Jennifer Roberson

Jennifer Roberson is a renowned writer from the United States, who is popular for her works in the historical fiction and fantasy genres. She is known to have written several successful book series over the years of her writing career and is particularly well known for the Cheysuli novels. Author Roberson was born on October 26, 1953 in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.

The best place to start is the Cheysuli series, the earliest of Jennifer Roberson's multi-book series: it opens with Shapechangers (1984) and runs to 8 books across 1984–1992, ending with A Tapestry of Lions (1992). Jennifer Roberson's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Jennifer Roberson has 101 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1984 and 2025. 83 of them belong to 9 named series — the largest being the Highlander - There Can Be Only One series with 11 books — and 18 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Jennifer Roberson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Cheysuli (1984–1992, 8 books), Highlander - There Can Be Only One (1986–2009, 11 books) and Sword-Dancer (1986–2022, 8 books), plus 5 more.

This guide splits Jennifer Roberson's 101 books into 9 named series and 18 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Highlander - There Can Be Only One (11 books, 1986–2009); Cheysuli (8 books, 1984–1992); Sword-Dancer (8 books, 1986–2022); Cheysuli Omnibus Editions (5 books, 2001–2013); Karavans (4 books, 2006–2013), plus 4 further series.