Middle Ages book series in reading order

by Gerald Morris

by Avi

by Terri Brisbin

by Medora Sale

Medieval settings and fairy-tale retellings define Melanie Dickerson's Christian romance. The Healer's Apprentice (2010) opens a catalogue of 30 books that takes in The Merchant's Daughter, The Fairest Beauty, The Captive Maiden and The Golden Braid. Regency Spies of London, A Dericott Tale, Imperiled Young Widows and Southern Seasons follow, and A Mismatch Made in London arrives in 2026.

Edward Marston writes historical crime fiction, and the catalogue of 117 books runs to The Corpse on the Bristol Train (2026). Inspector Robert Colbeck, Elizabethan Theater, Domesday, Home Front Detective, Dillman & Masefield / Ocean Liner Mysteries, Christopher Redmayne, Captain Rawson and Bow Street Rivals are among the series. Nicholas Bracewell and Lord Westfield's Men appear in the subjects, together with theater, police work, railroad travel and World War I. Alan Saxon and Merlin Richards are further series, and Marston is still publishing.

Gordon R. Dickson

94 books• 15 series

Gordon Rupert Dickson (November 1, 1923 to January 31, 2001) was an American science fiction writer inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2000. The catalogue lists 94 Dickson books, beginning with Time Grabber (1952) and No Shield from the Dead (1953). Dorsai! / The Genetic General (1960), Secret Under the Sea (1960) and Naked to the Stars (1961) are among the titles. Series include Childe Cycle, Dragon and the George, Dilbia, Sea People and Jim Eckert. Subjects include the Dorsai, time travel, dragons and the Middle Ages.

Maureen Ash writes historical mysteries, with catalogue subjects listing the Templars, the Middle Ages, England, murder and investigation. The Templar Knight Mystery and Anglo-Norman Mystery are the two series credited to Ash. Fiction titles run from The Alehouse Murders (2007) through Death of a Squire (2008), A Plague of Poison (2009) and The Canterbury Murders (2013) to Death in Dover (2024).

Kevin Crossley-Holland

75 books• 4 series

Kevin Crossley-Holland, born 7 February 1941, is an English poet, translator and author for children. The Arthur trilogy (2000–2003) won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Storm, a 1985 novella, received the Carnegie Medal and in 2007, the medal's 70th anniversary, was named among the ten top winners. The catalogue lists 75 books from Havelok The Dane (1964) to Red the River Rises (2026), with King Horn: A Medieval Romance (1966), The Green Children (1968) and The Rain-Giver: Poems (1972) among them. Folklore, tales, poetry and the Middle Ages appear in the subjects.

Historical romance and FBI suspense make up Catherine Coulter's two main bodies of work. Regency and medieval romances such as the Sherbrooke Brides and Medieval Song sequences date back to the 1979 debut The Rebel Bride, while the FBI Thriller series and A Brit in the FBI follow government investigator Dillon Savich. Coulter's catalogue runs to 95 books, reaching The Heir of Whitestone in 2026.

Nancy Springer, born July 5, 1948, is an American author of fantasy, young adult literature, mystery and science fiction. Larque on the Wing won the 1994 Tiptree Award, and the Mystery Writers of America gave Springer Edgar Awards for Toughing It in 1995 and Looking for Jamie Bridger in 1996. I am Mordred earned the Pennsylvania Library Association's Carolyn W. Field Award in 1999. The first Enola Holmes book appeared in 2006. The catalogue lists 90 Springer books from The White Hart (1979) to Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin (2026), with the Book of Isle, Rowan Hood and Tale of Camelot series alongside.

Leisha Kelly wrote Christian historical fiction. The Country Road Chronicles follow the Wortham family through the Depression, opening with Julia's Hope (2001) and continuing through Emma's Gift (2003), Katie's Dream (2004), Rorey's Secret (2005) and Rachel's Prayer (2006). A second sequence, published as L.A. Kelly, centres on Tahn Dorn in a medieval setting and holds Tahn (2005) and The Scarlet Trefoil (2007). Kelly's 11 catalogued books end with The House on Malcolm Street (2010), and the list is likely complete.

Sigrid Undset

25 books• 3 series

Sigrid Undset (1882-1949) was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist and the winner of the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature. Kristin Lavransdatter, her best known work, is a trilogy of medieval Norway told through one woman's life from birth to death; The Master of Hestviken and Olav Audunssøn follow the same period. Undset's first historical fiction appeared in 1907, and she fled Norway for the United States in 1940 in opposition to the German occupation, returning in 1945. Twenty-five titles are catalogued.

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.

Angela Elwell Hunt, born 20 December 1957, writes Christian fiction and also publishes as Angela Hunt. The Tale of Three Trees (1989) sits in this listing alongside the Nicki Holland Mysteries for younger readers and the historical runs Keepers of the Ring, Heirs of Cahira O'Connor, Silent Years and Jerusalem Road. Biblical history, Christian life, mystery and romance recur across the subjects. The catalogue holds 117 books published between 1988 and 2026, reaching A Most Peculiar Providence (2026).

Laura Anne Gilman

50 books• 15 series

Laura Anne Gilman is an American fantasy author, born in New Jersey in 1967. Magic, paranormal investigation, vampires and murder recur across a catalogue of 50 books published between 1995 and 2023, from Double or Nothing (1995) to Uncanny Vows (2023). Gilman's series include the Retrievers, the Vineart War, Paranormal Scene Investigations, Sylvan Investigations, the Gin & Tonic Mysteries, the Devil's West, Portals and Huntsmen, with non-fiction strands on unsolved mysteries and on economics. No title is listed after 2023.

Terri Brisbin is an American historical romance author and a registered dental hygienist in South Jersey. Writing romance since 1995, Brisbin has sold more than 1.6 million copies of historical and paranormal romance novels, novellas and short stories in 15 languages since 1998, and is a member of Romance Writers of America and the New Jersey and Valley Forge local chapters. The catalogue holds 49 books from A Love Through Time (1998) to Blame It On the Mistletoe (2026), including The Queen's Man (2000), The Dumont Bride (2002) and Taming the Highlander (2006). Series include MacLerie Clan, A Highland Feuding, MacKendimen, Knights of Brittany and Stone Circles, and subjects name Scotland, the Middle Ages and knighthood.

Valerie Anand writes historical fiction and, as Fiona Buckley, the Ursula Blanchard mysteries with their woman sleuth. Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, kings and rulers, and family across generations fill the earlier work, in the Norman Quartet, Bridges Over Time and the Exmoor Saga. Gildenford opened the catalogue in 1977, and 39 books reach To Seize a Queen in 2024, at a median of 368 pages.

Gerald Morris, an American author born 29 October 1963, retells the legends of King Arthur for preteen and teen readers. The Squire's Tales mixes traditional Arthurian stories, including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Tristan and Iseult, with plots of Morris's own invention. The early books follow Sir Gawain and, above all, Terence, an original character who serves as Gawain's squire. The catalogue lists 14 books from The Squire's Tale (1998) to The Adventures of Sir Balin the Ill-Fated (2012), plus a second series, Knights Tales.

Lisa Jackson

189 books• 27 series

Lisa Jackson, born Susan Lisa Jackson in 1952, is an American author of romance and romantic suspense novels, with more than 75 to that name. The catalogue holds 189 Lisa Jackson books, from A Twist of Fate (1983) to Not What It Seems (2026). Subjects across the list include serial murders, women detectives, Montana and contemporary romance. Jackson's series include Selena Alvarez/Regan Pescoli, McCaffertys, Cahills / San Francisco, Savannah and the Dark Jewels Trilogy, plus a historical trilogy issued as Susan Lynn Crose. New Jackson titles continue to appear.

Robyn Carr is the American author of the Virgin River books, and an executive producer on the television versions of Virgin River and Sullivan's Crossing. The catalogue records 70 Carr books, from Chelynne (1980) to The Friendship Club (2024). Thunder Point, Sullivan's Crossing and the Grace Valley Trilogy are Carr's other series. Several novels, The Hero among them, reached The New York Times Best Seller list. Subject tags on the books include contemporary romance, California, single mothers, veterans and city and town life.

Heather Graham is the name under which Heather Graham Pozzessere, an American writer born on 15 March 1953, publishes mainly romance fiction; Shannon Drake is a further pen name. Graham's work has been published in about 25 languages, with more than 75 million copies printed. The catalogue records 311 books from Tender Taming (1983) to Destiny Rising (2026). Krewe of Hunters, Harrison Investigation, Cafferty & Quinn, Alliance Vampires, Keepers: L.A., New York Confidential and Finnegan Connection are among the Graham series. Subjects span historical, paranormal, contemporary and suspense romance.

Jude Deveraux

78 books• 14 series

Historical and contemporary romance make up Jude Deveraux's 78 catalogued books, many following the Montgomery and Taggert families across generations. Edilean, James River, Summerhouse, Nantucket Brides, Peregrine, Providence Falls and the Medlar Mystery books are among her series. The catalogue begins with The Enchanted Land (1978), runs densest through the 1980s, and reaches Order of Royals in 2026.

Johanna Lindsey wrote historical romance across pirates, Vikings, the English aristocracy and the American west. Captive Bride (1977) opens a catalogue of 57 books, and the Malory-Anderson family novels are the best known strand, alongside the Reid family, the Viking Haardrad family, Sherring Cross and the Ly-San-Ter books. The run closed in 2019 with Temptation's Darling.

Medieval history is Dan Jones's subject, most of it non-fiction: Summer of Blood (2009), The Plantagenets (2012), Magna Carta (2014), The Wars of the Roses (2014), The Templars (2017) and Crusaders (2019). Seventeen titles are catalogued through Castles (2026), and Essex Dogs is the one named series. British history from 1066 to 1485, kings and rulers and the Middle Ages fill the subject tags.

Avi is the pen name of Edward Irving Wortis, an American author of children's and young adult books born December 23, 1937. Avi won the 2003 Newbery Medal for Crispin: The Cross of Lead and was a Newbery runner-up in 1991 and 1992. The catalogue records 87 books from Things That Sometimes Happen (1970) to The Road From Nowhere (2026), and Rat Race is set for 2027. Series include Crispin, Dimwood Forest and Beyond the Western Sea. Ghosts, animals, adventure and mysteries appear among the subjects.

Janette Rallison

40 books• 8 series

Janette Rallison, born 1 April 1966, is an American writer known mainly for light romance novels aimed at young adults. Rallison also uses two pen names: C. J. Hill for young adult science fiction and fantasy, and Sierra St. James for romantic novels for adults. The catalogue holds 40 books from Blue Eyes and Other Teenage Hazards (1996) to We Are Never Getting Together (2026), with Trial of the Heart (1999) among the Sierra St. James titles. My Fair Godmother, Slayers, Erasing Time and Pullman High are listed series.

Horror is David Wellington's field. The American writer, born 1971, is best known for a Zombie trilogy and also publishes science fiction under the name D. Nolan Clark. Monster Island (2004) opens the 27-book catalogue, with Monster Nation the same year and Monster Planet in 2006. Vampires, zombies, werewolves, witches, knights and thieves appear in the subject records, along with the fictitious character Laura Caxton. Laura Caxton, Jim Chapel, Ancient Blades Trilogy, Red Space and Cheyenne Clark are the series credited to Wellington, whose most recent title is Erebus-13 (2026).