Secrets book series in reading order

by Sara Shepard

by Cassandra Clare

by Emily March

by Julie Kenner

by Amy Reed

by Jenna Evans Welch

by Patrick Lee

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.

James Patterson

510 books• 73 series

James Patterson, born on March 22, 1947, is an American writer whose catalogue here holds 514 books published from 1976 to 2027. The run opens with The Thomas Berryman Number (1976), and Along Came a Spider (1992) and Kiss the Girls (1995) follow later. Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, Witch & Wizard, NYPD Red, Private, Middle School and the Women's Murder Club are among the Patterson series, alongside standalone thrillers, non-fiction and romance. Marshall Karp shares the credit on 5 of the books. Patterson's sales exceed 425 million copies, and Patterson was the first person to sell one million e-books. Forbes ranked Patterson the highest-paid author in 2016, for a third year running, and the National Book Foundation gave Patterson the Literarian Award in November 2015. 27 Stars is scheduled for 2027.

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.

Harlan Coben

41 books• 8 series

Harlan Coben, born January 4, 1962, is an American writer whose honours include an Edgar Award, a Shamus Award and an Anthony Award. Coben's books have been translated into 46 languages and have sold more than 90 million copies. The 41 books catalogued here start with Play Dead (1990) and reach Plot Twist (2026). Subjects attached to them include thrillers, missing persons, sports agents and the fictional character Myron Bolitar. Coben's series include Mickey Bolitar, Wilde and Windsor Horne Lockwood III.

Elizabeth George

36 books• 6 series

British police procedurals are Elizabeth George's main line of work, centred on Inspector Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers investigating murders across Great Britain. The catalogue holds 36 books from A Great Deliverance (1988) to A Slowly Dying Cause in 2025. George also wrote the Saratoga Woods and Abandonment of Hannah Armstrong titles, short stories and non-fiction. At a median of 576 pages these are long novels, and the series remains ongoing.

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.

Margaret Peterson Haddix

55 books• 12 series

Margaret Peterson Haddix, born April 9, 1964, is an American writer best known for two children's series: Shadow Children (1998-2006) and The Missing (2008-2015). She also wrote the tenth book of The 39 Clues, a series with multiple authors. The catalogue lists 55 of her books from Running Out of Time (1995) to Moonleapers (2025), including Among the Hidden (1998), Just Ella (1999) and Turnabout (2000). Other series listings include Palace Chronicles, Children of Exile, Greystone Secrets, Mysteries of Trash and Treasure and Under Their Skin. Subjects include time travel, science fiction, brothers and sisters, and schools.

David Walliams

56 books• 6 series

Born David Edward Williams on 20 August 1971, David Walliams is an English actor, comedian, writer and television personality. Walliams rose to fame with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch shows Little Britain (2003–2006) and Come Fly with Me (2010–2011), judged Britain's Got Talent from 2012 to 2022, and wrote and starred in the sitcom Big School. Walliams's children's books have sold more than 50 million copies. The catalogue lists 56 titles from Inside Little Britain (2006) to The World’s Worst Superheroes (2025), including The Boy in the Dress (2008), Mr Stink (2009), Billionaire Boy (2010), Gangsta Granny (2011) and Awful Auntie (2014).

Colleen Coble is an American Christian novelist born January 19, 1952, in Wabash, Indiana, and raised on a farm in Wabash County. Coble writes romance, romantic suspense and historical fiction, with sales of roughly 6 million copies. Honours include the RITA from Romance Writers of America and the ACFW Book of the Year. The catalogue holds 92 titles, from A Heart's Disguise (1997) to Conspiracy (2026). Rock Harbor, Aloha Reef, Lonestar, Hope Beach, Mercy Falls, Lavender Tides, Pelican Harbor and Tupelo Grove are among the named series.

Beverly Lewis

112 books• 17 series

Beverly Marie Lewis is an American novelist of Christian fiction and a children's author, and much of the writing concerns the Old Order Amish. Lewis taught school and worked as a musician beforehand. Born and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where her father was a pastor, Lewis traces that interest to a maternal grandmother born into an Old Order Mennonite church. The catalogue lists 112 books, from Holly's First Love / Best Friend, Worst Enemy (1993) to The Christmas House (2025). Series include Abram's Daughters, Heritage of Lancaster County, Home To Hickory Hollow, Annie's People, Cul-de-sac Kids and Holly's Heart.

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.

N.K. Jemisin

21 books• 6 series

N.K. Jemisin (Nora Keita Jemisin, born September 19, 1972) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy whose fiction addresses cultural conflict and oppression. The debut novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010), opened the Inheritance Trilogy. The Broken Earth series made Jemisin the first African-American author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the first to win in three consecutive years, and the first to win for all three novels of a trilogy. The catalogue holds 22 books from 2008 to Far Sector (2024), with Red Dirt Witch: A Graphic Novel due in 2027.

Amy Clipston is an American writer of romance fiction, and the catalogue's subject tags point to Amish settings and Christian romance. A Gift of Grace (2009) is the first of 74 listed books, followed by A Place of Peace and A Promise of Hope (both 2010). Candy Apple Kisses (2026) is the latest title, and The Amish Widow's Convenient Marriage is due in 2027. Series include Kauffman Amish Bakery, Hearts of Lancaster Grand Hotel, Amish Heirloom, Amish Homestead, Amish Marketplace, Amish Legacy and Amish Singing. Pennsylvania, family life, secrets and widowers recur in the subject tags.

Barbara Freethy is a California-born, #1 New York Times bestselling American author of women's fiction, contemporary romance and romantic suspense. Freethy has won the Romance Writers of America's RITA Award twice, sold more than 5 million books and placed 18 titles on the New York Times list, and Amazon named Freethy its KDP Bestselling Author of All Time in 2014. The catalogue holds 109 books from Promise of Marriage (1990) to Love Me Like You Do (2026), with Whoever She Was due in 2027. Callaways, Off The Grid: FBI, Angel's Bay, River Rock and Mysteries Uncorked are among the series.

Melissa De La Cruz

94 books• 26 series

Melissa de la Cruz, born September 7, 1971, is a Filipina-American writer of young adult fiction. De la Cruz's young adult series include Au Pairs, Blue Bloods and The Beauchamp Family. The catalogue lists 95 books, starting with The Girl Can't Help It! (2001) and reaching This Song Is About Me (2026), with Diviner listed for 2027. Other series include Descendants, Alex & Eliza, Heart of Dread and Chronicles of Never After. Vampires, witches, wealth, preparatory schools and New York appear among the subjects.

Raymond Khoury writes thrillers that run historical secrets into present-day investigation, with the Templars a recurring thread. FBI agent Sean Reilly and archaeologist Tess Chaykin carry the Last Templar books: The Last Templar (2006), The Sanctuary (2007), The Sign (2009), The Templar Salvation (2010) and The Devil's Elixir (2011). 14 titles are catalogued, including graphic novel adaptations, and the last is The Ottoman Secret, also published as Empire of Lies.

Ann M. Martin

446 books• 24 series

Ann Matthews Martin, born August 12, 1955, is an American writer of children's and young adult fiction and a Smith College graduate. The Baby-Sitters Club, first published in 1986, is the series Martin is known best for, and Martin remains involved with the series and its spin-offs. The catalogue lists 446 books, beginning with Inside Out and Bummer Summer in 1983. Related lines include Baby-Sitters Club Mysteries, California Diaries, Kids in Ms. Colman's Class, Main Street and Doll People. Jessi Ramsey, Pet-sitter: A Graphic Novel (2025) is the newest listed title.

Louise Candlish

20 books

Louise Candlish is a British author of psychological suspense about secrets, female friendship, and mothers and their children. Our House won Crime & Thriller Book of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards and was adapted for ITV in 2021 with Tuppence Middleton and Martin Compston; The Only Suspect took the Capital Crime Fingerprint award for thriller of the year in 2024. Candlish's 20 catalogued books open with Prickly Heat (2004) and reach A Neighbour's Guide to Murder (2025), at a median of 404 pages.

Jennifer L. Holm

66 books• 13 series

Jennifer L. Holm, born in 1968, writes for children in both prose and comics, and holds three Newbery Honors and an Eisner Award. Babymouse, an imaginative mouse at school, recurs across the Babymouse and BIG Adventures of Babymouse books, with Squish, Sunny, My First Comics and Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight as the other graphic series. May Amelia, Boston Jane, Turtle in Paradise and The Fourteenth Goldfish sit alongside them in prose. Holm's 66 catalogued books run from Our Only May Amelia (1999) to Sunny Figures It Out (2025), at a median of 126 pages.

Deb Caletti, an American author born June 16, 1963, writes young adult and adult fiction set in the Pacific Northwest. Caletti was a National Book Award finalist and received a Michael L. Printz Honor, the Washington State Book Award and the Josette Frank Award. Random House published He's Gone (2013), the first Caletti novel for adults. The catalogue holds 23 books from The Queen of Everything (2002) to You, Me, and Infinity (2026), including The Nature of Jade (2007).

Vampire Kisses is a series credited to Ellen Schreiber, and the catalogue also lists the Vampire Kisses: Blood Relatives and Vampire Kisses: Graveyard Games graphic novels. Schreiber is an American writer of young adult fiction. Catalogue subjects include vampires, werewolves, romance, high schools, dating and secrets. The 18 catalogued books run from 2003 to 2012, starting with Teenage Mermaid and Vampire Kisses in 2003. Kissing Coffins (2005), Vampireville (2006) and The Coffin Club (2008) follow, and Immortal Hearts (2012) is the newest.

Tami Charles writes children's fiction, and 16 books are catalogued from 2018 to 2023. The series are Daphne, Secret Vlogger and All Because You Matter. Titles dated 2018 include Daphne Definitely Doesn't Do Dances, Daphne Definitely Doesn't Do Drama and Definitely Daphne. Other titles include Like Vanessa (2018), Becoming Beatriz (2019), Fearless Mary (2019) and Freedom Soup (2019). Recorded subjects include middle school, military families, theater and video blogs. We Are Here (2023) is the latest.

Nora Roberts

279 books• 37 series

Nora Roberts, born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950, is an American writer of romance under that name. As J. D. Robb, Roberts writes police procedurals with science-fiction elements, and has also published as Jill March and, in the UK, as Sarah Hardesty. This listing carries 280 Roberts books, opening with Irish Thoroughbred (1981); The Missing is scheduled for 2027. Series on the page include the In Death Universe, the MacGregors, Night Tales, the Calhoun Women, the Chesapeake Bay Saga, Irish Hearts and the O'Hurleys.

Daniel Silva

30 books• 3 series

Daniel Silva writes espionage thrillers. The catalogue holds 30 books between The Unlikely Spy (1995) and Ransom (2026), with the Gabriel Allon novels as the main sequence, a shorter Michael Osbourne series beside it, and several standalone titles. Art restorers, assassins, terrorism and Israeli intelligence officers run through the subject tags. Silva is still publishing.