Gods book series in reading order

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

by Rick Riordan

Max Lucado

278 books• 6 series

Max Lucado has 278 books in the catalogue, published between 1985 and 2026, and subject headings centre on Christian life, the Bible, Jesus Christ, meditations and biblical teaching. Lucado, born January 11, 1955, is an American author and minister at Oak Hills Church, formerly Oak Hills Church of Christ, in San Antonio, Texas. The earliest titles are No Wonder They Call Him the Savior and On the Anvil (both 1985), then God Came Near (1986), The Applause of Heaven (1990) and He Still Moves Stones (1992). Series include Life Lessons, Hermie & Friends, Max Lucado's Wemmicks and Just in Case, and children's fiction is also among the subjects. The newest listed title is Unbreakable Courage Bible Study Guide (2026).

Melody Carlson, born March 2, 1956 in San Francisco, is an American author of more than 250 books for women, teens and children, including the Diary of a Teenage Girl series. The catalogue lists 298 books from 1995, when Contemplative Bible Reading and How to Start a Quality Childcare Business in Your Home appeared, to All Booked Up (2026). Series include Carter House Girls, On The Runway, TrueColors, 86 Bloomberg Place, Secret Life of Samantha McGregor, Beary Patch Bears and Fruit Troops. Subjects include Christian life, high schools, friendship, Bible stories and stories in rhyme. Carlson grew up in Springfield, Oregon, attended Lane Community College and lives in Sisters, Oregon.

Rick Riordan

82 books• 19 series

Rick Riordan, born Richard Russell Riordan Jr. on June 5, 1964, is an American author. Riordan is best known for the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles, which take in Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, The Trials of Apollo and The Nico di Angelo Adventures. The catalogue holds 82 books from 1997 to 2026, opening with Big Red Tequila (1997) and reaching The Lightning Thief in 2005; the Tres Navarre and Kane Chronicles lines also feature. Riordan's books have been translated into 42 languages and have sold more than 30 million copies in the United States. 20th Century Fox filmed the first two Percy Jackson books, a project Riordan had no part in.

Erich von Däniken

31 books• 1 series

Erich von Daniken was a Swiss author of pseudoscientific books arguing that extraterrestrials shaped early human culture. Chariots of The Gods (1968) opens the catalogue and became a bestseller; Return to the Stars (1970), Gods from Outer Space (1972), Miracles of the Gods (1975) and Signs of the Gods (1980) followed. Thirty-one titles are catalogued to 2022. Scientists and academics reject the claims and class the work as pseudohistory and pseudoarchaeology. Ancient civilisations, UFOs and human-alien encounters are the recorded subjects.

Jennifer L. Armentrout is an American writer of young adult novels, with subjects spanning romance, fantasy, science fiction, gods, magic and human-alien encounters. The catalogue begins in 2011 with Daimon and Half-Blood, followed by Obsidian, Onyx and Opal in 2012. Listed series include Covenant, Lux, Wait for You, Dark Elements, Origin, de Vincent, Wicked Trilogy, Blood and Ash and Flesh and Fire. The catalogue also carries dramatized audio adaptations of the Blood and Ash books.

Lisa T Bergren writes Christian fiction and children's books, with Christian romance, historical fiction and picture books all in the subject tags. The catalogue lists 71 titles from Romantic Notions (1993) to Heaven on Earth (2026). Love 'n' Romance, Once Upon a Caribbean Summer, Refuge and Torchlight all date from 1994, and The Captain's Bride from 1998. Series include God Gave Us, River of Time, River of Time: California, Oceans of Time, Once Upon a Summer, Homeward Trilogy and Sugar Baron's Daughters. Bears, polar bears, God and love appear among the tags.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

117 books• 29 series

Sherrilyn Kenyon, born December 11, 1965, is an American writer of urban fantasy and paranormal romance, best known for the Dark-Hunter series. Under the pseudonym Kinley MacGregor, Kenyon writes historical fiction with paranormal elements. The books have sold over 70 million copies in more than 100 countries. The catalogue lists 117 titles from The Wager (1992) to Hell's Half Acre (2026), among them series such as League: Nemesis Rising, Dream-Hunter, B.A.D. Agency and Chronicles of Nick. Two early non-fiction titles are writer's guides from 1994 and 1995.

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.

Tad Williams

41 books• 10 series

Robert Paul "Tad" Williams, born March 14, 1957, is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. Williams wrote the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Otherland, Shadowmarch and Bobby Dollar series, plus the standalone novels Tailchaser's Song and The War of the Flowers. The Last King of Osten Ard closed with The Navigator's Children in 2024. Sales of Williams's work exceed 17 million copies. Comics work includes The Next for DC Comics and Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #50 to #57. The catalogue holds 41 books, from Tailchaser's Song (1985) to The Splintered Sun (2026).

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.

Clive Barker

80 books• 19 series

Clive Barker, born 5 October 1952, is a British writer, filmmaker and visual artist. The Books of Blood, a series of short stories from the 1980s, made Barker a leading horror author, and the catalogue opens with those volumes in 1984 and 1985, along with Dread and Rawhead Rex. Films adapted from Barker's work include the Hellraiser series, whose first installment Barker also wrote and directed, and the Candyman series. Barker's paintings and illustrations have hung in US galleries and appear in the books. Imajica and Abarat are among the listed series, and Spook City (2024) is the newest title.

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.

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.

Michelle Paver

22 books• 3 series

Michelle Paver, born in 1960, is a British novelist. Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, her children's historical fantasy series set in prehistoric Europe, began with Wolf Brother (2004) and has sold more than 2.5 million copies in 30 languages; Spirit Walker (2005), Soul Eater (2006), Outcast (2007) and Oath Breaker (2008) follow. Gods and Warriors turns to the Bronze Age Mediterranean, and the Daughters Of Eden Trilogy and standalone adult novels sit alongside, beginning with Without Charity (2000). Born in Nyasaland, now Malawi, Paver moved to England as a young child and worked as a solicitor before writing full time. Twenty-two books are catalogued to 2022.

Neale Donald Walsch, born September 10, 1943, is an American author of the Conversations with God series who also works as an actor, screenwriter and speaker. Catalogue subjects centre on spiritual life, God, prayers, meditations and imaginary conversations. The 21 listed books span 1995 to 2026, from An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1 (1995) to Letters to a Young Seeker (2026). Conversations with God for Teens (1998), Friendship with God (1999) and Communion with God (2002) are among the titles, and Conversations with Humanity is a second series.

Anthony Horowitz

106 books• 23 series

Anthony Horowitz is an English novelist and screenwriter, born 5 April 1955, who specialises in mystery and suspense. For children and young adults Horowitz created Alex Rider, a 14-year-old British boy who spies for MI6, along with The Power of Five (titled The Gatekeepers in the US) and The Diamond Brothers. The catalogue holds 106 Horowitz books from Enter Frederick K. Bower (1978) to A Deadly Episode (2026). Other listed series include Detective Daniel Hawthorne, Susan Ryeland, Groosham Grange and the Pentagram Chronicles. Horowitz is still publishing.

N.K. Jemisin

21 books• 6 series

N.K. Jemisin (Nora Keita Jemisin, born September 19, 1972) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy whose fiction addresses cultural conflict and oppression. The debut novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010), opened the Inheritance Trilogy. The Broken Earth series made Jemisin the first African-American author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the first to win in three consecutive years, and the first to win for all three novels of a trilogy. The catalogue holds 22 books from 2008 to Far Sector (2024), with Red Dirt Witch: A Graphic Novel due in 2027.

Darynda Jones writes paranormal mystery and romance, 34 catalogued books published between 2011 and 2024. Charley Davidson, a private investigator who also works as a medium, carries the longest series, opening with First Grave on the Right (2011) and continuing through Second Grave on the Left (2011), Third Grave Dead Ahead (2012) and Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet (2012). Betwixt & Between, Sunshine Vicram and NeverNeath form further groupings. Graveyard Dog is the newest title.

Epic fantasy quests define David Eddings's catalogue: the Belgariad and the Malloreon around Garion, the Elenium and the Tamuli around Sparhawk, and the Dreamers books. High Hunt (1973) is the earliest of 29 catalogued titles, Pawn of Prophecy (1982) opens the Belgariad, and Seeress of Kell closes the catalogued run. Magic, wizards and imaginary wars supply the material, and the 1990s were the densest decade.

Michael J. Sullivan

33 books• 8 series

Michael J. Sullivan writes epic fantasy. The Riyria Revelations open the catalogue with The Crown Conspiracy (2008), and the Riyria Chronicles, Legends of the First Empire, Rise and Fall and After the Fall follow. Thirty-three catalogued books reach Out of the Ashes (2026), at a median length of 420 pages. Thieves, assassins, gods and imaginary wars recur as subjects.

Lee Strobel

36 books• 3 series

Lee Strobel is an American Christian author, Baptist pastor and professor, born January 25, 1952, and formerly an investigative journalist. Strobel's books include a series answering challenges to the truth of Christianity, and four titles received ECPA Christian Book Awards. The catalogue counts 36 books from Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary (1993) to Seeing the Supernatural for Teens (2026), among them The Case for Christ (1998) and The Case for Faith (2000). Strobel hosted Faith Under Fire on PAX TV.

Philip Yancey

71 books• 1 series

Philip Yancey writes about Christian faith and spiritual questions. Born November 4, 1949, and now retired, the American author has sold more than 15 million books in English, with translations into 40 languages. The Jesus I Never Knew won the ECPA Christian Book of the Year Award in 1996, and What's So Amazing About Grace? won it in 1998. Publishers include Hachette, HarperCollins Christian Publishing, InterVarsity Press, Rabbit Room Press and Penguin Random House. The catalogue lists 71 titles, from After the Wedding (1976) to Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions (2023). Grace, pain, the Bible and theology lead the subject tags.

Robin Jones Gunn

99 books• 14 series

Robin Jones Gunn is an award-winning Christian author of more than 100 books. Christy Miller and Sierra Jensen are series for teen girls, and Christy Miller's characters carry on in Christy and Todd: College Years, Christy & Todd: The Married Years, Christy & Todd: The Baby Years and Katie Weldon. Glenbrooke and Sisterchicks are further series, and Sisterchicks in Gondolas won the Christy Award in 2007. The site lists 99 books from 1985 to Shortbread in the Highlands (2026), starting with the Billy 'n' Bear titles of 1985.

Madeline Miller

5 books

Madeline Miller, born July 24, 1978, is an American novelist whose subjects include Greek mythology and the Trojan War. Miller spent ten years writing The Song of Achilles (2011) while teaching Latin and Greek; the novel, about the love between Achilles and Patroclus, won the Orange Prize for Fiction, and Miller became the fourth debut novelist to take that prize. Circe followed in 2018, and Miller received an Alex Award in 2019. The catalogue lists 5 titles: The Song of Achilles, Heracles' Bow (2012), Galatea (2013), Circe and Mestra (2026).