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.