Parapsychology book series in reading order

by Alexandra Bracken

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.

Alexandra Bracken

17 books• 5 series

Alexandra Bracken is an American author, born in 1987, known for The Darkest Minds and Passenger series. The catalogue lists 17 books from Brightly Woven (2010) to Immortal Rose (2026). The Darkest Minds (2012), Never Fade (2013) and In The After Light (2014) are among the early titles, and Passenger (2016) and Wayfarer (2017) follow. Other series are Prosper Redding and Silver in the Bone. Subjects include psychic ability, time travel, fantasy and science fiction.

Jane Roberts (1929-1984) was an American author and poet who described herself as a psychic and spirit medium channelling a personality named Seth. The resulting Seth Material made Roberts a leading figure in writing on paranormal phenomena, through The Seth Material (1970), Seth Speaks (1972) and The Nature of Personal Reality (1974). Roberts also wrote fiction, including the Oversoul Seven novels. Reincarnation, parapsychology and the nature of reality run through 47 catalogued titles.

Carole Nelson Douglas, born in 1944 and died in 2021, wrote sixty novels across mystery, fantasy and science fiction. Two mystery series dominate: the Irene Adler novels, which take the Sherlock Holmes character as their detective, and the Midnight Louie books, narrated around a cat and his owner Temple Barr. Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator, Sword and Circlet and Crystal Phoenix fill out the range. Douglas studied theatre and English literature, then worked as a newspaper reporter and editor around Minneapolis-Saint Paul. Forty-six titles are catalogued here, from 1982 to 2018.

Dean Koontz, born on July 9, 1945, is an American novelist of suspense thrillers that mix in horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery and satire. Koontz published early work under pen names including Deanna Dwyer, K. R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, David Axton and Brian Coffey. The catalogue holds 164 books, from Star Quest / Doom of the Green Planet (1968) to The Friend of the Family (2026), with A Storm So Bright and Beautiful set for 2027. Jane Hawk, Nameless and Dean Koontz's Frankenstein are Koontz series, and Odd Thomas appears among the characters. Fourteen Koontz hardcovers and sixteen paperbacks reached number one on The New York Times list, and sales top 500 million copies.

Jayne Ann Krentz, born Jayne Castle on 28 March 1948 in Cobb, California, is an American romance novelist with New York Times bestsellers under seven pseudonyms. Three names remain in use: Krentz for contemporary romantic suspense, Amanda Quick for historical romantic suspense and Jayne Ann Castle for futuristic and paranormal romantic suspense. More than 35 million copies are in print. The catalogue lists 205 books, from Vintage of Surrender (1979, as Jayne Castle) to Enter the Nightmare (2026), with The Book Hunter due in 2027. Early titles also appeared as Jayne Bentley, Jayne Taylor and Stephanie James. Series include Burning Cove, Eclipse Bay and the Dreamlight Trilogy.

Lisa Jane Smith (1958-2025), writing as L.J. Smith, produced young adult horror and fantasy about vampires, witches and the supernatural. The Vampire Diaries is her best known series and was adapted for television; Night World, the Secret Circle and Dark Visions sit beside it. Both The Vampire Diaries and Night World reached the New York Times bestseller list, and Smith's books took five award nominations. Fifty-four titles run from The Night of the Solstice (1987) to Paradise Lost (2014).

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.