2 Inventors book series and 14 authors, each with every book in publication order. A series or author is listed when at least two of its books are tagged Inventors in Open Library, or one book when it has three books or fewer. Series and authors with the most books tagged Inventors come first.
429 books 2 series
Who HQ is the credit on 429 children's nonfiction biographies in the catalogue, published from 2002 to 2026. The run opens with Who Was Albert Einstein?, Who Was Amelia Earhart? and Who Was Ben Franklin? (all 2002) and reaches Who Is Vera Wang (2026). Subjects include biography, history and juvenile nonfiction for readers aged 8 to 12. Other names credited on some of the books include Megan Stine (7), John Hinderliter (7) and Nico Medina (4).
31 books 7 series
Crime fiction accounts for much of Jo Nesbo's catalogue, which holds 31 books published between 1997 and 2026. Harry Hole is the recurring character of the longest series credited to Nesbo, a run that opens with The Bat (1997) and takes in The Redbreast (2000), The Devil's Star (2003) and The Snowman (2007). Catalogue subjects list police, murder, investigation, serial murder investigation and Norway, along with humorous stories, inventors and flatulence from the Doctor Proctor books. Blood on Snow, standalone novels and short fiction complete the listing. Kill Shot (2026) is the newest title, and Nesbo continues to publish.
166 books 9 series
Mary Pope Osborne, born May 20, 1949, is an American children's author and audiobook narrator best known for the Magic Tree House series, which had sold more than 134 million copies worldwide by 2017. Awards have gone to both the series and Osborne, including recognition for work promoting children's literacy. Osborne attended the University of North Carolina and published a first book in 1982. The catalogue counts 166 Osborne books, from Run, Run, As Fast As You Can (1982) to Sea Otter Sunrise (2025). Time travel, tree houses, history, folklore and Greek mythology appear among the subjects.
71 books 16 series
David Baldacci is an American novelist, born on 5 August 1960, who trained as an attorney and writes mostly suspense fiction and legal thrillers. The catalogue lists 72 Baldacci books, starting with Absolute Power (1996); All In appeared in 2026 and Boom Town is scheduled for 2027. Recurring leads include Amos Decker, Will Robie, John Puller, Atlee Pine and Aloysius Archer, alongside the Camel Club and the Sean King & Michelle Maxwell books. Baldacci novels have been published in more than 80 countries and 45 languages, with worldwide sales above 130 million copies.
51 books 12 series
Regency England is where Andrea Penrose sets her work, split between historical mystery and historical romance. Wrexford and Sloane is the current mystery series, preceded by the Lady Arianna Hadley books. Penrose has also published as Andrea Pickens, for the Intrepid Heroines, Merlin's Maidens, Lessons in Love, Scandalous Secrets and Dangerous Liaisons series, and as Cara Elliott for Circle of Sin and Lords of Midnight. The catalogue reaches 51 titles from The Defiant Governess (1997) to The Price of Paradise.
59 books 12 series
Karen Ranney (February 5, 1963 - June 15, 2020) wrote historical and paranormal romance. The 59 catalogued books run from Tapestry (1995) to The Wizard (2020), with Scotland, the nobility, widows and social life and customs among the recorded subjects. Series in the listing include the Highland Lords, Clan Sinclair, the Montgomery Chronicles, the MacIain books, the Duke Trilogy and the Murder Club Murders.
44 books 2 series
Mark Kurlansky, born December 7, 1948, is an American journalist who writes fiction and non-fiction. Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (1997) became an international bestseller in more than fifteen languages. Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea (2006) won the 2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for non-fiction. The catalogue lists 44 books from A Continent of Islands (1992) to To Catch a Fish (2026), including The Basque History of the World (1999), Salt (2002) and 1968 (2003).
3 books
Zita the Spacegirl is Ben Hatke's graphic novel trilogy for young readers: Zita the Spacegirl (2011), Legends of Zita the Spacegirl (2012) and The Return of Zita the Spacegirl (2014). The story sends a girl across other planets and into encounters with robots, inventors and extraterrestrial beings. Three books are catalogued here, each around 203 pages of comics.
Ranked by how many series and authors they share with Inventors.