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Browse our curated list of authors to find the perfect reading order for their universes and series.

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J.R.R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer, poet, philologist, and academic, widely regarded as the father of modern high fantasy literature for his seminal works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

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Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.

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James S.A. Corey

James S.A. Corey is the joint pen name of authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. Together they created The Expanse, an award-winning nine-novel hard science fiction saga adapted into the hit Amazon Prime Video series. For new readers, the recommended starting point is the debut novel Leviathan Wakes (2011). The main nine novels form a complete story arc that can be read straight through, while nine companion novellas (collected in Memory's Legion) provide optional character backstories and side perspectives.

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Julia Quinn

Julia Quinn is the pseudonym of Julie Pottinger, a best-selling American author of historical romance fiction, world-famous for her Bridgerton series.

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Jim Butcher

Jim Butcher is an American author best known for his contemporary fantasy book series The Dresden Files, featuring wizard and private investigator Harry Dresden.

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Janci Patterson

Janci Patterson is an American author who co-wrote the Skyward Flight novellas with Brandon Sanderson.

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J. D. Robb

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J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling created the seven Harry Potter novels and related Wizarding World books. New readers should begin with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, published in the United States as Sorcerer's Stone, and follow the seven novels in publication order. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a later stage-play script, while the Hogwarts Library books and Fantastic Beasts screenplays are optional companion branches.

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James Patterson

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John Sandford

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