Teachers book series in reading order

by Dan Gutman

by Dan Gutman

by Dan Gutman

by Dan Gutman

by Nancy Krulik

by Jack Sheffield

by Rob Buyea

Dan Gutman

198 books• 23 series

Dan Gutman is an American writer of mainly children's fiction, born in 1955. The best-known lines are the My Weird School books, The Genius Files and the Baseball Card Adventures, which began with Honus & Me. The catalogue holds 198 books from It Ain't Cheating If You Don't Get Caught (1990) to Mrs. Towne Is a Clown! (2026), including early baseball titles such as Baseball Babylon (1992). Subjects include schools, teachers, baseball, time travel and humorous stories.

Stuart Palmer (1905–1968) was an American mystery novelist and screenwriter who created Hildegarde Withers, a schoolteacher who investigates murders in New York. The Penguin Pool Murder (1931) opens that series, with Murder on the Blackboard (1932), The Puzzle of the Silver Persian (1934), The Puzzle of the Red Stallion (1936) and Miss Withers Regrets (1947) after it. Palmer also wrote the Howie Rook mysteries and published as Theodore Orchards and Jay Stewart. Twenty-one books are catalogued, at a median length of 185 pages.

R.L. Stine

589 books• 64 series

Robert Lawrence Stine, born October 8, 1943, is an American novelist who writes horror fiction for children. Goosebumps, the series Stine created, sold more than 400 million copies in 35 languages and grew into a franchise of two television series, video games, comics and two feature films. Fear Street, Stine's horror sequence for teenagers, passed 80 million copies and was adapted for film. Stine has been called the Stephen King of children's literature. The listing runs to 590 titles, from How to Be Funny (1978), published as Jovial Bob Stine, to How to Train Your Dummy, scheduled for 2027.

Bruce Coville

132 books• 20 series

Bruce Coville has 132 books catalogued from The Foolish Giant (1978) to Aliens, Underwear, and Monsters (2022). Sarah's Unicorn (1979), Operation Sherlock (1986) and The Ghost in the Third Row (1987) are among the early titles. Series include My Teacher Is an Alien, Magic Shop, Unicorn Chronicles, I Was a 6th Grade Alien, Space Brat, Moongobble and Me, Nina Tanleven and A.I. Gang. Extraterrestrials, unicorns, monsters and humour fill the subjects. Coville, born May 16, 1950, writes young adult fiction and first published in 1977.

Andrew Clements

83 books• 10 series

Andrew Clements (May 29, 1949 to November 28, 2019) was an American children's author. Frindle, the first Clements novel, won an award decided by the votes of schoolchildren in about 20 U.S. states, and received the 2016 Phoenix Award, given to a book that missed a major prize on first publication. The catalogue lists 83 books from Bird Adalbert (1985) to The Frindle Files (2024). Schools, teachers, friendship and dogs recur in the subjects. The Clements series include Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School, Jake Drake, Pets to the Rescue and Real Monsters.

Rush Limbaugh

7 books• 1 series

Rush Limbaugh was an American conservative political commentator and radio host, on air from 1984 until his death in 2021. Limbaugh's 7 catalogued books divide in two. The Way Things Ought to Be (1992) and See, I Told You So (1993) address United States politics and social conditions. The Adventures of Rush Revere, a children's series whose subjects are teachers, time travel, horses and middle schools, runs from Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims (2013) through the First Patriots (2013), the American Revolution (2014), the Star-Spangled Banner (2015) and the Presidency (2016).

Maggie Barbieri writes cozy mysteries with amateur sleuths in ordinary jobs. The Murder 101 series follows Alison Bergeron, a women's college teacher, with detective Bobby Crawford alongside, and runs from Murder 101 (2006) through school-themed titles such as Extracurricular Activities, Quick Study, Final Exam, Physical Education and Extra Credit to 2012. A second series centres on Maeve Conlon, beginning with Once Upon a Lie (2013); bakers and divorced women appear in the subject record. Ten books are catalogued, closing with Lie in Plain Sight (2016).

Amish life supplies the setting for Linda Byler's Christian romances. Lizzie (2003) opens a catalogue of 55 titles that reaches A Christmas Surprise (2026), with Lizzie Searches For Love, Sadie's Montana, Lancaster Burning, Hester's Hunt for Home and Stepping Stones among the series. Courtship, teachers, horses and Pennsylvania fill the subject tags.

Richard Peck wrote for young adults and children across five decades. Are You in the House Alone? (1967) opens a catalogue of 48 titles closing with Master Class on Writing the Novel for Young Readers (2021). The Newbery Medal went to A Year Down Yonder in 2001, a sequel to A Long Way From Chicago, and the American Library Association gave Peck its Margaret A. Edwards Award in 1990. Blossom Culp and Lost in Cyberspace are among the series; time travel, grandmothers, schools, friendship and humour run through the books. Peck lived from 1934 to 2018.

Jon Hassler (1933-2008) was an American novelist and teacher who wrote about small-town life in Minnesota. Staggerford, an imaginary Minnesota town, gives its name to his main series and to the 1977 novel that opens it; Rookery State College is a second sequence. Teachers, Catholics, friendship, town custom and Native American life run through 23 catalogued books dated 1977 to 2021, at a median 282 pages. Hassler held a Regents professorship emeritus and a writer-in-residence post at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota.

Meg Wolitzer

23 books• 2 series

Meg Wolitzer, born May 28, 1959, is an American novelist whose books include The Wife, The Ten-Year Nap, The Uncoupling, The Interestings and The Female Persuasion. Wolitzer co-directs the BookEnds writing fellowship at Stony Brook Southampton. The catalogue holds 23 books from Sleepwalking (1982) to Found Sound (2026), with Caribou (1985), Hidden Pictures (1986), The Dream Book (1986) and Friends for Life (1994) among the earlier titles. Operation Save the Teacher is the listed series, and children's fiction, teachers, friendship and New York appear in the subjects.

Rob Buyea is an American children's author, born in 1976, best known for the Mr. Terupt novels. Because of Mr. Terupt (2010) opens that series and took an E.B. White Read Aloud Award in 2011; Mr. Terupt Falls Again (2012), Saving Mr. Terupt (2015) and Goodbye, Mr. Terupt (2020) follow. The Perfect Score (2017), The Perfect Secret (2018) and The Perfect Star (2019) make a second series, and What Comes Next (2021), The Daredevils (2022) and Carter Avery's Tricky Fourth-Grade Year (2024) complete a catalogue of 10. Schools, classrooms, teachers and friendship are the subjects. Buyea studied biology and education at Syracuse University, wrestled for its team, and lives in North Andover, Massachusetts.

J.D. Robb

41 books• 3 series

J.D. Robb is the name under which Nora Roberts, born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950, publishes police procedurals with science fiction elements. The catalogue holds 42 J.D. Robb books from 1995 to 2027, opening with Naked in Death (1995). Subjects include Eve Dallas, women detectives and New York City. Fury in Death (2026) is the newest release, and Perfect in Death is scheduled for 2027. Nora Roberts also publishes romance under the Nora Roberts name and has used the names Jill March and Sarah Hardesty.

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.

Historical romance set in the Regency and the wider Georgian period is Mary Balogh's territory. Born Mary Jenkins in Swansea on 24 March 1944, Balogh moved to Canada in 1967, taught in Kipling, Saskatchewan, and became a school principal there before the first novel appeared in 1985. The catalogue runs to 106 books, from A Chance Encounter (1985) to A Waltz to Remember (2026). Series headings include Westcott, Bedwyn Family, Survivor's Club, Huxtable Quintet, Simply Quartet, Dark Angel and Ravenswood. Mary Balogh is still publishing.

Alexander McCall Smith

165 books• 25 series

Sir Alexander McCall Smith, born 24 August 1948, is a Scottish legal scholar and novelist who created The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Born and raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), McCall Smith was Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and worked on medical law and bioethics committees. English-language sales passed 40 million by 2010, with translations into 46 languages. The catalogue lists 165 books from White Hippo (1980) to 2026, including 44 Scotland Street, Isabel Dalhousie, Detective Varg and children's titles.

Linda Howard is the pen name of Linda S. Howington, an American author of romance and suspense born on August 3, 1950, in Alabama. The catalogue counts 63 books between All That Glitters (1982) and After Sundown (2019). Series include the Mackenzie Family Saga, Rescues/Kell Sabin, CIA's Spies/John Medina, Blair Mallory and GO-Team, alongside standalone novels. Contemporary, historical and paranormal romance all appear in the subject tags, together with romantic suspense.

Laurell K. Hamilton

60 books• 11 series

Laurell K. Hamilton is an American writer of fantasy and romance, born February 19, 1963, and the author of two main series. Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter, a New York Times bestseller, features Anita Blake, a zombie raiser, vampire executioner and supernatural consultant to the police; the series spans novels, story collections and comics, with six million copies in print. The Merry Gentry series follows Meredith Gentry, a princess of the Unseelie court of Faerie who works as a private detective and faces repeated assassination attempts. The catalogue holds 60 titles from Nightseer (1992) to A Glimmer of Death (2026), with Guilty Pleasures dated 1993. The Zaniel Havelock series is also listed.

RaeAnne Thayne has 87 books in the catalogue, from The Mating Game / Endangered (1996) to Cozy Little Christmas (2026), with subject headings centred on contemporary romance, small towns, ranchers, cowboys and single parents. Series include Hope's Crossing, Haven Point, Cape Sanctuary, Women Of Brambleberry House, Searchers, Outlaw Hartes, Redhawks and Dugan/Riley, and Cowboys of Cold Creek is a listed grouping. Wild Streak (1996), Sweet Justice (1998), Saving Grace (2000) and Renegade Father (2001) are early titles. Suspense also appears among the subjects.

Mercedes Lackey

230 books• 52 series

Valdemar, a country in the world of Velgarth, is the setting for many of Mercedes Lackey's interlinked fantasy novels and trilogies. Lackey, an American writer born on June 24, 1950, brings human and non-human protagonists from many cultures together in the Valdemar books. A second Lackey setting resembles Earth but hides populations of elves, mages, vampires and other mythical beings. Bedlam's Bard follows a young man who works magic through music, SERRAted Edge features elves who race cars, and the Diana Tregarde thrillers star a Wiccan fighting evil. Arrows of the Queen (1987), Arrow's Flight (1987) and Arrow's Fall (1988) are among the listed titles, and Elemental Masters and Five Hundred Kingdoms are further series.

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.

Ivan Doig

19 books• 5 series

Montana is Ivan Doig's territory: ranch life, teachers, fathers and sons, and the history of the American West. Doig's catalogue holds fiction and non-fiction alike, with the Two Medicine Country and Whistling Season books beside the Montana Trilogy, which runs English Creek (1984), Dancing at the Rascal Fair (1987) and Ride With Me, Mariah Montana (1990). Nineteen titles are catalogued, ending with Last Bus to Wisdom in 2015.

Lora Leigh, born March 6, 1965, is an American author of erotic romance with New York Times bestseller status. Leigh began publishing in 2003 with the electronic publisher Ellora's Cave. The Breeds is the longest-running series, and Elite Ops, Nauti Boys, Bound Hearts, Wizard Twins and Men of Summer are among the others. The catalogue holds 115 books from 2003 to Play Hard (2025). Leigh won the 2009 RT Award for erotica and was born in Ohio and raised in Martin County, Kentucky.

Gregory Maguire

44 books• 4 series

Gregory Maguire writes fantasy built on adaptations of existing stories. The Wicked Years take on Oz and its witches; the Hamlet Chronicles and Another Day sequences follow, and a graphic novel version of Wicked sits alongside. Maguire started in children's fiction with The Lightning Time (1978), and the 44-title catalogue reaches Galinda in 2026. Witches, magic and humorous stories are the recurring subjects.