Josh Lacey

Josh Lacey is one of the popular authors of the United Kingdom who has written a few successful novels in his writing career. Among the famous novels and written by him are the Bearkeeper, the Dragonsitter, the Island of Thieves, and the Grk series. He was born in London and has written several novels for the adults and children.

The best place to start is the Grk series, the earliest of Josh Lacey's multi-book series: it opens with A Dog Called Grk (2005) and runs to 8 books across 2005–2012, ending with Grk and the Phoney Macaroni (2012). Josh Lacey's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Josh Lacey has 35 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2004 and 2021. 26 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being The Dragonsitter series with 10 books — and 9 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. Josh Lacey's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Grk (2005–2012, 8 books), Misfitz Mysteries (2009–2010, 3 books) and Tom Trelawney (2011–2012, 2 books), plus 2 more.

This guide splits Josh Lacey's 35 books into 5 named series and 9 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Dragonsitter (10 books, 2012–2019); Grk (8 books, 2005–2012); Hope Jones (3 books, 2020–2021); Misfitz Mysteries (3 books, 2009–2010); Tom Trelawney (2 books, 2011–2012).