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Series List

My list is organized by genre. Most of the time, I prefer to jump around between series and genres for variety.

2017 Goals

1. Owned: 50 Books
✔ 2. Finish: 12 Series
3. Up to Date: 5 Series
4. Make Progress: 17 Series
5. Start: 32 Series
6. Series I start that I plan to continue: 2 Books each

Series Finished in 2017: 15/12
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1. Snow Like Ashes - Sara Raasch (1/16/17)



2. Bigod - Elizabeth Chadwick (1/24/17)



3. Clockwork Dagger - Beth Cato (2/20/17)



4. Princess - Dawn Cook (3/23/17)



5. Harry Potter Re-read - J.K. Rowling (4/25/17)



6. Sevenwaters - Juliet Marillier (5/21/17)



7. World of the Five Gods - Lois McMaster Bujold (6/3/17)



8. Class 5 - Michelle Diener (6/6/17)



9. Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells (7/21/17)



10. Slains - Susanna Kearsley (8/5/17)



11. Shades of Magic - V.E. Schwab (9/3/17)



12. Crown of Stars - Kate Elliott (10/19/17)



13. Regency London - Michelle Diener (10/22/17)



14. Seven Realms - Cinda Williams Chima (11/4/17)



15. Soulfinders - Maria V. Snyder (11/26/17)



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Series Up-to-Date in 2017: 4/5
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1. Cormoran Strike - Robert Galbraith



2. Gothic Myths - Anna Lee Huber



3. His Fair Assassin - Robin LaFevers



4. Court of Thorns & Roses - Sarah J. Maas



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Epic Fantasy

Paladin's Legacy - Elizabeth Moon



✔ 1. Oath of Fealty - 12/12/17
✔ 2. Kings of the North - 12/17/17
3. Echoes of Betrayal
4. Limits of Power
5. Crown of Renewal

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The Broken Earth - N.K. Jemisin



✔ 1. The Fifth Season - 1/31/17
2. The Obelisk Gate
3. The Stone Sky

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The Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson



2. Words of Radiance
3. Oathbringer

Non-Epic Fantasy

Chronicles of Elantra - Michelle Sagara



✔ 4. Cast in Fury - 7/2/17
5. Cast in Silence
6. Cast in Chaos
7. Cast in Ruin
8. Cast in Peril
9. Cast in Sorrow
10. Cast in Flame
11. Cast in Honor
12. Cast in Flight

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Temeraire - Naomi Novik



✔ 3. Black Powder War - 3/26/17
4. Empire of Ivory
5. Victory of Eagles
6. Tongues of Serpents
7. Crucible of Gold
8. Blood of Tyrants
9. League of Dragons

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The Darkwater Saga - Patrick W. Carr



✔ 0. By Divine Right - 6/24/17
1. The Shock of Night
2. The Shattered Vigil
3. The Wounded Shadow - Releases 4/3/18

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Fairyland - Catherynne M. Valente



✔ 2. The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There - 7/14/17
3. The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
4. The Boy Who Lost Fairyland
5. The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home

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**Completion Goal
The Mage Wars - Mercedes Lackey



✔ 1. The Black Gryphon - 7/25/17
✔ 2. The White Gryphon - 8/9/17
3. The Silver Gryphon

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Waterborne - Susan Murray



✔ 1. The Waterborne Blade - 9/13/17
2. Waterborne Exile
3. Book 3 - Publication TBD

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Penric & Desdemona - Lois McMaster Bujold



✔ 1. Penric's Demon - 9/15/17
✔ 2. Penric and the Shaman - 9/17/17
3. Penric's Fox
4. Penric’s Mission
5. Mira's Last Dance
6. The Prisoner of Limnos

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*Up-to-Date as of 10/21/17
His Fair Assassin - Robin LaFevers



✔ 2. Dark Triumph - 3/12/17
✔ 3. Mortal Heart - 10/21/17
4. Untitled - releases 2018
5. Untitled - releases 2019

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*Up-to-Date as of 11/13/17
Court of Thorns & Roses - Sarah J. Maas



✔ 2. A Court of Mist and Fury - 5/6/17
✔ 3. A Court of Wings and Ruin - 11/13/17
3.5. A Court of Frost and Starlight - Releases 5/1/18
4. Untitled - Release TBD
5. Untitled - Release TBD
6. Untitled - Release TBD

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*Up-to-Date Goal
Riyria Chronicles - Michael J. Sullivan



4. The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter - Released 11/5/17

Historical Mystery

Mary Russell - Laurie R. King



✔ 3. A Letter of Mary - 9/25/17
4. The Moor
5. O Jerusalem

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Gaslight Mystery Series - Victoria Thompson



✔ 10. Murder on Bank Street - 2/25/17
✔ 11. Murder on Waverly Place - 6/17/17
12. Murder on Lexington Avenue
13. Murder on Sisters' Row
14. Murder on Fifth Avenue
15. Murder in Chelsea

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Amelia Peabody - Elizabeth Peters



3. The Mummy Case
4. Lion in the Valley
5. Deeds of the Disturber
6. The Last Camel Died at Noon

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Stephens & Mephisto - Elly Griffiths



✔ 2. Smoke and Mirrors - 12/20/17
3. The Blood Card

Historical Fiction

Thornleigh - Barbara Kyle



✔ 3. The Queen's Captive - 7/9/17
4. The Queen's Gamble
5. Blood Between Queens
6. The Queen's Exiles
7. The Traitor's Daughter

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**Completion Goal
The Tea Rose - Jennifer Donnelly



✔ 2. The Winter Rose - 2/5/17
3. The Wild Rose

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Ancient Egypt - Wilbur Smith



✔ 2. The Seventh Scroll - 3/10/17
3. Warlock
4. The Quest
5. Desert God
6. Pharaoh

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**Completion Goal
Scarlet - A.C. Gaughen



✔ 2. Lady Thief - 10/3/17
3. Lion Heart

Science Fiction

Chronicles of St. Mary's - Jodi Taylor



✔ 2. A Symphony of Echoes - 1/8/17
3. A Second Chance
4. A Trail Through Time
5. No Time Like the Past
6. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
7. Lies, Damned Lies, and History
8. And the Rest is History

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Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold



✔ 5. Cetaganda - 8/12/17
6. Brothers in Arms
7. Mirror Dance
8. Memory
9. Komarr
10. A Civil Campaign
11. Diplomatic Immunity
12. Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
13. CryoBurn
14. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen

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Confederation - Tanya Huff



✔ 1. Valor's Choice - 5/9/17
✔ 2. The Better Part of Valor - 10/20/17
3. The Heart of Valor
4. Valor's Trial
5. The Truth of Valor
6. An Ancient Peace
7. A Peace Divided

Urban Fantasy / Paranormal

Graveyard Queen - Amanda Stevens



✔ 1. The Restorer - 10/15/17
2. The Kingdom
3. The Prophet
4. The Visitor
5. The Sinner
6. The Awakening

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Mercy Thompson - Patricia Briggs



✔ 3. Iron Kissed - 6/10/17
✔ 4. Bone Crossed - 10/23/17
5. Silver Borne
6. River Marked
7. Frost Burned
8. Night Broken
9. Fire Touched
10. Silence Fallen

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Kate Daniels - Ilona Andrews



2. Magic Burns
3. Magic Strikes
4. Magic Bleeds
5. Magic Slays
6. Magic Rises
7. Magic Breaks
8. Magic Shifts
9. Magic Binds
10. Magic Triumphs - Releases 5/2018

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Reincarnationist - M.J. Rose



✔ 1. The Reincarnationist - 2/18/17
2. The Memorist
3. The Hypnotist
✔ 4. The Book of Lost Fragrances - 11/15/13
5. Seduction
6. The Collector of Dying Breaths

Steampunk

Magnificent Devices - Shelley Adina



9. Devices Brightly Shining
10. Fields of Air
11. Fields of Iron
12. Fields of Gold

Contemporary Mystery / Suspense

Dublin Murder Squad - Tana French



✔ 2. The Likeness - 3/14/17
3. Faithful Place
4. Broken Harbor
5. The Secret Place
6. The Trespasser

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In Death - J.D. Robb



✔ 6. Vengeance in Death - 11/8/17
7. Holiday in Death
8. Conspiracy in Death
9. Loyalty in Death
10. Witness in Death

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*Up-to-Date as of 8/17/17
Cormoran Strike - Robert Galbraith



✔ 3. Career of Evil - 8/17/17
4. Lethal White - Release TBD

Classic Mystery

Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle



3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
4. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
✔ 5. The Hound of the Baskervilles - 8/8/17

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Miss Silver - Patricia Wentworth



✔ 2. The Case Is Closed - 7/5/17
3. Lonesome Road
4. In the Balance
5. The Chinese Shawl

Historical / Paranormal Romance

London Steampunk - Bec McMaster



✔ 1. Kiss of Steel - 8/27/17
2. Heart of Iron
3. My Lady Quicksilver
4. Forged by Desire
5. Of Silk and Steam

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**Completion Goal
The Crown of Tremontane - Melissa McShane



✔ 1. Servant of the Crown - 7/8/17
2. Rider of the Crown
3. Agent of the Crown

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Darkest London - Kristen Callihan



✔ 2. Moonglow - 5/28/17
3. Winterblaze
4. Shadowdance
5. Evernight
6. Soulbound
7. Forevermore

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*Up-to-Date as of 9/30/17
Gothic Myths - Anna Lee Huber



✔ 1. Secrets in the Mist - 9/30/17
2. Book 2 - Release TBD

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**Completion Goal
Pingkang Li Mysteries - Jeannie Lin



✔ 1. The Lotus Palace - 10/28/17
2. The Jade Temptress

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Spirit Medium - C.J. Archer



✔ 1. The Medium - 11/17/17
2. Possession
3. Evermore