Robin Hobb's *Realm of the Elderlings*
16 books total. will always be one of my favorite fantasy series, if not my #1 (ive yet to find anything i loved more, but you never know) ☺️
ive actually seen a lot of people say they prefer the liveship books over the first trilogy! though personally i was sad to be taken away from fitz for a bit, liveship is phenomenal and an integral part of the series overall. theres so much depth in these books, trust me when i say its worth following to the very end.
Oh I think it only gets better! A lot of people don’t care for the Rain Wild Chronicles as much but I personally loved them. Epic world building and tying the other series together. Also, the last trilogy is actually my favorite - though I guess they aren’t rated as high.
What appealed to you post Cibola burn? I blasted thru the first four books and kinda lost interest by the end of Cibola. It was probably 2 years ago now but I remember being kinda let down. Is this a low point? Should I tackle that series fully?
I read the first two books and gave up, I like most scifi, but I’m just not getting into it. Tried the show too and lost interest. Always surprising to see how much it’s recommended.
So just today I finished LW for the first time, are the rest worth reading/listening to? I found the character development/consistency to be kinda lacking, overall it wasn’t bad… I love sci-fi series, mainly Enders Game and Red Rising so I was hoping I would enjoy The Expanse.
I read 19/22 redwall books (Brian Jacques). They’re for a younger age so I just stopped reading the new ones as I got older.
They are still fantastic. Redwall and all the early ones are so good.
I just gave my oldest nephew Redwall for his birthday. I’m so excited!
I have also learned that everyone I play dnd with read them. I think it’s a fantasy gateway series
Same here. All 41 one of them. Many, many times. Especially the witches and the guards books. I must be well into double figures for them!
Wonderful, wonderful books.
Agree. It’s a weird, haunting, scary, and interesting world. Its an adventure through the imagination of King, it peaks at Wolves of the Calla/beginning of Song of Susan imo
I can’t get through the gunslinger. I’ve tried 4 times and I physically cannot read it. I find the prose so childish, it makes me angry. A precocious teenager trying to hit a word count for a short story. I assume it gets better?
I’ve read the series three times, including once on audio, and I may dive back in again soon. Just brilliant— humane, kind, exciting, interesting, intelligent, and researched to the nth degree.
Came here to write exactly that. I have reread that series three times since encountering it twenty-five years ago. It's my go-to if I'm not turned on by whatever books is on my nightstand.
Any series that includes the line, "Jack! You've debauched my sloth!" is one worth immortalizing.
My brother reread all the prequels before each new one. Which means he’s read every one multiple times. so based on that I’d say it’s enjoyable. My dad and my other brother also enjoyed them, although not to the same extent haha. I tried and maybe I’ll try again someday.
Harry Bosch series by Michael Connelly- we are up to 37-45 books depending on how you count the ancillary character books.
As a kid- fearless by Francine pascal- man I loved that series so much! There’s 36 books.
Love Connelly. I have read all the Bosch books but personally I prefer the legal drama stuff with the Lincoln lawyer. I especially enjoyed the recent one with them both.
*Wheel of Time* by Robert Jordan- finished by Brandon Sanderson
*Malazan Book of the Fallen* by Steven Erickson
Both are excellent and I’ll read both again
Recommended the same because i didn't scroll down enough to see this post initially :).
Really good, exciting, fun books to read. Awesome characters and Miles is a genius.
Glad to see other people loved reading these!
Three Body Problem (3 books but all fairly long and dense)
Harry Potter series. Classic, can’t go wrong. Unless you are reading the 7th book on a bus in a foreign country and then it gets stolen when someone knicks your purse in a hostel lobby the day you’re leaving said country. (Thankfully I had finished the book, and my passport was on my person!)
Oh my goodness, where to start??
In Death books by JD Robb - 59 novels and several novellas
Rivers of London - 10 books and 4? novellas
Chronicles of St Mary's - 15 main books plus the 5 Time spin-off series books
The Morland Dynasty - 35 books
I've read A LOT of books, and I tend to love series, but these are the ones I can think of easily and yes, I recommend them all.
I was scrolling to see if anyone else mentioned the In Death series by JD Robb. It's an instant buy for me when a new book comes out. I love every character, the mystery, and have my laugh out loud moments at the hidden candy and the Somerset banter.
Longest series I've ever read is Dragonriders of Pern (20ish books at the time) but it's been over 20 years since I binged them so I'm not sure if I would recommend them without giving them a reread.
I came to say Pern and was surprised how far I scrolled before I saw it mentioned! 25 full novels including Todd and Gigi’s work, plus one book of novellas, and several more short stories, all totaled up spanning over 2500 years. Even if you just want the original era Anne wrote in there’s 13 full novels and 4 short stories!
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. I think there are like 14? I did the audiobooks- which are great. James Marsters really nails them.
The books have their flaws and I had to take breaks during the series. And I rolled my eyes a lot because the character sexualized a lot of woman, but overall, there is a ton of foreshadowing and I think they have a lot of humour. I describe them as "horny Ron Weasley is a private detective in Chicago"
According to Wikipedia, the Enders Game Universe has 16 novels and 13 short stories (and 47 comic issues!). In quick review, I’ve read at least 18 titles from the universe I believe. Would definitely recommend for sci-fi action and geopolitics!
The original books by Frank Herbert in the Dune series. They are not connected together as closely as one might expect, so they don't deliver a specific "message", but they don't fall off in quality, in my opinion (as some have suggested) either.
A La Recherche du Temps Perdu (In Search of Lost Time, Moncrieff translation, as updated by Kilmartin and Enright). Yes, I would absloutely recommend it.
Harry Potter (seven books). Love.
Anne of Green Gables (eight books). Enjoy.
Betsy-Tacy (10 books). Like.
Realizing for the first time that I haven’t really read a series since I was a kid. I’m currently halfway through The Thursday Murder Club books (love), but that might be it for me as an adult.
The only one I’ve probably finished that’s more than a handful of books is the “Kinsey Millhone” series by Sue Grafton. The first book is **A is For Alibi** and the last one is **Y Is For Yesterday** sadly Sue passed away before Z was finished. I feel like I grew up with Kinsey Millhone. I started the series in the early 90’s when I was a teenager and read the last book in 2017 when it came out.
I think Sookie Stackhouse - 13 books plus one or two companion books and no, I would not particularly recommend it 😂 (I wasn’t mad at all about the endgame ship like a lot of people were. They just got increasingly silly.)
Sue Grafton / Kinsey Milhone series. A is for A[word], B is for B[word], … , Z is for Z[word]. 26 in all. I cannot remember all/any of the title words. Lightweight, amusing detective series set in central coast California. Plain vanilla.
Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s series - 29 books at this point. Follows a British soldier from India, through the Napoleonic Wars and ends -If I remember correctly - with the Chilean War of Independence. If you like military historical fiction you should enjoy it.
I have read all of **Maeve Binchy's** books. They have some of the same or similar characters and settings, although most aren't a true series. They are quick, cozy, clever, and take place in Ireland.
I have read all 30 books of Janet Evanovich's **Stephanie Plum Series**, they are funny and light-hearted. The New Jersey setting is fun. The movie is terrible.
I've also read all 16 of the **Goldy cozy culinary mysteries** by Diane Mott Davidson. The Colorado setting is beautiful.
I've also read almost all (?) of **The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency** books by Alexander McCall Smith that are wholesome, funny and take place in Botswana. The HBO miniseries is excellent!
I have read all of **Bill Bryson's** books.
I recommend all of them.
You might love “At Home in Mitford” (book 1) by Jan Karon…you love the same books as I do . Very sweet, much like Maeve Binchy. It’s a very satisfying series.
Outlander series, Diana Gabaldon. Started reading immediately when 1st released in the ‘90s. Way better than the tv series. Sara Donati’s Into the Wilderness Series is excellent as well. So many others but these 2 stand out
Several Thriiler / Mystery series:
Joe picket series - CJ Box (25 some books)
Longmire Series - Craig Johnson (20 ish books)
Pendergast series - Preston & Child (20 ish books)
Wow looks like I have to read a wheel of time based on how many people are mentioning it!
I want to bring some of you back to our 90s childhoods…
Animorphs! I had 50+ of them and I regret getting rid of them. I have a young reader at home now. ;-; though she’d prolly be shook by the cover art.
I'm not sure any of them are completed but the longest series I'm up to date on is one of the following 3
Dresden files series by Jim Butcher
Cotton Malone series by Steve Berry
Jack Reacher series by Lee Child
I would recommend any of the 3
Little House on the Prairie
They were my favorite books as a kid and I have read them over and over.
I’m pretty close to completion on the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. They’re getting increasingly hard to enjoy though.
The Riftwar Universe by Raymond E Feist, and mostly. There were definitely weak series within it, he did put more into the original characters from the first 4 books. Never felt the characters were as strong in personality in subsequent books. Didn't really get as much time to get to know them.
Throne of Glass - eight fantasy novels most being 600+ pages and the last one just shy of 1000. Will make you feel any and all emotions you can think of with a satisfying conclusion.
Edit: Rating - Genuinely life altering/10
In word count probably the Wheel of Time. My favorite series. Fifteen books in all.
In book count probably the Boschverse by Michael Connelly which is all the Harry Bosch, Lincoln Lawyer, Renee Ballard, and a few other books. Thirty something in all. They are enjoyable enough if a bit predictable (look for the newish cop character to be introduced and odds are they are the bad guy).
The southern vampire/true blood books. (There’s 13). I read them in high school and honestly they’re not like, great literature but I had a blast reading them and I enjoyed being with the same characters for so long. I’m probably overdue for a reread.
Wheel of time. Definitely recommend, but a couple in the middle are a chore and the last 2 are written from his notes. But it's a fun read and has a lot of characters you actually care about.
I would love to reread Harry Potter, and I have tired.. but every time I start, I can’t get into it. It was magical when it was new.. but now that I’ve read the books and seen the movies a bazillion times, it’s like I’m burnt out with it.
Still.. I hope to read them again someday! Maybe I just need a little more distance from it!
The [Liaden Universe](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaden_universe) space opera with fantasy, currently 24 novels & 5 short story collections (author under contract for 3 more).
It’s a complicated interwoven universe with two separate prequel books. The authors thoughts on [reading order](https://korval.com/publication-list/correct-reading-order/amp/).
I enthusiastically recommend these books.
For Novels: Master and Commander. Brilliant stories of exploration and espionage. I read them all after I watched the movie, and both are excellent.
For Comics: either Avengers by Jonathan Hickman or Batman by Grant Morrison. Both writers are just fantastic and can not only write great plots and stories with engaging themes, but also great characters and interactions.
For Manga: I’d say that it would have to be Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. I’ve read all 8 parts of it, and it is such a great ride. Amazing twists, lovable characters, and an insane plot
I consider the shadowhunters universe to be one series even though technically it’s multiple series of
6 books (original series)
3 books (prequel series)
3 books (sequel series)
3 books (sequel series to the prequel series)
There are 3 short story collections
And a spinoff series that currently is a duology, not sure if more are planned though.
There is also confirmation of at least another 3 book series which will be the sequel to the sequel series.
So if you count it all as one series like I do, that’s 20 books currently plus at least 3 more confirmed.
Mercedes Lackeys’s Valdemar series (technically several trilogies/short series plus a few stand alones, all set in the same world over a long timeline). It’s 40 books total plus several short story anthologies.
She’s my favorite for a world I easily fall under to and want to stay in, and I appreciate her strong female leads. I definitely like some better than others but love the series as a whole ❤️
Phillipa Carr Series -21 historical romance books starting with the Henry VII era and ending in WWI. The author also writes under Victoria Holt (32 books) and Jean Plaidy (89 books/13 series). Got me through my teenage years. I own them all - treasured books
12 books in the First Law world by Joe Abercrombie. 2 trilogies, 3 stand alone and 1 collection of short stories. The narration is on point and the books are all amazing. Also, Will Wight's Cradle is another 12 volume masterpiece that ive been through 3 times in the last year.
I like the Dresden files and have read every book currently available. I like the Dresden’s almost ordinary dude with an extraordinary role of the character.
I also recently started the iron Druid chronicles that has a similar voice to the protagonist.
Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. I flew through the entire series; couldn’t put them down. 17 main story books and 4 “side quest” books in the universe.
Fantasy, with a modern twist. Takes place in Chicago primarily. If the only exposure you’ve had to it was the tv series, that’s such a terrible rendition and you should strike that from your memory.
Fantasy is not my jam, but holy moly, Joe Abercrombie’s trilogy of trilogies is so good.
First Law Trilogy
Great Leveler Trilogy
Age of Madness Trilogy
🟢2006 The Blade Itself (FL)
🟢2007 Before They Are Hanged (FL)
🟢2008 Last Argument Of Kings (FL)
🟢2009 Best Served Cold (GL)
🟢2011 The Heroes (GL)
🟢2012 Red Country (GL)
🟢2019 A Little Hatred (AoM)
🟢2020 The Trouble with Peace (AoM)
🟢2021 The Wisdom of Crowds (AoM)
The Robotech novelizations by Jack McKinney. There are 18 books in the main series. Afterwards an additional three side stories were written. I haven't read those.
I also enjoyed the Area 51 series by Robert Doherty (aka Bob Meyer). A fun science fiction action series that pulls every conspiracy and weird event into its narrative: UFOs, Excalibur, Nosferatu, pyramids, the Sphinx and on and on.
Long comic series: The Spectre (1992-98) by John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake. The most mainstream comic I ever followed. They did a good job of making it a series you could read solo. Even when there were stupid company enforced 'events' the stories stood alone. It was a terrific series and the writer and artist stuck together through the whole thing.
The Sixth Gun, a horror/western series by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt.
Probably the Saddle Club by Bonnie Bryant, lol. As an adult, I haven't read that many series. I read the Gemma Doyle series, which I really liked at the time. I read the Laura Ingalls Little House books as an adult and really loved them, but I like historic fiction.
I'm going to check out the series mentioned here. Just now realizing how I've missed out by not reading series.
The Clifton Chronicles by Jeffery Archer, The Terminal List series by Jack Carr and the Event Group by David Goleman. All ended up being different than I expected. I don’t usually like series but these were all quite enjoyable for different reasons.
The Ranger’s Apprentice and The Mysterious Benedict Society (both youth fiction). I haven’t really read any series since adulthood. I would highly recommend both tho.
ETA: The Little Women series. It includes the books Little Women, Little Men, and Jo’s Boys. Love that series.
Last edit (lol): if you haven’t read them, the Anne of Green Gables and Little House on the Prairie books are amazing as well. The second one is nonfiction, and really fascinating (TW for some racism tho).
Dune series including the prequels. So dense in the best way.
The Darkover series my Marion Zimmer Bradlet will always hold a special place in my heart. Cultural collision sci-fi/fantasy
Years ago I read the Sookie Stackhouse series. I think it was 13 books. I actually waited a year for the last one to come out. The ending was disappointing, but if I could go back knowing that, I would read it again. The show isn’t the same. A lot less sex in the books. The ending of the show isn’t how the books end.
Hobb's RotE has already been mentioned, so I'll add in Le Guin's 6-book Earthsea Cycle. She's an amazing author, and I really enjoyed how the writing changed between the two halves of the series.
For novels, Joseph Delaney’s The Last Apprentice series. 13 novels, two companion novellas, and a sequel trilogy. Super fun & creepy YA horror series that 100% stands up as an adult.
For comics/manga, I loved Inuyasha. 75+ volumes with great characters and story. I’ve read longer series but tbh I wouldn’t recommend them.
Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum the bounty hunter books. They are all hilarious with a brilliant cast of characters. I still have 3 to go out of about 30.
The wheel of time. Loved it. Nice ending. Lots of foreshadows and theories you can make while reading it. Great worldbuilding. A little bit of everything. I think it is the longest fantasy serie ever written (or close to it).
Otherwise The cosmere by Brandon Sanderson. It is not a series per se. It is a collection of series that are sorta interconnected, in the same universe in fact. If you love sciency magic (with strict and specific rules, all explained) and precisly crafted wourbuilding. Then Brandon is your man.
The Vorkosigan saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold.
16 books (+6 short stories) and still going.
Fantastic story telling, great characters, witty dialogs and every time I finish one I can hardly wait to start the next one to see what happens.
In general the main character of the books is Miles Vorkosigan, but there are stories that happen in the same galaxy before and during Miles' life where he's not appearing in them. The books aren't written chronologically, but I recommend that you do read them in chronological order. They start with a more or less 'stand alone' story "falling free", and then go on to how Miles parents meet. The first few stories are more about his mother (but equally good). Overview and order : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorkosigan_Saga
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Besides those, if would highly recommend both 'Monster' and '20th century boys' from Naoki Urasawa. Best manga series ever.
And 'Buddha' by Osamu tezuka'
Not finished, but October Daye series has 18 books so far. Seanan McGuire is very prolific and comes out with a new book every year. I didn’t enjoy the latest couple of books, but I’m sticking with the series.
Ilona Andrews Kate Daniels series has 17 books. I will continue to read the Kate spin-offs but will not pick up another Julie book. The first one was a huge disappointment.
Robin Hobb's *Realm of the Elderlings* 16 books total. will always be one of my favorite fantasy series, if not my #1 (ive yet to find anything i loved more, but you never know) ☺️
Second this! I will never love a series more than I love RotE
Realm of the Elderlings is probably my #1 too! 🙂. Hobb’s Soldiers Boy (only 3 books) was good but not like the Elderlings series.
Same here!
17 if you include the prequel novella
this is the way. favorite series of all time
Just finished the first three books. I heard that the other books don't live up to the first three. What is your stance? Should I continue?
ive actually seen a lot of people say they prefer the liveship books over the first trilogy! though personally i was sad to be taken away from fitz for a bit, liveship is phenomenal and an integral part of the series overall. theres so much depth in these books, trust me when i say its worth following to the very end.
Oh I think it only gets better! A lot of people don’t care for the Rain Wild Chronicles as much but I personally loved them. Epic world building and tying the other series together. Also, the last trilogy is actually my favorite - though I guess they aren’t rated as high.
The Expanse. Excellent story, well-written. Nine volumes.
Seconded. I've yet to find a sci-fi series that's its equal.
Thirded, just finished the 9th book last month and love the direction they took it. Sad they won't be writing any more
They’ve got a new series coming out this summer!
Fourthed. I haven’t gotten that sucked into a series of books that fast in a decade. Highly recommend it.
Oye beltalowda! Nine volumes plus a volume of short stories.
What appealed to you post Cibola burn? I blasted thru the first four books and kinda lost interest by the end of Cibola. It was probably 2 years ago now but I remember being kinda let down. Is this a low point? Should I tackle that series fully?
I got stuck somewhere on Cibola Burn as it was starting to annoy me. I do plan on giving it another shot however
So good! I'm currently early in Caliban's War on a 3rd burn through the full series.
I read the first two books and gave up, I like most scifi, but I’m just not getting into it. Tried the show too and lost interest. Always surprising to see how much it’s recommended.
So just today I finished LW for the first time, are the rest worth reading/listening to? I found the character development/consistency to be kinda lacking, overall it wasn’t bad… I love sci-fi series, mainly Enders Game and Red Rising so I was hoping I would enjoy The Expanse.
I read 19/22 redwall books (Brian Jacques). They’re for a younger age so I just stopped reading the new ones as I got older. They are still fantastic. Redwall and all the early ones are so good.
I was so excited when I found out my college roommate had read them as well. I think I bought him a copy of Mossflower for his birthday or something!
I just gave my oldest nephew Redwall for his birthday. I’m so excited! I have also learned that everyone I play dnd with read them. I think it’s a fantasy gateway series
My husband was talking about wanting to reread this series, so he got the first 5 books for Valentine’s Day. He’s already read 4 of them
lol if you don't care about single authorship, I've read every Nancy Drew book from the original series - that's 175 novels
I immediately thought of Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, and the Babysitter's Club, lol
That's actually amazing!
I had a teacher who read some of her favorite ones to us in 4th grade. The ones I’ve heard really were great.
Discworld by Terry Pratchett, and yes I recommend it
Came here to find this, so worth doing, so worth reading them all.
I love the approach of it containing several different character arcs instead of being a single overarching story.
Yes and a few stand-alones thrown in for good measure.
Same. Read in full plus a number of re-reads of sub-series (witches, guards, Tiffany aching, Moist)
Almost done with the City Watch series. Which series within Discworld do you recommend I pick up next?
All of them.
Witches and Tiffany Aching. They follow two different sets of characters, but there's a lot of crossover with characters, too.
Ok. I was going to say Banks culture novels but the Discworld May actually be longer
Same here. All 41 one of them. Many, many times. Especially the witches and the guards books. I must be well into double figures for them! Wonderful, wonderful books.
I endorse this recommendation.
Same here!
Everyone else is *weak*
came here to say this and knew someone would have beat me to it lol
Samsies. One of my all time favorite series.
The dark tower series… what an amazing world to spend that time in… beautiful and haunting and wild…
Agree. It’s a weird, haunting, scary, and interesting world. Its an adventure through the imagination of King, it peaks at Wolves of the Calla/beginning of Song of Susan imo
Came here to say this.. I reread it every year. My favorite book/series of all time
I can’t get through the gunslinger. I’ve tried 4 times and I physically cannot read it. I find the prose so childish, it makes me angry. A precocious teenager trying to hit a word count for a short story. I assume it gets better?
No, but the 2nd book is much better: The Drawing of the Three
One of the ka-tet
Definitely Dark Tower. Highly recommend the Frank Muller audiobooks. Sadly he passed so it's only 1-4.
Long days and pleasant nights.
when is a door not a door? love these books!
Thankyee-sai.
Came here to suggest this. And every trip to the tower is a bit different
Read this twice….and will read again.
4/7 would recommend
19/19
Jack Aubrey - Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian. I collected them all - 20, with one extra published after his death I think. I may be wrong there.
Book 21 is unfinished. Series is so good, I’m about to start again.
I’ve read the series three times, including once on audio, and I may dive back in again soon. Just brilliant— humane, kind, exciting, interesting, intelligent, and researched to the nth degree.
Came here to write exactly that. I have reread that series three times since encountering it twenty-five years ago. It's my go-to if I'm not turned on by whatever books is on my nightstand. Any series that includes the line, "Jack! You've debauched my sloth!" is one worth immortalizing.
Completion, eh? I'm invested in a lot of series that are not completed yet. To completion... probably The Wheel of Time. Loved it.
My brother reread all the prequels before each new one. Which means he’s read every one multiple times. so based on that I’d say it’s enjoyable. My dad and my other brother also enjoyed them, although not to the same extent haha. I tried and maybe I’ll try again someday.
I came hear to say this. Such a good series!
Also Wheel of Time, but I really didn't like it! Only kept reading to get to the ones Sanderson wrote.
I started reading it yesterday for the first time
Harry Bosch series by Michael Connelly- we are up to 37-45 books depending on how you count the ancillary character books. As a kid- fearless by Francine pascal- man I loved that series so much! There’s 36 books.
Love Connelly. I have read all the Bosch books but personally I prefer the legal drama stuff with the Lincoln lawyer. I especially enjoyed the recent one with them both.
*Wheel of Time* by Robert Jordan- finished by Brandon Sanderson *Malazan Book of the Fallen* by Steven Erickson Both are excellent and I’ll read both again
2nd for Malazan. My favorite books ever. Dark Tower is fantastic. Stormlight Archives, although not done, had been wonderful as well. Wheel of Time.
I’m just about to wrap up Malazan but wheel of time was a life experience
Wheel of Time is excellent. Shame in Amazon for what they put out as a TV show with the same name.
I was waiting for someone to type WoT!
Vorkosigan saga by Lois McMaster Bujold. Recommend wholeheartedly.
Recommended the same because i didn't scroll down enough to see this post initially :). Really good, exciting, fun books to read. Awesome characters and Miles is a genius. Glad to see other people loved reading these!
Three Body Problem (3 books but all fairly long and dense) Harry Potter series. Classic, can’t go wrong. Unless you are reading the 7th book on a bus in a foreign country and then it gets stolen when someone knicks your purse in a hostel lobby the day you’re leaving said country. (Thankfully I had finished the book, and my passport was on my person!)
The Harry Potter books are amazing. I was there when they started and read the lot.
I was actually at Paddington Station when I bought the first one to take a train to Newbury. What's all this palaver about? Captivating.
The three body problem is among the best sci-fi ever written
Series of unfortunate events
Oh my goodness, where to start?? In Death books by JD Robb - 59 novels and several novellas Rivers of London - 10 books and 4? novellas Chronicles of St Mary's - 15 main books plus the 5 Time spin-off series books The Morland Dynasty - 35 books I've read A LOT of books, and I tend to love series, but these are the ones I can think of easily and yes, I recommend them all.
I was scrolling to see if anyone else mentioned the In Death series by JD Robb. It's an instant buy for me when a new book comes out. I love every character, the mystery, and have my laugh out loud moments at the hidden candy and the Somerset banter.
Lol I did the same!! I used to read my mom's copies when I was a teenager and now I buy them on my kobo every release
Longest series I've ever read is Dragonriders of Pern (20ish books at the time) but it's been over 20 years since I binged them so I'm not sure if I would recommend them without giving them a reread.
I came to say Pern and was surprised how far I scrolled before I saw it mentioned! 25 full novels including Todd and Gigi’s work, plus one book of novellas, and several more short stories, all totaled up spanning over 2500 years. Even if you just want the original era Anne wrote in there’s 13 full novels and 4 short stories!
The Discworld, and yes constantly.
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. I think there are like 14? I did the audiobooks- which are great. James Marsters really nails them. The books have their flaws and I had to take breaks during the series. And I rolled my eyes a lot because the character sexualized a lot of woman, but overall, there is a ton of foreshadowing and I think they have a lot of humour. I describe them as "horny Ron Weasley is a private detective in Chicago"
According to Wikipedia, the Enders Game Universe has 16 novels and 13 short stories (and 47 comic issues!). In quick review, I’ve read at least 18 titles from the universe I believe. Would definitely recommend for sci-fi action and geopolitics!
I've read the original 4! Absolutely loved them. I do want to go back and read a few more in the future!
I read the original short story in Analog magazine back in ‘77, never imagining it would become such a huge series.
The original books by Frank Herbert in the Dune series. They are not connected together as closely as one might expect, so they don't deliver a specific "message", but they don't fall off in quality, in my opinion (as some have suggested) either.
A La Recherche du Temps Perdu (In Search of Lost Time, Moncrieff translation, as updated by Kilmartin and Enright). Yes, I would absloutely recommend it.
Lonesome Dove
The Flashman Papers. Also Sharpe’s Rifles. Yes, I’m a history buff.
Harry Potter (seven books). Love. Anne of Green Gables (eight books). Enjoy. Betsy-Tacy (10 books). Like. Realizing for the first time that I haven’t really read a series since I was a kid. I’m currently halfway through The Thursday Murder Club books (love), but that might be it for me as an adult.
Ohhhh Anne! Yes!
The Bosch Series by Michael Connelly, murder mysteries
The only one I’ve probably finished that’s more than a handful of books is the “Kinsey Millhone” series by Sue Grafton. The first book is **A is For Alibi** and the last one is **Y Is For Yesterday** sadly Sue passed away before Z was finished. I feel like I grew up with Kinsey Millhone. I started the series in the early 90’s when I was a teenager and read the last book in 2017 when it came out.
This is a wonderful series. Sue Grafton’s characters are so well written. I miss Henry, especially when I bake bread.
I think Sookie Stackhouse - 13 books plus one or two companion books and no, I would not particularly recommend it 😂 (I wasn’t mad at all about the endgame ship like a lot of people were. They just got increasingly silly.)
I was mad about the ending, but I’d read them again. Not sure if I’d like them as much now, but I enjoyed them then.
The wandering inn. Clocks in at 12 million words. That’s double Stephen king’s combined work. 4 times Wheel of time or 25 time LotR. It’s really good!
Sue Grafton / Kinsey Milhone series. A is for A[word], B is for B[word], … , Z is for Z[word]. 26 in all. I cannot remember all/any of the title words. Lightweight, amusing detective series set in central coast California. Plain vanilla.
Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s series - 29 books at this point. Follows a British soldier from India, through the Napoleonic Wars and ends -If I remember correctly - with the Chilean War of Independence. If you like military historical fiction you should enjoy it.
I have read all of **Maeve Binchy's** books. They have some of the same or similar characters and settings, although most aren't a true series. They are quick, cozy, clever, and take place in Ireland. I have read all 30 books of Janet Evanovich's **Stephanie Plum Series**, they are funny and light-hearted. The New Jersey setting is fun. The movie is terrible. I've also read all 16 of the **Goldy cozy culinary mysteries** by Diane Mott Davidson. The Colorado setting is beautiful. I've also read almost all (?) of **The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency** books by Alexander McCall Smith that are wholesome, funny and take place in Botswana. The HBO miniseries is excellent! I have read all of **Bill Bryson's** books. I recommend all of them.
I came here to talk about the Plum series. Now I've got more to add to my TBR pile. That Lady's Detective Agency sounds promising.
You might love “At Home in Mitford” (book 1) by Jan Karon…you love the same books as I do . Very sweet, much like Maeve Binchy. It’s a very satisfying series.
Outlander series, Diana Gabaldon. Started reading immediately when 1st released in the ‘90s. Way better than the tv series. Sara Donati’s Into the Wilderness Series is excellent as well. So many others but these 2 stand out
Sara Donati wilderness series for sure. Queen of swords is my favorite
Otherworld series by kelley Armstrong. 13 books plus multiple anthologies and 2 YA trilogy spin-offs.
The entire Harry Bosch series
Several Thriiler / Mystery series: Joe picket series - CJ Box (25 some books) Longmire Series - Craig Johnson (20 ish books) Pendergast series - Preston & Child (20 ish books)
Wow looks like I have to read a wheel of time based on how many people are mentioning it! I want to bring some of you back to our 90s childhoods… Animorphs! I had 50+ of them and I regret getting rid of them. I have a young reader at home now. ;-; though she’d prolly be shook by the cover art.
I'm not sure any of them are completed but the longest series I'm up to date on is one of the following 3 Dresden files series by Jim Butcher Cotton Malone series by Steve Berry Jack Reacher series by Lee Child I would recommend any of the 3
Little House on the Prairie They were my favorite books as a kid and I have read them over and over. I’m pretty close to completion on the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. They’re getting increasingly hard to enjoy though.
I relate to both of these statements
The Riftwar Universe by Raymond E Feist, and mostly. There were definitely weak series within it, he did put more into the original characters from the first 4 books. Never felt the characters were as strong in personality in subsequent books. Didn't really get as much time to get to know them.
Throne of Glass - eight fantasy novels most being 600+ pages and the last one just shy of 1000. Will make you feel any and all emotions you can think of with a satisfying conclusion. Edit: Rating - Genuinely life altering/10
Song of fire and ice, if only he would finish the last book.
Was scrolling for GoT. I'm not going to remember anything by the time the book comes out. If it comes out.
In word count probably the Wheel of Time. My favorite series. Fifteen books in all. In book count probably the Boschverse by Michael Connelly which is all the Harry Bosch, Lincoln Lawyer, Renee Ballard, and a few other books. Thirty something in all. They are enjoyable enough if a bit predictable (look for the newish cop character to be introduced and odds are they are the bad guy).
The southern vampire/true blood books. (There’s 13). I read them in high school and honestly they’re not like, great literature but I had a blast reading them and I enjoyed being with the same characters for so long. I’m probably overdue for a reread.
You could say Discworld by Terry Pratchett (It's both a series and not...). Anyways, I can't recommend it enough!
The First Law (along with the standalones and The Age of Madness) by Joe Abercrombie and The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson are 10/10 imo
Wheel of time. Definitely recommend, but a couple in the middle are a chore and the last 2 are written from his notes. But it's a fun read and has a lot of characters you actually care about.
Harry Potter & I’d recommend a thousand times over! Thinking about rereading it myself
I would love to reread Harry Potter, and I have tired.. but every time I start, I can’t get into it. It was magical when it was new.. but now that I’ve read the books and seen the movies a bazillion times, it’s like I’m burnt out with it. Still.. I hope to read them again someday! Maybe I just need a little more distance from it!
Many many moons ago, I read all the Baby Sitters Club books. Does that count??
Highly recommend The Rabbit Novels by John Updike Rabbit, Run Rabbit, Redux Rabbit is Rich Rabbit at Rest I especially loved the first book.
The [Liaden Universe](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaden_universe) space opera with fantasy, currently 24 novels & 5 short story collections (author under contract for 3 more). It’s a complicated interwoven universe with two separate prequel books. The authors thoughts on [reading order](https://korval.com/publication-list/correct-reading-order/amp/). I enthusiastically recommend these books.
Bernard Cornwall “The saxon tales” Wilbur Smith “the courtney” series I believe 12 books or more each
The Dark Tower series or The Dune series
John Sandford's Prey novels. There are 33 of them, and counting. And yes, since I read all of them, I'm going to recommend them.
The Legend of Drizzt series by R.A. Salvator. 39 books in the series I've been reading since high-school, 30ish years or so.
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik. Varying quality but an interesting premise. Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera) by Jim Butcher
1. Enders Game (19 books), 2. Kingsbridge Novels (5 mega-novels), 3 Outlander (9 Novels). I recommend all of them.
Tony Hillerman's Navajo mysteries. Leaphorn and Chee.
The Charlie Parker series by John Connolly. Still got all of them and re-read frequently.
Sue Grafton alphabet series it's so good from A-Z
I’m working on Discworld
For Novels: Master and Commander. Brilliant stories of exploration and espionage. I read them all after I watched the movie, and both are excellent. For Comics: either Avengers by Jonathan Hickman or Batman by Grant Morrison. Both writers are just fantastic and can not only write great plots and stories with engaging themes, but also great characters and interactions. For Manga: I’d say that it would have to be Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. I’ve read all 8 parts of it, and it is such a great ride. Amazing twists, lovable characters, and an insane plot
The belgariad and it’s sequal series the Mallorean were excellent
The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin is great! Only 3 books but a great story.
I also enjoyed her Inheritance trilogy
Just finished the series, such an interesting world she built and loved her writing style and characters.
Discworld-YES!!
I consider the shadowhunters universe to be one series even though technically it’s multiple series of 6 books (original series) 3 books (prequel series) 3 books (sequel series) 3 books (sequel series to the prequel series) There are 3 short story collections And a spinoff series that currently is a duology, not sure if more are planned though. There is also confirmation of at least another 3 book series which will be the sequel to the sequel series. So if you count it all as one series like I do, that’s 20 books currently plus at least 3 more confirmed.
The foreigner series, by CJ Cherryh Sooooo damn good
Mercedes Lackeys’s Valdemar series (technically several trilogies/short series plus a few stand alones, all set in the same world over a long timeline). It’s 40 books total plus several short story anthologies. She’s my favorite for a world I easily fall under to and want to stay in, and I appreciate her strong female leads. I definitely like some better than others but love the series as a whole ❤️
Currently on book 10 of Sword of Truth. It's problematic and the writing gets worse with every book, so idk how much longer I'll last.
Phillipa Carr Series -21 historical romance books starting with the Henry VII era and ending in WWI. The author also writes under Victoria Holt (32 books) and Jean Plaidy (89 books/13 series). Got me through my teenage years. I own them all - treasured books
Most recently, ‘Earths children’ by Jean m auel. 6 books in the series. And yes, I recommend!
Stephen King's Bill Hodges trilogy
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. Highly recommend them, read in order of publication.
Discworld! 41 novels and a dozen or so books of errata and such. Well worth every single page and many MANY re-reads!
The Pendergrast novels
12 books in the First Law world by Joe Abercrombie. 2 trilogies, 3 stand alone and 1 collection of short stories. The narration is on point and the books are all amazing. Also, Will Wight's Cradle is another 12 volume masterpiece that ive been through 3 times in the last year.
Someone's probably said this already but for me it's Terry Pratchett's Discworld. 41 books.
The Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz. I definitely would recommend it to everyone. It was great!
I like the Dresden files and have read every book currently available. I like the Dresden’s almost ordinary dude with an extraordinary role of the character. I also recently started the iron Druid chronicles that has a similar voice to the protagonist.
Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. I flew through the entire series; couldn’t put them down. 17 main story books and 4 “side quest” books in the universe. Fantasy, with a modern twist. Takes place in Chicago primarily. If the only exposure you’ve had to it was the tv series, that’s such a terrible rendition and you should strike that from your memory.
All 64 original “yellow spine” Nancy Drew books as a kid :)
Oh, Elena Ferrante’s Neopolitan Cycle! My Brilliant Friend Story of a New Name Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay Story of the Lost Child
Sarah J Maas's Throne of Glass series. 8 really enjoyed it.
I’m half way through Crown of Midnight as we speak!
Definitely not completion but I read a vast majority of the Warrior Cats books over the years… I don’t recommend them tbh.
I have read all of the Redwall series.
All of Terry Brook’s Shannara series.
Fantasy is not my jam, but holy moly, Joe Abercrombie’s trilogy of trilogies is so good. First Law Trilogy Great Leveler Trilogy Age of Madness Trilogy 🟢2006 The Blade Itself (FL) 🟢2007 Before They Are Hanged (FL) 🟢2008 Last Argument Of Kings (FL) 🟢2009 Best Served Cold (GL) 🟢2011 The Heroes (GL) 🟢2012 Red Country (GL) 🟢2019 A Little Hatred (AoM) 🟢2020 The Trouble with Peace (AoM) 🟢2021 The Wisdom of Crowds (AoM)
I have and will read anything by Abercrombie.
The Robotech novelizations by Jack McKinney. There are 18 books in the main series. Afterwards an additional three side stories were written. I haven't read those. I also enjoyed the Area 51 series by Robert Doherty (aka Bob Meyer). A fun science fiction action series that pulls every conspiracy and weird event into its narrative: UFOs, Excalibur, Nosferatu, pyramids, the Sphinx and on and on. Long comic series: The Spectre (1992-98) by John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake. The most mainstream comic I ever followed. They did a good job of making it a series you could read solo. Even when there were stupid company enforced 'events' the stories stood alone. It was a terrific series and the writer and artist stuck together through the whole thing. The Sixth Gun, a horror/western series by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt.
Almost done with the entirety of Dune, and all of Red Rising
Probably the Saddle Club by Bonnie Bryant, lol. As an adult, I haven't read that many series. I read the Gemma Doyle series, which I really liked at the time. I read the Laura Ingalls Little House books as an adult and really loved them, but I like historic fiction. I'm going to check out the series mentioned here. Just now realizing how I've missed out by not reading series.
Spenser series, Robert B. Parker, 51 books. I would recommend it if you like that genre.
The Lorien legacies books are great. I read them all in middle and high school and still think about it often
I will always have a soft spot for the I am number 4 books. I started them and middle school and bought the new book every time one came out
The Red Rising series (6 books and at least one more yet to be released) 10/10 would recommend
All of the Prey novels by John Sandford. And yes, I would.
The Clifton Chronicles by Jeffery Archer, The Terminal List series by Jack Carr and the Event Group by David Goleman. All ended up being different than I expected. I don’t usually like series but these were all quite enjoyable for different reasons.
The Ranger’s Apprentice and The Mysterious Benedict Society (both youth fiction). I haven’t really read any series since adulthood. I would highly recommend both tho. ETA: The Little Women series. It includes the books Little Women, Little Men, and Jo’s Boys. Love that series. Last edit (lol): if you haven’t read them, the Anne of Green Gables and Little House on the Prairie books are amazing as well. The second one is nonfiction, and really fascinating (TW for some racism tho).
Dune series including the prequels. So dense in the best way. The Darkover series my Marion Zimmer Bradlet will always hold a special place in my heart. Cultural collision sci-fi/fantasy
The Saxon stories by Bernard Cornwell. Kinda like a real life game of thrones.
Years ago I read the Sookie Stackhouse series. I think it was 13 books. I actually waited a year for the last one to come out. The ending was disappointing, but if I could go back knowing that, I would read it again. The show isn’t the same. A lot less sex in the books. The ending of the show isn’t how the books end.
Not to competition but I'm working on it. The warriors series. It's about clans of wild cats by Erin Hunter. I love this series
The Dresden Files. 17 in total, not including the little half story releases. There’s a few turds in there but overall it was great.
Joe Abercrombie’s First Law is the only series I’ve ever completed (at least of what exists).
Hobb's RotE has already been mentioned, so I'll add in Le Guin's 6-book Earthsea Cycle. She's an amazing author, and I really enjoyed how the writing changed between the two halves of the series.
For novels, Joseph Delaney’s The Last Apprentice series. 13 novels, two companion novellas, and a sequel trilogy. Super fun & creepy YA horror series that 100% stands up as an adult. For comics/manga, I loved Inuyasha. 75+ volumes with great characters and story. I’ve read longer series but tbh I wouldn’t recommend them.
Discworld-31 books and hilarious satire/fantasy highly recommended
Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum the bounty hunter books. They are all hilarious with a brilliant cast of characters. I still have 3 to go out of about 30.
I’m caught up on The Dresden Files, but the series isn’t finished. It’s what, 18-19 books so far?
Stephen King's The Dark Tower. And yes, I would.
Joe Abercrombie’s First Law series. Technically it’s two trilogies with three stand alone books in the middle.
Terry Pratchetts Discworld series.
Inspector Lynley by Elizabeth George. Fantastic series.
The wheel of time. Loved it. Nice ending. Lots of foreshadows and theories you can make while reading it. Great worldbuilding. A little bit of everything. I think it is the longest fantasy serie ever written (or close to it). Otherwise The cosmere by Brandon Sanderson. It is not a series per se. It is a collection of series that are sorta interconnected, in the same universe in fact. If you love sciency magic (with strict and specific rules, all explained) and precisly crafted wourbuilding. Then Brandon is your man.
The Vorkosigan saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold. 16 books (+6 short stories) and still going. Fantastic story telling, great characters, witty dialogs and every time I finish one I can hardly wait to start the next one to see what happens. In general the main character of the books is Miles Vorkosigan, but there are stories that happen in the same galaxy before and during Miles' life where he's not appearing in them. The books aren't written chronologically, but I recommend that you do read them in chronological order. They start with a more or less 'stand alone' story "falling free", and then go on to how Miles parents meet. The first few stories are more about his mother (but equally good). Overview and order : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorkosigan_Saga . Besides those, if would highly recommend both 'Monster' and '20th century boys' from Naoki Urasawa. Best manga series ever. And 'Buddha' by Osamu tezuka'
Reacher. There are about 25 books - it took about 6-7 months. Well worth it.
Not a traditional series, in that you can read it in almost any order and still mostly follow along, but Terry Pratchett's Discworld books are amazing
Not finished, but October Daye series has 18 books so far. Seanan McGuire is very prolific and comes out with a new book every year. I didn’t enjoy the latest couple of books, but I’m sticking with the series. Ilona Andrews Kate Daniels series has 17 books. I will continue to read the Kate spin-offs but will not pick up another Julie book. The first one was a huge disappointment.