Yes, the Percy Jackson books have it all. While the Percy Jackson books deal exclusively with the Greek Gods, with a very minor exception, the continuation of the series, "Heroes of Olympus" expands into the world of Roman Mythology, where the Roman counterparts of Greek Gods and Demigods are featured along with the exclusively Roman Gods.
in Rick Riordan's world all the gods from different cultures co-exist in harmony in the same universe. Riordan has a theory that gods are just primeval sources of energy and the forms they take are based on the perception people have of them. So said, it can be quite possible for the Greek, Roman, Norse, and Egyptian gods to co-exist in the same universe along with science.
Speaking of Egyptian gods, they were introduced in the Kane Chronicles trilogy. Kane Chronicles is a story of two siblings Carter and Sadie, who are magicians descended of ancient Egyptian Pharaohs and have the ability to host gods in their bodies.
While the worlds of Percy Jackson and the Kanes seem similar, they were kept separate until the crossover story "Son of Sobek" was released, which features Percy and Carter working together. A second crossover story featuring Annabeth and Sadie was titled "The Staff of Serapis". The crossover series was concluded with the story "The Crown of Ptolemy", where the two demigods and magicians come together to battle Setne. All the crossover stories were compiled in an anthology titled "Demigods and Magicians".
After playing around with Greek, Roman, and Egyptian mythologies, Riordan delves into Norse Mythology with the "Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard" series. Magnus Chase is a homeless kid, who discovers that he is the son of a Norse God, and he along with a motley group of friends has to prevent Ragnarok, and eventually the destruction of the world. Magnus Chase was already established in the Percy Jackson universe as he was introduced as Annabeth's cousin in the beginning, and while the characters from the two books don't interact much, they do meet each other and we get a glimpse however brief of Percy Jackson's life in the Magnus Chase books.
The events of the Magnus Chase books take place in roughly the same time frame as the "Trials of Apollo" series and occur parallelly to each other. Trials of Apollo documents the trial of the sun god Apollo who has been cast out of Olympus as a mortal by Zeus. In this book series Riordan has incorporated components of Greek and Roman mythology, that were left out in the earlier books. The Titans who allied with the Gods in the Titan War, and the Roman emperors elevated to God-like status all play a role in these books, along with the our favorite seven demigods from the previous books.
While Riordan is best known for his works in mythology, he has also written the Tres Navarre series and contributed to the 39 Clues series.
A list of all Riordan Books are given below:
Percy Jackson and the Olympians has 5 titles:
1. The Lightning Thief
2. The Sea of Monsters
3. The Titan's Curse
4. The Battle of the Labyrinth
5. The Last Olympian
The Heroes of Olympus has 5 titles:
1. The Lost Hero
2. The Son of Neptune
3. The Mark of Athena
4. The House of Hades
5. The Blood of Olympus
The companion books to the 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' and 'The Heroes of Olympus' series include:
1. The Demigod Files
2. The Ultimate Guide
3. The Demigod Diaries
4. Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo
5. Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
6. Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes
7. Camp Half-Blood Confidential
8. Demigods of Olympus
The Kane Chronicles has 3 titles:
1. The Red Pyramid
2. The Throne of Fire
3. The Serpent's Shadow
The Companion books of the Kane Chronicles include:
1. Kane Chronicles' Survival Guide
2. Brooklyn House Magician's Manual
Demigods and Magicians crossover collection:
1. The Son of Sobek
2. The Staff of Serapis
3. The Crown of Ptolemy
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard includes 3 titles:
1. The Sword of Summer
2. The Hammer of Thor
3. The Ship of the Dead
The Companion book of the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard include:
Hotel Valhalla: Guide to the Norse Worlds
The Trials of Apollo include 3 titles:
1. The Hidden Oracle
2. The Dark Prophecy
3. The Burning Maze
Riordan has also written the introduction to the anthology 'Tales of the Greek Heroes' and the essay collection 'Demigods and Monsters'.
The Tres Navarre series has 7 titles:
1. Big Red Tequila
2. The Widower's Two-Step
3. The Last King of Texas
4. The Devil Went Down to Austin
5. Southtown
6. Mission Road
7. Rebel Island
Contribution to the 39 Clues series:
1. The Maze of Bones
2. Introduction to the 39 Clues: The Black Book of Buried Secrets
3. Vesper's Rising
Stand Alone Novels includes:
Cold Springs
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