John Steele

John Steele is an author of thriller and historical fiction books best known for his Jackie Shaw series. He weaves his stories around historical events and spices them up by incorporating elements of thrillers, which makes his writing unique. His Jackie Shaw book series tells the story of a man by the same name leading a complicated life.

The best place to start is the Historical & Cultural Astronomy series, the earliest of John Steele's multi-book series: it opens with Astronomy in the Ancient World (2016) and runs to 26 books across 2016–2022, ending with Golden Years of Australian Radio Astronomy (2022). John Steele's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

John Steele has 34 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2011 and 2022. 31 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Historical & Cultural Astronomy series with 26 books — and 3 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. John Steele's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Historical & Cultural Astronomy (2016–2022, 26 books), Jackie Shaw (2017–2019, 3 books) and Callum Burke (2021–2022, 2 books).

This guide splits John Steele's 34 books into 3 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Historical & Cultural Astronomy (26 books, 2016–2022); Jackie Shaw (3 books, 2017–2019); Callum Burke (2 books, 2021–2022).