Book Series Guide

Author index

Authors beginning with A

A. A. Milne

A. A. Milne

English author, playwright, poet, essayist, and creator of Winnie-the-Pooh.

50 works1 series
A. J. Finn

A. J. Finn

A. J. Finn is an author of psychological suspense novels.

2 works0 series

A. J. Hackwith

A queer speculative-fiction writer known for fantasy and science-fiction novels, including the Hell's Library trilogy; she also writes science-fiction romance as Ada Harper.

9 works2 series

A. R. Braunmuller

American literary scholar and editor specializing in Shakespeare, English Renaissance drama, and literary criticism.

11 works5 series
A. R. Torre

A. R. Torre

A. R. Torre is the suspense-fiction pseudonym of Alessandra Torre, known for psychological and domestic thrillers.

12 works2 series

A. S. Byatt

English novelist, short-story writer, critic, and essayist best known for Possession and the Frederica Quartet.

25 works1 series

A.D.P. Briggs

British scholar, critic, editor, and translator of Russian literature, especially Alexander Pushkin.

19 works2 series
A.G. Riddle

A.G. Riddle

American science-fiction and thriller novelist known for science-driven mysteries, apocalyptic scenarios, and speculative adventure.

14 works3 series
Abby Jimenez

Abby Jimenez

American bestselling author of contemporary romantic comedies.

13 works4 series
Abraham Verghese

Abraham Verghese

Ethiopian-born American physician, professor, and author known for memoirs and literary fiction centered on medicine, migration, family, and human connection.

5 works0 series
Ada Palmer

Ada Palmer

American historian, novelist, and composer known for speculative fiction and Renaissance intellectual history.

10 works2 series
Adalyn Grace

Adalyn Grace

Adalyn Grace is a bestselling author of young-adult fantasy, including the Belladonna trilogy and the All the Stars and Teeth duology.

6 works2 series

Adam Higginbotham

British journalist and nonfiction author known for deeply reported histories of major technological disasters.

3 works0 series
Adam Hochschild

Adam Hochschild

American historian, journalist, lecturer, and nonfiction author known for narrative histories and memoirs focused on human rights, social justice, war, and political repression.

11 works0 series

Adam Kay

British author, comedian, television writer, and former junior doctor known for humorous medical memoirs and children's books.

13 works1 series
Adam L. G. Nevill

Adam L. G. Nevill

English horror fiction writer known for supernatural, folk, and psychological horror.

19 works0 series
Adam M. Grant

Adam M. Grant

Adam M. Grant is an organizational psychologist, Wharton professor, and bestselling author focused on character, connection, culture, and change.

9 works0 series
Adam Silvera

Adam Silvera

American young adult author known for queer-centered contemporary, speculative, and fantasy fiction.

10 works3 series
Adam Smith

Adam Smith

Scottish moral philosopher and pioneer of political economy, best known for The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations.

6 works0 series

adastra339

Writer of LitRPG, progression fantasy, and cultivation fiction.

13 works2 series
Adiba Jaigirdar

Adiba Jaigirdar

Adiba Jaigirdar is a Bangladeshi-Irish author of young adult, middle grade, and adult fiction, including queer and culturally specific stories.

8 works0 series
Adrian Alphona

Adrian Alphona

Filipino-Canadian comic-book artist best known for co-creating Marvel's Runaways and for his work on Ms. Marvel.

10 works4 series
Adrian McKinty

Adrian McKinty

Northern Irish crime and thriller novelist known for the Sean Duffy and Michael Forsythe series, the Lighthouse Trilogy, and standalone thrillers including The Chain and The Island.

23 works3 series

Adrian Nathan West

American writer, critic, essayist, and literary translator.

2 works0 series
Adrian Tchaikovsky

Adrian Tchaikovsky

British science-fiction and fantasy author known for large-scale speculative series, inventive nonhuman protagonists, and genre-blending novellas.

65 works17 series
Adrienne Young

Adrienne Young

Adrienne Young is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author of adult and young adult fiction.

13 works3 series
Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

English crime novelist, short-story writer, playwright, poet, and memoirist best known for Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

135 works9 series
Agustina Bazterrica

Agustina Bazterrica

Argentine novelist and short-story writer known for literary horror and speculative fiction.

5 works0 series
Aiden Thomas

Aiden Thomas

Aiden Thomas is a trans, Latinx, New York Times bestselling young adult author with an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College.

5 works2 series
Akwaeke Emezi

Akwaeke Emezi

Nigerian nonbinary storyteller and visual artist whose fiction, memoir, and poetry center Indigenous Black realities, Igbo metaphysics, embodiment, and radical possibilities.

10 works1 series

Al Álvarez

British poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic, anthologist, and memoirist who wrote as A. Alvarez and Al Alvarez.

28 works0 series

Al Switzler

American author, speaker, and organizational-change consultant known for co-authoring books on communication, accountability, leadership, and behavior change.

9 works2 series
Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton

Swiss-British author and public intellectual known for accessible books applying philosophy, literature, art, and psychology to everyday life.

17 works0 series

Alan Cumming

Scottish-American actor, writer, singer, director, and activist whose authored works include a novel, memoirs, nonfiction, photographic essays, children's picture books, and a co-authored cultural memoir.

7 works1 series
Alan Dean Foster

Alan Dean Foster

American science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and nonfiction author known for the Humanx Commonwealth, Pip & Flinx, and Spellsinger series, as well as numerous film and television novelizations.

143 works20 series

Alan Durband

English teacher, writer, editor, Shakespeare adapter, and Liverpool theatre advocate.

34 works8 series
Alan Lee

Alan Lee

American crime writer based in Roanoke, Virginia, known for mystery, crime, and thriller novels.

33 works4 series
Alan Moore

Alan Moore

Alan Moore is an English writer best known for influential graphic novels and comics, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell.

80 works21 series
Alan Watts

Alan Watts

British-American writer, speaker, and interpreter of Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, and comparative religion.

63 works1 series
Alastair Reynolds

Alastair Reynolds

Welsh hard-science-fiction author known for space opera, deep-time settings, and scientifically informed worldbuilding.

32 works6 series
Alaya Dawn Johnson

Alaya Dawn Johnson

Alaya Dawn Johnson is an American speculative-fiction writer known for novels and short fiction blending science fiction, fantasy, social commentary, and Afrofuturist themes.

15 works3 series
Albert Camus

Albert Camus

French-Algerian novelist, essayist, playwright, journalist, and Nobel Prize-winning author associated with absurdism and the philosophy of revolt.

38 works3 series

Albert Hunt

British theatre director, teacher, critic, and writer associated with alternative theatre, experimental education, documentary film, and television studies.

6 works2 series
Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley

English novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, travel writer, and philosophical thinker best known for Brave New World, The Doors of Perception, and Island.

72 works0 series
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Russian novelist, historian, memoirist, dramatist, and dissident whose writing exposed the Soviet labor-camp system and explored Russia's moral and historical crises.

35 works2 series
Alex Aster

Alex Aster

Alex Aster is a New York-based bestselling novelist who writes young adult fantasy, adult romance, and adult romantasy.

12 works3 series
Alex Finlay

Alex Finlay

Alex Finlay is a bestselling American thriller novelist whose books include Every Last Fear, The Night Shift, What Have We Done, If Something Happens to Me, Parents Weekend, and The Anniversary.

6 works0 series
Alex Haley

Alex Haley

Alex Haley (1921–1992) was an American writer and journalist best known for The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Roots.

7 works1 series
Alex Michaelides

Alex Michaelides

British-Cypriot novelist best known for psychological thrillers.

3 works0 series

Alex North

Alex North is the pen name of British crime writer Steve Mosby, known for psychological thrillers and horror-tinged crime fiction.

4 works0 series

Alex Ross

Alex Ross is an American comic-book writer, plotter, painter, and artist known for painted superhero graphic novels and limited series.

20 works3 series
Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith

Scottish author and legal scholar known for literary fiction, detective series, children's books, poetry, short stories, and academic works.

169 works12 series

Alexander Pushkin

Russian poet, novelist, dramatist, and prose writer (1799–1837), widely regarded as the founder of modern Russian literature.

39 works0 series
Alexandra Bracken

Alexandra Bracken

Alexandra Bracken is an American bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction for young adults, middle-grade readers, and adults.

18 works5 series
Alexandra Christo

Alexandra Christo

British author of young adult and adult fantasy novels, including To Kill a Kingdom and Princess of Souls.

6 works3 series
Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

French novelist, playwright, travel writer, memoirist, historian, and essayist, best known for historical adventure fiction.

165 works10 series
Alexandria Bellefleur

Alexandria Bellefleur

Alexandria Bellefleur is an award-winning USA Today bestselling author of swoony contemporary romance, often featuring lovable grumps and sunshine characters. Her debut novel, Written in the Stars, won the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance and the 2020 Ripped Bodice Award for Excellence in Romantic Fiction.

8 works2 series
Alexis Hall

Alexis Hall

Alexis Hall is an English genrequeer author of LGBTQ+ romance, urban fantasy, historical fantasy, and science fiction.

35 works9 series
Alexis Henderson

Alexis Henderson

Alexis Henderson is an American speculative-fiction author known for dark fantasy, horror, witchcraft, and cosmic horror.

5 works0 series
Alfred Bester

Alfred Bester

American science-fiction author, editor, and writer for comics, radio, and television, best known for The Demolished Man and The Stars My Destination.

21 works0 series

Alfred Birnbaum

American literary translator, editor, and writer known for translating Japanese and Burmese literature.

3 works0 series

Alfred Lansing

American journalist and nonfiction writer best known for his narrative of Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition.

2 works1 series

Algernon Blackwood

English writer of supernatural fiction, fantasy, children's literature, memoir, essays, and plays.

44 works3 series
Ali Hazelwood

Ali Hazelwood

Ali Hazelwood is an Italian-born, American-based author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance.

18 works3 series

Ali Smith

Scottish novelist, short-story writer, essayist, playwright, and author of illustrated fiction.

21 works3 series
Alice Feeney

Alice Feeney

British novelist and former BBC journalist known for psychological thrillers.

8 works0 series
Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman

American novelist and author of young-adult and children's fiction known for magical realism, historical fiction, and emotionally resonant family stories.

50 works4 series
Alice Munro

Alice Munro

Canadian short-story writer and 2013 Nobel Prize laureate.

14 works0 series
Alice Oseman

Alice Oseman

Award-winning English author, illustrator, and screenwriter who created the Heartstopper graphic novel series and writes contemporary young adult fiction.

13 works1 series

Alice Sebold

Alice Sebold is an American writer known for the memoir Lucky and the novels The Lovely Bones and The Almost Moon.

3 works0 series
Alice Walker

Alice Walker

American novelist, poet, essayist, memoirist, short-story writer, and activist.

36 works0 series

Aliette de Bodard

Aliette de Bodard is a French science fiction and fantasy author known for Vietnamese-inspired space opera, dark fantasy, historical fantasy, and romantic speculative fiction.

20 works5 series
Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel

American cartoonist and author known for Dykes to Watch Out For and autobiographical graphic memoirs.

16 works1 series

Alison Cochrun

Alison Cochrun is an American author of queer contemporary romances.

5 works1 series
Alison Espach

Alison Espach

American novelist and short-story writer known for contemporary literary fiction marked by wit, emotional depth, and close observation of relationships.

7 works1 series

Alison Goodman

Australian author of historical, fantasy, science-fiction, and crime fiction for adults and young adults.

10 works3 series

Alison Watts

Australian author and literary translator, best known for the graded-reader novella Housemates and for translating contemporary Japanese fiction into English.

1 works1 series
Alix E. Harrow

Alix E. Harrow

American fantasy and speculative-fiction author known for imaginative, historically inflected stories about magic, stories, identity, and resistance.

8 works2 series

Allen Mandelbaum

American poet, translator, and scholar of classical and Italian literature.

8 works1 series
Allie Brosh

Allie Brosh

American author, artist, humorist, and blogger known for illustrated autobiographical essays about everyday life, mental health, animals, and human absurdity.

2 works0 series
Allison Saft

Allison Saft

American novelist known for romantic fantasy for young adult and adult readers.

5 works0 series

Ally Carter

Ally Carter is the pen name of Sarah Leigh Fogleman, an American author of adult, young adult, and middle-grade action-adventure and romance fiction.

28 works5 series
Ally Condie

Ally Condie

American author of young adult, middle-grade, picture-book, and adult fiction, best known for the Matched trilogy.

20 works3 series

Allyson Johnson

Allyson Johnson is a California author of fiction, including historical fiction and romance.

2 works0 series
Alma Katsu

Alma Katsu

Alma Katsu is an American author of historical horror, supernatural fiction, and espionage thrillers, best known for The Taker trilogy, The Hunger, The Deep, The Fervor, and the Red Widow series.

13 works2 series
Alyssa Cole

Alyssa Cole

Alyssa Cole is an American author of romance, thrillers, and graphic novels.

26 works5 series
Amal El-Mohtar

Amal El-Mohtar

Amal El-Mohtar is an award-winning writer of poetry and short fiction, and co-author of the New York Times bestselling This Is How You Lose the Time War.

4 works0 series

Amanda Dolan

Amanda Dolan is an educator, researcher, and writer focused on resilience, self-doubt, learning, and personal growth.

1 works0 series
Amanda Foody

Amanda Foody

Amanda Foody is a New York Times, USA Today, and indie bestselling author of fantasy novels, including the Wilderlore series, A Fate So Cold, and All of Us Villains.

13 works4 series

Amanda Lee

Amanda Lee is the mystery-fiction pseudonym of author Gayle Trent, also known as Gayle Leeson.

10 works1 series
Amanda Lovelace

Amanda Lovelace

Amanda Lovelace is an American poet and witchcraft author known for feminist, fairy-tale-inflected poetry and co-created tarot and oracle decks.

22 works5 series

Amanda Montell

Amanda Montell is an American writer and linguist known for nonfiction about language, culture, influence, and irrationality.

3 works0 series
Amber V. Nicole

Amber V. Nicole

Amber V. Nicole is a dark fantasy and fantasy-romance author known for morally complex characters, epic stakes, and stories blending magic, horror, and romance.

4 works1 series

Ambrose Bierce

American journalist, satirist, poet, short-story writer, critic, and Civil War veteran known for dark humor, supernatural fiction, and The Devil's Dictionary.

27 works0 series
Amélie Wen Zhao

Amélie Wen Zhao

Amélie Wen Zhao is a bestselling author of young adult fantasy novels.

7 works3 series
Amie Kaufman

Amie Kaufman

Amie Kaufman is a NYT and internationally bestselling author whose multi-award-winning work is published in nearly thirty languages.

27 works9 series
Amir Levine

Amir Levine

Psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and author specializing in attachment science and relationships.

2 works0 series
Amor Towles

Amor Towles

American novelist and short-fiction writer known for elegant historical and literary fiction.

7 works1 series

Amy Harmon

American novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist known for historical fiction, contemporary romance, romantic fantasy, and young adult fiction.

21 works4 series

Amy Poehler

American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and director best known for Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation, and the memoir Yes Please.

1 works0 series
Amy Tan

Amy Tan

American novelist, memoirist, essayist, children's author, and nature writer known for exploring Chinese American identity, family, memory, and cultural inheritance.

15 works0 series
Amy Tintera

Amy Tintera

Amy Tintera is an American author of young adult science fiction and fantasy and adult mystery fiction.

9 works3 series

Amy Wallace

American writer, biographer, novelist, and compiler of reference books.

15 works1 series
Ana Huang

Ana Huang

Ana Huang is a bestselling author of contemporary romance, including new adult, sports, billionaire, and suspense romances.

16 works4 series
Andre Aciman

Andre Aciman

Egyptian-born Italian-American writer and professor known for novels, memoirs, essays, and short fiction exploring desire, memory, exile, and place.

14 works1 series

Andrea L. Rogers

Andrea L. Rogers is a Cherokee Nation citizen and author of books for children and young adults, including horror, historical fiction, speculative fiction, and picture books.

5 works1 series
Andrea Stewart

Andrea Stewart

American fantasy author known for The Drowning Empire and The Hollow Covenant series.

10 works3 series
Andrew Hunt

Andrew Hunt

Andrew Hunt, often credited as Andy Hunt, is an American programmer, author, consultant, and publisher best known as co-author of The Pragmatic Programmer and a founder of the Pragmatic Bookshelf.

11 works1 series

Andrew J. Hurley

Andrew J. Hurley is an American historian whose work focuses on urban, environmental, public, and twentieth-century U.S. history.

8 works1 series
Andrew Joseph White

Andrew Joseph White

Andrew Joseph White is a bestselling trans and autistic American author of horror novels for young adults and adults.

4 works0 series

Andrew Postman

American author, novelist, nonfiction writer, and book collaborator.

8 works0 series
Andrew Rowe

Andrew Rowe

Andrew Rowe is a professional game designer and progression-fantasy novelist known for interconnected fantasy series and standalone game-inspired fiction.

18 works5 series
Andrew Sean Greer

Andrew Sean Greer

American novelist and short-story writer, winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Less.

8 works1 series
Andrzej Sapkowski

Andrzej Sapkowski

Polish fantasy author best known for The Witcher series and the Hussite Trilogy.

20 works2 series

Andy Kubert

Andy Kubert is an American comic-book artist and writer best known for superhero comics and graphic novels.

1 works1 series
Andy Weir

Andy Weir

American science-fiction author and former software engineer best known for The Martian, Artemis, and Project Hail Mary.

33 works5 series
Angela Carter

Angela Carter

English novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist, journalist, dramatist, and children's author (1940–1992).

27 works0 series
Angela Duckworth

Angela Duckworth

American psychologist, professor, and author known for research on grit, self-control, achievement, and the influence of situations on behavior.

2 works0 series
Angela Y. Davis

Angela Y. Davis

American scholar, author, activist, and prison-abolitionist theorist whose work centers race, gender, class, incarceration, feminism, and liberation.

10 works0 series
Angeline Boulley

Angeline Boulley

Angeline Boulley is an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and the author of young adult mystery-thriller novels about her Ojibwe community.

3 works1 series

Angie Kim

Korean American novelist and former trial lawyer known for literary mysteries and thrillers.

3 works1 series

Angie Sage

English children's author and illustrator known for fantasy novels, picture books, and books for beginning readers.

52 works9 series
Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas is an American author of young adult and middle-grade fiction, contemporary novels, fantasy, nonfiction, and collaborative novels.

11 works3 series
Ania Ahlborn

Ania Ahlborn

Polish-American horror and thriller author known for atmospheric, psychologically intense fiction.

14 works0 series

Anita Barrows

American poet, novelist, translator, and clinical psychologist known for poetry collections and translations of Rainer Maria Rilke.

8 works0 series

Anita Diamant

American novelist, journalist, essayist, and author of guidebooks on contemporary Jewish life.

15 works0 series

Anjali Singh

Anjali Singh is an Assistant Professor of English at Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, whose research focuses on postcolonial literature, diaspora studies, indenture literature, migration, memory, gender, and cultural studies.

1 works0 series
Ann Aguirre

Ann Aguirre

American author of science fiction, fantasy, paranormal romance, romantic suspense, and young adult fiction. She also writes as Ava Gray, Ellen Connor, and A.A. Aguirre.

143 works32 series
Ann Brashares

Ann Brashares

American author best known for young adult fiction, especially The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series.

15 works3 series

Ann Druyan

American author, screenwriter, producer, and science communicator known for popular-science writing and the Cosmos television franchise.

7 works0 series

Ann Goldstein

American curator, museum director, editor, and writer on modern and contemporary art.

11 works0 series
Ann Leckie

Ann Leckie

American science fiction and fantasy author best known for the Imperial Radch novels.

8 works2 series
Ann Liang

Ann Liang

Chinese-Australian author of bestselling young adult and adult fiction, including contemporary romance and historical fantasy.

10 works1 series

Ann Napolitano

American novelist known for literary fiction centered on family, loss, connection, and resilience.

4 works0 series
Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett

American novelist, memoirist, essayist, and children's author known for literary fiction, including Bel Canto, Commonwealth, The Dutch House, Tom Lake, and Whistler.

17 works0 series

Anna Lea

Writer and audio producer known for original historical fiction and full-cast audio-drama adaptations of classic novels.

7 works2 series

Anna Lembke

Anna Lembke is an American psychiatrist, professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine, and addiction-medicine specialist. She is the author of Drug Dealer, MD and Dopamine Nation.

2 works0 series
Anna-Marie McLemore

Anna-Marie McLemore

Anna-Marie McLemore is a queer, Latine, nonbinary author of young adult and adult fiction.

13 works1 series
Annalee Newitz

Annalee Newitz

Annalee Newitz is an American science journalist and science-fiction author.

8 works0 series

Anne Applebaum

American-Polish journalist and historian known for her work on communism, post-communist Europe, authoritarianism, and disinformation.

10 works0 series

Anne Bishop

American fantasy author known for the Black Jewels, Tir Alainn, Ephemera, The Others, and Isle of Wyrd series.

30 works6 series
Anne Brontë

Anne Brontë

Anne Brontë (1820–1849) was an English novelist and poet who published under the pseudonym Acton Bell.

3 works0 series
Anne Carson

Anne Carson

Canadian poet, essayist, classicist, translator, and professor whose books combine poetry, criticism, fiction, drama, and visual experimentation.

22 works1 series
Anne Frank

Anne Frank

Anne Frank was a German-born Jewish diarist and writer whose diary documented her family’s life in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

2 works0 series
Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott is an American novelist, memoirist, essayist, and nonfiction writer known for candid, humorous books about family, faith, recovery, and writing.

21 works0 series
Anne McCaffrey

Anne McCaffrey

Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011) was an American-Irish science-fiction and fantasy author best known for the Dragonriders of Pern series.

93 works20 series

Anne Perry

Anne Perry (1938–2023) was an English author best known for historical crime fiction, especially the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt and William Monk series.

116 works9 series
Anne Rice

Anne Rice

American novelist best known for gothic fiction, The Vampire Chronicles, and the Lives of the Mayfair Witches.

43 works8 series
Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler is an American novelist and short-story writer known for compassionate, observant fiction about families, marriage, and ordinary life.

27 works0 series

Annelies Jorna

Dutch writer and translator whose fiction includes youth novels, an adult novel, and co-authored youth short-story anthologies.

11 works1 series
Annie Barrows

Annie Barrows

American author of children's fiction, picture books, nonfiction, and adult novels, best known for the Ivy + Bean and Iggy series and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

32 works4 series

Annie Duke

Annie Duke is an American author, former professional poker player, and decision strategist.

7 works0 series
Annie Ernaux

Annie Ernaux

French writer whose autobiographical and sociological works examine class, gender, memory, family, sexuality, and collective experience. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2022.

26 works0 series
Annie Jacobsen

Annie Jacobsen

American investigative journalist and nonfiction author known for books on military history, intelligence, science, and national security.

9 works0 series
Annie Proulx

Annie Proulx

American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, memoirist, and nonfiction author known for works rooted in rural landscapes, environmental history, and regional communities.

25 works1 series
Anonymous

Anonymous

A cataloging designation for literary works whose authorship is unknown, undisclosed, or collective.

32 works2 series

Anthea Bell

English translator, adapter, and writer known for literary and children's-book work.

21 works0 series
Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain

American chef, author, memoirist, travel writer, television host, and graphic-novel co-writer known for candid writing about professional kitchens, food, travel, and culture.

15 works1 series
Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess

English novelist, critic, composer, poet, playwright, and memoirist (1917–1993), best known for A Clockwork Orange.

73 works2 series
Anthony Doerr

Anthony Doerr

American novelist, short-story writer, and memoirist known for lyrical literary fiction and historically expansive narratives.

6 works0 series
Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz

English novelist, screenwriter, and playwright known for mystery, thriller, horror, fantasy, and children's fiction.

90 works14 series
Anthony Ryan

Anthony Ryan

Anthony Ryan is a Scottish author of epic fantasy, science fiction noir, and horror. He previously worked in the British Civil Service and writes under the name A. J. Ryan for some horror fiction.

35 works8 series
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

French writer, poet, pioneering aviator, and journalist best known for The Little Prince and his aviation memoirs.

18 works0 series
Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

Russian physician, playwright, and short-story writer whose understated realism and psychological insight profoundly influenced modern literature and drama.

50 works0 series
Anton Hur

Anton Hur

Anton Hur is a Korean writer and literary translator based in Seoul, known for speculative fiction and essays.

3 works0 series
Antonia Hodgson

Antonia Hodgson

British author and publisher known for historical crime novels and epic fantasy.

5 works2 series

Antonia Lloyd-Jones

British literary translator and editor specializing in Polish fiction, reportage, poetry, and children's literature.

2 works0 series
Aravind Adiga

Aravind Adiga

Indian-born Australian novelist and journalist known for literary fiction and short stories.

5 works0 series
Ariel Lawhon

Ariel Lawhon

Ariel Lawhon is an American author of historical fiction novels and short fiction.

8 works0 series
Aristotle

Aristotle

Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath (384–322 BCE), founder of the Lyceum and a foundational figure in logic, ethics, political philosophy, natural science, biology, rhetoric, and poetics.

32 works3 series
Arkady Martine

Arkady Martine

Arkady Martine is a Hugo Award-winning speculative fiction writer known for the Teixcalaan novels and the novella Rose/House.

3 works1 series
Arkady Strugatsky

Arkady Strugatsky

Soviet and Russian science-fiction writer, translator, and co-author with Boris Strugatsky.

37 works2 series
Art Spiegelman

Art Spiegelman

American cartoonist, writer, editor, and comics advocate best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic memoir Maus.

9 works1 series
Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

British science-fiction writer, futurist, astronautics popularizer, and author of more than one hundred books.

86 works4 series
Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

Scottish physician, writer, poet, playwright, and creator of Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger, and Brigadier Gerard.

107 works4 series
Arthur Golden

Arthur Golden

American novelist best known for the historical novel Memoirs of a Geisha.

1 works0 series

Arthur Goldhammer

American writer, translator, and Harvard-affiliated scholar, best known as the author of the novel Shooting War and as a translator of French nonfiction and literature.

1 works0 series
Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller (1915–2005) was an American playwright, novelist, screenwriter, essayist, memoirist, and reporter best known for Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, and All My Sons.

47 works1 series
Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller (1915–2005) was an American playwright, novelist, essayist, and memoirist best known for Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, and All My Sons.

45 works0 series

Arthur Morey

American writer, editor, playwright, lyricist, teacher, and audiobook narrator.

2 works0 series
Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, memoirist, screenwriter, and political activist.

22 works0 series
Asako Yuzuki

Asako Yuzuki

Japanese novelist and essayist born in Tokyo in 1981.

30 works2 series

Ashlee Vance

American technology writer, television host, and producer known for books about Silicon Valley, technology entrepreneurs, and commercial space.

3 works0 series

Ashley Audrain

Canadian novelist known for psychologically suspenseful fiction about motherhood, womanhood, and family.

3 works0 series
Ashley Elston

Ashley Elston

Ashley Elston is an American author of young adult mystery and contemporary fiction and adult thrillers.

8 works2 series
Ashley Herring Blake

Ashley Herring Blake

Award-winning American author of queer contemporary romance and LGBTQ+ young adult and middle-grade fiction.

13 works2 series
Ashley Poston

Ashley Poston

Ashley Poston is an American author of young adult and adult romance, fantasy, and science fiction, including The Dead Romantics, The Seven Year Slip, and A Novel Love Story.

17 works6 series
Ashley Winstead

Ashley Winstead

Ashley Winstead is an academic-turned-novelist known for psychological thrillers and contemporary romantic comedies.

8 works1 series
Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Lindgren

Swedish author best known for Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and Ronia the Robber's Daughter.

90 works11 series
Atul Gawande

Atul Gawande

American surgeon, writer, and public health researcher known for medical nonfiction and science writing.

4 works0 series
Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde was an American poet, essayist, memoirist, feminist, and activist whose work addressed race, gender, sexuality, class, illness, and liberation.

18 works0 series
Audrey Niffenegger

Audrey Niffenegger

American novelist, graphic novelist, visual artist, and author of artist's books known for literary fantasy, romance, and explorations of time, mortality, love, and memory.

12 works0 series
Augusten Burroughs

Augusten Burroughs

American memoirist, novelist, essayist, and author of children's books.

12 works0 series
Austin Kleon

Austin Kleon

American writer and artist known for illustrated books about creativity and poetry made from newspaper redactions.

5 works1 series
Ava Reid

Ava Reid

Ava Reid is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of gothic, dark fantasy, and young adult fiction.

8 works2 series
Avi

Avi

Avi is the pen name of American author Edward Irving Wortis, best known for children's and young adult fiction.

83 works10 series
Axie Oh

Axie Oh

Axie Oh is a New York Times bestselling young adult author of science fiction, fantasy, and romance.

7 works3 series

Aylmer Maude

English writer, biographer, translator, and social commentator best known for his close association with Leo Tolstoy and his biography of him.

13 works1 series
Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, playwright, essayist, and philosopher who developed Objectivism, a philosophy centered on reason, individual rights, rational self-interest, and laissez-faire capitalism.

25 works0 series