Singers book series in reading order

by Deborah Gregory

by Mark Schweizer

Deborah Gregory writes the Cheetah Girls and Catwalk series for young readers. African American teenage girls, singers, friendship, sisters and shopping are among the subjects of the 23 books. At least ten Gregory titles appeared in 1999 and 2000, such as Wishing on a Star, Growl Power! and Woof, There It Is. Rip the Runway (2016) is the last title listed.

Nancy Krulik writes for children, and the catalogue lists Grades 1-3 as the reading level. Series credited to Krulik include Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo, How I Survived Middle School, Magic Bone, Princess Pulverizer and Project Droid, and George Brown, Class Clown appears among the characters. Subjects range across magic, schools, friendship, dogs, robots and humorous stories. The most recent listed book is Fangs for Having Us! (2021), and the catalogue marks the output as dormant.

Chris Nickson began in celebrity biography, with books on Brad Pitt (1995), Mariah Carey (1995), Soundgarden (1995), Denzel Washington (1996) and Keanu Reeves (1996), then turned to historical crime fiction. The DI Tom Harper, Richard Nottingham, Simon Westow, John the Carpenter and WPC Lottie Armstrong series carry that later work. Sixty-three books are catalogued between 1995 and 2026, with murder investigation, English history and police procedure recurring as subjects.

Beverle Graves Myers, born in 1951, is an American writer of mystery novels and short stories. Her Tito Amato series, set in eighteenth-century Venice and issued by Poisoned Pen Press, accounts for most of her eight catalogued books, opening with Interrupted Aria (2004) and reaching Whispers of Vivaldi (2014). Opera, castrati, singers and Venetian manners run through the subjects. Myers also wrote a stand-alone crime novel with Joanne Dobson, set in New York City just before the Second World War.

Judy Collins has 8 catalogued books, published between 1987 and 2017. Subject headings record biography, singers and folk singers, bereavement, suicide victims and family relationships. Trust Your Heart (1987) opens the list, and Amazing Grace (1991) takes the name of the hymn indexed in the same headings. Sanity and Grace (2003), The Seven T's (2007) and Sweet Judy Blue Eyes (2011) follow. Cravings (2017) is the most recent title.

Victoria Christopher Murray

34 books• 4 series

Victoria Christopher Murray is an American novelist and editor whose fiction follows African American women through marriage, friendship and faith. Temptation (1997) opens a catalogue of 34 books reaching Harlem Rhapsody (2025), and includes the Jasmine and the Jasmine and Rachel series. Gospel music, Christian women and family life recur across the titles. More than one million copies of Murray's books are in print.

Tracey West, born October 1, 1965, is a children's author who writes for licensed series such as Pokémon and SpongeBob SquarePants. The catalogue lists 356 titles from 1988 to 2027, reaching Heart of the Ruby Dragon (2026), with Claw of the Diamond Dragon due in 2027. Named series include Pokémon chapter books, novelizations and readers, Naruto Chapter Books, LEGO Ninjago Reader, Bakugan Chapter Books, Pixie Tricks, Pet Vet Club and Scream Shop Pick Your Path. Dragon Masters and Heroes in Training appear as recurring lines. Ninja, dragons and plot-your-own stories appear among the subject headings.

Who HQ is the credit on 429 children's nonfiction biographies in the catalogue, published from 2002 to 2026. The run opens with Who Was Albert Einstein?, Who Was Amelia Earhart? and Who Was Ben Franklin? (all 2002) and reaches Who Is Vera Wang (2026). Subjects include biography, history and juvenile nonfiction for readers aged 8 to 12. Other names credited on some of the books include Megan Stine (7), John Hinderliter (7) and Nico Medina (4).

Kristin Harmel

20 books• 4 series

Kristin Harmel is an American novelist, born May 4, 1979, in Newton, Massachusetts. The Book of Lost Names, The Forest of Vanishing Stars, The Sweetness of Forgetting and The Paris Daughter are among Harmel's most notable novels. At 16 Harmel was already a sports reporter for the St. Petersburg Times and Tampa Bay AllSports magazine, and after graduating from the University of Florida worked as a PEOPLE magazine reporter from 2000 to 2012. The catalogue lists 20 books from How to Sleep with a Movie Star (2006) to Meet Me in Paris (2026), with subjects such as France, family secrets and the Second World War.

Cowboys, ranchers and ranch life run through Linda Lael Miller's 134 catalogued books, in historical, contemporary and western romance alike. Miller's families and places include the McKettricks, the Montana Creeds, Stone Creek, Springwater Seasons, Painted Pony Creek and the Brides of Bliss County, with a Tremayne vampire sequence off to one side. Desire and Destiny (1983) is the earliest title and The Silver Hills Boarding House the newest.

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.

Carolyn Keene is a Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name, the credit on the Nancy Drew mysteries. Mildred Wirt Benson, one of the writers behind the name, used it from 1929 to 1953 and contributed to 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew books. The catalogue lists 647 Carolyn Keene books, beginning with The Secret of the Old Clock, The Hidden Staircase and The Bungalow Mystery (all 1930) and reaching Vans & Villains (2026). Series include Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, Nancy Drew Files, Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, Nancy Drew Diaries, Nancy Drew: Girl Detective and Dana Girls Mystery Stories.

Carole Matthews is a British writer of romantic comedy whose books have sold more than 7 million copies across 31 countries. Let's Meet on Platform 8 (1997) opens 38 catalogued titles ending with Christmas For Beginners (2020). The Chocolate Lovers' Club is the one continuing series; standalone novels, short stories and novellas make up the rest. Female friendship, single mothers, marriage and Christmas supply the material. The Festival of Romance put Matthews in its Hall of Fame in 2011.

Carole Boston Weatherford

67 books• 1 series

Carole Boston Weatherford, born Carole Michele Boston on February 13, 1956, is an American author, poet and critic. More than 50 of Weatherford's children's books have been published, mostly non-fiction and poetry. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre won the 2022 Coretta Scott King Author Award, and Weatherford received the Children's Literature Legacy Award in 2025. African American history, civil rights and slavery appear among the subjects. The catalogue lists 67 books from Juneteenth Jamboree (1995) to Kin: Rooted in Hope (2023).

Helen Perelman writes children's fiction, and the catalogue subjects include fairies, candy, magic, princesses, friendship, high schools and musicals. Candy Fairies and Quix are the two series credited to Perelman. The catalogue lists 45 books between 1999 and 2023, with The King and I (1999) the earliest and Friends Forever (2023) the newest. Heart to Heart (2007) and Ciao from Rome! (2009) are among the other titles. The catalogue marks Perelman as dormant.

Marc Eliot writes biographies and memoirs of show business figures, and has ghost-written for film stars. The subjects run from musicians to actors: Phil Ochs in Death of a Rebel (1979), Burt Reynolds, Bruce Springsteen in Down Thunder Road, Walt Disney in Hollywood's Dark Prince, and Merle Haggard in The Hag (2022). Rockonomics and American Television take on the industries themselves. 28 titles span 1979 to 2022, at a median of 322 pages.

Mark Schweizer is the author of the Liturgical Mysteries series. The catalogue lists 17 Schweizer books from The Alto Wore Tweed (2002) to The Choir Director Wore Out (2018). The Baritone Wore Chiffon (2004) and The Organist Wore Pumps (2010) appear in the list. Subjects on the listing include humorous mystery, police chiefs, choirs, organists and North Carolina. Schweizer also has graphic novel and standalone novel listings.