How To Read Me – Reading Your Books in Order

Black Jewels Books in Order, Anne Bishop’s series

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May 22, 2023May 22, 2023

In a world ruled by witches and warlocks who wear their power as jewels…

What is the Black Jewels series about?

Written by the American author Anne Bishop, the Black Jewels is an award-winning series of dark fantasy novels and short stories.

The books take us to a world where those born with dark power/magic rule in a deeply matriarchal society. The original trilogy is about the coming of Witch, the living embodiment of magic, and those who want to corrupt her to control her powers. But her fate has already been determined and sacrifices will be needed for her to save the realm she must protect.

Beyond the original trilogy, Anne Bishop continues to expand the Black Jewels universe. She started with standalone novels, then with short stories, and with new continuing storylines.

Thomas the Falconer books in order, by John Pilkington

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May 15, 2023May 22, 2023

Falconry & Mysteries!

What are the Thomas the Falconer Mysteries about?

Written by British author John Pilkington, the Thomas the Falconer series is a historical mystery series set in the late years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

The story is about Thomas Finbow who is a falconer to a wealthy Berkshire knight. With his keen eyes, powers of deduction, a passion for justice and for helping the underdog, he often finds himself called upon as a sleuth, which takes him from the great houses of the nobility to the teeming streets of London, where danger and intrigue are never far away.

John Pilkington is also the author of more historical series like the Martin Marbeck series and the Will Revill thrillers.

T.M. Logan Books in Order (The Holiday, The Catch, The Mother)

Fabien
May 7, 2023May 7, 2023

All of T.M. Logan’s books in order!

Who is T.M. Logan?

English author from Berkshire, TM Logan was a newspaper journalist, working for the Nottingham Evening Post and then the Daily Mail, before he went to work for the University of Nottingham as a press officer. It was during that time that he started writing novels.

In January 2017, his first thriller Lies was published. It became a hit on the ebook market and TM Logan became a full-time author. Since then, he published more thrillers with a lot of success.

His novels have sold more than two million copies in the UK and are published in translation in 22 countries around the world including France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, South Korea, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Greece, Romania, and the Netherlands.

His books The Holiday and The Catch were made into four-part dramas for Channel 5–the first starring Jill Halfpenny and Owen McDonnell, and the second starring Jason Watkins, Poppy Gilbert, Aneurin Barnard, and Cathy Belton.

Hilda Johansson Books in Order by Jeanne M. Dams

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May 3, 2023May 18, 2023

By the author of the Dorothy Martin mysteries.

What is the Hilda Johansson series about?

Coming from the American author Jeane M. Dams, the Hilda Johansson series is a cozy historical murder mystery series.

The series is about young Hilda Johansson, a Swedish housemaid to the fabulously wealthy Studebaker family in South Bend, Indiana. Set at the beginning of the 20th century, the books mix history and murder mysteries as Hilda has to turn sleuth to uncover the truth but also has to deal with what it was to be an immigrant in America more than a century ago.

The series has been described as Downton Abbey with murder mysteries.

Jack Blackjack Books in Order: How to read Michael Jecks’s series?

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April 26, 2023April 29, 2023

Also known as A Bloody Mary Mystery series.

What is the Jack Blackjack series about?

Written by British author Michael Jecks (the Templar Series), the Jack Blackjack series is a historical murder mystery series set during the troubled reign of Queen Mary I, elder half-sister to the future Elizabeth I, (1553-1558).

The Bloody Mary series revolves around an amoral former cutpurse turned paid assassin named Jack Blackjack. He is a cowardly, lecherous, but likable amateur sleuth who’s never quite sure what’s going on as he jumps from one crisis to the next.

Despite that, he always manages to keep one step ahead of his many enemies, especially those who are trying to kill him.

Karin Slaughter Books in Order (Will Trent, Grant County)

Carole
April 16, 2023May 23, 2023
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All of Karin Slaughter’s Books in Order!

Who is Karin Slaughter?

Born in 1971, Karin Slaughter is an American crime writer and best-selling author of more than 20 novels, including her Grant County and Will Trent series.

Published in 120 countries, Karin Slaughter lives in Atlanta and soon will see her stand-alone novel, Pieces of Her, adapted on-screen at Netflix, with Tony Collette in the lead role.

She is also the founder of Save the Libraries, a non-profit organization that campaigns to support US public libraries.

Odyssey One Books in Order: How to read Evan Currie’s series?

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April 13, 2023May 18, 2023

By the author of the Hayden War series.

What is the Odyssey One series about?

Coming from the Canadian author Evan Currie, the Odyssey One series is a military science fiction saga completed with tie-in series and one-shot tie-in novels.

The story began when Captain Eric Weston and the crew of the NAC Odyssey are launched on a mission destined to make history: Going where no man has gone before. What they found in a new and hostile universe.

Human’s first interstellar ship involved Earth in a centuries-long forgotten war against the Drasin alien Empire.

Jo Baker Books in Order (Longbourn, The Midnight News)

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April 12, 2023May 18, 2023

All of Jo Baker’s books in order!

Who is Jo Baker?

Jo Baker is a British writer. She studied English Literature at Somerville College, Oxford, before moving to Belfast to study for an MA in Irish literature at Queen’s University. There she completed a Ph.D. on the Anglo-Irish novelist Elizabeth Bowen.

That was during that time that she met playwright Daragh Carville who encouraged her to write and that is what she did. She then published her first book, Offcomer, in 2002.

Since then, Jo Baker published 7 more books, including the popular Longbourn, an alternative view of the events in Jane Austen‘s novel Pride and Prejudice, telling the story from the perspective of the servants at Longbourn, the Bennet family home.

John Scalzi Books in Order (Old Man’s War, Lock In, Dispatcher, Kaiju Preservation Society)

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April 10, 2023May 12, 2023

All of John Scalzi’s books!

Who is John Scalzi?

John Scalzi II is an American best-selling author who’s writing science fiction novels – and the popular blog Whatever. He publish his first novel, “Agent to the Stars,” on his website in 1999, but found success a few years later with Old Man’s War, a military science fiction book, and its sequels.

As he extended the Old Man’s War universe, John Scalzi wrote more series like the Lock In series, The Interdependency series, and more, but also stand-alone novels, and non-fiction books.

He also worked as a creative consultant on the science-fiction television show Stargate Universe, was the writer for the 2015 mobile device video game by Industrial Toys, called Midnight Star, and wrote a weekly column on science fiction/fantasy films for AMCTV.com.