Neal Shusterman

He now continues to write novels in California and is working on a screenplay for his work "Everlost". Today, he is also a source of inspiration for other creators and artists. He says that authors should not just focus and write for a specific audience.

The best place to start is the Star Shards Chronicles series, the earliest of Neal Shusterman's multi-book series: it opens with Scorpion Shards (1995) and runs to 3 books across 1995–2002, ending with Shattered Sky (2002). Neal Shusterman's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Neal Shusterman has 84 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1988 and 2026. 52 of them belong to 13 named series — the largest being The X-Files: Young Adult series with 16 books — and 32 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. Neal Shusterman's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Shadow Club (1988–2002, 2 books), Darkness Creeping (1993–1995, 2 books) and Star Shards Chronicles (1995–2002, 3 books), plus 10 more.

This guide splits Neal Shusterman's 84 books into 13 named series and 32 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The X-Files: Young Adult (16 books, 1996–2000); Unwind Dystology (6 books, 2007–2015); Mindquakes (4 books, 1996–2000); Arc of a Scythe (4 books, 2016–2022); Antsy Bonano (3 books, 2004–2013), plus 8 further series.