A shared near-future universe of standalone speculative thrillers exploring technology, surveillance, social control, and changing human relationships. The books can be read independently, though publication order provides a useful route through the recurring universe.

5 books · View reading order →

series · ongoing

Dark Lord Davi

by Django Wexler

A fantasy series about Davi, a would-be hero trapped in repeated attempts to defeat the Dark Lord before ultimately becoming one herself.

2 books · View reading order →

anthology series · ongoing

Dark Matter Presents

by Noelle W. Ihli

An anthology series featuring stories about cults, cons, and control.

1 book · View reading order →

series · ongoing

Dark One

by Brandon Sanderson

A multimedia fantasy project developed as a graphic novel and audio fiction.

2 books · View reading order →

multimedia-series · ongoing

Dark One

by Dan Wells

A multimedia fantasy and science-fiction project originated by Brandon Sanderson; Dark One: Forgotten is co-authored by Sanderson and Wells.

1 book · View reading order →

novel-series · ongoing

Dark Rise

by C.S. Pacat

A young-adult fantasy trilogy involving reincarnation, ancient powers, and a war between light and darkness.

2 books · View reading order →

comic series · ongoing

Dark Spaces

by Scott Snyder

An anthology line of creator-owned crime and horror comics, including Wildfire and Dungeon.

2 books · View reading order →

novel-series · ongoing

Dark-Hunter

by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Interconnected paranormal romance and urban fantasy series about immortal warriors and related supernatural hunters.

31 books · View reading order →

multi-author-historical-fiction-series · ongoing

Darkland Tales

by Val McDermid

A multi-author series in which Scottish writers reimagine episodes, figures, myths, and legends from Scotland's history.

2 books · View reading order →

series · ongoing

Darkmore Penitentiary

by Susanne Valenti

A dark paranormal reverse-harem romance series set in a prison for dangerous magical criminals in Solaria.

4 books · View reading order →

shared-world-series · ongoing

Darkover

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Bradley's science-fantasy shared-world series about the lost Terran colony of Darkover and its descendants.

33 books · View reading order →

duology · forthcoming

Daughters of the Demon Lord

by Judy I. Lin

A forthcoming young adult fantasy duology about three sisters, the daughters of a demon lord, navigating royal schemes and dangerous magic.

1 book · View reading order →

macronovel · ongoing

David Mitchell's Macronovel

by David Mitchell

An ongoing interconnected fictional universe linking Mitchell's novels through recurring characters, motifs, and settings across time and genre.

8 books · View reading order →

diaries · ongoing

David Sedaris Diaries

by David Sedaris

Published selections from David Sedaris's personal diaries, covering 1977–2002 and 2003–2020.

2 books · View reading order →

fiction series · ongoing

DC Ffion Morgan

by Clare Mackintosh

A crime series featuring Welsh detective constable Ffion Morgan.

3 books · View reading order →

shared-series · ongoing

DC Icons

by Leigh Bardugo

A shared series of young adult novels reimagining major DC superheroes by different authors.

1 book · View reading order →

shared-universe-series · ongoing

DC Icons

by Sarah J. Maas

A shared-universe series of young-adult novels reimagining iconic DC Comics characters.

1 book · View reading order →

shared universe · ongoing

Dead Djinn Universe

by P. Djèlí Clark

A shared-universe sequence of alternate-history fantasy stories set in an early-twentieth-century Cairo where magic, djinn, angels, and steampunk coexist.

4 books · View reading order →

series · ongoing

Dead Famous

by Philip Reeve

A children's nonfiction series about famous historical figures; Reeve both wrote and illustrated the Horatio Nelson volume.

1 book · View reading order →

series · ongoing

Dead Men Walking

by Caroline Peckham

A dark contemporary reverse-harem series in the United States of Anarchy universe.

2 books · View reading order →

series · ongoing

Deadlands

by Jonathan Maberry

Novels set in the Weird West role-playing-game universe.

1 book · View reading order →

short-story collection series · ongoing

Deadly Ambition

by Lauren Oliver

A multi-author collection series of short mystery stories about greed, control, and ambition.

1 book · View reading order →

series · ongoing

Deadly Virtues

by Tillie Cole

A dark romance series about the Fallen, trauma, vengeance, and forbidden love.

3 books · View reading order →

novel-series · ongoing

Deadman's Cross

by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Dark-Hunter spin-off about supernatural pirates combating demons at sea.

3 books · View reading order →

novel series · ongoing

Deadpan Allie

by Pat Cadigan

A series centered on Allie Haas and the mindplay profession, in which technology makes the human mind accessible, manipulable, and exploitable.

1 book · View reading order →

ongoing series · ongoing

Deadworld

by Vince Locke

Long-running independent zombie-horror comic series created by Stuart Kerr, Ralph Griffith, and Vince Locke.

2 books · View reading order →

multi-author historical diary series · ongoing

Dear America

by Lois Lowry

A multi-author historical diary series; Lowry contributed Like the Willow Tree.

1 book · View reading order →

shared-world historical diary series · ongoing

Dear Canada

by Caroline Balderston Parry

A shared-world series of historical diary narratives about Canadian history, written for young readers by multiple authors.

1 book · View reading order →

novel series · ongoing

Death-Cast

by Adam Silvera

A speculative young adult series set in a world where the Death-Cast service predicts when people will die, featuring interconnected queer love stories.

3 books · View reading order →

series · ongoing

Deer Hill Anonymous

by Jodi Meadows

A middle-grade series about friendship, identity, online communities, and the complicated social lives of young people.

2 books · View reading order →

series · ongoing

Defying the Stars

by Emily McIntire

An interconnected series of contemporary romance novels.

2 books · View reading order →

novella-series · ongoing

Delightfully Deadly

by Gail Carriger

Standalone novellas about graduates of Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing School, set in the Parasolverse.

3 books · View reading order →

novel-series · ongoing

Delta-v

by Daniel Suarez

A planned trilogy about private space exploration and humanity's transition from an Earthbound civilization to a spacefaring one.

2 books · View reading order →

shared-universe · ongoing

Demons of Fire and Night World

by C.N. Crawford

An interconnected fantasy-romance world encompassing demons, vampires, angels, fae, and sea fae.

21 books · View reading order →

series · ongoing

DemonWars

by R. A. Salvatore

The broader Corona setting and sequence encompassing the DemonWars novels, the Saga of the First King, The Coven, and The Buccaneers.

16 books · View reading order →

subseries · ongoing

DemonWars: The Buccaneers

by R. A. Salvatore

A later Corona sequence beginning with Pinquickle's Folly.

2 books · View reading order →

mystery series · ongoing

Department of Unexplained Phenomenon

by Lauren Oliver

A mystery series centered on investigations of extraordinary human experiences.

1 book · View reading order →

tie-in-graphic-series · ongoing

Descendants

by Delilah S. Dawson

Dawson's original graphic novel set in the Disney Descendants universe.

1 book · View reading order →

franchise-tie-in-series · ongoing

Descendants

by Melissa de la Cruz

Disney franchise novels about the children of famous heroes and villains.

5 books · View reading order →

graphic-novel-series · ongoing

Detective Baby

by Meg Cabot

A graphic-novel series about a clever baby detective and the middle-school babysitter who understands her baby talk.

1 book · View reading order →

novel-series · ongoing

Detective Varg

by Alexander McCall Smith

Detective novels set in Sweden.

6 books · View reading order →

series · ongoing

Detour

by Rob Hart

A science-fiction thriller series co-authored by Rob Hart and Jeff Rake.

1 book · View reading order →

series · ongoing

Devil Heart Boys

by Caroline Peckham

A dark paranormal-romance series.

1 book · View reading order →

series · ongoing

Devourer of Men

by Nikki St. Crowe

An ongoing dark romantasy series involving Captain Hook, the Crocodile, Neverland, and a dangerous reunion between former lovers.

3 books · View reading order →

series · ongoing

Dexter Procter

by Adam Kay

A humorous children's mystery series about Dexter Procter, the world's youngest-ever doctor.

2 books · View reading order →

book-series · ongoing

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

by Jeff Kinney

An illustrated children's novel series chronicling Greg Heffley's school, family, and social misadventures.

20 books · View reading order →

novel series · ongoing

Diaspora Quartet

by Min Jin Lee

A planned quartet of novels exploring Korea, migration, and the Korean diaspora across different periods and communities.

3 books · View reading order →

graphic-series · ongoing

Dicks

by Garth Ennis

A blackly comic crime series co-created with John McCrea.

4 books · View reading order →

comic-series · ongoing

Die!Die!Die!

by Robert Kirkman

An action-comedy comic co-written by Robert Kirkman and Scott M. Gimple.

2 books · View reading order →

book-series · active

Digital Culture Books

by Samuel A. Moore

A University of Michigan Press series on digital culture, media, and related interdisciplinary scholarship.

1 book · View reading order →