Authors

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.

Jack Du Brul

James Mallory

James Mallory is a fantasy author and collaborator with Mercedes Lackey. Together they wrote the Obsidian Trilogy, the Enduring Flame trilogy, and the Dragon Prophecy trilogy, which explores their shared world thousands of years before the Obsidian Trilogy. Mallory also wrote a three-part novelization of the Hallmark Merlin miniseries: The Old Magic, The King’s Wizard, and The End of Magic. Readers can follow these connected settings through separate series guides.

James O. Born

James O. Born is a crime novelist and former law-enforcement officer who coauthors the Michael Bennett novels with James Patterson.

James Patterson

James Patterson writes crime, suspense, and young-reader fiction across long-running series and shared story worlds. His work ranges from Alex Cross and the Women's Murder Club to Maximum Ride, Middle School, and Treasure Hunters. Choose a series that fits your interests, then follow its reading-order guide; most series can be read independently of the others.

Jassy Mackenzie

Jassy Mackenzie is a South African crime novelist and the author of the Jade de Jong series. She coauthored the Private BookShot Private: Gold with James Patterson.

Jeffrey J. Keyes

Jeffrey J. Keyes is a writer, photographer, and producer who coauthored Killer Chef with James Patterson.

Jill Dembowski

Jill Dembowski coauthored The Fire and The Kiss in James Patterson’s Witch & Wizard series.

Jody Lynn Nye

Jody Lynn Nye is an American science-fiction and fantasy writer whose work includes original space-opera novels and collaborations in shared universes. She worked with Anne McCaffrey on The Death of Sleep, The Ship Who Won and the later Doona novels, and with Robert Asprin on books in the Myth-Adventures setting. Her McCaffrey collaborations connect the Planet Pirates, Brainships and Doona routes. This catalogue credits each book to both writers and keeps the three reading paths separate for clarity.

John Jos. Miller

John Jos. Miller is a writer and Wild Cards contributor who co-wrote Dead Man’s Hand with George R. R. Martin.

John Sandford

John Sandford is the pen name of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. His crime fiction follows Lucas Davenport, Virgil Flowers and Letty Davenport across connected Minnesota investigations, with separate series about the artist-hacker Kidd and the young-adult Singular Menace conspiracy. Sandford also wrote three standalone novels, including the science-fiction thriller Saturn Run with Ctein. Readers can start with Rules of Prey or choose a separate series entry point.

Josepha Sherman

Justin Scott