Rescues book series in reading order

by D.J. Molles

Daisy Meadows is the name on the Rainbow Magic children's books, a fantasy line whose subjects include fairies, goblins, Jack Frost and two girls, Kirsty Tate and Rachel Walker. The catalogue opens in 2003 with colour-fairy titles such as Ruby the Red Fairy, Amber the Orange Fairy and Fern the Green Fairy, and runs to Nur the Vlogger Fairy (2023). Sub-series include the Weather, Jewel, Party, Pet Keeper, Dance, Ocean and Showtime Fairies. Magic Animal Friends appears under the same name.

Post-apocalyptic military fiction is D.J. Molles's main line. The Remaining opens with the 2012 novel of that name and sets soldiers against plague, bunkers and collapsed civil order; Lee Harden continues from it. Godbreaker, Ashes of Eormun, A Grower's War and Coming Dark follow. Molles has 36 catalogued books, the newest The Peace Child (2026), and keeps publishing.

Aaron Blabey is an Australian children's author and illustrator, born in 1974, and a former actor. Three series carry his name: Pig the Pug, picture books about a rude and selfish little dog; The Bad Guys, a graphic novel run for junior readers in which a gang of frightening-looking animals tries to fix its reputation, and which reached number one on the New York Times list; and Thelma the Unicorn, about a plain pony passing as a unicorn. Blabey's 46 catalogued books open with Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley (2007) and reach The Boy Who Knew Too Much (2026), with Farmageddon scheduled for 2027. Volumes are short, a median of 32 pages.

Robert Jordan

43 books• 8 series

Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney Jr. (17 October 1948 to 16 September 2007), an American writer of epic fantasy who used several pen names for different genres. The Wheel of Time, 14 books plus a prequel novel, has sold 90 million copies and ranks among the highest-selling book series. Earlier in the career, Jordan was one of several writers of original Conan the Barbarian novels. The catalogue opens with The Fallon Blood (1980), followed by The Fallon Pride (1981), and Conan titles such as Conan the Invincible (1982) and Conan the Destroyer (1984) appear in the early years. Jordan series also include Fallon.

Debra Webb, born 1958, is an American author of suspense novels and a USA Today bestseller. The catalogue credits Webb with 180 books from 1999 to 2026, starting with Tempting Trace (1999). Series include Colby Agency, Faces of Evil, Undertaker's Daughter, Shades of Death, Lookout Mountain Mysteries and Winchester, Tennessee. Subjects cover romantic suspense, private investigators, serial murderers and missing persons. The Woman I've Become (2026) is the newest title.

Ted Bell, born Theodore Augustus Bell III (July 3, 1946 – January 20, 2023), was an American suspense novelist. Bell's New York Times bestselling spy thrillers feature Lord Alexander Hawke and include Hawke (2003), Assassin (2004), Pirate (2005), Spy (2006), Warlord (2010) and Phantom (2012). Nick of Time (2000) is the first catalogued book and Warmonger (2026) the newest; Nick McIver Adventures Through Time is a second series, and time travel appears in the subjects. Before writing novels, Bell served as president and chief creative officer of the Leo Burnett Company in Chicago and later as vice chairman and worldwide creative director of Young & Rubicam.

John Flanagan

37 books• 6 series

John Flanagan writes fantasy adventure for readers in grades 6 to 8. The Ruins of Gorlan (2004) opens Ranger's Apprentice, which extends into The Royal Ranger and The Early Years; the Brotherband Chronicles are a second series, and seafaring life and pirates sit in the subject tags. Thirty-eight titles are catalogued through Ambush at Sorato (2024). Apprentices, heroes, courage and friendship recur across the books.

Suzanne Enoch

50 books• 14 series

Suzanne Enoch writes historical romance among the aristocracy, with the Samantha Jellicoe novels as a separate line. Fifty catalogued books run from Angel's Devil and The Black Duke's Prize (1995) to Better Than a Duke (2026). The Scandalous Brides, the Scandalous Highlanders, the Griffin Family, With This Ring, the Notorious Gentlemen, the Adventurers' Club and No Ordinary Hero group the rest.

Ransom Riggs

16 books• 4 series

Ransom Riggs, born February 3, 1979, is an American writer and filmmaker, and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2011) is the Riggs book best known to readers. Hollow City (2014), Library of Souls (2015) and A Map of Days (2018) appear in the catalogue alongside graphic novel editions, Tales of the Peculiar (2016) and Miss Peregrine's Journal for Peculiar Children (2016). The list of 16 titles begins with The Sherlock Holmes Handbook (2009). The Sunderworld series reached a second volume in 2026.

Roland Smith, born November 30, 1951, is an American author of young adult fiction and of nonfiction for children. The catalogue lists 51 titles from Sea Otter Rescue (1990) to The Vaquita (2025), with early books on zoo animals, Primates in the Zoo, Snakes in the Zoo, Inside the Zoo Nursery, sitting beside later adventure fiction. Series include I, Q, Peak, Storm Runners, Zach's Lie, Jacob Lansa, Marty and Grace and the Alphabet Picture books; Marie Smith shares credit on 3 of the titles. Subjects name survival, adventure, spies, mountaineering and terrorism.

David L. Robbins is an American author of historical fiction, a co-founder of the James River Writers and a teacher at the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University. The Second World War supplies most of the fiction: War of the Rats (1999), The End of War (2000), Last Citadel (2003), Liberation Road (2004) and Broken Jewel (2009). Sixteen books are catalogued between 1998 and 2023, taking in the USAF Pararescue, Mikhal Lammeck and Promised Wars series.

Tony Abbott, born in 1952, is an American author of children's books. His Secrets of Droon fantasy series runs to more than 40 titles and is his most widely read work; he also wrote Firegirl and The Copernicus Legacy. Abbott has sold over 12 million copies and been translated into Italian, Spanish, Korean, French, Japanese, Polish, Turkish and Russian. The 105 catalogued books span Danger Guys (1994) to Junk Boy (2020), aimed largely at grades 1 to 3.

Thomas E. Sniegoski

60 books• 19 series

Thomas E. Sniegoski works as a novelist, a comic book writer and a pop culture journalist in the United States. The catalogue holds 61 books published between 1999 and 2027, opening with The Monster Book (1999) and reaching Frankenstein: New World - The Sea of Forever (2025), with The Speed of Darkness dated 2027. Subjects name Remy Chandler as a fictional character and cover fantasy, angels, good and evil, private investigators, the supernatural, monsters, magic, heroes and children's fiction. Series listed include Remy Chandler, Billy Hooten, Owlboy, Brimstone Network, Bone: Quest for the Spark, Sleeper Conspiracy, Demonist, Vampirella Strikes and Young Hellboy. Christopher Golden and Stephen R. Bissette are each credited on one title beside Sniegoski.

Kekla Magoon

24 books• 7 series

Kekla Magoon, born 1980, is an American author of young adult and middle grade fiction, short stories, and non-fiction on historical, socio-political and economic subjects. The Rock and the River, nominated for an NAACP Image Award, opens the catalogue in 2009. How It Went Down (2014), X (2015) and The Season of Styx Malone stand among Magoon's known titles, and the American Library Association gave Magoon its Margaret Edwards Award in 2021 for a body of work. The 24 catalogued books reach Ayana Ndoum Takes the Stage (2025). Recorded subjects include African Americans, civil rights movements, the Black Panther Party, racism, race relations, and robbers and outlaws.

Shannon K. Butcher trained and worked as an industrial engineer before writing fiction, and is married to the fantasy and science fiction author Jim Butcher. Butcher's 22 books, from 2007 to 2019, cover romantic suspense and paranormal romance. No Regrets (2007), No Control (2008) and No Escape (2008) open the list. Sentinel Wars is Butcher's series, and subjects across the catalogue include vampires, magic and good and evil. Saving Daylight (2019) is the last title.

Michael White / Sam Fisher / Tom West is a single catalogue entry covering three names, holding 16 books published between 1997 and 2015. Biography and popular science come first: Isaac Newton (1997), Leonardo (2000), J.R.R. Tolkien (2001), Stephen Hawking (2002), C.S. Lewis (2004) and Isaac Asimov (2005). Thrillers follow, among them The Medici Secret (2008) and The Borgia Ring (2009), and the run closes with The Einstein Code, published as Tom West in 2015. MichaelWhite Standalone Novels, MichaelWhite Non-Fiction and E-Force are the listed series.