Genius book series in reading order

by Mark Walden

by Dan Gutman

by R.A. Spratt

by Richard Paul Evans

by James Patterson

by Sharon M. Draper

Born in 1972, Mark Walden worked as a senior producer developing PlayStation games for Sony before turning to writing full-time. Walden is credited as sole author on 12 books published between 2006 and 2022, and H.I.V.E. is the one series the catalogue records under this name. Titles include H.I.V.E. (2006), The Overlord Protocol (2007), Escape Velocity (2008), Dreadnought (2009), Zero Hour (2010), Deadlock (2013) and Retribution (2014). Recorded subjects include science fiction, schools, good and evil and artificial intelligence. Bloodline (2022) is the newest catalogued title.

Dan Gutman

198 books• 23 series

Dan Gutman is an American writer of mainly children's fiction, born in 1955. The best-known lines are the My Weird School books, The Genius Files and the Baseball Card Adventures, which began with Honus & Me. The catalogue holds 198 books from It Ain't Cheating If You Don't Get Caught (1990) to Mrs. Towne Is a Clown! (2026), including early baseball titles such as Baseball Babylon (1992). Subjects include schools, teachers, baseball, time travel and humorous stories.

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.

Christmas stories, Christian fiction and romance make up most of Richard Paul Evans's catalogue, which also turns to science fiction, electricity and Tourette syndrome as subjects. Evans's 64 titles open with The Christmas Box (1993) and take in the Michael Vey books, the Walk series, the Locket Trilogy, the Christmas Box, Noel and Mistletoe collections and the Broken Road novels. Mercy's Child is the most recent title, and publication continues into 2026.

R.A. Spratt writes humorous fiction for children. Nanny Piggins, a pig employed as a nanny, carries the first run - The Adventures of Nanny Piggins (2009), Nanny Piggins and the Runaway Lion (2010), Nanny Piggins and the Rival Ringmaster (2011) - and Friday Barnes turns to a schoolgirl detective at a boarding school. The Peski Kids complete the series list. Thirty-two books run from 2009 to Romeo v Juliet (2026).

Emma E. L. Young carries the credit on 11 catalogued books published between 2007 and 2025. Catalogue subjects record genius, inventions, inventors, scientists, burglary and secret societies. The earlier titles are The Infinity Code (2007), The Ghostmaster / The Ghost Machine (2007), The Black Sphere (2008), The Viper Club (2008) and The Death Web (2009); Israel (2008) carries the name E.L. Young. Later entries run The Untold Kiss (2014), Sane (2015), She, Myself, and I (2017) and All The Strangers I've Ever Loved (2025). S.T.O.R.M. and Harlem are the series recorded here.

Ben Mezrich

26 books• 6 series

Ben Mezrich, born February 7, 1969, is an American author whose nonfiction books The Accidental Billionaires and The Antisocial Network became the films The Social Network and Dumb Money. Some Mezrich books appeared under the pen name Holden Scott. The catalogue lists 26 books, starting with Threshold (1996), Reaper (1997) and Skin (1998), and including Bringing Down the House (2002), Busting Vegas (2008) and The Accidental Billionaires (2009). Gambling, cardsharping and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are recorded subjects, alongside medical thrillers. Series include the Charlie Numbers Adventures and the Seven Wonders Trilogy, and Checkmate (2026) is the newest title.

Eoin Colfer

59 books• 18 series

Eoin Colfer, born 14 May 1965, is an Irish children's writer and a former primary school teacher, best known for the eleven Artemis Fowl fantasy novels. By 2013 the Artemis Fowl books had sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and in a 2010 public poll readers chose Artemis Fowl as their favourite Puffin Books title. The novel Artemis Fowl (2001) was followed by The Arctic Incident (2002) and The Eternity Code (2003). Other series include the Fowl Twins, W.A.R.P., Benny Shaw and Plugged, with Benny and Omar (1998) among the early titles and Deerheart (2026) the newest. The listing also credits The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1996) to Colfer.

Sharon M. Draper

31 books• 5 series

Sharon M. Draper is an American children's writer and professional educator, named National Teacher of the Year in 1997 and a two-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for books on young and adolescent African American experience. The Hazelwood High and Jericho series, Out of My Mind, Romiette and Julio, Copper Sun and Double Dutch are her best-known titles, alongside the Clubhouse Mysteries and Sassy series. Draper's catalogue holds 31 books dated 1970 to 2024, at a median 183 pages, taking in school stories, friendship, family life, race relations and death.

Sara Pennypacker writes children's books. Clementine, Waylon and the Amazing World of Stuart are the series under Pennypacker's name, and Pax, Leeva At Last, Summer of the Gypsy Moths and The Lions' Run are named among the other titles; several have reached the New York Times bestseller list. School, family life, friendship, siblings and humour are the recurring subjects. The catalogue holds 30 titles published between 1994 and 2026, from Dumbstruck (1994) to The Lions' Run (2026), and Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventure appears among the character entries.

S.L. Huang is the byline of Shi Lian Huang, an American science fiction author born in New Jersey who earned a Bachelor of Mathematics at MIT. Huang worked in Hollywood as a stunt performer and weapons expert on Battlestar Galactica, Raising Hope, Top Shot and Auction Hunters, then turned to writing after a breast cancer diagnosis. As the Last I May Know won the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and Murder by Pixel was a 2022 Hugo finalist for Best Novelette. The catalogue lists 16 books from Half Life (2014) to The Language of Liars (2026), including the Cas Russell / Russell's Attic and Water Outlaws series.