Rick Riordan Books

This collection has been specially curated to showcase the work of Rick Riordan, one of the bestselling authors in children’s and young adult fiction. He is the number one bestselling author of over twenty novels for young readers, particularly due to the success of the Percy Jackson series. Rick Riordan’s books bring ancient Greek and Norse mythology into the lives of his modern-day teenage characters. 

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Biography 

Born in 1964, Richard Russell Riordan Junior is an American author best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. For fifteen years, Riordan taught English and History at middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and Texas. He was awarded the school’s first Master Teacher Award by Saint Mary’s Hall while teaching in San Antonio. He now writes full-time in Boston, where he lives with his wife and two sons. 

To date, over 190 million copies of his books are in print worldwide, and rights have been sold in more than 37 countries. Riordan and his wife, Becky, are both executive producers overseeing TV and film adaptations of his works, including Percy Jackson, the Kane Chronicles and Daughter of the Deep. 

Rick Riordan’s most notable works

If you’re not sure where to start, let us help to give you a few handy recommendations to help get you going. One popular and critically acclaimed series you should definitely check out is the Percy Jackson Collection 5 Books Box Set by Rick Riordan. Perfect for kids aged 9-14, the series follows twelve-year-old Percy Jackson, a demigod- half-human and half-god is the son of the Greek God Poseidon. Despite being born with the advantages of a demi-god, growing up has been hard for Percy. Being diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, his body and mind are entirely focused on being a fighter, with Ancient Greek blood flowing in his veins, he is yet to find out his historic legacy and the weight of the future that lies on his shoulders. 

After nearly a decade after the release of his last book in the Percy Jackson series, The Blood of Olympus, the golden trio Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood will star in a brand new adventure. Rick Riordan is back with Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods, releasing in September 2023.

Also, be sure to check out the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series 3 Books Set by Rick Riordan. This set features the first three books in the popular series, Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer, Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor, and Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead. As an orphan, living rough and sleeping rough on the streets of Boston, things are about to get a lot worse for Magnus Chase. Now on the run, Chase reunites with his obnoxious uncle, who casually informs him that his long-lost father is a Norse god. Totally nothing normal about that! As it turns out, the gods of Asgard are preparing for war. If Chase can’t find his father’s sword, which was lost over two thousand years ago, there will be doom- Doomsday, to be precise. 

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