18 YA Dystopian Book Series to Read

18 YA Dystopian Book Series to Read

The dystopian genre is nothing new; well-established classics like George Orwell’s “1984” or Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” laid the groundwork for its kind of storytelling. But around 15 years ago, the genre found a new audience within the growing market of young adult readers. Mixing a variety of themes that explore societal, political, and…

Lesley Pearse Books in Order (Belle, Suspects, Deception…)

Lesley Pearse Books in Order (Belle, Suspects, Deception…)

Lesley Pearse is a best-seller British novelist who started writing more than a decade before being published for the first time. Her books always center around women with troubles. She published more than thirty books, not always in the same genres, from romance to crime, traditional sagas, historical, and contemporary. He is known for Belle,…

Memory Man/Amos Decker Books in Order: How to read David Baldacci’s series?

Memory Man/Amos Decker Books in Order: How to read David Baldacci’s series?

Created by bestseller author David Baldacci, the Amos Decker/Memory Man series is a crime novel book series about a detective with special abilities. Amos Decker is a former professional football player who was violently hit on his first play, resulting in severe injuries and changes to his brain. This was the end of his football…

Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Books in Order: How to read Anne Perry’s series?

Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Books in Order: How to read Anne Perry’s series?

Written by English author Anne Perry, the author of the William Monk and Daniel Pitt series, this historical detective series is about Thomas Pitt, a police inspector in Victorian London. Pitt is from a working-class background and faces various challenges and obstacles in his career as a police officer due to his social status and…

Dork Diaries Books in Order: How to read Rachel Renée Russell’s series?

Dork Diaries Books in Order: How to read Rachel Renée Russell’s series?

Written and illustrated by Rachel Renée Russell, Dork Diaries is a children’s book series about Nikki Maxwell, a misfit kid who lives with a weird family. She chronicles her life through text and art-her move to a new school, her battles with queen bee MacKenzie, and her zany adventures with her BFFs Chloe and Zoey…

Asa Larsson Books in Order (Rebecka Martinsson: Arctic Murders)

Asa Larsson Books in Order (Rebecka Martinsson: Arctic Murders)

Åsa Larsson was a tax lawyer but is now a bestselling/award-winning Swedish crime-fiction writer. Larsson is mostly known for her Rebecka Martinson series, about a lawyer who returns to her hometown in Kiruna and gets involved in the search for a killer. Her book Sun Storm (aka The Savage Altar) was adapted as a movie,…

Julie Garwood Books in Order (Buchanan/FBI, Lairds’ Brides, Crown’s Spies, Clayborne of Rosehill)

Julie Garwood Books in Order (Buchanan/FBI, Lairds’ Brides, Crown’s Spies, Clayborne of Rosehill)

American writer from Kansas City, Julie Garwood is known for her romance novels in both the historical and suspense subgenres – more than 20 of them being New York Times Bestsellers. Encouraged by a professor, Julie started to write and published her first historical novel, Gentle Warrior, in 1985. The next one quickly followed. She…

Vlad Taltos Books in Order: How to read Steven Brust’s fantasy series?

Vlad Taltos Books in Order: How to read Steven Brust’s fantasy series?

Written by American fantasy and science fiction author Steven Brust, this long-running fantasy series is about a man named Vlad Taltos, an assassin in the magical metropolis of Adrilankha. Set in the world of Dragaera, the story follows wisecracking Vlad Taltos (táltos is Hungarian for a kind of supernatural person in folklore) and his jhereg–a…

11 Book Series set in Ancient Rome

11 Book Series set in Ancient Rome

Spanning over a millennium, the Roman Empire’s saga is a fascinating blend of military might, political machinations, cultural achievements, and inevitable decline. No surprise these Historical times inspired writers to tell stories of all kinds. The following list of book series offers a diverse range of perspectives on Ancient Rome, exploring various aspects of its…

Dread Empire’s Fall Books in Order: How to read Walter Jon Williams’s series?

Dread Empire’s Fall Books in Order: How to read Walter Jon Williams’s series?

Written by the American author Walter Jon Williams, the Dread Empire’s Fall series is a military science fiction/space opera series. Set in a future in which the powerful Shaa species has conquered the universe, the story begins with the death of the Shaa. The Naxids, the first species they conquered, wanted to take over but…

Verity Kent Books in Order: How to read Anna Lee Huber’s series?

Verity Kent Books in Order: How to read Anna Lee Huber’s series?

Coming from American author Anna Lee Huber (Lady Darby Mysteries), The Verity Kent series is about a former British Secret Service Agent using her skills to investigate complex murder mysteries. The series is set during peacetime, after the First World War in 1919, and revolves around Verity Kent who used to work for the Secret…

Fixer-Upper Mysteries in Order: How to read Kate Carlisle’s Series?

Fixer-Upper Mysteries in Order: How to read Kate Carlisle’s Series?

Adapted for television by the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel (with Jewel and Colin Ferguson), the Fixer Upper Mysteries is a cozy mystery series written by Kate Carlisle (Bibliophile Mysteries). The story takes us to the small resort town of Lighthouse Cove in California. There, everyone knows that the best man for the job is…