Give me your favorite book series! I’ve read Harry Potter and Hunger Games.
Give me your favorite book series! I’ve read Harry Potter and Hunger Games.
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Give me your favorite book series! I’ve read Harry Potter and Hunger Games.
The Outlander Series….it’s the greatest!!
Narnia
Hangman’s Daughter!
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Outlander
I just bought the first one! I’m hoping I like it.
The Harry Potter Series,
The Magic Treehouse Series,
Troubleshooters Series by Brockmann,
Tall, Dark & Deadly by Brockmann
Divergent series, The Gender Game series
Outlander and Game of Thrones
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater. Twilight
Game of thrones and Harry Potter
The Outlander series, A Court of Thorns and Roses series, The Glass Throne series
Brother Cadfael
Poldark!
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels – especially the City Watch books.
The 5th Wave series
The series by Deborah Harkness
The Dark Tower
Jerusha Jones, anything by her. Sheila Connolly also has several good series. I like a woman who can write as well as come up with a good plot.
Outlander, Mercy Thompson, Sookie Stackhouse, Rothfuss, Twilight, Hunger Games…
Sookie!
@Pat I miss her! I miss them all. ?
Zombie fallout by Mark Tufo
Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
Dune
Both the original series and all the sequels written by Herbert’s son are wonderful!
For those of a certain age — Nancy Drew. Got me hooked on reading.
Frankenstein series by Dean Koontz
The dark tower
asimov – foundation
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Asylum series was really good.
Also the Midnight Texas series by Charlaine Harris.
Phillipa Gregory, The White Queen -First of the Cousins Series.
Hunger Games and Alex Cross Series
Birthmarked is a good YA dystopian trilogy.
My fave adult series is Gregory Maguire’s The Wicked Years.
Growing up I loved the Childhood of Famous Americans series
@Laura has 3 cozy series….all very enjoyable and well written
twilight
Harry potter Lord of the rings
Alex Delaware books by Jonathan Kellerman
The Dark Tower
Wheel of time by Robert Jordan or any Brandon Sanderson series.
Wilbur Smith’s series on ancient Egypt, starting with River God!
I like the Courtney Series better, but Ancient Egypt is pretty good.
Wibur Smith is one of my favorite adventure authors! I enjoyed most all of his books. Easy and entertaining…..
Chronicles of Narnia ???
harry potter
Harry Potter!
Discovery of Witches Trilogy ♡♡♡♡
The Dark Tower. EPIC.
The Millennium Trilogy (Girl the Dragon Tattoo), Game of Thrones, Dark Tower series.
The Unwind series
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin.
The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, Foundation, Harry Potter
The Grail Quest series, starting with The Archer’s Tale by Bernard Cornwell.
Great series
The Little House series—Laura Ingalls Wilder
Jane Smiley’s trilogy Some Luck, Early Warning, and Golden Age.
Temeraire series! (Naomi Novak)
Outlander
Outlander.
Barbara Taylor Bradford has some great series….
I feel like a broken record but definitely Outlander! My absolute favorite book series.
I feel like I should read this series.
@Annette Give it a try & enjoy!
@Annette If you read on a Kindle or have the Kindle app amazon has the first book for only 3.99.
Sue Grafton’s alphabet mysteries.
I have read all of those and was so sad that there would never be a “Z” to wrap everything up.
Outlander is definitely my favorite series! ❤
The Dresden Files
Dark Tower for sure
Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern. Characters you care about through the entire series.
Tana French’s Dublin Murder Squad books are fantastic!
Laurie R King’s Mary Russell books are another favorite.
The Color Purple Trilogy was incredible?
The Chronicles of Narnia
My favorite is Harry Potter. But I’m halfway through the Wheel of Time and I’m enjoying that quite a bit.
Swallows and Amazons
I also enjoyed the Charlotte Stone series by Karen Robards. 🙂
Greg iiles
Divergent series, Chronicles of Narnia, Caraval Series (but the final book isn’t released until next Spring).
Game of Thrones, Dresden Files, Furies of Calderon.
Furies of Calderon is underrated
The Bregdan Chronicles
Daniel Silva novels featuring Gabriel Allon.
The Passage! By Justin Cronin!
Outlander series, Fever series by Karen Moning
Armand Gamache by Louise Penny.
Stephanie Plum series Janet Evanovich….need some humor, there it is
Stephen king
I just started “Outlander”. Only a couple of chapters in and kind of slow. What do others think? Should I hang in for more?
Hang in there! It’s a wonderful series!
Hang in there !! Best I’ve ever read !! re-read it 4 or 5 times !!!
Personally, no, one of the few series where the movie series is better than the books.
I had the same issue—tough start! I want to give it another try since so many people recommend it. And I love a good time-travel story.
It was a hard one for me to stick with when I started it, but I’m so glad I did!
Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead and City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Outlander
C.J. Box has written a series with the main character a Wyoming game warden named Joe Pickett. Love them & cant wait for the next!
Outlander and now, Discovery of Witches
Hugh Howey’s Silo series
Outlander
Elena Ferrante Naples series – buy all four, you cannot put them down!
Holly danger by amanda Carlson
Tie between The Clifton Chronicles by Jeffrey Archer and Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Clifton Chronicles are great!
Both sets are great
Century Trilogy by Ken Follett fascinating fictional look at 20th century history following 4 families from the start of the Russian revolution and WW1 to the inauguration of Barack Obama.
It was really good…I just didn’t get as emotionally attached to the characters. I loved the historical references.
Wow, I really need to move this up in to read list
@Linda I understand. I cared far more for some characters than others. But it is a lot to keep up with for sure!
I also highly recommend anything by Ted Dekker. Most of his books are connected, but he has two series, The Circle (Black, Red, White, Green) and The Paradise series (Saint, Sinner, Showdown, Outlaw)
The trilogy by Greg Iles: Natchez Burning, The Bone Tree, and Mississippi Blood.
Witcher!
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
True confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Jack Reacher series
Lonesome Dove….
Outlander
All Souls Trilogy
Dublin Murder Squad
Shenandoah Album
Raven Cycle
Cormoran Strike
Nelson DeMille’s John Corey series.
Since you liked Harry Potter and Hunger Games, how about The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. I really enjoyed it!
The Discovery of Witches series by Deborah Harkness or the Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny!
The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Divergent
Agenda 21
The Shadow Children by Haddix (j fiction, starts with among the brave)
Birthmarked
The Forgetting
The Testing
Atheron by Patrick Carmen
anybody liked the The Dragon Tattoo series by Stieg Larrson?
Oh yes, they were really good.
Wheel of Time, All Souls, The Vampire Chronicles, Outlander
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad
The Darkest Mind series
Outlander series; Louise Penny mysteries; Harry Potter; …….
#1 Ladies Detective Series
The Disc World series
The Dark Tower
Saxon Series- Bernard Cornwall
Temeraire- Naomi Novik
Dresden Series- Jim Butcher
Warriors of Rome- Harry Sidebottom
Uhtred & Temeraire are the best.
The Reluctant Prophet, Nancy Rue
Outlander, The Sword of Truth Series, The Wheel of Time Series.
Three Pines series, by Louise Penny and Harry Bosch series, by Michael Connelly. Both are AWESOME!
The twilight saga, harry potter, the hunger games, fifty shades, the lunar chronicles, the mortal instruments and the infernal devices. that just to name a few.
Real light reading, makes me smile… ANNE GEORGE’S- southern women’s mysteries series?
Louise Penny series about Chief Inspector Gamache.
Lord of the Rings
My favorite series was Travis McGee series by John D MacDonald. About a private detective in the state of Florida. I was so sad when MacDonald died in 1986 because that was the end of the Travis McGee books.
Me, too! Recently re-read them. Still the best.
Fbi thriller, Stephanie plum, elm creek
And Harry potter
I remember those books! Loved them.
Iron Druid Chronicles, The Deed of Paksanarrion, Legend of Paksanarrion, The Riyria Chronicles & Revelations, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Farseer Trilogy
I also like David Baldacci’s Camel Club series.
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Nelson DeMille’s ….John Corey series
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Nelson DeMille’s ..John Corey series
Outlander
Harry Potter, of course.
Robert Parker’s Spenser Series
Lillian Jackson Braun’s The Cat Who
Miss Julia series by Ann Ross.
The 4 book Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy
Rhys Bowen’s Her Royal Spyness
Charlotte McLeod’s Sarah Kelling series
The Maze Runner
Wildwood Chronicles by Colin Meloy
Divergent series.
Justin Cronin’s The Passage trilogy.
The Passage: A Novel (Book One of The Passage Trilogy) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0345504976/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_7Y9fBbYMGRF2X
Harry Potter, Outlander, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and The Vampire Chronicles.
Maisie Dobbs https://books.google.com/books/about/Maisie_Dobbs.html?id=IXYEAQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q&f=false
Big Stone Gap series by Adriana Trigiani also Valentine by Trigiani, Outlander ❤️ Harry Potter.
I forgot to mention the Wilderness series by Sara Donati and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Spirit animals https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/spirit-animals/52328/
Outlander, Maisie Dobbs, Big Stone Gap-
Clifton Chronicles by Jeffrey Archer
The Serafina series by Richard Beatty
It’s Robert Beatty, though. ?
Stieg Larsson’s Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series
Many favorites, including Maisie Dobbs and Harry Potter
His Dark Materials!
Anne Rice Witching Hour; Outlander
Scythe by Neal Shusterman. It is also YA.
I can’t limit it to one! I almost only read series.
By Charlaine Harris
1) Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mysteries
2) Aurora Teagarden Mysteries
3) Lily Bard Shakespeare Mysteries
4) Midnight Texas Mysteries
By Laurell K. Hamilton, the Anita Blake Vampire Executioner series
By Kim Harriison, The Hollows Rachel Morgan series
Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson Coyote Shifter series
Joe Pickett Game Warden mysteries
Lucy Maud Montgomery’s
Anne of Green Gables
Pat of Silver Bush
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
The Little House on the Prairie books
Shannara series by Terry Brooks
Delirium
HP of course… both the Inspector Rutledge series & the Bess Crawford series by Charles Todd.
#1 Ladies Detective Agency by Andrew McCall Smith
Beautiful creatures
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Preston & Child’s Pendergast series, Craig Johnson’s Longmire; Steve Berry’s Cotton Malone; Clive Cussler’s Dirk Pitt and Fargo series,; David Eddings Belgariad, Malloreon, Tamuli and Elenium series; Paolini’s Eragon series, Anne McCaffrey’s Pern and Freedom’s Landing series as well as the Brainships.
Forgot about Dragon Riders of Pern. Loved those!
The Selection series by Kiera Cass.
The 87th Precinct series by the late, great Ed McBain(Evan Hunter). Made me fall in love with police procedural.
Ed McBain!
Chronicles of Narnia. The James Herriott series. The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. The Poor Relations series. If I had to pick, Narnia is probably my personal fave.
The False Prince
Mitford by Jan Karon.
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, and all of her ‘offshoot’ books with some of the characters in the original stories. Also, the alphabet mysteries by Sue Grafton. So sad she was unable to write “Z” before she passed away…
Outlander
The Tea shop mysteries by Laura Childs, great quick reads. Jack Whyte’s King Arthur series.
Girl with the Dragon tattoo series and Massie Dobbs series. Both are so good.
Fern Michaels Sisterhood series. Love them.
Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear. Spunky private investigator between the wars in England. Mystery and Historical fiction.
Outlander series
The Winning of America Series by Allan W. Eckert and Harry Potter. I also liked Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series
Longmire books by Craig Johnson!
“The Cat Who…” series by Lilian Braun Jackson, of course!?
Outlander, Beautiful Creatures, Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices
Anne of Green Gables. ❤️
The Flavia De Luce mysteries
My Struggle.
I love ” The CAT Who….” series!
Me too. They were fun. Loved Quill!!!!
Deadwood mysteries by Ann Charles. Hollows series by Kim Harrison. Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman.
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
The Century Trilogy by Ken Follett.
As a kid, The Hardy Boys. As an adult, Masters of Rome series by Collene McCullough, Stephenie Plum series, Clan of the Cave Bear series, Gordius the Finder Roma sub Rosa series.
I almost forgot Harry Bosch series of Michael Connelly.
Historical fiction…try the Bregdan Chronicles series.
The Spoils of Time Trilogy by Penny Vincenzi
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny. The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothsfuss.
The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter ?
The Unicorn Chronicles by Bruce Coville. The Tales of the Frog Princess by E.D. Baker. The Moomins by Tove Jansson.
Janet Evanovich, Carolyn Haines, Lawrence Sanders, and Diane Mott Davidson.
Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny
Stephen King’s Dark Tower series
Big Stone Gap series by Adriana Trigiani
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Midnight Crossroad series by Charlaine Harris
Very Valentine series by Adriana Trigiani
The Sacketts by Louis L’Amour
Anne of Green Gables all 8 books
Woman of Substance
Mary Stewart’s trilogy about Merlin, beginning with The Crystal Cave. I loved the way she painted this man. Wonderful stories that I’ve read over and over!
The Dark Tower
Outlander
Outlanders
Light reading, loved the Cat Who books, all mysteries with a reluctant hero who has 2 Siamese.
Read them all. Really miss her writing.
Nikki Heat books by Richard Castle
Any series by Octavia Butler.
Definitely the books written by Michael Connelly. Most of them are about the character of Harry Bosch and, read in order, they take you on a great journey through his life as a detective in Los Angeles. My favorite mystery-police procedural writer. I’ve read them all twice!!!
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer are great!
Lunar Chronicles
The house of night.
The Earth Children Series by Jean M. Auel. These books are set in the Ice Age and they are phenomenal. Lots a historical research and facts. The first book is the ‘Clan of the Cave Bear’.
I love these books too. The only thing I was turned off by was the sex scenes. Sometimes they made me roll my eyes or skim over!
@Joni The sex scenes are the only reason I would not recommend these books to young readers…I wish the author would write a companion book about the medicinal herbs, edible plants, etc.
Dragonriders series by Anne McCaffrey
Shadowhunters! Book 1 City of Bones
Have u read the infernal devices clockwork angel books and the rest of the series to
A million times over – this was THE BEST series and it’s not done yet. With 9-10 books, it will keep you busy for a while
I just got the Bane chronicles my friend is reading it now I have already pre ordered The Queen of Darkness
I just want to live in the series and never come out
@Adriane I feel that way in every series. The last book is always sad!
The Last Hours are suppose to be coming out soon that is with Will and Tessa’s kids
theres still one more book coming in the lady midnight trilogy
@Amy ya Queen of Darkness have u heard when the Last Hours is coming out
@Adriane absolutely! I just haven’t gotten the new book of the Lord of shadows one yet!
@Aundi you’ll love it!!
I love, if you can still find them, the Animorphs series which I always recommend to Hunger Games fan. It is a 50+ book series about 6 middle schoolers who get the power to turn into any animal and have to fight body-snatching aliens who crawl into your ear and into your brain. It is creepy as heck because they literally think EVERY PERSON is an alien. It is so 90’s, which is fun now. The main girl is like Katniss- fierce, protective, and gets kind of dark–her love interest is sweet like Peeta.
The Lord of the Rings
Game of Thrones
Technically, A Song of Ice and Fire, but truly EPIC. They were hard to put down.
Clifton Chronicles. Archer
Louise Penny Inspector Gamache series.
Pendergast.
I loved the Matched Series
The Steig Larson series
The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo
Yes!
Red Queen
I read this just last summer. Hoping to get far enough down my list to read the rest on the series.
I’m on the 4th book. ♥️
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins. I love more than Harry Potter…okay well, maybe not more!
The Oz books by L. Frank Baum and various other writers (there’s 40 books).
Harry Potter
Mortal instruments by Cassandra Clare
There’s a series by Rosalind Miles about Gwenivere that I really loved. It’s three books, I believe.
The Mitford Series by Jan Karon
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer.
Lord of the Rings
Nancy Drew.
The Vampire Chronicles
Almost forgot about these. Anne Rice made me love vampires.
Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials. Just came out with the trilogy prequel The Book of Dust.
And of course Lord of the Rings and Grafton’s alphabet mysteries.
Joe Ledger Series – Jonathan Maberry
Harry Potter
That would be the Outlander series.
The Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flanagan. (YA), Bernard Cornwell’s The Last Kingdom, and Simon Scarrow’s Eagles of the Empire series.
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
The Valentine series (The Shoemaker’s Wife; Brava, Valentine; The Supremem Macaroni Company) by Andriana Trigiani.
The Chronos Files, by Ryssa Walker
Kim Stanley Robinson’s “Mars” series – Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars.
His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman
Anna and the French Kiss
The Left Behind series, The Mitford series, No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series
I have two: the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series by Laurie R. King and the Jane Whitefield series by Thomas Perry.
The Vampire Plagues by Sebastian Rook. They’re YA, but so engrossing. I’m a grown woman, but they’re still some of my favorites.
Definitely Outlander….Clan of the Cavebear…..and Most importantly GAME OF THRONES
Colleen McCullough’s series about Ancient Rome
What age range? I have some suggestions but you mentioned YA books in your list.
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
and, yes, the Left Behind series.
I read Mission Earth by L Ron Hubbard in High School. I had to push thru a couple of them but I still think about that story 25+ years later.
Of course, tho, A Song of Ice and Fire is EPIC. George R R Martin really knows how to tell a story.
And, then, the all time classic, The Lord of the Rings (include The Hobbit) by J R R Tolkien must be included on the list.
I keep forgetting Catherine Coulter’s Sherbrooke Bride series. Set in 19th century England/Scotland…each book features a member of the family, but they are all intertwined throughout the series.
Bawdy, romantic and her great writing.
Big Stone Gap (4 in series)
Bought a box set before I left FL where I live to stay in IL for a month and forgot them! Can’t wait to get home.
I loved big stone gap, and Did not know there was a series!
@Nancy Yes- 4 Books in the series and first one was a feature film directed by the author!
I saw the film, and read the first two. Will have to look for the others!
Prendergast series by Preston and child
Also the Peculiar Children series by Ransom Riggs.
Cirque du Freak
Harry Potter
The Chronicles of Narnia and Anne of Green Gables. Hands down!!!
If you are into Arthurian legends then there’s the Camulod Chronicles by Jack Whyte. The first book is Skystone. The series is pre-Excalibur and pre-Camelot.
Red Rising series by Pierce Brown
Poldark series by Winston Graham.
Lord of the Rings
The Grantchester Mysteries by James Runcie
Last Kids on Earth
My husband and son love these!
Game of Thrones, Outlander, Philippa Gregory, etc…
Outlander via Audible through my GPS. Audible has made it possible for me to find the time for reading again. Putting on miles for my job. It’s a win-win.
I just downloaded it for free….joined Amazon Audible….two free audiobooks with 30 day free trial….
Jodi Taylor’s St. Mary’s series
The Wheel of Time
My husband was obsessed with this one.
I’m only on book 3 but love it
It’s a long haul story, but the pay off is worth it.
The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett, the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear are two of my favorites.
If you like HG, you might like Divergent.
Narnia series and Divergent series…
Dark Tower by Stephen King
Well, for the YA fantasy bunch– Harry Potter, of course– Back in the bodice ripper days, I enjoyed the Roselynde Chronicles by Roberta Gellis (Much better than most of that sort) Then for the Pulitzer or History lovers– “The Awakening Land” (The Trees, The Field and the Town by Conrad Richter. For just an awesome book “These is My Words, by Nancy E Turner (written in diary form–that book is of my favorites ever and contains one of the great romances) and it’s sequels Sarah’s Quilt and Star Garden–also historical.. “Lonesome Dove” stands alone, but the other books that go with it aren’t bad..(“Lonesome Dove” is just the best of the best, and I love Gus)
Narnia
Harry Potter, The Chronicles of Narnia, All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness. I’m also loving The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty, but it’s the only currently published one in its series (The Daevabad Trilogy).
Outlander!!!
The Forsyte Saga by Nobel prize-winning author John Galsworthy
The Dark Tower series, Stephen King. Disney’s Villian Series , Serena Valentino, Mrs. Peregrine’ s home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs, Alex Cross series, James Patterson, Aloyusis Pendergast series, Preston and Child, Divergent series, I could go on and on. ?
Love Preston and Child!
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo trilogy by Stieg Larsson
Yes I enjoyed that one too!
Tales of the city. Gosh, they are good!
Outlander is a favorite. A short series The Rosemont series. And The Mitford series.
The Vlad Taltos series by Steven Brust.
Anne McCafferty’s Dragon books
the Xanth series by Piers Anthony. FIrst book A Spell or Chameleon. Older series but lots of fun.
Thomas and Charlotte Pitt Mysteries by Anne Perry.
Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald.
His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman
The Looking Glass Wars. By Frank Beddor
Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings,
Anne of Green Gables series have always been my favorite.
Outlander!!
I really enjoyed Joel C. Rosenberg’s Political Thriller series.
Brother Cadfael [Ellis Peters] mysteries and Amelia Peabody[ Elizabeth Peters]mysteries…….
Am I the only one that didn’t like any of the series named?
The Chronicles of Narnia. When I was a kid, The Little House books.
Oh and I also loved the Twilight series. Harry Potter and Hunger Games have already been mentioned but I loved them too!
GoT
Outlander and The Wheel Of Time
Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series.
Twilight series, the lying games, I’m currently reading a spin off series of the wizard of oz
OH! The Wicked series? I forgot about that series. Yes, I really enjoyed it, as a whole.
@Matt I just started the first book I like it so far!
I’m a big fan. There was a little disappointment for me toward the end of the series, but so far I’m the only one that I know has ever finished it, so I’ll be interested to see/hear your take!
The Beautiful Creatures series
Mine is Prendergast by Preston and childs
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Outlander, The Clan of the Cave Bear
Clan of the cave bear is on my list.
The Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin.
The Eragon series — epic fantasy.
The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Outlander. Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising). Harry Potter. Maisie Dobbs.
Anne of green gables & Little house on the prairie.
Dune by Frank Herbert
Mists of Avalon
Crystal Cave
Loved the Crystal Cave
I want to read dune, haven’t gotten to it yet, but it’s on my list.
Loved the Mists of Avalon!
Outlander, Hunger Games, Little House on the Prairie, Anne of Green Gables, Joanne Fluke books, Legend, Ember in the Ashes
Carla Neggars has several good series — mystery etc. Some set in Ireland – Love them — Alex Kava has some also
For a good light read and plenty of laughs I enjoy the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich.
Harry Potter , hunger games, divergent, fifty shades
Anne of Green Gables, the Mitford Series, the Chronicles of Narnia, and Harry Potter.
Love the Mitford series. Beautiful scenery descriptions and lovely thoughts.
Estelle Ryan’s “Genevieve Lenard” series… LOVE!
Game of thrones
Black Stallion, Harry Potter, Dresden Files.
Along with many already mentioned, The Kent Family Chronicles had me waiting for the next one to come out when they were first published. Great historical fiction series.
Outlander!
Outlander
Harry Potter, Little House on the Prairie, Hunger Games, Chronicles of Narnia, Nancy Drew, Study series by Maria V. Snyder to name a few ?
When I was a little girl I could not read fast enough the All of a Kind Family series.
It’s really light summer reading, but I have enjoyed the Blossom Street series by Debbie McComber.
Lord of the Rings! I read them back in the ’80’s. Love these books!
Guilty pleasure: No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency for between all the serious and sometimes depressing historical fiction I read.
Outlander
Dianne Mott Davidson. Culinary mystery series set in mountain town outside Denver
Outlander, Kent Family Chronicles, Stephanie Plum
Game of Thrones, Flavia de Luce mysteries, In Death series, Pendergast series.
Yes, Pendergast!
My first series was, The Black Stallion books.
Outlander, Narnia, Harry Potter, Little House, Game of Thrones,
and of course….Nancy Drew!!
Misty of Chincoteague trilogy
Series of unfortunate events. I’m old my kids read them and I picked the first one up and then read them all
Outlander!
Rick Riordan; Ian Rankin; Martha Grimes; Lindsey Davis (I’m heavy on mystery series)
Sandman Slim, by Richard Kadrey, Repairman Jack, by F. Paul Wilson. Dresden Files, Jim Butcher.
In the fantasy (dystopian) genre, read Lois Lowry’s books: The Giver, Gathering Blue, Son. Not really a series as much as companion novels.
And for fun, Harry Kemelman’s “Rabbi” books. It’s a mystery series from the 1970s featuring sleuth Rabbi David Small, and includes Monday the Rabbi Took Off, Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red, etc.
Too many to count, but you might enjoy The Young Wizards Series by Diane Duane since you like Harry Potter.
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones and Outlander
Outlander, Harry Potter, Earths Children, LOTR
Hobbit ,lord rings
Temerraire series by Naomi Novik. Set during the Napoleonic wars, men and dragons struggle to survive.
Emma Harte series- Barbara Taylor Bradford… still one of my favorite characters close to 30 yrs later
The Outlander series and Gone With the Wind and the spin-offs it has inspired.
Charles Lennox mysteries by Charles Finch, Lynley/Havers mysteries by Elizabeth George.
Harry Potter, The Spoils of Time Trilogy by Penny Vincenzi
Harry Potter and also The Series of Unfortunate Events.
Outlander and Harry Bosch series by John Connelly.
Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
Lord of the Rings.
Read the description..not for everyone…but in my all time top 10.
And probably be horrible, but coming to Fox network this coming season
Loooove these books! I’m not sure I will watch the show!
Little House, Betsy-Tacy (Maud Hart Lovelace), Nurse Cherry Ames,Trixie Belden, Bobsie Twins, Cadfael, Barsetshire (Anthony Trollope), crime/detective series by P. D. James, Donna Leon, and Jim Lehrer; George Smiley novels by John Le Carre; Harry Potter; Agatha Christie (both Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot); Left Behind; Maya Angelo’s autobiography series; and probably a few others I can’t think of! Right now reading the Night Soldiers series by Alan Fuerst.
Horatio Hornblower, Sir Harry Flashman
Ken Follett pillar of the Earth trilogy
His Dark Materials (Three books in one) by Phillip Pullman
Kerry Greenwood’s Miss Fisher.
Unwind
@Magic, Life and Times trilogy
Outlander and the Hamish Macbeth books by M.C. Beaton – notice a pattern here – anything to do with Scotland! ????????
Deborah Harkness, All Souls Trilogy.
I originally read this series a very long time ago, but have actually reread it a few times since, when I’m in the mood for some fantasy. In particular, I really enjoyed the play of good vs evil and all the shades in between, the somewhat forbidden romance (or at least ill-advised), and the conflict between the brothers. And it’s always interesting when you find yourself rooting for the “bad guy.”
All of Charlaine Harris’ series
Outlander
Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood was super fun. And Harry Potter of course.
Also Lisa Gardner’s DD Warren detective series
The time Quintet by Madeline L’Engle
Outlander series and anything by Ken Follett
It’s YA but I love Rick Riordan’s various series–Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus, Apollo, and Magnus Chase. I’m reading his Kane Chronicles right now.
The Mitford series by Jan Karon
The Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny. Brilliant!
Dragon Riders of Pern, Eragon, Witch World, Night World, Acorna, Circle of Light, Malory novels by Johanna Lindsey, Crystal Singer, The Earth Sea Triloy.
Although it gets bashed by “mature” readers I also really enjoyed The Twilight Saga and Ms Meyers novel The Host was very good as well
I didna mention Outlander since so many others had already but it is currently my all time favorite.
Outlander and Exit Unicorns to name a couple! I am a serial! I love them!
I really enjoyed Jean Auel’s Earth’s Children series back in the ’80s
Yes very good I forgot that on my list.
J. B. Collins Series by Joel Rosenberg is amazing!
Twilight
Inspector Ian Rutledge series by Charles Todd. Also enjoyed his Bess Crawford books
Adding to my TBR list!
the little known and under appreciated, Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin! Agent Pendergast by Lincoln & Child, Dave Robicheaux by James Lee Sue Burke https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/books/review/Crime.t.html
How to Train Your Dragon series for kids, Kushiel’s Dart for adults.
Outlander
Chronicles of Narnia.
Starting with “The Cabinet of Curiosities”, the Special Agent Pendergast books by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston. And, of course, the Harry Potter series. ?
Outlander, Irish Country Doctor, Hamish Macbeth, Agatha Raisin, Sister Jane’s Foxhunting books. Love the adventure and the character development.
Uglies series by Scott westerfeld
Lemony snickets
Amelia Peabody mysteries by Elizabeth Peters, Agatha Raisin mysteries by M.C. Beaton, Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries by Dorothy Sayers, Lady Daisy Dalyrimple mysteries by Carola Dunn and Lucas Davenport by John Sanford. When I was young, I loved the Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene.
Lord of the Rings
game of thrones
Louise Penney’s Gamache series.
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear, Culinary Mystery series(Goldy) by Diane Mott Davidson, and the ABC books by Sue Grafton are also fun.
Louise Penny Gamache, Deborah Crombie Duncan Kincaid, Cara Black Aimee LeDuc
Lord of the Rings, but I also enjoyed the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, Chronicles of Narnia and of course Harry Potter series.
The Earth’s Children by Jean M. Auel.
Donna Leon’s Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery series set in Venice, Italy. I love these and have read all 27 books.
Outlander, then Dragonriders of Pern, then Harry Potter.
The Wheel of Time, Outlander, Harry Potter, Ender’s Game.
Outlander and discovery of witches
Game of Thrones
Harry Potter; Lord of the Rings; Foundation; Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse, Midnight TX and Aurora Teagarden series; Armand Gamache (Penny) … I’m sure there are others I’ve forgotten here. So many good books, so little time!
I read the Sookie Stackhouse series, and am reading the Aurora Teagarden series now (I think I’m on book 5?). Haven’t tried the Midnight one yet. Glad to know it’s a good one! 🙂
Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files
Oooh, I’ve gotta add those to my list! I keep hearing about those!
I love reading series – the only drawback is the endless waiting for the next book to be released .
Oh, I forgot! The Big Sky and 2 other books of fiction by A.B. Guthrie about the “mountain men” who explored the American west and then the people who settled there. Unforgettable!
Bloody Jack series by LA Meyer…..I love this series as much as HP and Lord of the Rings and that is saying a lot. Wonderfully written and the CD version read by Katherine Kellgren grabs you and won’t let you go. 8 books
High praise! I will have to look into that series!
Jan Karon’s “Mitford” series!
The Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis. Try The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Series is about Percy Jackson, demigod son of Poseidon. A favorite of mine is The Crystal Cave series by Mary Stewart. About Merlin. Eragon tetrology by Christopher Paolini.
Harry Hole by Jo Nesbo!!!!
The Broken Earth trilogy
Alan Bradley’s Flavia deLuce series. It’s appropriate for younger readers, but the mysteries are written for adults. No bad language or “adult themes” and they are charming.
Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, if you’re into urban fantasy then I love the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs, or the Meredith Gentry series by Laurell K. Hamilton. I like the Anita Blake series by Hamilton too but think it’s gone on a bit long.
Phryne Fisher mysteries by Kerry Greenwood
They’re making a Miss Fisher movie!
Tek….. William Shatner
I love the Outlander series. Also, Ken Follett wrote two different trilogies: Pillars of the Earth and Fall of Giants. Both of those trilogies were wonderful.
Divergent
Liked the first two, but number three kind of ran off the rails. It would have been much better if it had been two separate books.
Dark Towers by Stephen King.
1 -Harry Potter
2-Outlander-Gabaldon
3-North and south-Jakes
4-Pillars of the earth-Follet
5-Clan of the
6-Cave bears
7-Shogun-clavell
8-Game of thrones- Jrr Martin
9-Kent family chronicles-John Jakes
10-Wilderness-Donati
Sorry I could not pick just one series so I gave my top 10. Lol in no order either.
Many by John Jakes…
I loved all the Cat Who books by Lilian Jackson Braun.
Outlander
Camilla Lackberg’s mystery series. Starts with The Ice Princess and I think in American print we’re at book 7.
Narnia. Her Royal Spyness, Game of Thrones series
Elena Ferrante Italian series
Game of Thrones
The Fever series by Karen Marie Moning
Outlander, The Belgariad, The Mallorean, The Elm Creek Quilt series
Mann Walker trilogy
Kenn Follett – Century Trilogy
Dark Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Black dagger brotherhood by JR Ward
The League by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning
So many more that I can’t even think of them right now but these are at the top
Outlander, Night Huntress, Anita Blake, Hollows, Incarnations of Immortality
Outlander!
Lucky Starr (Isaac Asimov writing as Paul French) – First series I read from end to end thanks to my brother Steve.
Tales of the City
Happily Ever After
Rewinder by Brett Battles; Aurora Teagarden series and the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris (though, with the Sookie Stack house series, the first half of the books are better than the last half, I think. The last few books I didn’t enjoy as much.)
Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp series (and if you have seen the movie…it is completely different than the book.)
Cork O’Connor Series by William Kent Krueger. The first book in the series is Iron Lake.
The Inspector Gamache series.
Oh my goodness! How could I forget the Percy Jackson Series!!! Looking forward to diving into all his other series next!
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. Think a grown-up Harry Porter in Chicago as a PI.
The Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian (20 complete novels and one incomplete work published posthumously).
For comfort, I find myself turning to the comic novels and stories by P. G. Wodehouse. Aside from a few of his one-off novels, I’ve also read all of the Jeeves and Wooster novels and stories, all of the Mr. Mulliner stories, one book in the Drones Club series, and three books in the Blandings/Lord Emsworth series.
“The Good Soldier Švejk” by Jaroslav Hašek could be considered a series, since it was originally published across multiple books, though I’ve only read the single-volume edition published by Penguin (Cecil Parrott translation).
By the same token, I also love “The Fifth Queen” and “Parade’s End” by Ford Madox Ford and the “Ivan Chonkin” trilogy by Vladimir Voinovich. “The Fifth Queen” can be downloaded from Project Gutenberg in its three constituent parts: “The Fifth Queen; And How She Came to Court”, “Privy Seal: His Last Venture”, and “The Fifth Queen Crowned”.
In the last of these, the only connection is philosophical and thematic, so I don’t know if it counts as a series, but three of my favorite books are the “Christ and Antichrist trilogy” by the turn-of-the-20th-century Russian writer Dmitri Merezhkovsky. They are, in order, “The Death of the Gods” (about Julian the Apostate), “The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci”, and “Peter and Alexis: A Romance of Peter the Great”. Anyone who is interested in good historical fiction can find these at Project Gutenberg (the first two titles) or Internet Archive (all three).
Not including any Trilogy or Two Part Books as I consider a series more than 4 books….The Kent Family Chronicles by John Jakes, Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling, The Saxon Tales by Bernard Cornwell, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, Pendergast Series by Douglas Preston and Lincloln Child, Alex Cross series by James Patterson, Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich, King and Maxwell series by David Baldacci,
Oh yes, the Kent Family Chronicles. I forgot all about them. Read them when they first came out. Many years ago.
Nora Roberts rights great series
The Chronicles of Narnia
I forgot that one but I most likely did forget a few.
I like the 1st book “the call” there is a second book out now that will be my next read.
Outlander!
I may be the only one who knows what I’m talking about, but I remember loving Zelazny’s Amber series in my younger years!
His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman is a must read
Outsider !!!!
Outlander
I just cannot, for the life of me, get into this book. I am halfway through the first book, and I’m just sorta “meh” about it. Does it get better??
@Stefanie I thought I was the only one on the planet who wasn’t head over heels for this series!! Glad to know there is someone else who feels the same!!
@Amy that makes me feel better! 😀
My teen daughter LOVES the Wings of Fire series. The one thing she wanted for her birthday last year was the whole set in hardback. She has read them MANY times over.
Also by Erin Hunter that she has read: Warriors (Warrior Cat series?). She has several of those also.
the Fever Series, Karen Marie Moning is a favorite
Loved that series!
Poldark!
Oh I haven’t read that one. I have been wanting to. Thanks for reminding me. ?
Margaret Atwood’s MadAdam trilogy. Does that count?
Outlander?
THE BEST
I loved Outlander. Michael gave me all the books for Christmas one year.
Great question Catherine Hyzy!
Also the Joe Pickett books by C. J. Box.
Poldark by Winston Graham is probably my favorite but I also liked Outlander a lot. I have only been reading adult books since I retired from my position as an elementary librarian so I have lots of children’s book series and YA series I liked, too. Hunger Games, Divergent, The Giver, Little House, Ramona, Wrinkle in Time and many more!
@Sara I LOVE the show, too. You should read the entire series. So good!
Lilian Jackson Braun, The Cat Who… Series.
These books were so folksy,in a way, they made me feel good!
Lives of the Mayfair Witches. Anne Rice
Outlander, Lord of the Rings, A Song of Ice and Fire.
Flavia de luce..Alan Bradley
Not a series – but if you loved those, read Night Circus by Erin Morgenson!! https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2018/06/my-favorite-reads-first-half-of-2018.html
The Swan series by Celeste De Blasis
I like the 1st book “the call” there is a second book out now that will be my next read.
Pilars of the Earth series.
Darker Shade of Magic by Schwab, Carve the Mark by Roth, Pillars of the Earth by Follet
Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia, The Sword of Truth series, the Eragon series, Pillars of the Earth series
Into the Wilderness series by Sara Donati.
Jennifer Chiviarini’s Elmcreek Quilts series…wonderful!
Has to be Outlander. Just finished and starting over!
Red River of the North, a series about Norwegian immigrants to the Dakota territories in the mid/late 19th century. Hands down my favorite series ever. By Lauraine Snelling https://www.amazon.com/Untamed-Land-Red-River-North/dp/0764201913/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528312413&sr=1-2&keywords=lauraine+snelling+books+red+river+of+the+north
I love these books and those that follow. Lauraine is such a great descriptive writer!
So many books I wanna read!
@Amy Me too! I just loved how she was able to continue on through the generations and still make you care about the characters.
I also loved this trilogy so much: https://www.amazon.com/Montana-Trilogy-Collection-Book/dp/B015DNL548/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528312583&sr=1-2&keywords=ivan+doig+trilogy
And these look good too!
The Cork O’Connor series by William Kent Krueger
In the whole list, no one has yet to mention Tamora Pierce. I loved all her series.
I have read many of her books because she is my daughter’s favorite. I liked the Circle of Magic series best.
@Amy I LOVED her books. I read them through high school when everyone else was reading HP.
We did both but my daughter met Tamora Pierce at one point and got a book autographed so she is extra special.
The Giver
Any of the Ryera’s. Ryera Revelation, Ryera Chronicles and Age if Myth by Michael J Sullivan. Can be read chronological or by order of publication
Harry Potter, Hunger Games, and the Mary O’Reilly series by Terri Reid
Harry Potter
Blackford Oakes.
White Queen/Red Queen/White Princess (War of the Tutor Roses) by Philippa Gregory
I love both the Monk and Pitt series by Anne Perry. The series about Amelia Peabody Emerson, her husband the Egyptologist and their son, Ramses is really great, too..but for the life of me, I can’t remember who wrote it (and I’ve read it twice!!! Getting old, I guess!!) Phillipa Gregory’s Boleyn series and late Plantagenant series Red Queen White Queen are also great. I’ve read them four times! The Maisie Dobbs series ..Miss Marple series, Donna Leon ‘s Venetian series…wow…I could go on and on and I love them all!!!
Elizabeth Peters wrote the Amelia Peabody series. It is one of my favorites.
These are all my favorites too! We’re kindred spirits @Margaret and @Karen!
Harry of course. Anne of Green Gables
Chronicles of Narnia
Left Behind series
Lunar Chronicles and Throne of Glass and Court of Thorns and Roses ?
Game of Thrones even though I have given up on Martin ever finishing the series.. (Note to myself, never start an unfinished series again ?)
Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn
Clan of the Cave Bears, Jean Auel
Clan of the Cave Bear
Black dagger brotherhood series by JR Ward
Left Behind series. I was working in a junior high library when that came out. One of my students was also a fan and we had a great discussion whenever a new one came out!
outlander
Outlander for me as well!
I enjoyed the KingFountain Series by Jeff Wheeler.
I experienced the same thing the first time I tried reading it and then when it was made into a mini series I gave it a second shot. I Enjoyed them in the beginning and got through the first five, but I am “out landed” out
The Vampire Chronicles
The Mayfair Witches is good, too!
Adelsverein Trilogy……. I can almost bet no one else will list this series but they caught my eye because I am a descendent of German immigrants and live in the part of Texas where a large part of these folks settled down… LaGrange, Fredericksburg, New Braunfels, and Kerrville. Full of history about their experiences during the Texas revolution and the Civil War and the Indian wars. One of the few books I would consider re-reading
The dragon kings
The Maze Runner
Game of thrones, Harry Potter, Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles
You won’t find a better series than “Freddy the Pig”.
Outlander..
Harry potter
The Mitford series by Jan Karon.
John Jakes… The north and the south
Harry Porter
His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
David Downing’s book series. They all have a title of Station. The first one is Zoo Station.
The Maggie Hope series or the Chet and Bernie series
The Dune series by Frank Herbert, The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy
The Mitford Series
A U.S. Series by Rachel Caine called The Great Library. #1 Ink and Bone
The All Souls Trilogy and the Outlander Series.
Sorry – YA
Little house
L. Frank Baum’s Oz books. There is a whole world of characters besides Dorothy and all her friends.
Clan of the Cave Bear. Outlander
Red Rising
OUTLANDER by Diana Gabaldon!
Wheel of time-> Robert Jordan
The Dark Tower -> Steven King
Shannara Series -> Terry Brooks
In Death -> J.D.Robb
Outlander!
When I was a girl, Little House On the Prairie.
Game of Thrones, Dune, Happy Potter, a few mystery series, too many.
Outlander
How could I forget Outlander, but the first is still the best, imo.
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
As a kid- Nancy Drew
Toss up between The Expanse series, Joe Ledger series, the Monster Hunter International series, and the Sandman Slim series.
The Passage trilogy!
Oh, and Ken Follett’s Fall of Giants trilogy
A Series of Unfortunate Events. Little House on the Prairie. Brother Cadfael mysteries.
An Aussie series by John Marsden “Tomorrow When the War Began”
OUTLANDER! (Diana Gabaldon) And The Gateway Trilogy (and the Tracker series that follows that) (E.E. Holmes)
Outlander
Outlander! Interview With a Vampire, Mayfair Witches, Game of Thrones
Outlander
People of the Earth by Jean Auel
Wheel of time Robert Jordan
Chronicles of Narnia, Wrinkle of Time is actually the first of many books with Meg and Charles Wallace, Merry Gentry by Laurel K. Hamilton
I’m so happy to see so many of us have loved Outlander!!!❤️❤️❤️
Don’t have time this year to read the book – reading too many things – but do you know when this summer it is planning on returning – I’m thinking more towards the middle to end?
@Judith I have no idea when it’s coming back, I need to find out as well!
Outlander is set to come back on Starz in November. ?
@Cathy thank you!!! Ugh, so far away!!!!!
Game of thrones, Jo Nesbos Harry Hole series. Craig Johnson’s Longmire series. Harry Potter. I’m just staring Inspector Gamasche.
Inkspell, Inkheart and Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke.
Harry Potter!
Outlander and Sookie Stackhouse series
Another Outlander vote here!
Kay Scarpetta
Harry Potter ?
Clan of the Cave Bear
The Little House Books and the series by Lauraine Snelling.
Oh yeah. Those were good
Im on the 3rd Jane Hawk book ” The Crooked Staircase” by. Dean Koontz its real good. But my fave is Alex Cross books.
Big Stone Gap series by Adriana Trigiani and all of her other books!
Love Trigiani
Game of Thrones, Dune, Interview with the Vampire, Red Rising, and the Wool Trilogy
In death
I have read Harry Potter, Outlander, Alex Cross, Murder Mystery Club
The Dark Is Rising
Lord of the Ring, Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Divergent series, Stephanie Plum novels, The Cat Who…. series, Alex Cross, Clan of the Cave Bear, chidren’s series Anne of Green Gables, Little House books, Wrinkle in Time series, the Shoe books
Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz. The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Left Behind series by Tim Lahaye & Jerry B Jenkins.
Harry Potter and the Dragon riders of PERN(Anne McCaffrey).
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud.
Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. You will laugh till you nearly pee your pants ?
Yes!
Fiona Griffiths
The All Souls Trilogy. I’ve listened to the audiobooks and read them 4 times. ?
The Harry Potter series.
Louise Penny’s series.
Just started, but I love it!
The Century Trilogy
Does a trilogy count? I loved Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Me too. Not so much the 2 new ones, though.
The 1st was best, but, I did like them all. I looked for a writer with similar style, read The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo. I loved it, then started reading more by him, but, they were way too violent 🙁
They are, but I do enjoy them.
Outlander
Outlander
Kim Harrison – Rachel Morgan series
Lenox Mysteries By Charles Finch and The Seaside Knitters Mysteries.
Discovery of Witches
Eve Dallas anything in death
I love this series I have read all the books many time and i am waiting patiently for the next one to come out. That is the hardest part,
Maise Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Outlander!!
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear and Inspector Gamache series by Louise Permey
Penny
44 Scotland St by Alexander McCall Smith
Craig Johnson – the Walt Longmire series
Wicked
Embers in the Ashes
Harry Potter, Outlander,
The Kate Daniels Magic series
“The Dresden Files” by Jim Butcher.
The Belgariad by David Eddings
Outlander- Diana Gabaldon
Outlander, Diana Gabaldon!!! The Fever Series and The Highlander series, Karen Marie Moning. Betsy the Vampire Queen, by Mary Janice Davidson.
Ken Follett’s Century Triology
Twighlight
Wow! Thanks everyone! I now have quite the list!
With variety!
Left Behind and the Stephanie Plume series.
Brock & Bodie Thoene…any of their several series
Kingkiller Chronicles
Outlander
little house on the prairie <3 chronicles of narnia
Outlander – by far. I’ve also enjoyed the Harry Potter series.
Harry Potter and Miss Pregrine.
An oldie but goodie – lord peter wimsey
Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel….an oldie but a goodie.
If you liked Hunger Games, check out the Red Rising series.
“Call the Midwife!”
The first was so good, but oh man, the second one broke my heart! The work houses! gah!!
I have read Many series, because I read by Author I have a tendency to read that way. James Patterson has the Alex Cross Series, Michael Bennett series, the Women’s Murder Club series. Stuart Woods had the Stone Barrington series, Teddy Faye series, Holly Barker series and more I have not written. Kathy Reichs had the Temperance Brennon Series. Iris Johansen has the Eve Duncan Series. CJ Box has the Joe Pickett series, John Sandford has the Prey series and the Virgil Flowers series. Robert B. Parker ‘Spenser’ series and ‘Jesse Stone” series. Nora Roberts does have many series as well all that i have read are good. My favorite series so far is JD Robbs IN DEATH series. FYI this series is written by Nora Roberts under a sudenium (sp?). I hope you find the suggestions helpful.
True story midwife
Chronicles of Narnia, Sharyn Mccrumb’s Appalachian Ballad series, K.R. Conway’s YA Undertow series.
Clan of the cave bear, Mitford’s series.
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
So much wisdom!
The Laura Russell Series
Little House books for kids
Amelia Peabody mysteries for me and Outlander
The Dragon Riders of Pern!
Outlander!
Outlander; Garden of Allah series by Martin Turnbull; Ann Charles mystery series’ each set in Deadwood, Arizona, Mexico.
Outlander. On the 5th book and loving them all so far.
Currently, Clare’s Shadowhunters.
Natchez Burning
Just started that series, liking it a lot.
Outlander for awhile. SciFi Seven Suns. Fantasy Robin Hobb’s books. Jeffrey Archer’s Clifton Saga.
Not exactly high lit, but I love the Alex Cross books by James Patterson
Miss Peregrine’s School books
Night World and Sea Breaze series
Mitford, Jan Karon
Tolkins LORD OF THE RINGS
Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon
The princess bride by Sherri Rose Shepard
Poldark Series and Anne of Green Gables
Lord of the Rings and The Foundation Series
Apologies if they’ve already been mentioned (this is a looooong & exciting comment stream!), but I love the His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman (in another thread here re: The Book of Dust: Vol I, some were saying they didn’t like the books after the first as much as they liked The Golden Compass… but I adore them all) and The Earthsea series by Ursula K LeGuin!
TIL that trilogies don’t count as “series”? ?
Agree! Also love those Philip Pullman books!
Oh I forgot I read Lord of the Rings to a long time ago
Favorite book is Speaker for the Dead but series, so far it is the Stormlight Archives by Brian Sanderson… it’s not fully written but it’s the best so far
I love Speaker for the Dead too.
I have read it twice now and it struck me to the heart both times
No one has mentioned Lloyd Alexander’s Chronicles of Prydain, which I loved.
I love these.
Outlander
Tales of the City!!!!!!
Outlander
The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword.
Father Tim and Mitford
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Alienist was a good series
Outlander
Maisie Dobbs
Harry Potter.
Harry Bosch, Myron Bolitar, and Spenser
Agatha Raisin
Outlander- Diana Gabaldon
from a kid- Little House, as an adult, Outlander, Kelley Armstrongs Otherworld series
The Poison Study series and Pillar of Fire series.
Outlander!!!
Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke
Narnia
Protector of the Small: Tamora Pierce
For Young Adult series, I suggest Kristin Cashore’s Graceling realm books: Graceling, Fire & Bitterblue.
http://www.gracelingrealm.com/books.html
Miss Marple, Foundation (Isaac Asimov), Earthsea Trilogy (Ursula Le Guin).
Weeeelllll….. since the Lord of the Rings was SUPPOSED to be one book (written as one book, split up for publication only), I won’t say it. ?. Series I love include Harry Potter, Friedman’s Coldfire Trilogy, Sanderson’s Stormlight Archives, the Dresden Files, the Discworld books….and who knows what else. ?
The Century Series by Ken Follett
Poldark by Winston Graham
MaddAddam series. Margaret Atwood.
Firelord series by Parke Godwin. “The Lord of the Rings” by Tolkien. The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice.
Harry Dresden series and Kingkiller Chronicles
The many lives and loves of Josephine B. ( about Josephine Bonaparte, napoleons wife)
Anne of Green Gables series
The Vampire Chronicles
The Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin
Outlander
“The blood of eden” saga by Julie Kagawa
The Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel @Kay
A Discovery of Witches trilogy
Anne Rice, the Witch Series….so good.
oryx and crake by Margaret Atwood
The Dark Tower. Definitely.
The Crystal Cave series by Mary Stuart
Armande Gamache series by Louise Penny.
Ken Follett Knightsbridge series
The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C Wrede!
Wheel of Time. By Robert Jordan
Chief Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny. Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. The Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.
Outlander, The Starbridge Series, a 6 book series on the Anglican Church by Susan Howatt, sp? GAME OF Thrones, Susan George’s Lynley series
Atwood trilogy, The Maddadam Series
Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia (those two series have single-handedly got more of my students reading than any other books).
If you are into audio books, I absolutely love The Bloody Jack series by L.A. Meyer. These need to be listened to rather than read.
For adults, I enjoyed Kinsey Milhone series, Stephanie Plum series, Poldark series, and the Outlander series
Outlander series
Try Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
The Mayfair Witch series by Anne Rice. Also the Vampire Chronicles, with which it intersects in a few books.
Outlander and Hunger Games
The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander starting with The Book of Three.
I have it, but not read it.
It’s a great tale.
@Jennifer Enjoy!
Anne Rice’s vampire series and her witches series also, great books!
The Rome Series by Kate Quinn.
Oh, I don’t know that one.
Harry Potter. Inspector Gammache.
Anything by Garth Nix ❤️❤️❤️
I’m a greedy reader. I don’t read series. There are way too many books to read to spend time on series.
The Last Policeman trilogy by Ben Winter
LOTR
Percy Jackson
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.
I so thoroughly enjoyed that series. HBO made it into a show and it was lovely too.
Outlander
HP
Outlander – Game of Thrones and The Wizard of Oz- books.
Favorite series.
.
Hunger Games .
Twilight
Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter.
The girl with the dragon tattoo series. A Series of Unfortunate Events will also always have a place in my heart.
Outlander, Dragons of Pern, Anne of Green Gables, Girl with Dragon Tattoo, Stephanie Plum
Love Harry Potter. My absolute favorite series. I try to read them all at least once a year. ❤❤❤ #VotePotter
Elena ferrantes neopolitian books
Swann saga, Little Women, Lord of the Rings, Knightsbridge series
Griffin and Sabine
Wheel of Time
Harry Potter and Outlander!!
Twilight
Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich
The Heart by @Iris
The Wrinkle In Time series
Anne of green gables
Little House on the Prairie, Flowers in the Attic,Twilight. Hunger Games
Loved VC Andrews but stopped after she passed and the ghost writer kept regurgitating plot lines to her original book series-Flowers, Heaven.?
Narnia
Lion witch and wardrobe
Harry Potter
Harry Potter!
Diversion series, the Dragonriders of Pern
That was a great series.
Terry Prachett’s Discworld books, technically NOT a series but come on…
Also pre-Peace Talks Dresden Files ?
The outlanders
Women’s Murder Mysteries
Does it have to be certain books on the list?
No. Any series you loved.
@Peggy oh awesome. I love young adult fiction as well as docunaentary books and nystery. Any book really. Got any recommendations?
The Girl with…..the Dragon Tatoo, Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, etc
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is also one of my favorites.
Outlander
Fallen Angel series
Outlander is awesome. A Discovery of Witches. If you like YA (like HP and HG) Twilight, Maze Runner, The Shadow Hunters series.
Harry Potter for sure and most series by Rick Riordan.
How did I forget Rick Riordan?? His series are great.
Jane Whitefield by Thomas Perry and Outlander
Clan of the Cave Bear
I agree another great series
Ayla is very beloved
The Girl With ….. & The Mitford Series
The Mitford series is a good one. Great “feel good”books.
The green mile, when it first came out.
Yes! I forgot that it was novellas and there were 5 or 6 of them. Genius money maker though!?
The Red Queen series
Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde
Game of Thrones Series.. George RR Martin
Wheel of Time.. Robert Jordan
Justin Cronin .. Passage Series
Maisey Dobbs, Brunetti and Gamache.
Lyndsay Faye’s Timothy Wilde’s series starting with The Gods of Gotham, Amy Stewart’s series on the Kopp sisters starting with Girl Waits With Gun (based on a true story), James Lee Burke’s Robicheaux series, King’s most recent trilogy, The Red Sparrow (which Hollywood scewed up as usual) trilogy by Jason Matthews.
I love the James Lee Burke’s Robicheaux series and have read every one of them.
@Linda me too, love Robicheaux!
Those, and Narnia and Game of Thrones.
Narnia! Oh and Midford and Gamache.
I know it’s YA, but I love everything by Tamora Pierce!!
Poldark Series (12) books.
Following
Wool, Shift, and Dust – by Hugh Howey.
Love those books too!
I really enjoyed that series too!
Left Behind
The Inspector Gamache series!
Stephen King’s Dark Tower series
I still love David Edding’s Belgariad series. Loved Daniel Abraham’s Long Price quartet. Orson Scott Card, Ender and Alvin Maker series. YA: Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha trilogy = awesome!
Discworld series by Terry Pratchett, Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage, Rebel of the Sands trilogy by Alwyn Hamilton, Lord of the Rings, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series, the Fairyland series by Catherynne Valente, His Dark Materials, Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy by Laini Taylor, Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott, the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, the Broken Earth trilogy by N.K Jemisin, I could go on and on and on…
Lord of the Rings is a good read, but I love Terry Prachett – they are so snarky.
good choice!
Outlander!!!
Herman Wouk’s ” The Winds of War” War and Remembrance.
I forgot I read The Winds of War also it was great read
Outlander❤️
Patrick Rothfuss is a must…
Only first book
Twilight, Hunger Games and 90% of Game of thrones
Louise Penny’s Armand Gamache Series, Stephen White’s 20 bbok series, Outlander. Maisie Dobbs, There’s many more. I love series!!!!
Series are dangerous – you buy one book and come up for air a week later.
Or several months later as I did with the Outlander series.
The Giver series
Beach House series by Mary Alice Monroe
Dean Koontz’s Odd Thomas series
Outlander
Divergent trilogy.
Outlander.
Outlander
Magic Kingdom of Landover series and The Shannara series both by Terry Brooks. I read them years ago then fell behind with Shannara; this is a great reminder to pick that series up again this summer.
If I posted this already forgive me, so many good threads hard to follow which I have done. The Vampire series by Anne Rice. When someone recommend the series to me they suggested start with the second book and then the first and the rest. The Vampire Lestat is the second book.
I heard the Witches series was good, but have not read it yet. Thanks for the recommendation.
With apologies, this site has way too much traffic for me. If there is a
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You can unfollow.
An Ember in the Ashes and the Red Rising series.
Alex Cross series, Harry Potter (also listened to it on tape), Hunger Games.
Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
Outlander and Poldark
Poldark was so much fun to read.
Clan Of The Cave Bear by Jean Auel.
My favorite read it every year,like the Mitford series
I read Clan a while back
Left Behind Series and also Clan of the Cave Bear series
Clan of the Cave Bear is on my reading list.
@Donna, I liked the first book, but I didn’t really care for the books that came after. Curious to know how you like them!
@Cori i will let you know!
Dune by Frank Herbert
I absolutely love Dune. What a wonderful book!
That was a great book!
Outlander
Agreed!
Louise Penney’s Inspector Gamache series
Dresden Files, Codex Alera, Vorkosiegan, Honor Harrington and Manticore Ascendant
Diane Gabaldon’s Outlander, Deborah Harkness’ series and Christopher Paolini’s Brisinger series,
Hunger Games and Enbryo series and Divergent series
Throne of Glass – Sarah J Maas
Game of Thrones❄️❄️
Anne Golon – Angelique…. My mother got me hooked!
Dresden Files
Red Rising series, Dune series, Wool series, Game of Thrones series.
Love all of them!
Yes, yes, yes!
Interview With a Vampire was one of my all time favorite books. I would start with it, the first.
All of these plus…Court of Thorns and Roses and others in series by Sarah Maas, Legend series by Marie Lu.
Kim Harrison’s The Hollows series; Deborah Harkness All Souls Trilogy; Kevin Hearn’s Iron Druid Chronicles…Ack I can’t stop!
Xenogenesis by Octavia Butler
Outlander!
A friend of mine passed in the series to me, haven’t started yet.
Hold onto your hat! It is a great series. Lots of characters and subplots. Just a well written enjoyable story line…and so romantic without being icky!!
My Outlander books just arrived in the mail….the first Outlander book is on deck after I finish A Prayer For Owen Meany….
@Susan….awesome friend, you should check out the TV series while you’re at it….
@Michael I might do that. Although to be honest, I am not much of a tv person.
Until you see the first episode….it’s on STARZ….or you could probably borrow it from the library….
I think someone mentioned Jeffrey Archer’s The Clifton Chronicles. (Is that correct?)
My only problem was the extreme cliffhanger at the end of each book. Sometimes, I had to wait a year for the next one.
I felt the same way with both the Masters of Rome series and the Clan of the Cave Bear series. I got so frustrated waiting for the next in the series. I swore I’d not start another series until the author finished the series or died. (I have not kept that promise.)?
@Joe Conlon, I’m looking at series with a minimum of 4 titles! I figure there with be a fifth & sixth by the time I finish the first four!
@Beverly , You might try Stephanie Plum series. It’s light fluff but fun and very funny. Her grandma is a stitch.
Sometimes I have to reread the last chapters to refresh my memory!!
Waiting way too long for Outlander #9!!
I agree with what is said, and these authors run off at the mouth nowadays; however, I swore off Archer after his anti-Semitic representation of a newspaper/media mogul. His books are readable but nothing great, and Shakespeare and Dickens may or may not have been prejudiced against the Jews, but they are not here to ask (Archer is still here, last time I looked – devastated by Anthony Bourdain’s suicide – putting Kitchen Confidential on my list of books to read).
Happened with Outlander series, too. Five years between books but worth the wait!
@Judith , deeply saddened by the loss of Bourdain. I always learned something about food, philosophy, and/or new places, from his impressions & attitudes.
@Beverly – and I feel sorry for the man who found him, Eric Ripert, one of the best chefs in this country (Le Bernadin (four stars) – interesting story in NY Times on how he came to position he is at now – Original Executive Chef died young, leaving a grieving sister, who is just about to retire as we speak – Ripert was working for them, and she promoted him). Nobody will ever know if Anthony Bordain committed suicide, because sometimes anxiety and other medications you are on cause you to accidentally overdose (which is what may have happened to Heath Ledger). Also, he may have taken a few more pills, not realizing the consequences, due to the suicide of Kate Spade – and it can’t have been pleasant to involved in the Me Too movement (a lot of people liked Mario Batali et alia).
Judith Bluestone, there are times when not having the answers frustrates me terribly. Right now, I just feel tremendous sadness for the people who loved Bourdain & Kate Spade.
Sometime after 9-11, I read that for every person lost, an average of ten other lives would be altered to some degree. That has stayed with me through every natural & national disaster, since.
P.S. My mother’s funeral was 9-10-2001. I was going to clear out her room at the rehabilitation facility, where she’d been, that morning. So, I was already in a blue place.
Then, the world lost its vertical hold. (I hope you’re old enough to get that reference!)
The Foxfire series of books are priceless! I refer to them often.
Do you mean the non-fiction books that explain the old-timey ways of doing things ? I too love those.
Joe Conlon yes. I’ve had mine since the 80’s and try to keep up with the anniversary issues also.
Outlander!
But I have not read all of them, particularly when she started departing to a storyline that didn’t include Claire and Jaimie.
Anne Rice Vampire series and Lee Child, Reacher series and Tolkien Ring series
….and Jean Auel, Children of the Earth Series
I’m surprised that no one mentions Longmire on these posts about popular book series????….
I have, several times!
I love the TV series, just ordered the first three novels….
I started the books before the series after I met Johnson at a book festival.
Love that series.
Lord of the rings trilogy.
The Chronicles of Narnia, The Neapolitan Novels, Anne Perry’s Thomas Pitt series and William Monk series.
Little House on the Prairie, and Harry Potter.
Many! I love to read series!
Outlander, Exit Unicorns,
The Celtic Brooch,1916,The Beach House,
…to mention few! Sharon Kay Penman, Bernard Crowell,…
Anne Perry’s mysteries; she has two series – both take place in Victorian era London. Thomas and Charlotte Pitt and William Monk.
There’s a lot of love for the Outlander series here!
Have you read the series?
Not yet
It’s an addiction….but, I can stop anytime I want to….
Yes I did, Sweetie….
The TV series is really good too….
@Michael yes it is but there’s nothing like losing oneself in the written word.
These two do make it sizzle.
Harry Potter is my favorite. I love The Vampire Chronicles and The Mayfair Witches series, both by Anne Rice.
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and the Chronicles of Narnia. I also loved the whole Little Women series (Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, and Jo’s Boys) when I was a girl.
It is hard to get into newer series anymore since they take so many years to complete and I just feel the need to reread the earlier books again each time a new one comes out. No time for that in my adult years!
Maisie Dobbs by Jaqueline Winspear
Jasper Fforde Nursery Crime Series or Thursday Next series.
Loved the Nursery Crime novels. Thursday became a little too twisted for me by the third book
Can someone give me a synopsis of outlander? I’m an hp fan
Soon after the end of WWII an English couple is in Scotland on their second honeymoon, having been apart for several years due to the war. The wife, Claire, while out exploring on her own touches a stone in a circle of standing stones and is transported two hundred years into the past. While trying to find a way back Claire comes across an ancestor of her husband who tries to assault her and a group of highlanders who rescue her. She ends up getting married in the past in order to avoid arrest as a spy, is accused of witchcraft, and gets involved in a string of adventures, including attempting to subvert the Jacobite rebellion. It’s an exciting read.
I will paraphrase what is written on the back page of the paperback . In 1945, Claire a nurse is reunited with her husband and she innocently touches a boulder in an ancient stone circle. Suddenly she is an “Outlander” in Scotland in the year 1743. Her life is threatened and her heart is broken as she finds love in this new world, but doesn’t want to cheat on her husband in 1945.
It has history, adventure, intrigue, romance.
You guys should write greeting cards….or book covers….
@Michael I’ve read this whole series three or four times, so it’s easy to write a teaser.
Lina Hait Crowell….you’re a Woman after my own heart….Outlander just became my side addiction, since The List came out….
I just added 20 new books to my list this week….due out this summer….there are so many writers today because of all of us gullible fools with 5,000 Kindle books, most files unopened….and not enough time on Earth to read them all….but, I will read Outlander, after I finish A Prayer For Owen Meany….
I really liked The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series.
For those who like the Dragon Tattoo series, there is another Scandinavian duo that writes a series that is similar and excellent. Can’t recall authors names but books are “Box 21” and “Cell 8” and one or two others… all worth finding.
Thanks! I will look them up. I watched the Swedish version of the film and loved it. I rarely like the movies. I hesitate to watch the American version because I don’t think I will like it as much.
Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom?
I loved the James Patterson series ..really good
And Alex Cross
Thanks! Will add them to my list to read!
Not being a series kind of person, but I’ve read through Outlander at least a dozen times. Good characters will grab me every time and these are the best. I feel like I’ve lost my best friends when I stop reading them
I’m sure someone has mentioned Brandon Mull’s Fablehaven books.
Game of Thrones, Chief Inspector Gamache, Outlander, A Discovery of Witches, Dublin Murder Squad, the Kingkiller Chronicles. All wonderful reads.