fantasy and young adult fiction, known for the Shadowshaper Cypher series and for Star Wars novels. The catalogue lists 40 books starting with Salsa Nocturna (2012), including Half-Resurrection Blues (2015), Shadowshaper (2015) and Midnight Taxi Tango (2016). Other series are Bone Street Rumba, Dactyl Hill Squad, Outlaw Saints and Star Wars: The High Republic - Trail of Shadows. Subjects include ghosts, magic, resurrection, Puerto Rican families and paranormal fiction.

Richie Tankersley Cusick writes horror and mystery stories for children and teenagers. Vampires, ghosts, the supernatural, schools and dating supply the subject matter across 28 catalogued books published between 1988 and 2010. The Lifeguard (1988) opens the run and Shadow Mirror (2010) is the last entry. Listed titles include Trick or Treat (1989), Vampire (1991), Blood Roots (1992) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). The 1990s are the busiest decade, and the median recorded length is 224 pages.

Etgar Keret

18 books

Etgar Keret has 18 catalogued books from Kneller's Happy Campers (1998) to Autocorrect (2025). Keret, born on 20 August 1967, is an Israeli writer known for short stories and graphic novels, and also writes scripts for film and television. The Nimrod Flipout (2005), The Girl on the Fridge (2008) and The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God & Other Stories (2001) appear in the list. Israeli literature, translations into English and children's fiction are recorded subjects.

Yangsze Choo is a Malaysian writer of Chinese descent. Three novels are catalogued: The Ghost Bride (2013), The Night Tiger (2019) and The Fox Wife (2024). The Night Tiger was chosen as one of 70 works in the Big Jubilee Read, the campaign marking the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Malaysia, Chinese fiction, superstition and historical fantasy describe the subject matter.