19 Book series I want to finish
I took a look at my "already read" list today. Turns out I'm in the "middle" of more series than I realized. Perhaps I should try to finish some of them. I order them below by "longest amount of time since I read one in the series" to "shortest." Perhaps I'll re-engage some. Perhaps I won't. I'm not counting series where I read only 1 of and don't want to finish it.
1. Dune - May 1995 - I've read 3-1/2 of them. I stopped when I graduated college because I was reading college library copies. Probably should start over.
2. Shannara - January 1998 - I read the first 8. Do I really want to read more? I'd have to find them.
3. Tolkien: October 2006 - I read The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. Read Unfinished Tales next (maybe)? I have started and never finished it twice.
4. Wool: May 2014 - I read the first 2. Finish the trilogy!
5. The Passage: September 2014 - I read the first. Definitely want to read the rest of the trilogy. P.S. the tv show was... ok.
6. Artemis Fowl: October 2014 - I listened to first two on audio. Read book 3 next (The Eternity Code) but only because my kids ended up with a copy. Probably don't want to read the rest of the series after that.
7. Vorkosigan Saga: February 2015 - I read 5. Read Falling Free next. Love this series, not sure why I abandoned it.
8. Troy Rising: February 2016 - I read 1. Super fun. Read book 2 of 3 next.
9. Kingkiller Chronicles: September 2016 - I read 1. Read book 2 next. I also have the novella to read to tide me over until he actually finishes book 3.
10. Heinlein - April 2018 - I read 7. I have a few more. He wrote too many to try to read them all, but figured I should at least read the ones I have left on my to-be-read shelf.
11. Old Man's War: November 2018 - I read 1. Read the rest! Read It Again SciFi Book club selection!
12. Space Odyssey: April 2020 - I read 2001. Read 2010 next. Mmmmaybe I'll read 2061 and 3001 as well.
13. Prydain Chronicles: March 2021 - I read first 3. Two more to go!
14. Asimov: April 2021 - I listened to or read 2 of them, and listened to the (awful) BBC radio dramatization of Foundation trilogy. I collected all the Robots, Empire and Foundation novels so I could actually read them all one day. Is this day now?
15. Star Trek: April 2021 - I have read 110+. Read "A Time To..." book 5 next.
16. Dragonlance: July 2021 - I have read the first 22 (sort of). I own a few more I haven't read yet, and won't try to read the rest of the 100+ that are out there, but this was my first series love (along with Xanthand I don't think I'll ever be able to say "I'm finally done" with it.
17. Star Wars: July 2021 - I have read 130+. My goal is to read them ALL in publication order (at least through the end of the Legends series). Not sure I have the heart or lifespan to read the New Canon, much less the High Republic series.
18. Chorus of Dragons: September 2021 - Listened to the first two. Mmmmmaybe I will read book 3.... (maybe not). Read It Again SciFi Book club selection!
19. The Expanse: I'm almost done with the first book now (October 2021). ABSOLUTELY love it. I look forward to reading the rest.
So there you have it. 19 series I started and haven't finished (or, finished as much as I'm wanting to). I was thinking I would read one of each of the above in the order listed above, and cycle through them. But... I don't want to. Ha!
P.S. Technically I'm in the "middle" of reading A Song of Ice and Fire, too, but since I'm all caught up, it didn't make the list, although I do have a couple of his other books set in that universe I could read...
P.P.S. I didn't list the Xanth series either, but I really enjoyed the first 11 or 12 of them. And as much as I'll never forget cat-ass-trophy (catastrophe pun) not sure this is a series I'll ever pick back up.
Where to go from here? Because I also read stand alone books. Typically I try to read a scifi book and then an non-scifi book as my rotation, which forces me to read novels without space ships or magic or dragons in them. Now that I've reviewed this list, I will probably tackle Wool book 2 next, just looking at this list and what old friends I have not visited in a while.
In conclusion: it's good to have a plan! Without one, I'd probably just read Star Wars and Star Trek at the exclusion of everything else, heh!
LLAG! (Live Long, and Guacamole!)
1. Dune - May 1995 - I've read 3-1/2 of them. I stopped when I graduated college because I was reading college library copies. Probably should start over.
2. Shannara - January 1998 - I read the first 8. Do I really want to read more? I'd have to find them.
3. Tolkien: October 2006 - I read The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. Read Unfinished Tales next (maybe)? I have started and never finished it twice.
4. Wool: May 2014 - I read the first 2. Finish the trilogy!
5. The Passage: September 2014 - I read the first. Definitely want to read the rest of the trilogy. P.S. the tv show was... ok.
6. Artemis Fowl: October 2014 - I listened to first two on audio. Read book 3 next (The Eternity Code) but only because my kids ended up with a copy. Probably don't want to read the rest of the series after that.
7. Vorkosigan Saga: February 2015 - I read 5. Read Falling Free next. Love this series, not sure why I abandoned it.
8. Troy Rising: February 2016 - I read 1. Super fun. Read book 2 of 3 next.
9. Kingkiller Chronicles: September 2016 - I read 1. Read book 2 next. I also have the novella to read to tide me over until he actually finishes book 3.
10. Heinlein - April 2018 - I read 7. I have a few more. He wrote too many to try to read them all, but figured I should at least read the ones I have left on my to-be-read shelf.
11. Old Man's War: November 2018 - I read 1. Read the rest! Read It Again SciFi Book club selection!
12. Space Odyssey: April 2020 - I read 2001. Read 2010 next. Mmmmaybe I'll read 2061 and 3001 as well.
13. Prydain Chronicles: March 2021 - I read first 3. Two more to go!
14. Asimov: April 2021 - I listened to or read 2 of them, and listened to the (awful) BBC radio dramatization of Foundation trilogy. I collected all the Robots, Empire and Foundation novels so I could actually read them all one day. Is this day now?
15. Star Trek: April 2021 - I have read 110+. Read "A Time To..." book 5 next.
16. Dragonlance: July 2021 - I have read the first 22 (sort of). I own a few more I haven't read yet, and won't try to read the rest of the 100+ that are out there, but this was my first series love (along with Xanthand I don't think I'll ever be able to say "I'm finally done" with it.
17. Star Wars: July 2021 - I have read 130+. My goal is to read them ALL in publication order (at least through the end of the Legends series). Not sure I have the heart or lifespan to read the New Canon, much less the High Republic series.
18. Chorus of Dragons: September 2021 - Listened to the first two. Mmmmmaybe I will read book 3.... (maybe not). Read It Again SciFi Book club selection!
19. The Expanse: I'm almost done with the first book now (October 2021). ABSOLUTELY love it. I look forward to reading the rest.
So there you have it. 19 series I started and haven't finished (or, finished as much as I'm wanting to). I was thinking I would read one of each of the above in the order listed above, and cycle through them. But... I don't want to. Ha!
P.S. Technically I'm in the "middle" of reading A Song of Ice and Fire, too, but since I'm all caught up, it didn't make the list, although I do have a couple of his other books set in that universe I could read...
P.P.S. I didn't list the Xanth series either, but I really enjoyed the first 11 or 12 of them. And as much as I'll never forget cat-ass-trophy (catastrophe pun) not sure this is a series I'll ever pick back up.
Where to go from here? Because I also read stand alone books. Typically I try to read a scifi book and then an non-scifi book as my rotation, which forces me to read novels without space ships or magic or dragons in them. Now that I've reviewed this list, I will probably tackle Wool book 2 next, just looking at this list and what old friends I have not visited in a while.
In conclusion: it's good to have a plan! Without one, I'd probably just read Star Wars and Star Trek at the exclusion of everything else, heh!
LLAG! (Live Long, and Guacamole!)
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