Secrecy book series in reading order

by Sara Shepard

by Jodi Thomas

by Sylvia Day

by Jane Harper

Sara Shepard

47 books• 9 series

Pretty Little Liars (2006) opens Sara Shepard's catalogue and remains the title Shepard is best known for, alongside The Lying Game; both became television shows on Freeform. Shepard, born in 1977, is an American author with 48 catalogued books dated 2006 to 2027, reaching Birds of Prey: The Origins in 2026 and with Tell Me Everything scheduled for 2027. Nine series are catalogued, among them The Perfectionists, The Amateurs, The Heiresses, Penny Draws and Agatha Harkness. Secrets, friendship, high school and murder run through the books.

Susan Lewis writes family drama and suspense, often about mothers and daughters, marriages and buried secrets. Sixty-seven books are catalogued from Dance While You Can (1983) onward, across the Andee Lawrence novels, the Cristy Ward thrillers, the Laurie Forbes and Elliott Russell books, the No Child of Mine titles, standalone novels and non-fiction. Missing persons, journalists and investigation recur as subjects, and the median book runs 512 pages. Who Can You Trust? appeared in 2026, and I Dare You is scheduled for 2027.

Julie Klassen writes Regency-era romance within Christian fiction, set in England and turning on concealed histories. 23 catalogued books run from Lady of Milkweed Manor (2007) to The Widow of Woodlark Cottage, with The Apothecary's Daughter (2009), The Girl in the Gatehouse (2010), The Silent Governess (2010), The Maid of Fairbourne Hall (2012) and The Dancing Master (2013) among them. Tales from Ivy Hill and On Devonshire Shores group the later novels.

Sharon Sala has written under the Sharon Sala name and as Dinah McCall, with more than 85 books in print since a first publication in 1991. Sala is a seven-time RITA finalist and a Janet Dailey Award winner, and Romance Writers of America gave Sala its Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. The catalogue holds 144 Sala titles, from Sara's Angel (1991) to Reckoning (2026). Series include Blessings, Georgia; Mossy Creek; Jubilee, Kentucky; Jigsaw Files; Justice Way; Cat Dupree; Storm Front and Rebel Ridge. Romantic suspense and contemporary romance appear among the subject tags.

Jodi Thomas is the pen name of Jodi Koumalats, an American author of historical romance born in Amarillo, Texas. Most of the novels are set in Texas, and Romance Writers of America inducted Thomas into its Hall of Fame in 2006. The catalogue records 70 books, from Beneath The Texas Sky (1988) to Silverleaf Rapids (2025). Ransom Canyon, Whispering Mountain, Texas Brothers, Wife Lottery, Honey Creek, McQuillen and Someday Valley are among the Thomas series. Ranch life, women pioneers and western romance appear in the subject tags.

Lisa Renee Jones writes paranormal and contemporary romance, with romantic suspense and erotica also marked in the subject tags. The catalogue holds 162 books, starting with Hidden Instincts and Secrets Exposed (both 2004), then Healer and Protector (2005). Lilah Has a Secret (2026) is the newest, and Good Girl is scheduled for 2027. Series include Inside Out, Scandalous Billionaires, Lilah Love, Dirty Money, Knights of White, Tall, Dark & Deadly, Zodius, Windwalkers, Texas Hotzone and the Secret Life of Amy Bensen. Corporations and corrupt practices also appear in the tags.

Barbara Erskine is an English novelist, born in Nottingham in 1944, whose bestselling novels and short-story collections combine history with the supernatural. Erskine's first novel, Lady of Hay (1986), has sold more than three million copies. The catalogue lists 22 books from 1986 to 2026, including Kingdom of Shadows (1988), Midnight Is a Lonely Place (1994) and Whispers in the Sand (2000), ending with The Valley of Ravens (2026). Erskine holds a degree in medieval Scottish history from the University of Edinburgh.

Sarah Rayne writes suspense and horror built on old buildings and their histories. The first ten novels appeared as Bridget Wood from 1982, among them Mask of the Fox (1982), Wolfking (1991) and Sorceress (1994). Under her own name Rayne heads four series: Nell West and Michael Flint, Phineas Fox, Wolfking and Theater of Thieves. Haunted houses, missing persons, twins and secrecy recur across 39 books dated 1982 to 2025, at a median 279 pages. Rayne is the daughter of an Irish comedy actor, was educated at a convent where she wrote plays for the Lower Third, and spent years in amateur theatre; her books have also been published in America, Holland and Germany.

Colleen Hoover

28 books• 6 series

Colleen Hoover is an American novelist, born Margaret Colleen Fennell on December 11, 1979, whose work sits mainly in romance and young adult fiction. The catalogue holds 28 Hoover books, from Hopeless and Slammed (both 2012) to Woman Down (2026). Hoover's series include Hopeless, Maybe, Slammed, Never Never and It Ends With Us, and the 2016 novel It Ends with Us is the title Hoover is best known for. Many Hoover books were self-published before a publishing house took them on. Sales stood at roughly 20 million books by October 2022, and Time magazine listed Hoover among its 100 most influential people in 2023.

Nicholas Sparks

27 books• 4 series

Nicholas Sparks, born December 31, 1965, is an American novelist who also works as a screenwriter and film producer. Sparks has published 24 novels, 16 of them New York Times bestsellers, plus two nonfiction books, and sales exceed 130 million copies in more than 50 languages. The earliest catalogued title is Wokini (1990), a nonfiction book written with Billy Mills; The Notebook (1996) was the first novel. The Notebook, A Walk to Remember and Message in a Bottle are among 11 Sparks books adapted as feature films. Subjects in the catalogue include contemporary romance, North Carolina, widowers and fathers and daughters. The site lists 27 books, with Remain (2025) as the newest, and series entries for the Calhoun Family / Notebook and Jeremy Marsh & Lexie Darnell.

Lisa Jewell

24 books• 4 series

English novelist Lisa Jewell, born in 1968, writes popular fiction. The catalogue holds 24 of her books, from Ralph's Party (1999) to It Could Have Been Her (2026). Other titles include Thirtynothing (2000), After the Party (2010), Then She Was Gone (2018), The Family Upstairs (2019) and None of This Is True (2023). Subjects range over family secrets, sisters, missing persons and London, with both psychological suspense and humorous fiction represented. Ralph's Party and Family Upstairs also appear as series listings next to her standalone novels.

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.

Ruth Ware

13 books• 4 series

Ruth Ware is the pen name of Ruth Warburton, a British author born in 1977. The 13 Ware books catalogued here run from In a Dark, Dark Wood (2015) to The Woman in Suite 11 (2025), taking in The Woman in Cabin 10 (2016), The Death of Mrs. Westaway (2018) and The Turn of the Key (2019) along the way. Subjects attached to the books include psychological thrillers, suspense, murder, female friendship and investigation. Ware's series are Lo Blacklock, standalone novels and a set of short stories and novellas.

Legal thrillers about women lawyers form the core of Lisa Scottoline's work. Rosato & Associates, later listed as Rosato & DiNunzio, names the recurring law firm series, and the catalogue runs to 51 titles from Everywhere That Mary Went (1993) to This Changes Everything (2026). Scottoline also writes standalone suspense, non-fiction, and the Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman books, which the subject tags mark as humour. Publication is ongoing.

Shari Lapena

12 books• 1 series

Psychological thrillers about married couples and family secrets make up most of Shari Lapena's work. Lapena published Things Go Flying (2007) and Happiness Economics (2011) before The Couple Next Door (2016) turned the catalogue toward suspense. All 12 catalogued books stand alone, so reading order follows publication date and nothing else. Getting Away with Murder is the newest, and Lapena has titles catalogued through 2026.

Fern Michaels was the pen name of Mary Ruth Kuczkir, born Mary Ruth Koval on April 9, 1933, who died on November 12, 2025. The American novelist wrote romance and thrillers, including the Texas quartet, the Captive series, Family Blessings, Pretty Woman and Crown Jewel. Michaels's output passed 200 books with an estimated 150 million copies sold. The catalogue lists 190 titles, from Pride and Passion (1975) to A Season of Secrets (2026). Series include the Sisterhood, Godmothers, Men of the Sisterhood, Lost and Found, Vegas, Kentucky and Twin Lights. Female friendship, vigilantes and revenge appear among the subject tags.

Iris Johansen writes crime fiction, suspense and romance, and was born on April 7, 1938, in St. Louis, Missouri. The catalogue lists 120 books from Stormy Vows (1983) to Wait and See (2026), with the 1980s as the busiest decade. Eve Duncan, Kendra Michaels and Catherine Ling are the recurring characters, and facial reconstruction and women sculptors appear among the subject headings. Johansen's series also include Sedikhan, Wind Dancer, Clanad and Delaneys.

Melinda Leigh's catalogue lists 37 books of crime fiction and romantic suspense, starting with She Can Run (2011). Series include Bree Taggert, Morgan Dane, Scarlet Falls, Olivia Cruz and the She Can... books. Murder, women lawyers, private investigators, kidnapping, widows and single mothers are among the recorded subjects. Early titles include Midnight Exposure (2012), She Can Tell (2012) and Walking on Her Grave (2014). You Can Tell Me (2026) is the latest release, and I Know Your Secret is listed for 2027.

Walter Mosley

71 books• 6 series

Easy Rawlins, a Black private investigator in Los Angeles, is the figure Walter Mosley returns to most. Devil in a Blue Dress (1990) opens the catalogue, which holds 71 books and reaches Ghalen (2026). Leonid McGill heads a second detective sequence, and Fearless Jones, Socrates Fortlow, King Oliver and the Crosstown to Oblivion science fiction books make up further lines. Los Angeles and New York are the recurring settings.

Diana Palmer is the pen name of Susan Kyle, born Susan Spaeth on December 11, 1946, an American novelist publishing romance since 1979. Kyle spent sixteen years as a journalist under the name Susan Spaeth before turning to fiction, and has also written as Diana Blayne, Katy Currie and Susan Kyle, with a science fiction novel as Susan S. Kyle. The catalogue lists 199 books from 1979 to 2026, opening with titles such as Dream's End and Sweet Enemy and reaching Blaze of Glory (2026). Wyoming Men, Soldiers of Fortune, Men of Medicine Ridge and Morcai Battalion are among the series, and Long, Tall Texans is a listed grouping. Diamond Girl became a 1998 television film. Subjects name ranchers, cowboys, Texas, Wyoming and western romance.

Lori Foster

146 books• 33 series

Lori Foster is an American romance novelist who also publishes urban fantasy as L.L. Foster, and has appeared on the USA Today, Publishers Weekly and New York Times bestseller lists. Foster is currently published by Harlequin. The catalogue holds 146 books from Impetuous (1995) to The Lake House (2026), with the 2000s the busiest decade; one book also credits Christie Ridgway. Series include Buckhorn Brothers, SBC Fighters, Body Armor, Ultimate and Love Undercover, and mixed martial arts shows up among the subjects.

Sylvia Day

58 books• 17 series

Sylvia Day is a Japanese American writer, born in 1973, who also publishes as S.J. Day and Livia Dare and has been a number one bestseller in 29 countries. The catalogue holds 59 books from Bad Boys Ahoy! (1997) to Illusive (2026), with Indelible scheduled for 2027. Series include Crossfire, Renegade Angels, Georgian, Dream Guardians, Shadow Stalkers and Jax & Gia. Subjects include erotica, historical and Regency romance, London, angels and dreams.

Grace Burrowes writes historical romance, with subject headings naming the Regency, nobility, England, soldiers, widowers, single fathers and inheritance. Before fiction, Burrowes worked as a technical writer and editor, earned a law degree in an evening program, opened a law practice and completed a master's degree in Conflict Management. Burrowes grew up the sixth of seven children in rural central Pennsylvania and lives in rural Maryland. The catalogue lists 120 books, among them The Heir (2010), The Soldier (2011), The Virtuoso (2011) and The Bridegroom Wore Plaid (2012), with A Gentleman of Very Few Words (2026) the newest. Series include Lonely Lords, Windham Brides, True Gentlemen, Rogues to Riches, Mischief in Mayfair and Lady Violet Mysteries.

Barbara Taylor Bradford began in non-fiction, with Fashions That Please Him (1970) and a run of interior decorating guides, then wrote A Woman of Substance (1979) and the family sagas that followed. Businesswomen, inheritance and mothers and daughters are the standing subjects. 47 catalogued books include the Emma Harte and Harte Family sagas, Cavendon Hall, the House of Falconer and the Ravenscar novels. The Wonder of It All, published in 2023, closes the catalogue.