Jonathan “Jack” West Junior is the main character in the book series by Australian author Matthew Reilly. Also nicknamed “Huntsman”, Jack was once considered one of the best soldiers in the world but disliked being a soldier himself. He is now a historian with a knack for solving ancient puzzles and traps. A calm and…
American actor, singer, and author Chris Colfer became famous for his role in the television musical show Glee in which he played Kurt Hummel. During his time on the show, he started to write. First, as a screenwriter for the movie Struck by Lightning (2012), then as a Children Fantasy writer with The Land of…
Written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher was a popular fantasy series composed of multiple novels and short stories. The series revolves around the famous Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, a beast hunter with supernatural abilities (he is a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a…
From American author Megan Whalen Turner, The Queen’s Thief is a fantasy series for young adults in six volumes. Set in a world rich with political machinations and intrigue, battles, dangerous journeys, divine intervention, power, passion, revenge, and deception, The Queen’s Thief series resolves around the adventures of the incorrigible Eugenides, a thief. He says…
Written by Genevieve Cogman (Scarlet), the Invisible Library is a series of fantasy sci-fi spy adventure novels about very dangerous books. The story focuses on Irene, a professional spy for the mysterious Library, a shadowy organization that collects important works of fiction from all of the different realities. Working with her apprentice Kai, a dragon…
Written by the American author Christine Feehan, GhostWalkers is a paranormal/romance series about people with psychic abilities. The GhostWalker experiment was created to enhance the psychic abilities of an elite squadron, transforming their natural telekinetic powers into a unique military weapon. Now, they go on impossible missions, using their powers to save lives and find…
Coming from a former magazine editor, film critic, and British journalist Andy McDermott, the Nina Wilde/Eddie Chase series is a thriller full of adventures and mythology. In this globetrotting series, we follow archaeologist Nina Wilde and former SAS soldier, now bodyguard, Eddie Chase as they search for great treasures and face those who want to…
Coming from American author Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society series is a children’s book series. The story is about the adventures of four young children, Reynie Muldoon, George “Sticky” Washington, Kate Wetherall, and Constance Contraire, who are each gifted in different areas. But they have one thing in common: they are either orphans…
Written by New Mexican author and former law enforcement officer Michael McGarrity, the Kevin Kerney series takes place in New Mexico, from the Tularosa Basin and Lincoln County to Hermit’s Peak, but also sometimes in Santa Fe. It’s about law enforcement officer Kevin Kerney who used to be a cop, a private investigator, and even…
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…
Born on August 10, 1962, in Hartford, Connecticut, Suzanne Collins is an American television writer and author. She began her career in 1991 as a writer for children’s television shows, before she began to write children’s books. Her debut book, Gregor the Overlander is published in 2003. She has been named one of Time magazine’s…
Coming from Dewey Lambdin, Alan Lewrie is the fictional hero of a naval adventure series of novels published from 1989 to 2019. The series was not supposed to stop after 25 novels, but the death of Dewey Lambdin in 2021 changed that (no news for now about his 26th unfinished book). Alan Lewrie is the…
