Historical novels that rework major Jewish or religious-literary figures and themes for young readers, including Shakespeare's Shylock and Lessing's Nathan.

3 books · View reading order →

comic-series · completed

Klaus

by Grant Morrison

Grant Morrison's creator-owned reimagining of the Santa Claus mythos.

5 books · View reading order →

novel-series · finished

Knight Life

by Peter David

Arthurian comedy series about King Arthur in the modern world.

3 books · View reading order →

series · incomplete

Knights of Forty Islands

by Sergei Lukyanenko

A science-fiction series about teenagers forced to survive a violent game on artificial islands.

2 books · View reading order →

novel-series · complete

Knockemout

by Lucy Score

A small-town contemporary romance trilogy set in Knockemout, Virginia.

3 books · View reading order →

comic series · complete

Know Your Station

by Sarah Gailey

A complete science-fiction mystery comic series about murder and class conflict aboard an orbital sanctuary for the wealthy.

1 book · View reading order →

series · complete

Kodansha Children's Classics

by Ralph F. McCarthy

A series of bilingual English-Japanese retellings of Japanese folktales and children's classics, with Ralph F. McCarthy as reteller.

10 books · View reading order →

media-tie-in-series · complete

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

by Nancy Holder

Media-tie-in series.

1 book · View reading order →

quartet · complete

Kon-Tiki Quartet

by Eric Brown

A collaborative novella sequence by Eric Brown and Keith Brooke about humanity's first extrasolar colony expedition.

5 books · View reading order →

publishing initiative · completed

Krakoan Age

by Jonathan Hickman

The X-Men publishing initiative launched by House of X and Powers of X and developed through Hickman's core X-Men work and events.

15 books · View reading order →

duology · complete

Krondor's Sons

by Raymond E. Feist

A two-book Midkemia sequence following the sons of Prince Arutha.

2 books · View reading order →

comic-series · completed

Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton

by Ryan North

Ryan North's collected DC graphic novel about Krypto's origins.

1 book · View reading order →

character-series · complete

Kull of Atlantis

by Robert E. Howard

Stories and fragments about Kull, the former Atlantean king.

2 books · View reading order →

duology · complete

Kyreol

by Patricia A. McKillip

A young-adult fantasy duology set around the mysterious Moon-Flash and the people of Kyreol.

2 books · View reading order →

quartet · complete

L.A. Quartet

by James Ellroy

Four interconnected novels about Los Angeles police, crime, and corruption from the 1940s through the 1950s.

4 books · View reading order →

duology · complete

L'Apparition des esprits / Le Véritable Amour

by Jacqueline Harpman

A two-work sequence following Catherine across her relationships and changing understanding of love.

2 books · View reading order →

novel-cycle · incomplete

La Comédie humaine

by Honoré de Balzac

Balzac's interconnected cycle of novels, novellas, and stories depicting French society from the Restoration through the July Monarchy.

71 books · View reading order →

novel series · complete

La Guerre des femmes

by Alexandre Dumas

A four-part historical romance set during the Fronde.

4 books · View reading order →

poetry · complete

La Légende des siècles

by Victor Hugo

Hugo's epic poetry cycle, published in three principal series between 1859 and 1883.

3 books · View reading order →

novel-series · complete

La Passe-miroir

by Christelle Dabos

A completed four-volume fantasy series following Ophélie, a young woman who can read the memories of objects and travel through mirrors.

4 books · View reading order →

art-monograph-series · completed

La Vie et l'œuvre

by Jean Selz

Illustrated artist monographs published by ACR Édition.

2 books · View reading order →

graphic-series · incomplete

Laddertop

by Orson Scott Card

A graphic fantasy series written with Emily Janice Card.

2 books · View reading order →

novel-series · complete

Ladies of Infamy

by Navessa Allen

A historical-romance series involving desire, secrecy, espionage, and danger in Regency-era Europe.

2 books · View reading order →

trilogy · complete

Lady Helen

by Alison Goodman

A historical-fantasy trilogy set in Regency England, following Lady Helen Wrexhall as she becomes involved in a secret battle against supernatural forces.

4 books · View reading order →

series · complete

Lady Julia Grey Mysteries

by Deanna Raybourn

Victorian mysteries following Lady Julia Grey and private inquiry agent Nicholas Brisbane.

9 books · View reading order →

novella-anthology-series · complete

Lady Whistledown

by Julia Quinn

Collaborative novella anthologies linked by the gossip columns of the Bridgerton character Lady Whistledown.

2 books · View reading order →

series · complete

Lady's Knight

by Meagan Spooner

A queer young adult fantasy series co-authored with Amie Kaufman about hidden identities, dragonslaying, jousting, and courtly romance.

2 books · View reading order →

graphic-series · complete

Ladycastle

by Delilah S. Dawson

A creator-owned fantasy comic miniseries.

4 books · View reading order →

limited comic series · complete

Lake of Fire

by Nathan Fairbairn

A completed historical science-fiction horror comic series set during the Albigensian Crusade.

1 book · View reading order →

series · complete

Lakefront Billionaires

by Lauren Asher

Steamy adult romances featuring sexy billionaires, lakefront mansions, and the small town of Lake Wisteria.

3 books · View reading order →

novel-series · complete

Landmoor

by Jeff Wheeler

A fantasy adventure about the Shae, human kingdoms, forbidden magic, and the powerful Everoot.

2 books · View reading order →

trilogy · complete

Landscapes

by Robert Macfarlane

A trilogy of books exploring landscape, place, human imagination, and the natural world.

3 books · View reading order →

trilogy · complete

Landstrykere–August Trilogy

by Knut Hamsun

A trilogy following the exuberant, opportunistic wanderer August and the changing communities he enters.

3 books · View reading order →

series · complete

Langham and Dupré Mysteries

by Eric Brown

A historical mystery series featuring crime writer and private investigator Donald Langham and Maria Dupré.

9 books · View reading order →

novels · completed

Lanny Budd

by Upton Sinclair

An eleven-novel historical saga following Lanny Budd through major political and social events in Europe and the United States from the First World War through the postwar period.

11 books · View reading order →

reference-series · complete

Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia: Cabinet of Biography

by Mary Shelley

A multivolume reference series of literary and scientific biographies to which Mary Shelley contributed five volumes covering writers from Italy, Spain, Portugal, and France.

5 books · View reading order →

series · complete

Lark Cove

by Devney Perry

Spicy romances set in a Montana lakeside town.

5 books · View reading order →

comic-series · concluded

Lark's Killer

by Bill Willingham

Crime comic series written by Bill Willingham.

1 book · View reading order →

series · complete

Larklight

by Philip Reeve

A humorous Victorian space-adventure trilogy, illustrated by David Wyatt.

3 books · View reading order →

novel-series · completed

Last Reality

by Kirsten Miller

A young adult science-fiction series co-authored with Jason Segel about immersive virtual reality, corporate control, and the boundary between digital and physical life.

3 books · View reading order →

novel-trilogy · complete

Late Trilogy

by Natsume Sōseki

A group of later novels centered on psychological conflict, alienation, and the difficulty of human connection.

3 books · View reading order →

series · open-ended

Latro

by Gene Wolfe

Historical fantasy novels narrated by Latro, a soldier whose memory resets each day.

3 books · View reading order →

series · complete

Laurie Jo Hansen

by Jerry Pournelle

CoDominium Universe sequence centered on Laurie Jo Hansen.

2 books · View reading order →

fiction · complete

Lawn Boy

by Gary Paulsen

Comic novels about a boy whose lawn-mowing business unexpectedly becomes a business empire.

2 books · View reading order →

comic-book-series · complete

Lazarus Planet

by C.S. Pacat

A DC Comics crossover anthology series.

1 book · View reading order →

novel-series · complete

Leave It to Beaver

by Beverly Cleary

Cleary's fictionalizations and continuation of the Leave It to Beaver television characters.

3 books · View reading order →

scholarly-commentary-series · incomplete

Lectura Dantis

by Allen Mandelbaum

A canto-by-canto scholarly commentary on Dante's Divine Comedy, edited by Allen Mandelbaum, Anthony Oldcorn, and Charles Stanley Ross.

2 books · View reading order →

short-fiction series · unfinished

Lefty Feep

by Robert Bloch

A series of comic fantasy and science-fiction stories featuring Lefty Feep; only one planned collection volume was published during Bloch's lifetime.

2 books · View reading order →

series · completed

Legacy

by Rebecca Yarros

A contemporary romance series set around a Colorado hotshot-firefighter crew and its families.

7 books · View reading order →

series · complete

Legacy of Dragons

by Jack Campbell

A sequel trilogy set in the world of The Pillars of Reality.

3 books · View reading order →

series · completed

Legacy of Gods

by Rina Kent

A dark contemporary-romance series following the next generation of the Rinaverse.

6 books · View reading order →

series · completed

Legacy of Magic

by Lindsay Buroker

An urban fantasy spinoff set in the Death Before Dragons world, following a new heroine and recurring characters.

8 books · View reading order →

trilogy · completed

Legacy of Orïsha

by Tomi Adeyemi

A completed young adult fantasy trilogy set in the kingdom of Orïsha, following Zélie Adebola and her allies as they confront the suppression and return of magic, monarchy, and civil conflict.

3 books · View reading order →

subseries · completed