Book Series Guide

Authors by book count

Most extensive bibliographies

Elif Shafak

British-Turkish novelist, essayist, memoirist, and political scientist who writes in Turkish and English.

22 works0 series

Frederick Forsyth

English novelist, journalist, and memoirist best known for meticulously researched espionage and political thrillers.

22 works1 series

Gabriel Bá

Brazilian comic-book artist and writer best known for The Umbrella Academy, Casanova, Daytripper, and Two Brothers.

22 works5 series

Guillermo del Toro

Mexican filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and author known for horror, dark fantasy, fairy tales, and monster fiction.

22 works2 series
Han Kang

Han Kang

South Korean novelist, poet, essayist, and children's author whose lyrical prose confronts historical trauma, violence, embodiment, and human fragility. She received the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature.

22 works0 series
James S. A. Corey

James S. A. Corey

Pseudonym of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, best known for the science-fiction series The Expanse.

22 works3 series

Jean Selz

French art historian, critic, and author (1904–1997), known for monographs on modern and nineteenth-century artists.

22 works3 series

John Bayley

British literary critic, novelist, essayist, and memoirist (1925–2015), and Oxford literary scholar.

22 works2 series
John Wyndham

John Wyndham

English science-fiction novelist and short-story writer, best known for The Day of the Triffids and other postwar speculative fiction.

22 works0 series
Kathe Koja

Kathe Koja

American author of horror, speculative, historical, weird, and young adult fiction.

22 works2 series

Kelley Jones

American comics artist and creator known for horror-oriented graphic storytelling, especially Batman, Deadman, and creator-owned work such as The Hammer.

22 works5 series
Kelly Barnhill

Kelly Barnhill

American author of fantasy, science fiction, children's literature, and juvenile nonfiction.

22 works0 series

Kevin Kelly

American technology writer, futurist, photographer, editor, and co-founder of Wired magazine, known for optimistic writing about technology, networks, culture, and the future.

22 works1 series

Lawrence Wright

American author, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, and staff writer for The New Yorker; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.

22 works0 series
Marko Kloos

Marko Kloos

German-born author of military science fiction, best known for the Frontlines series.

22 works4 series

Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, novelist, filmmaker, and editor known for formally inventive writing about memory, displacement, war, and identity.

22 works0 series
Olivie Blake

Olivie Blake

Olivie Blake is the pen name of Alexene Farol Follmuth, an American author of speculative fiction, fantasy, literary romance, young adult fiction, and comics.

22 works5 series

Robert Charles Wilson

Robert Charles Wilson is an American-Canadian science-fiction author known for ambitious novels about time, identity, society, and humanity's place in the universe.

22 works2 series
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Japanese modernist writer celebrated for psychologically intense short fiction, historical tales, essays, criticism, travel writing, and aphorisms.

22 works0 series
Scarlett St. Clair

Scarlett St. Clair

Scarlett St. Clair is a #1 New York Times bestselling Muscogee author of dark fantasy romance, romantasy, paranormal romance, and young adult fantasy.

22 works6 series
Stan Lee

Stan Lee

American comic-book writer, editor, publisher, and producer who co-created many of Marvel Comics' most influential superheroes.

22 works2 series
Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates

American author and journalist known for memoir, essays, historical fiction, poetry, and Marvel comics.

22 works5 series
Thomas Ligotti

Thomas Ligotti

American writer of philosophical horror, weird fiction, dark fantasy, poetry, and nonfiction.

22 works1 series
Veronica Roth

Veronica Roth

American novelist and short-story writer best known for the Divergent series.

22 works4 series
Washington Irving

Washington Irving

American author, essayist, historian, biographer, travel writer, and diplomat best known for The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., including “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”

22 works2 series

William Zinsser

American writer, editor, journalist, literary critic, and teacher best known for On Writing Well.

22 works0 series
Yevgeny Zamyatin

Yevgeny Zamyatin

Russian novelist, satirist, playwright, literary critic, and naval engineer best known for the dystopian novel We.

22 works1 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

Ali Smith

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

21 works3 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
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

Anthea Bell

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

21 works0 series
Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich

American author, journalist, political activist, and social critic known for writing on class, labor, feminism, health, and inequality.

21 works0 series
Danielle Paige

Danielle Paige

Danielle Paige is a New York Times bestselling young-adult author known for dark fairy-tale retellings, fantasy novels, and graphic fiction.

21 works4 series
Daryl Gregory

Daryl Gregory

Daryl Gregory is an American science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comics author known for novels, novellas, short fiction, and graphic works.

21 works4 series

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, photographer, musician, and author known for surrealist and psychologically distinctive works.

21 works1 series
David Sedaris

David Sedaris

American humorist, essayist, memoirist, short-story writer, playwright, and author of children's books known for acerbic, observational personal writing.

21 works1 series

David Skilton

British literary scholar and emeritus professor of English at Cardiff University, known for work on Victorian fiction, Anthony Trollope, literary illustration, and the art and literature of London.

21 works2 series

Gene Kim

American author, researcher, and technology leader known for influential books on DevOps, organizational performance, and software delivery.

21 works2 series
J. Sheridan Le Fanu

J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, journalist, and editor best known for Victorian Gothic, supernatural, mystery, and sensation fiction, including Uncle Silas and In a Glass Darkly.

21 works0 series
Jacqueline Carey

Jacqueline Carey

American fantasy novelist best known for the Kushiel's Legacy series.

21 works7 series
Jay Kristoff

Jay Kristoff

Australian author of internationally bestselling adult and young adult fantasy and science fiction, including solo and co-authored series.

21 works7 series

Jill Thompson

American comic-book writer, artist, and illustrator known for Scary Godmother, Magic Trixie, The Little Endless Storybook, Death: At Death's Door, Wonder Woman: The True Amazon, and Beasts of Burden.

21 works4 series
John Irving

John Irving

American-Canadian novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, and screenwriter known for comic, dramatic literary fiction about unconventional families, sexuality, morality, and social justice.

21 works0 series
Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) was a Lebanese-American poet, writer, and artist who wrote in Arabic and English and became a leading figure of Mahjar and modern Arabic literature.

21 works1 series
Karen Marie Moning

Karen Marie Moning

American author of paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and historical romance, best known for the Highlander and Fever series.

21 works4 series

Kirsten Miller

American novelist and children's author known for feminist fiction, young adult novels, and middle-grade books.

21 works5 series
Lane Smith

Lane Smith

American author-illustrator of children's picture books and middle-grade fiction, known for surreal humor, satire, and distinctive mixed-media artwork.

21 works1 series