Secret societies book series in reading order

by David Baldacci

by Genevieve Cogman

by Ellery Adams

by Dean Koontz

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.

Gaelen Foley

28 books• 7 series

Gaelen Foley writes romance set in the Regency era, with aristocrats, princesses, veterans and secret societies filling the plots. Her 28 catalogued books run from The Pirate Prince (1998) to Duke of Shadows (2019), at a median of 407 pages, and group into the Knight Miscellany, Inferno Club, Moonlight Square, Ascension Trilogy, Spice Trilogy, Age of Heroes and Harmony Falls series. Foley is American, born in 1973, and has self-published middle grade fantasy as E.G. Foley since 2012. Her novels have appeared on the USA Today bestseller list since 2000 and the New York Times list since 2008, in more than twenty languages.

James Rollins

48 books• 10 series

James Rollins is the pen name of James Paul Czajkowski, an American writer born August 20, 1961, who gave up a veterinary practice in Sacramento, California to write full time. Rollins writes action-adventure, mystery and techno-thriller novels, often set underground or underwater, drawing on experience as an amateur caver and certified scuba diver. The catalogue opens with Subterranean (1999) and Excavation (2000), counts 49 books through Trust No One (2026), and lists Into the Serpent's Nest for 2027. Series include Sigma Force, the Order of the Sanguines, Tucker Wayne and Jake Ransom. Under a second pen name, James Clemens, Czajkowski publishes fantasy.

Marie Lu

29 books• 11 series

Marie Lu, born Xiwei Lu on 11 July 1984, is an American author of young adult science fiction and fantasy. The Legend series, set in a dystopian and militarised future, is Lu's best known work, alongside Young Elites, Warcross and Batman: Nightwalker in the DC Icons line. The catalogue lists 30 books from Legend (2011) to Rebel (2026), with Silver Dawn listed for 2027. Skyhunter, Stars and Smoke and New Alchemists are further series. Subjects include resistance to government, plague, fugitives, soldiers and the supernatural.

Paranormal romance is the core of the Yasmine Galenorn catalogue, where subject tags name witches, vampires, fairies, shapeshifting, witchcraft and women mediums. 141 books are listed between 1997 and 2026. Early entries include Trancing the Witch's Wheel (1997), Embracing the Moon (1998), Tarot Journeys (1999) and Magical Meditations (2003), and a non-fiction heading sits among the series. Otherworld, Indigo Court and the Chintz 'n China Mystery recur as headings, alongside Wild Hunt, Moonshadow Bay, Bewitching Bedlam, Fury Unbound and Starlight Hollow. Yasmine Galenorn is still publishing.

David Baldacci

71 books• 16 series

David Baldacci is an American novelist, born on 5 August 1960, who trained as an attorney and writes mostly suspense fiction and legal thrillers. The catalogue lists 72 Baldacci books, starting with Absolute Power (1996); All In appeared in 2026 and Boom Town is scheduled for 2027. Recurring leads include Amos Decker, Will Robie, John Puller, Atlee Pine and Aloysius Archer, alongside the Camel Club and the Sean King & Michelle Maxwell books. Baldacci novels have been published in more than 80 countries and 45 languages, with worldwide sales above 130 million copies.

Philippa Gregory

46 books• 11 series

Philippa Gregory is an English historical novelist, born in Kenya on 9 January 1954, publishing since 1987. The Other Boleyn Girl (2001) won the Romantic Novelists' Association's Romantic Novel of the Year Award in 2002 and became two films. AudioFile magazine named Gregory the queen of British historical fiction. The catalogue holds 46 books from Wideacre (1987) to Royal Witch (2026). Series include Plantagenet and Tudor, Order of Darkness, Wideacre, Fairmile, Tradescant and Princess Rules, alongside children's books and non-fiction. Queens, kings and rulers, England and sisters recur in the subjects.

R.A. Salvatore

133 books• 34 series

Robert Anthony Salvatore, published as R.A. Salvatore, is an American fantasy writer born on January 20, 1959. The Legend of Drizzt, set in the Forgotten Realms and starring Drizzt Do'Urden, is the work Salvatore is chiefly known for. Other work includes The DemonWars Saga, a high fantasy series, and Vector Prime, the first novel in Star Wars: The New Jedi Order. The catalogue counts 134 books, starting with The Crystal Shard (1988); Witch of Whispervale (2025) is the newest, and Fat Rabbit is listed for 2027. US sales exceed 15 million copies, and 22 Salvatore titles have been New York Times best-sellers.

Alan Gratz writes books for young readers, and the catalogue holds 24 titles from Samurai Shortstop (2006) to Flight (2026). Gratz studied creative writing at the University of Tennessee, and the first book came out after ten years and more than sixty-five rejections. Titles by Gratz have won state awards and appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. Other books include The Brooklyn Nine (2009), Prisoner B-3087 (2013) and Code of Honor (2015). Series include League of Seven and Horatio Wilkes Mystery, alongside graphic novels. Subjects include baseball, World War II, terrorism, secret societies, monsters and survival.

Ridley Pearson

56 books• 11 series

Ridley Pearson, born March 13, 1953, is an American author of suspense, thriller and adventure books, several of which have made The New York Times Best Seller list. The catalogue lists 56 titles, opening with Never Look Back (1985) and Blood of the Albatross (1986). Undercurrents (1988), Probable Cause (1990) and The Angel Maker (1993) are among the earlier books, and Tiana's Bayou Adventure (2026) is the newest. Series include Boldt & Matthews, Walt Fleming, Risk Agent, Lock and Key, Steel Trapp and Kingdom Keepers. Subject tags name Lou Boldt, Daphne Matthews and police psychologists, alongside children's fiction and fantasy.

Neal Stephenson

34 books• 8 series

Neal Stephenson (Neal Town Stephenson, born October 31, 1959) is an American writer of speculative fiction classed as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk and baroque. Mathematics, cryptography, linguistics, philosophy, currency and the history of science recur in the novels. The site lists 34 books from The Big U (1984) to D: Heavy Water (2026), including Snow Crash (1992) and Cryptonomicon (1999). Baroque Cycle and Foreworld Saga are series. Stephenson and George Jewsbury, an uncle, co-wrote novels as Stephen Bury.

Eric Van Lustbader, born on 24 December 1946, is an American writer of thrillers and fantasy who has also published as Eric Lustbader and Eric V. Lustbader. Lustbader graduated from Stuyvesant High School and from Columbia College with a sociology degree, holds a second-level Reiki degree, and is married to the author and editor Victoria Lustbader. The catalogue lists 55 books, from The Sunset Warrior (1977) to White Wolf (2025). Series include the Sunset Warrior Cycle, Nicholas Linnear/Ninja Cycle, China Maroc, Pearl Saga, Jack McClure/Alli Carson, Evan Ryder and Bravo Shaw. Subjects include espionage, intelligence officers and Japan.

Fantasy and romance meet in Elise Kova's work, which opens with Air Awakens (2015) and runs to 39 catalogued titles. Elemental magic sits at the centre, the four elements, apprentice magicians, fairies and secret societies fill the subject tags, and the Married to Magic novels, the Loom Saga, A Trial of Sorcerers and Arcana Academy follow the Air Awakens books. Prince of Swords (2026) is Kova's newest title and the catalogue remains open.

Genevieve Cogman

11 books• 2 series

Genevieve Cogman's Invisible Library sequence opens her catalogue: The Invisible Library (2014), The Masked City (2015), The Burning Page (2016), The Lost Plot (2017), The Mortal Word (2018), The Secret Chapter (2019), The Dark Archive (2020) and The Untold Story (2021). The Scarlet Revolution series follows with Scarlet (2023), Elusive (2024) and Damned (2025), for 11 books in all. Librarians, rare books, secret societies and alternative history are the recurring subjects. Cogman is a British writer of fantasy and of role-playing games, and remains actively publishing.

Chris d'Lacey is an English writer of children's fiction, best known for The Last Dragon Chronicles. Dragons run through much of the work, the Erth Dragons, the Dragons Of Wayward Crescent, alongside the Unicorne Files. Thirty-nine books are catalogued between A Hole At The Pole (1994) and The New Age (2018). Five titles appeared in 1998 alone: A Break in the Chain, Fly, Cherokee, Fly, Henry Spaloosh!, The Snail Patrol and The Table Football League. Magic, the supernatural, secret societies and adventure recur as subjects.

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.

Cassandra Clare

82 books• 13 series

Cassandra Clare is the pen name of Judith Lewis, born Judith Rumelt on July 27, 1973. Clare is an American author of young adult fiction, known above all for The Mortal Instruments. The catalogue lists 82 books under the name, from City of Bones (2007) to The Last King of Faerie (2026). The Shadowhunter Chronicles, Magisterium, the Bane Chronicles and the Chronicles of Castellane all appear on the page, alongside graphic novel and manga editions. Holly Black is credited with Clare on 3 of those books. Subjects include magic, demonology, vampires and orphans.

Former attorney Steve Berry practised as a trial lawyer for three decades and served fourteen years in elected office. The American author was born on September 2, 1955, and lives in St. Augustine, Florida. The Amber Room (2003) and The Romanov Prophecy (2004) were his first works, and the catalogue now counts 44 books, with The Sorcerer's Veil announced and the list reaching 2027. Cotton Malone is the recurring character; other listings include Cassiopeia Vitt Adventure, Luke Daniels and standalone novels. Subjects include espionage, political thrillers, popes and booksellers.

Ellery Adams writes murder mysteries, and women sleuths appear among the subject headings. The catalogue lists 57 books from 2006, the year of A Killer Collection and A Fatal Appraisal, to The Liars' Book Club (2026). Named series include the Secret, Book & Scone Society, Book Retreat Mysteries, Books by the Bay, Antiques & Collectibles Mysteries, Hope Street Church Mystery, Supper Club Mystery and A Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery. Librarians, bakeries and pies are listed there too.

Henning Mankell

35 books• 9 series

Kurt Wallander, a police detective in Sweden, is the figure Henning Mankell is known for. Mankell's catalogue holds 35 books, from A Bridge to the Stars (1990) to The Rock Blaster (2020), and takes in the Joel Gustafsson and Linda Wallander sequences, the Fredrik Welin novels, the Sofia Alface books, children's fiction and non-fiction. Faceless Killers (1991) and The Dogs of Riga (1992) are among the early titles.

F. Paul Wilson

102 books• 26 series

F. Paul Wilson (Francis Paul Wilson, born May 17, 1946) is an American author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers and science fiction, based in Wall, New Jersey. Repairman Jack is the recurring character of novels such as Ground Zero, The Tomb and Fatal Error, and a young adult series follows Jack as a teenager. The Adversary Cycle includes The Keep (1981). Healer (1976) is the first catalogued title. Wilson has won the Prometheus Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Inkpot Award and the Horror Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award.

Seanan McGuire

160 books• 32 series

Seanan McGuire, born January 5, 1978, is an American writer and filker known for urban fantasy. McGuire writes science fiction and horror as Mira Grant, and the Up-and-Under children's portal fantasy series as A. Deborah Baker. McGuire received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2010, and the work has earned the Alex, Hugo, Locus and Nebula awards. The catalogue records 162 titles, starting with Rosemary and Rue (2009) and A Local Habitation (2010), with A Divided Duty (2026) the newest and A Song of Sugar Sparrows due in 2027. Series include October Daye, InCryptid, Wayward Children, Newsflesh, Velveteen, Alchemical Journeys and Parasitology.

Ed Greenwood

94 books• 31 series

Ed Greenwood, born July 21, 1959, is a Canadian fantasy writer and the creator of the Forgotten Realms setting. Greenwood wrote about the Forgotten Realms in Dragon magazine from 1979 and sold the setting to TSR, the company behind the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, in 1986. Greenwood has since written many Forgotten Realms novels along with articles and D&D game supplements. Spellfire (1987) is the first title in the catalogue, and Forgotten Realms lines include Elminster, the Knights of Myth Drannor, the Cormyr Saga and Shadow of the Avatar. The Falconfar Saga is a separate series. The listing also files Forgotten Realms anthologies and game products under the Greenwood name.

Olivie Blake

26 books• 7 series

Olivie Blake is the pen name of Alexene Farol Follmuth, an American writer working mainly in adult speculative fiction and SFF. The Atlas Six trilogy, a New York Times and Sunday Times best seller, is the best-known work. The catalogue lists 26 books from Clean (2016) to Dreamland (2026), with series including Atlas, This World Or Any Other, Fairytale Collections, Witch Way and Clara & the Devil. Magic, magicians, scholars and secret societies appear in the subjects.