James Riley Books in Order

Jack, the son of the notorious beanstalk adventurer, hopes to restore his family's reputation when May arrives from the real world. Together they navigate a fairy-tale realm whose familiar characters conceal unexpected connections and dangers.

Jack and May search for the truth about her identity after learning more about her grandmother. Their quest leads to the Sea King's realm, where a conflict between mermaids and the pirate Bluebeard complicates their plans.

Jack and May take separate paths toward what seem to be their destinies, but fairy-tale appearances remain deceptive. As they prepare to confront the Wicked Queen, knights, giants, and magical allies become part of the struggle.

Owen discovers that his classmate Bethany can enter books while searching for her missing fictional father. He persuades her to visit his favorite fantasy series, setting off events that threaten its story and her secret.

Owen wakes with missing memories, Kiel has lost his magic, and Bethany is trapped in a room filling with water. A masked stranger's taunts force the friends into a mystery whose hidden clues may decide her survival.

Trapped in a story controlled by readers' choices, Owen must escape a prehistoric prison for time criminals. An unfamiliar inmate claims to know him, while Bethany faces a threat that could permanently separate fiction from reality.

Owen and Bethany enter a comic-book city whose heroes have disappeared or fallen under the Dark's control. Their effort to rescue Doc Twilight brings them closer to the truth about Bethany's missing father and her origins.

Nobody has separated the fictional and nonfictional worlds, splitting Bethany between them and stripping Owen's world of imagination. The friends must find a way to reconnect before the fictional realm disappears and reality becomes permanently impoverished.

Fort Fitzgerald's nightmares draw him toward the mystery of a surviving dragon and his father's disappearance. A new roommate's strange influence raises further questions as Fort and his friends try to prevent the Old Ones' return.

After a monster attack takes his father, Fort Fitzgerald enrolls at a government school teaching magic found beside ancient dragon remains. Troubling dreams and secretive classmates suggest that the school hides answers to the growing danger.

Students from Britain's Carmarthen Academy return after being lost in time, warning of a coming war. Fort Fitzgerald questions their plans as visions of the future suggest that he and his friends may help create disaster.

Expelled from magic school, Fort Fitzgerald joins Rachel and Jia against an ancient being capable of seeing every possible outcome. Friends lost in time and connections to Merlin deepen the challenge of preventing the Old Ones' return.

Damian intends to summon the Old Ones, convinced that mastering six books of magic makes him their destined conqueror. Fort Fitzgerald and his friends must unravel prophecies and strange visions before Damian's confidence endangers humanity.

Lena hides her unusually small stature among giants, while young genie Jin serves the ambitious Golden King. An order to capture Lena's friend, the Last Knight, brings their lives together and threatens the fairy-tale world.

As the Golden King spreads mind-controlling shadow magic, the fairy queens identify Lena as a possible savior. To prove herself, the young giant must complete three challenges with help from her genie friend Jin and other allies.

Twelve-year-old Ciara uses forbidden magic and accidentally summons Scorch, an ancient, irritable dragon. She asks him to teach her the spells needed to rescue her mother and free their village from an emperor who prohibits magical knowledge.