Werewolves book series in reading order

by Kate Douglas

by Lori Handeland

by Charlaine Harris

by Curtis Jobling

by Darren Shan

by Elliott James

by Kim Harrison

by Mercedes Lackey

by Shiloh Walker

by Jessica Sims

by Marlene Perez

Paranormal and medieval romance for adult and teen readers is Terry Spear's specialism. Born in Sacramento, California, Spear built a werewolf romance line that began with Heart of the Wolf, named by Publishers Weekly among its Best Books of the Year for 2008. Heart of the Jaguar opened in 2012 with Savage Hunger, and Heart of the Cougar followed as a self-published series. Shapeshifters, werewolves and vampires run through 151 catalogued books dated 2005 to 2026, from Killing the Bloodlust to Cougar Christmas Catastrophe, with Highland Wolf, World of Fae and Magic of Inherian among the other series.

Kelley Armstrong, born 14 December 1968, is a Canadian writer working mainly in fantasy since 2001. Thirty-one fantasy novels carry the Armstrong name, thirteen of them in Women of the Otherworld, five in Cainsville, six in the Rockton books, and three each in Darkest Powers, Darkness Rising and Age of Legends. Armstrong also wrote the Nadia Stafford crime trilogy, three standalone teen thrillers, and the middle-grade Blackwell Pages trilogy with Melissa Marr. The catalogue runs to 177 titles, from Bitten (2001) to Last Resort at Haven's Rock, scheduled for 2027, with subjects including werewolves, witches, vampires and the supernatural.

Werewolves, vampires and shapeshifters populate Patricia Briggs's paranormal fantasy. Mercy Thompson, a shapeshifter who works as a car mechanic, leads the sequence that carries her name, and Alpha and Omega runs beside it, both with graphic novel adaptations. Briggs started with Masques (1993) and the Sianim and Hurog books before turning to the modern-day novels. The catalogue holds 54 titles and reaches Steel Rain in 2027.

Keri Arthur

68 books• 16 series

Vampires and werewolves fill Keri Arthur's paranormal fantasy and romance, with serial murder and horror in the mix. Riley Jenson heads the Guardian series, and Dark Angels, Lizzie Grace, Souls of Fire, the Damask Circle, Nikki & Michael, Spook Squad and the Kingdoms of Earth & Air stand beside it. Sixty-eight catalogued books run from Hearts in Darkness (2000) to Geitha's Tears in 2026.

Gail Carriger

37 books• 13 series

Gail Carriger is an American author of steampunk fiction. Carriger's 37 catalogued books span 1999 to 2024 and cover the Alexia Tarabotti, Finishing School, Custard Protocol and Delightfully Deadly series, plus a Parasol Protectorate manga line and titles issued as G.L. Carriger. Werewolves, vampires, London society and etiquette run through the work, and Carriger remains actively publishing.

Carrie Vaughn

84 books• 16 series

Carrie Vaughn, born on 28 January 1973, is an American writer and the creator of the urban fantasy Kitty Norville series. Vaughn has published more than 60 short stories in science fiction and fantasy magazines, anthologies and online magazines, writes for the Wild Cards books, won the 2018 Philip K. Dick Award for Bannerless and has been a Hugo Award nominee. The catalogue opens with Kitty and the Midnight Hour (2005), then Kitty Goes to Washington (2006) and Kitty Takes a Holiday (2007), and Blade Through the Heart (2026) is the newest title. Other series include Bannerless Saga, Cormac and Amelia, Graff and Naturalist Society. Subjects include werewolves, radio talk show hosts and Las Vegas.

Eileen Wilks is an American fiction writer, born November 3, 1952, who lives in Midland, Texas. The catalogue holds 43 books from The Loner and the Lady (1996) to Dragon Blood (2018), including Cowboys Do It Best (1997), Just a Little Bit Married? (1998), Rough Around the Edges (1998), Midnight Cinderella (1999) and Night of No Return (2000). Tall, Dark & Eligible, Just A Little Bit and At Midnight are among the series, and World of the Lupi is a linked entry. Paranormal romance, werewolves, magic, the FBI and bodyguards appear in the subjects.

Charlaine Harris

78 books• 14 series

Charlaine Harris, born Jean Charlaine Harris Schulz on November 25, 1951, in Tunica, Mississippi, is an American author specialising in mysteries. The Southern Vampire Mysteries, Harris's best-known series, became HBO's True Blood, which ran for seven seasons from 2008 to 2014. The catalogue starts with Sweet and Deadly (1981) and A Secret Rage (1984) and reaches The Last Wizards' Ball (2025). Sookie Stackhouse, Aurora Teagarden, Lily Bard, Gunnie Rose and Midnight, Texas are among the series. Vampires, werewolves and women librarians appear in the subjects, and Harris lives in Texas.

Paige Tyler works in paranormal and suspense romance, with shapeshifters, werewolves, police tactical units and erotica among the recorded subjects. The catalogue holds 101 books published between 2005 and 2026, opening with Bridezilla & A Date for the Wedding and The Magic Spell in 2005 and reaching Wolf Revealed in 2026. Series credited to Tyler include SWAT: Special Wolf Alpha Team, X-Ops, SEALs Of Coronado, STAT: Special Threat Assessment Team, Paranormal Investigations Unlimited and Men Of Alaska. Tyler is still publishing.

Kate Douglas writes erotic and paranormal romance, with series including Wolf Tales, Sexy Beast, Spirit Wild, Demon Lovers, DemonSlayers, Dream Catchers and StarQuest. The 68 catalogued books run from Pirate's Wild Paradise (1989) to Island Dreamin' (2024). Douglas started out writing radio copy for a country western station in 1972, then produced an educational cartoon strip for the American Mosquito Control Association and reported for a small-town weekly. The first romance came in the mid-1980s.

Susan Krinard has written paranormal romance and fantasy since 1993, starting after a published friend read one of her short stories and told her to attempt a novel. Bantam Dell bought the first, and Penguin, Harlequin, HarperCollins, St. Martin's Press and Tor followed. Werewolves, vampires and Norse valkyries populate the work, split into the 19th Century Werewolf books, Fane, Midgard, Val Cache, the Stone God novels and a Roaring Twenties vampire and werewolf trilogy. Thirty-five titles run from Prince of Wolves in 1994 to Twilight Crossing in 2017, among them twenty-three novels and twelve shorter pieces.

Lori Handeland, born 1961, is an American romance novelist and a two-time winner of the Romance Writers of America RITA Award. The catalogue lists 61 books from Second Chance (1994) to Charmed by the Moon (2024). Series include Nightcreature, Luchetti Brothers, Once Upon a Time in the West, Sisters of the Craft and Shakespeare Undead. Subjects include paranormal romance, romantic suspense, werewolves, vampires, witches, outlaws and Wisconsin.

Rhyannon Byrd is the pen name Tabitha Byrd publishes paranormal romance under. Werewolves, vampires, shapeshifting and psychics run through the work, which favours intense alpha male heroes. The catalogue lists 40 books from A Bite of Magick and A Shot of Magick (2004) to New York Scandal (2021), at a median of 288 pages. Series include Primal Instinct, the BloodRunners books, McKendrick Warlocks, Surf, Sun & Sex, London Affair and Santos Brothers. No new title has appeared since 2021.

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.

Ilona Andrews is the pen name of a husband-and-wife writing team. Ilona was born in Russia, and Gordon is a former communications sergeant in the U.S. Army; the two met in college and live in Oregon. The pair co-authored the Kate Daniels urban fantasy series and the romantic urban fantasy of The Edge. The catalogue lists 65 books from Magic Bites (2007) to Beast Business (2026), and other series include Hidden Legacy, Innkeeper Chronicles, Iron Covenant and Grey Wolf. Magic, shapeshifting, werewolves and Atlanta feature among the subjects.

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.

Paranormal romance with werewolves, shapeshifters and demons makes up most of Suzanne Wright's work. The catalogue runs to 48 books between 2012 and 2026, from Feral Sins to The Order of the Black Tapestry. Wright's series include the Phoenix Pack, the Mercury Pack, The Dark in You, Deep In Your Veins, The Olympus Pride and Devil's Cradle. Wright continues to publish.

Vicki Lewis Thompson, born 11 October 1950, is an American romance novelist who has also published as Cory Kenyon and, with Mary Tate Engels, as Corey Keaton. The catalogue holds 174 books from Mingled Hearts (1984) to When a Cowboy Falls Hard (2026), including Promise Me Sunshine (1984), When Angels Dance (1985) and The Fix-It Man (1986). Sons of Chance, McGavin Brothers, NERDS, Rowdy Ranch, Thunder Mountain Brotherhood, Buckskin Brotherhood, Wild About You and Hex are among the series. Cowboys, westerns, Harlequin Blaze, paranormal romance and werewolves appear in the subjects.

L.A. Banks has 46 books catalogued from 1996 to 2011, and the author is listed as likely complete. Sundance (1996) and Slow Burn (1997) are the earliest, followed by Love Lessons, Love Notes and Rivers of the Soul (2001), then Soul Food and Through the Storm (2002). Minion appeared in 2003. Series include Vampire Huntress, Crimson Moon, Betrayal of the Trust and Scarface. Vampires, werewolves, Damali Richards, African American women and women martial artists appear in the subject tags, along with romance, horror and paranormal fiction.

Christine Warren is an American romance novelist recognised by USA Today and The New York Times, published by St. Martin's Press. The Others is the signature series, with Gargoyles and Alphaville alongside it, and paranormal romance is the register throughout: werewolves, vampires, shapeshifters, gargoyles, fae and demons. Thirty books are catalogued from Gideon's Bargain (2003) to Your Lion Eyes (2023). No new novel has appeared since 2019.

Caitlin R. Kiernan

86 books• 9 series

Caitlín R. Kiernan, born 26 May 1964, is an Irish-born American writer of science fiction and dark fantasy who also works as a paleontologist. The output includes 10 novels, comic book series, and more than 250 short stories, novellas and vignettes. Kiernan has won both the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award twice. The catalogue lists 86 entries from 1997 to 2025, including issues of The Dreaming, Silk (1998) and Bright Dead Star (2025). Dancy Flammarion, Siobhan Quinn, Tinfoil Dossier and Chance Matthews are listed series, and horror, vampires and werewolves appear in the subjects.

Amanda Carlson writes urban fantasy and paranormal fiction; the subject headings name werewolves, vampires, demonology, magicians and goddesses. Twenty-five books are catalogued between 2012 and 2021, with Jessica McClain recurring as a character and heading a series list that also holds Holly Danger, Mina Kane and Phoebe Meadows. Blooded and Full Blooded appeared in 2012, Cold Blooded and Hot Blooded in 2013, and Red Blooded and Struck in 2014. The books run to a median of 300 pages, and the catalogue marks the run dormant.

Werewolves, vampires, shapeshifting, magic, demonology and paranormal romance are the subjects the catalogue records for Cat Adams. A Tale of the Sazi, Blood Singer and Thrall are the named series, with two further groupings filed under the C.T. Adams byline for novels and for short stories and novellas; Blood Singer also stands as a character entry. The 21 books run from Hunter's Moon (2004) to All Your Wishes (2016), with Moon's Web (2005), Captive Moon (2006), Touch of Evil (2006) and Touch of Madness (2007) early in the sequence. The median book is 358 pages.

Vampires and werewolves carry most of Molly Harper's paranormal romance. Jane Jameson opens the Half-Moon Hollow world in 2009 with Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs, and the Naked Werewolf books follow from 2011. Mystic Bayou, Southern Eclectic, Sorcery and Society, Starfall Point and Moonshadow Cove widen the catalogue to 66 titles, arriving at A Cute Little Murder in 2026.