Vikings book series in reading order

Sandra Hill writes historical and contemporary romance, and new beginnings is the theme running through the work. The Reluctant Viking (1994) opens a catalogue of 61 books that reaches Jinx Christmas (2026), taking in two Viking series, the Cajun and Creole Historical books, Deadly Angels, Bell Sound, Jinx and the Tante Lulu Adventures. Vikings, time travel, vampires, angels and Navy SEALs recur as subjects. Hill grew up in central Pennsylvania, attended Penn State and worked ten years in journalism before that first novel.

Cressida Cowell

61 books• 12 series

Cressida Cowell, born Cressida Hare on 15 April 1966, is a British children's author. How to Train Your Dragon is the series Cowell is best known for; DreamWorks Animation adapted the series into a media franchise, and by 2015 the books had sold more than seven million copies worldwide. Cowell also writes the Emily Brown stories with illustrator Neal Layton, and the first, That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown, won a Nestle Children's Book Award. The catalogue lists 61 books to 2025, with subjects such as dragons, Vikings, humorous stories and the character Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III. Other series include The Wizards of Once and Which Way To Anywhere.

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.

Bernard Cornwell

67 books• 10 series

Bernard Cornwell is an English historical novelist, born on 23 February 1944, who has also written a history of the Waterloo campaign. The Richard Sharpe novels, about a rifleman in the Napoleonic Wars, are Cornwell's best-known work. The Saxon Stories run to thirteen novels about how England was unified. Cornwell's historical fiction draws mainly on English history across five series, alongside one series of contemporary thrillers, and the historical novels carry an end note comparing the story to the historical record. The catalogue lists 67 books from 1981, when Sharpe's Gold appeared, to Sharpe's Storm (2025).

Giles Kristian has 14 books in the catalogue, from Night's Touch (2007) to Arthur (2024). Blood Eye (2009), Sons of Thunder (2010) and Odin's Wolves (2011) come next, followed by The Bleeding Land (2012), Brothers' Fury (2013), God of Vengeance (2014) and Winter's Fire (2016). Series include Rise of Sigurd, Bleeding Land and Arthurian Tales. Subjects include Vikings, Norway, Great Britain, France, revenge and historical fiction.

Terry Deary

340 books• 41 series

Terry Deary is a British children's author, born in 1946, best known as the writer of the Horrible Histories series. Deary has written 351 books, which have sold more than 38 million copies in over 45 languages, and has ranked among Britain's best-selling authors since 1994. In 2012 Deary was the tenth most-borrowed author in British libraries, and Books for Keeps magazine named Deary the Outstanding Children's Non-Fiction Author of the 20th Century. The catalogue lists 340 titles from Teaching Through Theatre (1977) onward, including the True Stories and Tudor Terror series.

Historical romance and FBI suspense make up Catherine Coulter's two main bodies of work. Regency and medieval romances such as the Sherbrooke Brides and Medieval Song sequences date back to the 1979 debut The Rebel Bride, while the FBI Thriller series and A Brit in the FBI follow government investigator Dillon Savich. Coulter's catalogue runs to 95 books, reaching The Heir of Whitestone in 2026.

Johanna Lindsey wrote historical romance across pirates, Vikings, the English aristocracy and the American west. Captive Bride (1977) opens a catalogue of 57 books, and the Malory-Anderson family novels are the best known strand, alongside the Reid family, the Viking Haardrad family, Sherring Cross and the Ly-San-Ter books. The run closed in 2019 with Temptation's Darling.

Harry Harrison

93 books• 15 series

Harry Harrison, born Henry Maxwell Dempsey (March 12, 1925 to August 15, 2012), was an American science fiction author. The Stainless Steel Rat is the character most tied to Harrison, and the 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! loosely inspired the film Soylent Green (1973). Harrison lived in Ireland and the United Kingdom, helped found the Irish Science Fiction Association and co-presided over the Birmingham Science Fiction Group with Brian Aldiss. Deathworld (1960), Bill, The Galactic Hero, To The Stars and Hammer and The Cross are among the catalogued works.

Robert Graham Low (8 July 1949 to 31 May 2021) was a Scottish journalist and historical fiction writer. The Oathsworn novels by Low take place in the Viking Age. Beyond Oathsworn, the catalogue lists the Kingdom Trilogy, Brothers Of The Sands and Border Reivers series. The Whale Road (2007), The Wolf Sea (2008), The White Raven (2009) and The Prow Beast (2010) are early titles, and The Lion Wakes (2011), Crowbone (2012) and Beasts Beyond the Wall (2019) follow. Shake Loose the Border (2021) is the newest.

Heather Graham is the name under which Heather Graham Pozzessere, an American writer born on 15 March 1953, publishes mainly romance fiction; Shannon Drake is a further pen name. Graham's work has been published in about 25 languages, with more than 75 million copies printed. The catalogue records 311 books from Tender Taming (1983) to Destiny Rising (2026). Krewe of Hunters, Harrison Investigation, Cafferty & Quinn, Alliance Vampires, Keepers: L.A., New York Confidential and Finnegan Connection are among the Graham series. Subjects span historical, paranormal, contemporary and suspense romance.

Shelly Laurenston is a pseudonym of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author G.A. Aiken, who lives on the West Coast. Dragon stories appear as G.A. Aiken, and stories of wolves, lions, tigers and other predators appear as Shelly Laurenston. The catalogue lists 30 books from Pack Challenge (2006) to To Kill a Badger (2025), with The Farmer Prince due in 2027. Honey Badger Chronicles, Magnus Pack, Call of Crows and Long Island Coven are among the series, and shapeshifting and paranormal romance appear in the subjects.

Connie Mason, who also publishes as Cara Miles, writes historical romance: more than fifty novels and novellas, set in American and overseas locales. Romantic Times named Mason Story Teller of the Year in 1990 and gave a Career Achievement award in the western category in 1994. The catalogue holds 64 books from Tender Fury (1984), the first published work, to Between a Rake and a Hard Place (2014), with series including Delaney, Royal Rakes, Beyond the Horizon and Flame. Mason lives in Tarpon Springs, Florida, and the list is marked likely complete.

Michelle Willingham writes historical romance and has been a RITA Award finalist. Willingham grew up in a military household that lived in countries including Thailand, Germany and England, wrote a first historical romance at the age of twelve, and attended the University of Notre Dame. The catalogue lists 54 books from Her Irish Warrior (2007) to Her Forbidden Irish Warrior (2026). Series include MacEgan Brothers, MacKinloch Clan, Secrets in Silk, Legendary Warriors, Forbidden Weddings, Warriors of the Night, School for Spinsters, Forbidden Vikings, Warriors of Ireland and Earls Next Door. Subjects include nobility, marriage, soldiers and Vikings.

Tim Severin (1940-2020) was a British explorer and historian who retraced the voyages of legendary travellers and wrote about them. The Sindbad Voyage (1982) won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, and Severin received medals from both the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. His 27 books begin with Tracking Marco Polo (1964). Later fiction includes the Viking novels and the Hector Lynch pirate series.

Mary Pope Osborne

166 books• 9 series

Mary Pope Osborne, born May 20, 1949, is an American children's author and audiobook narrator best known for the Magic Tree House series, which had sold more than 134 million copies worldwide by 2017. Awards have gone to both the series and Osborne, including recognition for work promoting children's literacy. Osborne attended the University of North Carolina and published a first book in 1982. The catalogue counts 166 Osborne books, from Run, Run, As Fast As You Can (1982) to Sea Otter Sunrise (2025). Time travel, tree houses, history, folklore and Greek mythology appear among the subjects.

Jonathan Stroud

28 books• 4 series

Jonathan Stroud is a British fantasy writer, born 27 October 1970, known for the Bartimaeus young adult sequence and the Lockwood & Co. children's series. The Bartimaeus sequence received the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire and Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards, and Stroud's books have appeared on ALA Notable lists. Netflix announced a Lockwood & Co. television series in 2020, and filming began in July 2021. The catalogue lists 28 Stroud books from The Lost Treasure of Captain Blood (1996) to The Legendary Scarlett and Browne (2025), with The Amulet of Samarkand dated 2003.

Tom Holt, born Thomas Charles Louis Holt on 13 September 1961, is a British novelist who also writes fantasy as K. J. Parker. The catalogue lists 57 books under the Holt name, from Lucia in Wartime (1985) and Lucia Triumphant (1986) to The Eight Reindeer of the Apocalypse (2023). Recorded subjects include humorous fantasy, and titles include Expecting Someone Taller (1987), Who's Afraid Of Beowulf? (1988), Goatsong (1989) and Flying Dutch (1991). Series include J. W. Wells & Co., YouSpace and Walled Orchard.

Harper St. George writes historical and western romance, with Vikings, the American West and arranged marriage among the subjects. The catalogue lists 18 books from Enslaved by the Viking (2015) to The Dove and the Rogue (2026). One Night with the Viking (2016), The Viking Warrior's Bride (2017), An Outlaw to Protect Her (2018) and Marrying Her Viking Enemy (2019) come in between. Series include Viking Warriors, To Wed a Viking, Outlaws of the Wild West / Gilded West, Gilded Age Heiresses and Doves of New York.

Kevin Crossley-Holland

75 books• 4 series

Kevin Crossley-Holland, born 7 February 1941, is an English poet, translator and author for children. The Arthur trilogy (2000–2003) won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Storm, a 1985 novella, received the Carnegie Medal and in 2007, the medal's 70th anniversary, was named among the ten top winners. The catalogue lists 75 books from Havelok The Dane (1964) to Red the River Rises (2026), with King Horn: A Medieval Romance (1966), The Green Children (1968) and The Rain-Giver: Poems (1972) among them. Folklore, tales, poetry and the Middle Ages appear in the subjects.

Linda Bailey is a Canadian children's author born in 1948. The Stevie Diamond mysteries open Bailey's catalogue in 1992 with How Come the Best Clues Are Always in the Garbage?, and the Good Times Travel Agency books take young readers into Ancient Egypt and the Middle Ages. Picture books account for much of the rest, at a median of 48 pages. The Writers' Trust of Canada gave Bailey the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People in 2021. 46 books are catalogued, with The Easter Wolf listed for 2027.

Carl Bowen has 41 books in the catalogue, from Project Utopia (1999) to Gods and Thunder (2017). Special forces, soldiers and terrorism appear among the subject headings, alongside graphic novels and adaptations. The Bowen series are Shadow Squadron, Firestormers, Werewolf: The Apocalypse: Tribe Novel and Aberrant. Predator & Prey: Vampire (2000) and Silent Striders & Black Furies (2001) are early titles.

Erica David writes media tie-in fiction for children. The catalogue holds 31 books published between 2004 and 2019, with Disney Frozen: Anna & Elsa and Legend of Korra recorded as series and SpongeBob SquarePants among the subjects. Titles include Hotel For Dogs Movie Novelization (2008), My Name Is CheeseHead (2008), The Eye of the Fry Cook (2009) and The Great Patty Caper (2010). Recorded subjects also cover sisters, magic, queens, princesses and snowmen. The recorded editions run to a median of 124 pages.

Norse myth runs through Asa Maria Bradley's catalogue, whose subject records name Vikings, Norse gods, Valkyries, paranormal romance, fantasy and the occult. Bradley has 16 catalogued books published between 2015 and 2025, all credited to Bradley alone, from Viking Warrior Rising (2015) to Berserker Vengeance (2025). Norse Warrior Protectors: The Wolves, Norse Warrior Protectors: The Berserkers and Power of Lightning are the three series filed under the name.