Uncles book series in reading order

by Harlan Coben

by Lauren Child

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.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

131 books• 11 series

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, born in 1933, wrote 131 catalogued books for children and young adults across half a century. Shiloh, a quartet of children's novels, won the Newbery Medal in 1992, and the Alice McKinley series became one of the most frequently challenged sets of books of the early 21st century. The Boy/Girl Battle, Bessledorf Mysteries, Witch Saga, Cat Pack and Roxie and the Hooligans fill out the list, which runs from To Make a Wee Moon (1969) to Roxie and the Hooligans at Buzzard's Roost (2018). Family life, schools, friendship and siblings are the constant subjects, at a median of 154 pages.

Nick Bruel, full name Nicholas Tung Ming Bruel, is an American author and illustrator of children's books, most notably the Bad Kitty series. Bad Kitty (2005), the first in that series, is an alphabet picture book, and the series grew to take in chapter books and a guide to drawing comics. Bruel's books have been New York Times bestsellers. The catalogue lists 49 Bruel books, from Boing! (2004) to Bad Kitty Gets a Job (2026), and cats, dogs, pets and humorous stories lead the subjects.

Peter Murray Hautman, born 29 September 1952, is an American writer best known for young adult novels. Godless took the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2004; the book has a teenage boy inventing a religion and a god to go with it. The catalogue holds 34 books from Drawing Dead (1993) to Answers to Dog (2024), including Short Money (1995), Mr. Was (1996), The Mortal Nuts (1996), Hole in the Sky (2001) and Rag Man (2001). Series headings are Joe Crow, the Klaatu Diskos, Denn Doyle and the Flinkwater Chronicles, and subject tags name Minnesota, schools, religion, family life and science fiction.

Jane Austen

22 books• 7 series

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 to 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose reputation rests on six novels. The novels examine the English landed gentry of the late 18th century, and Austen's plots turn on how far women depended on marriage for social position and financial security. Critics and scholars credit Austen's wit, irony, realism and social commentary, and place the novels in the shift from the novel of sensibility toward 19th-century realism. The catalogue lists 22 titles, from the juvenilia of 1787, such as Love and Freindship, through Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Mansfield Park (1814).

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.

Gary Paulsen

181 books• 17 series

Survival and outdoor adventure run through Gary Paulsen's writing for young readers. The catalogue holds 181 books, from Some Birds Don't Fly (1968) to Northwind (2022), at a median length of 105 pages. Brian Robeson, Francis Tucket, Duncan Culpepper, Murphy and the World of Adventure books head the series lines, with non-fiction and picture books alongside. No new Paulsen title has appeared since 2022.

Monica Wood has 13 books in the catalogue, published between 1993 and 2024. Secret Language (1993) is first, followed by Description (1995) and My Only Story (2000). Ernie's Ark (2002), Any Bitter Thing (2005), When We Were the Kennedys (2012) and A Woman in a Million (2016) are later titles, and How to Read a Book (2024) is the newest. Subjects include authorship, narration and description, Catholics, clergy, sisters, orphans and beauty operators.

Jocko Willink

13 books• 2 series

Extreme Ownership (2015) is the earliest of 13 catalogued books by Jocko Willink, an American author, podcaster and retired United States Navy SEAL officer born September 8, 1971. In the Iraq War, Willink commanded Task Unit Bruiser of SEAL Team 3 in the fighting at Ramadi, receiving the Silver Star and the Bronze Star Medal and reaching lieutenant commander. Willink also sits on the board of San Diego FC. Other titles include Discipline Equals Freedom (2017), The Dichotomy of Leadership (2018) and Leadership Strategy and Tactics (2020), and Way of the Warrior Kid (2018) and Marc's Mission (2018) also appear, with children's fiction and leadership among the subjects. Letters from Uncle Jake (2024) is the newest.

Susan Page Davis writes Christian romance, romantic suspense and mystery, with 111 books in the catalogue from Protecting Amy (2004) to Dumpsters and Dragons (2026). Breaking News (2005), The Oregon Escort (2006), The Prisoner's Wife (2006) and Frasier Island (2007) are among the earlier titles. Davis series include Maine Justice, True Blue Mysteries, Ladies' Shooting Club, Mainely Romance, Mainely Mysteries, Maine Brides, White Mountain Brides, Alaska Wedding, Homeward Trails, Skirmish Cove Mysteries and Prairie Dreams. Subjects include historical fiction, murder, Maine and inspirational fiction.

Sharon Creech

22 books• 3 series

Sharon Creech, born in 1945, writes children's novels. Creech was the first American to win the Carnegie Medal for British children's books, and the first writer to hold that award and the American Newbery Medal together. Twenty-two books are catalogued, from Absolutely Normal Chaos (1990) through Walk Two Moons (1994), Chasing Redbird (1997), Love That Dog (2001) and Ruby Holler (2002) to One Time (2020). Friendship, school, family life and orphanhood recur, with picture books alongside the novels.

Francine Pascal (née Rubin, 1932–2024) was an American author whose name is tied to the Sweet Valley books for young adults. Sweet Valley High anchored that collection, was adapted for television, and branched into spin-offs such as The Unicorn Club and Sweet Valley University. The catalogue opens with Hangin' Out with Cici (1977) and also carries the Fearless series. Subjects include twins, sisters, high schools, friendship and dating. Most Sweet Valley books came out in the 1980s and 1990s, and several titles were re-released decades later.

Ann Rinaldi was an American journalist and young adult novelist, known above all for historical fiction, who lived from August 27, 1934 to July 1, 2021. Rinaldi worked as a newspaper columnist before writing novels, eight of which the ALA named notable. In 2000, Wolf by the Ears (1991) was listed among the best young adult novels of the preceding twenty-five years. Rinaldi also contributed to the Dear America series. The catalogue holds 48 books from Term Paper (1980) to Leigh Ann's Civil War (2011), including The Last Silk Dress (1988) and A Break with Charity (1992).

Derek Landy

37 books• 6 series

Derek Landy has 37 books in the catalogue, starting with Scepter of the Ancients (2007), also published as Skulduggery Pleasant, and reaching A Soul Full of Shadows (2026). The subject headings list Skulduggery Pleasant, a character called Stephanie, wizards and magic, and file the books as children's fantasy with humour. Landy is an Irish author and screenwriter, also known for the Demon Road series, and has written comic book series for Marvel Comics since 2018.

Elisabetta Dami

309 books• 22 series

Elisabetta Dami, born 1 January 1958, is an Italian children's author known for the Geronimo Stilton book series. The catalogue credits Dami with 309 books from 1998 to 2026. Titles from 2000 include Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye, Attack Of The Bandit Cats and Four Mice Deep in the Jungle. Other listings include Geronimo Stilton: Thea Stilton, Mouseford Academy, Kingdom Of Fantasy, Geronimo Stilton Cavemice, Geronimo Stilton Spacemice and Creepella von Cacklefur. Subjects include mice, journalists, time travel and humorous stories. The Legend of Chocolate Hills (2026) is the newest title.

Lauren Child

100 books• 4 series

Lauren Child is an English children's author and illustrator, born 29 November 1965. Child created Charlie and Lola, introduced in 2000, and won the Kate Greenaway Medal for the illustration in that book; a later anniversary panel named it one of the ten best winners of the Medal's first fifty years. Her other series are Clarice Bean, Ruby Redfort and Hubert Horatio. The catalogue holds 100 titles published between 1999 and 2022, most of them picture books at a median of 32 pages.

Josh Lacey, born in London in 1968, is a British writer of children's books who also publishes as Joshua Doder. One adult title sits in the catalogue: God Is Brazilian (2005), a biography of Charles Miller, the man who brought football to Brazil. The children's books run to 27 catalogued titles dated 2004 to 2021, with dragons, pets, islands and adventure among the recorded subjects, in series including Dragonsitter, Misfitz Mysteries, Hope Jones and Tom Trelawney.

Will Hobbs

24 books• 5 series

Will Hobbs (22 August 1947 - 31 March 2025) was an American author of twenty novels for upper elementary, middle school and young adult readers, plus two picture book stories. Fourteen years of teaching reading and English in southwest Colorado gave Hobbs a sense of audience, and the stories are set mostly in wild places known at first hand. Bearstone, the second novel, drew national attention on replacing Where the Red Fern Grows as the unabridged novel in a Prentice-Hall seventh grade literature anthology. The catalogue holds 24 books from Changes in Latitudes (1988) to City of Gold (2020), with Bearstone and Jason's Gold as series headings. Subject tags name survival, wildlife conservation, Ute Indians and canoeing.

Greek and Norse gods are the subjects of George O'Connor's graphic novel series, Olympians and Asgardian. O'Connor, born November 5, 1973, is an American cartoonist, illustrator and author based in Brooklyn. The catalogue lists 22 books from Kapow! (2004) to Odin (2024), including Ker-splash! (2005), Uncle Bigfoot (2008) and the god-titled books Athena and Zeus (2010), Hera (2011) and Hades (2012).