Pop Sugar's Annual Ultimate Reading Challenge discussion

Are we restricting this category to a set of two books? One book with one prequel? Or can we define this as a book in a series that has a prequel/prequels.

I picked up and found out that it's the first book in a series. Then, once I got sucked into the plot, I found out that there are four novellas that were later written as prequels. If I read those, can I count Leviathan Wakes and the novellas as a book and it's prequel (even if there are four more books and several more novellas in the series)?

BTW, if you haven't read any of these books and you like a good space opera, you need to check it out. Also, it's a show on the SyFy channel called "the Expanse"

I would definitely count that. I don't think you should be faulted for reading more books than required. They fill the prequel requirement plus some in my opinion.

I'm going to use the Isaac Marion zombie books. Time I got around to reading those.

I thought I'd be reading 40 books until I reread this category. I think I'm going with 2 books (1 book & 1 prequel) but haven't found any title to put in this category yet.

Ran wrote: " but haven't found any title to put in this category yet."
What type of books do you enjoy eg genre? Perhaps have a look at the spreadsheet and see if you can get some ideas from that?

Sam wrote: "Ran wrote: " but haven't found any title to put in this category yet."
What type of books do you enjoy eg genre? Perhaps have a look at the spreadsheet and see if you can get some ideas from that?"

I like thriller/fantasy/YA. Can you tell me where I can find this spreadsheet? Thank you.

Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

If you have not read , you should. is the prequel. Both of them were very enjoyable. I cannot count it because I read them last year.

Bonnie wrote: "If you have not read , you should. is the prequel. Both of them were very enjoyable. I cannot count it b..."


Wow thank you for recommending. I will pick these two!

I'm reading Cinder as my book, and Glitches as it's prequel

I just finished reading "Dorothy Must Die" and it's prequel is "No Place Like Oz." Both by Danielle Paige

If you read Cinder as the novel, you can also read Fairest as the prequel.

Karen Kingsbury's The Bridge has a prequel called The Beginning. Both are currently being epublished in one volume thanks to Hallmark making them into 2 Christmas movies.

So prequel does that mean just 2 books (approx) in the series? Or do you think I need to Do some serious searching.


Prequel
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Both are part of a series/trilogy

Christina, I interpreted it as a true prequel and not just two books in the same series. To me that means an author releases a book then writes another set before that story e.g. 'The Lion, the Witch and the wardrobe' and 'The magician's nephew'. So for me I would read the first publication and then go to the prequel.

I read Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea .

Cara Black wrote a prequel to her mystery series : Murder on the Quai.

I read "When Patty Went to College" and the prequel "Just Patty" by Jean Webster.

I was a fan of her book "Daddy Long Legs" and really enjoyed these books. They are old books but they were an easy read and I enjoyed them.