Teenage boys book series in reading order

by Yuto Tsukuda

by Sue Townsend

by Gabrielle Lord

by Amu Meguro

Yuto Tsukuda writes manga. Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma is the larger of his two series, a cooking-school story about teenage cooks that runs from Volume 1 in 2013 through the ten volumes released by the end of 2014. Tenmaku Cinema followed, its second volume appearing in 2023 as the newest of 38 catalogued books. Cooking schools, coming of age, and Japanese and international cuisine are the standing subjects, and volumes run to a median of 191 pages.

Guardians of Ga'Hoole is one of the series by Kathryn Lasky, an American children's writer born June 24, 1944, who writes for adults as Kathryn Lasky Knight and E. L. Swann. Lasky's children's work also includes Dear America and The Royal Diaries books, Wolves of the Beyond, Sugaring Time and The Night Journey, and honours include a Newbery Honor, the National Jewish Book Award and the Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature. The catalogue holds 159 books from I Have Four Names for My Grandfather (1976) to Sacred Light (2026), including Tugboats Never Sleep (1977), The Weaver's Gift (1980) and Beyond the Divide (1983). Horses Of The Dawn, Bears Of The Ice and Camp Princess are further series, and subjects name owls, wolves, diaries and Jews.

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.

Matt Whyman is a British novelist and non-fiction writer, formerly an advice columnist for teenage magazines. The catalogue holds 31 books published between 1999 and 2024, from Divorce and Separation (1999) to Inside Mercedes F1 (2024). Early entries include Torn in Two (1999), Man or Mouse (2000), Smoking (2000), Drinking (2002), XY (2002), Superhuman (2003) and Boy Kills Man (2005). Carl Hobbes and So Below are the two series recorded. Subjects cover children's fiction, teenage boys, life skills guides, juvenile self-help, the internet, friendship and assassins.

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.

Chuck Wendig

70 books• 23 series

Chuck Wendig (Charles David Wendig, born April 22, 1976) is an American novelist, comic book writer, screenwriter and blogger best known for the Star Wars: Aftermath trilogy. The catalogue runs from VII (2005) to The Calamities (2026) and includes writing guides such as 250 Things You Should Know About Writing and 500 Ways to Be a Better Writer, both from 2011. Wendig's series include Miriam Black, Atlanta Burns, Mookie Pearl, the Heartland Trilogy, Double Dead and the Dinocalypse Trilogy, along with Turok, Shield single issues and the Star Wars: The Force Awakens adaptation. Subjects include horror, psychic ability, prophecy, the end of the world and resistance to government.

Adrian Mole, the teenage diarist, is Sue Townsend's creation. Townsend (1946-2014) was an English humorist whose work took in novels, plays and journalism. Writing privately from age 14, Townsend made a name in theatre first, and Adrian Mole debuted on radio. In the 1980s the Mole books outsold every other work of fiction in Britain, and the series grew to 9 diary-form books, starting with The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (1982). The Queen and I (1992) began a second series.

Ann Cleeves

52 books• 10 series

Ann Cleeves is a British crime writer, born in 1954, with 52 catalogued books spanning 1986 to 2026. The run opens with A Bird in the Hand (1986) and reaches The Dying Light in 2026. Cleeves wrote the Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez and Matthew Venn series, and all three have been adapted for television. Raven Black, the first Jimmy Perez novel, won the Duncan Lawrie Dagger in 2006. Other series listings include Palmer-Jones, Inspector Ramsay, Matthew Venn / Two Rivers and Willow Reeves & Jimmy Perez. Subjects include police procedurals, women detectives, England and Scotland.

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.

Larry McMurtry

48 books• 10 series

Larry McMurtry (Larry Jeff McMurtry, June 3, 1936 to March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist and screenwriter. Most of McMurtry's fiction takes place in the Old West or in contemporary Texas, and the early novels Horseman, Pass By (1961), The Last Picture Show (1966) and Terms of Endearment (1975) trace the decline of small-town Texas life. Screen adaptations of McMurtry's work received 34 Oscar nominations and 13 wins. The catalogue lists 48 books from 1961 to Thalia (2017), including the Lonesome Dove and Berrybender Narratives series and non-fiction.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

117 books• 29 series

Sherrilyn Kenyon, born December 11, 1965, is an American writer of urban fantasy and paranormal romance, best known for the Dark-Hunter series. Under the pseudonym Kinley MacGregor, Kenyon writes historical fiction with paranormal elements. The books have sold over 70 million copies in more than 100 countries. The catalogue lists 117 titles from The Wager (1992) to Hell's Half Acre (2026), among them series such as League: Nemesis Rising, Dream-Hunter, B.A.D. Agency and Chronicles of Nick. Two early non-fiction titles are writer's guides from 1994 and 1995.

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.

John Saul wrote horror and suspense. Thirty-six catalogued books run from Suffer the Children (1977) to House of Reckoning (2009), taking in Punish the Sinners (1978), Cry for the Strangers (1979) and Comes the Blind Fury (1980). The Blackstone Chronicles is the one linked series. Supernatural events and serial murder recur as subjects. No new Saul title has appeared since 2009.

Jason Rekulak is catalogued with The Impossible Fortress (2017), Hidden Pictures (2022), The Last One at the Wedding (2024) and Look What the Cat Dragged In (2026), the newest title. Subjects recorded for the books include teenage boys and girls, computer games, geeks, friendship in adolescence and humorous fiction. The catalogue lists no series for Rekulak and remains ongoing.

Ransom Riggs

16 books• 4 series

Ransom Riggs, born February 3, 1979, is an American writer and filmmaker, and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2011) is the Riggs book best known to readers. Hollow City (2014), Library of Souls (2015) and A Map of Days (2018) appear in the catalogue alongside graphic novel editions, Tales of the Peculiar (2016) and Miss Peregrine's Journal for Peculiar Children (2016). The list of 16 titles begins with The Sherlock Holmes Handbook (2009). The Sunderworld series reached a second volume in 2026.

Alice Oseman

21 books• 4 series

Alice May Oseman, born 16 October 1994, is an English author and illustrator whose young adult books portray contemporary teenage life in the United Kingdom, praised for their realism, LGBTQIA+ inclusion and treatment of mental health. Oseman ranks as the third best-selling graphic novelist since records began. A first publishing deal came at 17, and Solitaire followed in 2014 as the first novel; the catalogue runs to 21 titles, ending at Heartstopper #6 in 2026. Awards include a British Book Award, three Children's and Family Emmy Awards, three Goodreads Choice Awards and a Silver Inky Award, and Oseman made the BBC's 100 Women list in 2023 and Time's Time100 Next in 2024.

Rudyard Kipling was a British author and poet, born in Bombay in British India, known above all for The Jungle Book (1894). Kipling is regarded as a major innovator in the short story form. The catalogue lists 59 works, starting with Plain Tales from the Hills (1888), The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Stories (1888) and The Man Who Would Be King (1888). The Light That Failed (1890) and Barrack-Room Ballads (1893) are among the titles. Series include Jungle Book and Puck, and subjects include short stories, poetry, animals and English children's stories.

Gene Wolfe

56 books• 8 series

The Book of the New Sun, four volumes published from 1980 to 1983, is the work Gene Wolfe is best known for and the first part of the Solar Cycle; a 1998 Locus poll ranked it the third-best fantasy novel published before 1990. Wolfe was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, born May 7, 1931, who died April 14, 2019, and was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Wolfe was noted for dense, allusive prose, a fascination with memory and the strong influence of Catholic faith. The catalogue lists 56 books from 1970 to 2023, among them Operation Ares (1970), The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972), Peace (1975) and The Shadow of the Torturer (1980). Series include Urth: Book of the Long Sun, Urth: Book of the Short Sun, Soldier Of The Mist and Wizard Knight.

Hannah Alexander is the shared pseudonym of Cheryl and Mel Hodde, a married Christian writing team who blended their two names into one. Mel Hodde is a physician, and the pair specialise in medical romantic suspense. The catalogue lists 33 books from Hideaway (1990) to Ashes Over Yellowstone (2025). Hideaway, Missouri, Hallowed Halls, Healing Touch and Sacred Trust are the series. Subjects include emergency physicians, women physicians, hospitals and inspirational romance.

Charlie Higson

35 books• 7 series

Charlie Higson, born 3 July 1958, is an English actor, comedian, author and former singer who has also written and produced for television. Higson is the author of The Enemy, a young adult post-apocalyptic series, and wrote the first five Young Bond novels. King of the Ants (1992) opens the catalogue of 35 titles, followed by Happy Now (1993), Full Whack (1995) and Getting Rid of Mister Kitchen (1996). The Dalek Factor (2004) appears next, then SilverFin (2005), Blood Fever (2006), Double or Die (2007) and By Royal Command (2008). Spies, zombies, survival and London appear in the subject tags.

Kingsley Amis

60 books• 5 series

Satirical comedies are the work Sir Kingsley Amis (1922–1995) is best known for, among them Lucky Jim (1954), One Fat Englishman, Ending Up, Jake's Thing and The Old Devils. Amis worked as a novelist, poet, critic and teacher, producing over 20 novels, six poetry collections, a memoir, short fiction, radio and TV scripts and criticism. The Times placed Amis ninth among the 50 greatest British writers since 1945 in 2008. Martin Amis, also a novelist, is Kingsley Amis's son. The catalogue lists 60 titles from Bright November (1947) to Raising a Smile (2019).

Eric Walters

207 books• 18 series

Eric Walters, full name Eric Robert Walters, is a Canadian author of young adult fiction and picture books, born March 3, 1957 and the writer of more than 130 books. The catalogue lists 207 books from Stand Your Ground (1994) to Werewolves Don't Keep Diaries (2026). Series include Camp X, Rule of Three, Orca Echoes, Tiger, War Of The Eagles, We All Fall Down, Catboy and Teen Astronauts. Subjects include basketball, survival, orphans, the Second World War and adventure.

Edmund White

35 books• 4 series

Edmund Valentine White III (1940-2025) was an American novelist, memoirist, playwright, biographer and essayist, and a pioneering figure in gay literature after the Stonewall riots. White wrote with rare candour about gay identity, relationships and sex, at a time when coming out still carried real danger. The semi-autobiographical trilogy runs from A Boy's Own Story (1982) through The Beautiful Room Is Empty (1988) to The Farewell Symphony (1997). This catalogue holds 35 titles from Forgetting Elena (1973) to The Loves of My Life (2025), among them States of Desire (1980), Caracole (1985), Genet (1993) and Our Paris: Sketches from Memory (1994). Subjects cover gay men and gay authors, biography, AIDS, coming of age and intellectual life.

Gabrielle Lord is an Australian writer of psychological thrillers, described as Australia's first lady of crime. Fortress (1980) opens a catalogue of 35 books that holds the Gemma Lincoln and Jack McCain crime series alongside Conspiracy 365, written for younger readers around the character Callum Ormond. Kidnapping, family secrets and death recur through the subjects. Shattered (2021) is Lord's most recent catalogued title.