Television book series in reading order

Mel Odom's 86 catalogued books range from Lethal Interface (1992) to The Legend of Bass Reeves (2025). Subjects list television tie-ins, children's fiction, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, vampires, witches and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Series include Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Rover, Left Behind: Apocalypse, Hunter's League, Blackpool Mysteries, Hellgate: London, Makaum War and F.R.E.E.Lancers, and Forgotten Realms and Net Force appear among the characters.

Melody Carlson, born March 2, 1956 in San Francisco, is an American author of more than 250 books for women, teens and children, including the Diary of a Teenage Girl series. The catalogue lists 298 books from 1995, when Contemplative Bible Reading and How to Start a Quality Childcare Business in Your Home appeared, to All Booked Up (2026). Series include Carter House Girls, On The Runway, TrueColors, 86 Bloomberg Place, Secret Life of Samantha McGregor, Beary Patch Bears and Fruit Troops. Subjects include Christian life, high schools, friendship, Bible stories and stories in rhyme. Carlson grew up in Springfield, Oregon, attended Lane Community College and lives in Sisters, Oregon.

Across 194 catalogued books, Danielle Steel writes contemporary romance and family drama: love stories, marriages, widowhood and the turns that reshape a life. The run starts with Going Home (1973) and continues through Celebration, with 24 Hours scheduled for 2027. Steel's catalogue also holds children's picture books, short stories and non-fiction beside the standalone novels that make up most of it.

Michael Bond, an English author born on 13 January 1926 who died on 27 June 2017, is best known for children's books about Paddington Bear. Sales of the Paddington books passed 35 million worldwide, and the characters moved into animated television, a film series and a stage musical. The catalogue records 217 books under the name, including A Bear Called Paddington, More About Paddington (1959) and Paddington Helps Out (1960). Olga Da Polga, Monsieur Pamplemousse, Parsley and Mouse Called Thursday are further series, and guinea pigs and private investigators appear among the subjects.

C. Alexander London is one of the names used by Alex London, an American writer for children, young adults and adults whose work runs from picture books and middle-grade fiction to adult non-fiction. Before publishing, London reported from conflict zones and refugee camps as a journalist and human rights researcher, and later worked as a young adult librarian for the New York Public Library. The catalogue lists 17 titles under the C. Alexander London name, from We Are Not Eaten by Yaks (2011) to The Adventures of Wrong Man and Power Girl! (2018), covering the Accidental Adventure books and a 39 Clues: Super Special. Adventure, animals, dogs, explorers and twins appear in the subject records.

Jen Calonita is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of books for teens and middle grade readers, with sales above one million copies and translations into 15 languages. A Boston College graduate, Calonita worked as an entertainment journalist at Teen People, which inspired Secrets of My Hollywood Life (2007); that first book won the Louisiana Young Readers Award and grew into a six-book series. The catalogue counts 46 books through Practically Magic (2026), with The Vanishing Isle listed for 2027. Other series include Fairy Tale Reform School, Disney's Lost Legends, Isle of Ever, Royal Academy Rebels and Enchanters.

Tanya Huff

67 books• 13 series

Tanya Huff, born in 1957, is a Canadian fantasy author published since the late 1980s. The Blood Books, whose detective is Vicki Nelson, were adapted for television as Blood Ties. The catalogue records 67 books from Child of the Grove (1988) to Saved by the Spell (2026), with Vicki Nelson, Confederation, Quarters, Peacekeeper, Smoke Trilogy, Gale Women and Wizard of the Grove among the series listed. Vampires, wizards, witches and life on other planets appear in the recorded subjects, and Doctor Who and Valdemar are also logged against the listing.

Lauren Conrad

9 books• 2 series

Lauren Conrad, born in 1986, is an American television personality, fashion designer and author. Conrad's fiction draws on reality television and celebrity: L.A. Candy (2009) is the first novel, with Sweet Little Lies and Sugar and Spice following in 2010, and The Fame Game (2012) names a second series that takes in Starstruck (2012) and Infamous (2013). Style and beauty guides make up the rest of the nine catalogued books, Lauren Conrad Style (2010), Lauren Conrad Beauty (2012) and Lauren Conrad Celebrate (2016). Conrad appeared in Laguna Beach from 2004 and in five seasons of The Hills between 2006 and 2009.

Franklin W. Dixon is the author name on the Hardy Boys books, and the catalogue lists 473 titles under the Dixon name from 1927 to 2023. The Tower Treasure, The House on the Cliff and The Secret of the Old Mill all date from 1927. Dixon series include Hardy Boys Casefiles, Hardy Boys Adventures, Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers, Hardy Boys: Secret Files and Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Super Mystery, plus the Ted Scott Flying Stories. Undercover Bookworms (2023) is the newest title.

Jan and Stan Berenstain wrote picture books about the Berenstain Bears. The run begins with The Big Honey Hunt (1962) and reaches 400 titles by The Berenstain Bears: Father's Day Blessings (2018). Family life, school, brothers and sisters, scouting, Christmas and Christian life supply the recurring subjects, and many of the books are told in rhyme. A median length of 32 pages places them with early readers. Publication peaked in the 1990s and the catalogue is likely complete.

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.

Jane B. Mason writes children's books, and the catalogue lists 79 of them between 1993 and 2021. Early entries include Jurassic Park (1993), Apollo 13 (1995) and Balto (1995). Series include Zoey 101, Princess School, Bella Baxter, Rescue Dogs, A Dog and His Girl Mysteries and Tales from the Cryptkeeper. Subjects include dogs, schools, princesses, boarding school students, dinosaurs and superheroes. Sarah Hines Stephens is credited alongside Mason on 4 books, and Gem (2021) is the newest title.