BOOK-A-HOLICS discussion

I'm suddenly in the mood to have a good sitdown and read serial type books. I don't know many (nor have I read too many), so I'm open to all suggestions.

I've read (and own):

- Harry Potter series
- Own only Book 2 "The Reptile Room" of A Series Of Unfortunate Events
- The Sandman (graphic novel)
- The Wizard, The Knight by Gene Wolfe

I plan to buy the rest of the books in ASoUF in the future, and the three odd HP books that I don't have, and J.R.R. Tolkien's LOTR trilogy. I'm open to all genres, including graphic novels.

I've seen a lot of Janet Evanovich (sp?) at Indigo. I'm not sure if her novels are part of a serial? I've noticed a lot of her titles seem to be like "A is For... B is For..." etc.

Anyway, anybody care to share their favorite serials?

Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle

this is book one of a 5 book series.

I just started the series, it is pretty good so far.

I've only read the Harry Potter series. I plan on reading the Uglies Series and the Twilight Series. They seem to be a very popular series.

The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris

percy jackson & the olympians, maximum ride, gemma doyle trilogy, twilight, uglies, midnighters, house of night

I love the Janet Evanovich numbers series with Stephanie Plum. These books are great for just a fun read and multiple laughs. I would recommend them to anyone who loves real characters.

Harry Potter
The Other Boleyn Girl (theres 5 books just case you didn't know)

I haven't gotten to the Twilight series yet.

Harry Potter
Charlie Bone
Lemony Snicket
Inheritance
The tale of Desperaux
Erec Rex
Twilight Saga
Chronicles of Narnia
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Cornelia Funke books
...and lots more.

I like harry potter series, Lord Of The ring Trilogy and "Laskar Pelangi" tetralogy.
Laskar Pelangi is tetralogy written by Indonesian writer andrea hirata. This is very inspirational story base on true story of the writer. This is about dream, love and friendship.. i really like this book. give me inspiration. we can makes our dream comes true, if we really want and fight to it.

Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series (6 books so far)
V.C. Andrews - Multiple Series
Sophie Kinsella's - Shopaholic series

I would have to say as a series Janet Evanovich's Numbers series with Stephanie Plum the bounty hunter in Jersey. I know they are not great literature but they are so much fun and such a pleasure.

- Harry Potter series.
- The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series (you may notice that this is the only non-young-adult series here :D)
- The Bartimaeus trilogy.
- And I'm expecting the fourth book of Chronicles of Ancient Darkness. I read in Indonesian translation version, book 4 is not available yet :(.

I read book #1 of A Series of Unfortunate Events, want to read the rest of the series.
I also want to read Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quartet (or Quintet?).

Harry Potter Series
Queen of Babble Series-Meg Cabot
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants- Ann Brashares
Slightly Series- Wendy Markham
Shopaholic Series- Sophie Kinsella
Magic In Manhattan Series-Sarah Mlynowski
Twilight Series- Stephanie Meyer

does anybody NOT like harry potter? i feel like i'm the only one who hates that series...

I do love a good series!

Stephanie Plum - Janet Evanovich
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
Harry Potter - JK Rowling
Twilight - Stepehenie Meyer
are my current favorites, but I also like:

Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
Heather Wells - Meg Cabot (size 12...)
JP Beaumont - JA Jance
little lady... - Hester Browne

Plus I also love those that are semi series, and have overlapping characters but different main characters.
Watermelon and the rest of the Walsh girls books - Marian Keyes
It Had To Be You and the rest of the Chicago Stars - Susan Elizabeth Phillips
The Hot books (Item, Number, Stuff)- Carly Phillips

I just love overlapping characters it's so fun to catch up with them.

Young Adult:

Harry Potter- J.K. Rowling
Anne of Green Gables- L.M. Montgomery
Little House- Laura Ingalls Wilder
Baby-Sitters Club- Ann M. Martin
Sweet Valley Twins/High- Francine Pascal

Chick Lit:

Slightly series- Wendy Markham
Rachel Benjamin series- Jennifer Sturman
Shopaholic series- Sophie Kinsella
Sophie Katz series- Kyra Davis

That's about it right now. I would really love to read the Magic in Manhattan series by Sarah Mlynowski since I love all of her adult fiction. I would also like to read the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld because I've heard such good things about it.

ANYONE??? PLEASE SOMEBODY WRITE A LIST THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE HARRY POTTER SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE A TOTAL OUTSIDER!!!

Sandra, Cynthia, and Wes didn't list Harry Potter. Does that help?

twilight saga
hp series
the sisterhoood of the traveling pants
the au pairs

Brigid,
No, you are not the only one whose does NOT like Harry Potter. I absolutly just do not like the series or the movies either. See, you are not alone

Hi, everybody. Thank you all for your suggestions. Maybe I went a little overboard when I said "everything floats my boat"? Not so much YA or chick-lit please ;) And here's a challenge for posts after this: no repeats, please. It's not that I don't like seeing duplicates, it's just distracting when I'm compiling a list of all the suggestions everybody is posting.

Oh, what the heck, let's just share the series that you've read.

Oh sorry. Guess I didn't realize you were trying to compile a list for yourself. I thought it was a general 'So...what are your favorite series?' question. Oops.

These are some of the series I'm reading.

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
Nevada's Barr's Anna Pigeon series
Arcane Society novels by Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick
Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries by C. S. Harris
Patricia Briggs Mercedes Thompson series

One of new favorite series is Erec Rex by Kaza Kingsley

Since noone has mentioned him...
Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
Nominally fantasy, but some of the best modern satire around. Various books take on Hollywood, international politics, the postal system, religion, you name it.

The Discworld books are eally several series, featuring different main characters, but who inhabit the same world and put in frequent guest appearances in each other's series.
See the website for guidance on getting started.

Actually it's Sue Grafton who has the alphabet series (Kinsey Millhone) & Janet Evanovich has a number series (Stephanie Plum). I enjoy both, though the early alphabet books are better than the newer ones. The last one (T is for Trespass) was kind of boring. I also enjoy the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, the Discworld series by Pratchett, Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton (the first 9 were fantastic, but it went downhill after that), Carrie Vaughn's Kitty & the Midnight Hour series, Harry Potter, the Burgler Who series by Lawrence Block, & more that I can't think of right now.

I'm going to go with my favorites here, because I can't keep track either:
The Wrinkle in Time series by Madeleine L'Engel
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
China Bayles Mysteries by Susan Wittig Alberts
Valentin St. Cyr Mysteries by David Fulmer
Maximum Ride by James Patterson
Aunt Dimity Mysteries by Nancy Atheron
Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie(although not quite a series)
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling(of course)
The Sister Grim Mysteries by Michael Buckley
I'm sure there's more, but that all I can think of at the moment

Glad to see so many mentions of Wrinkle in Time. It is a long time favorite of mine. I read the whole series to my children repeatedly as well and they as adults all own copies. This list has also made me think about the joy of reading both Evanovich and Grafton. I just read the latest Sophie Kinsella and it was great fun, yet almost philosophical for a piece of Chic Lit. So many fun series and so little time. By the way, I've read all the Harry Potter books and they wouldn't make my top 10 list, either.

Some of the series I have read.

Harry Potter- J.K.Rowling
Lord of the Rings- J.R.R Tolkien
The Axis Trilogy- Sara Douglass
The Wayfare Redemption- Sara Douglass
The Tomorrow Series (onyl the first 3)- John Marsden
I have also started reading Books of the Cataclysm by Sean Williams
I have read the first book in the Darkglass Mountain Trilogy by Sara Douglass. The other books have not been published yet.

I noticed a lot of people don't like Harry Potter. I don't either... well, not anymore. I did until I finished the series. I have a lot of problems with the books especially regarding the ethical and moral values present... (please don't tell me I read too much into it.)

The Ender Series by Orson Scott Card

Then there are the books by Richard North Patterson that start with the Lasko Tangent and a character from that is in the next book, etc...so it is kind of a quasi-series...

And I am surprised no has mentioned the Anne of Green Gable series...Still love it after all of these years...

Also the Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey

how about this new series I discovered... The Pellinor series by Alison Crogger. The first book is called "The Naming".

The Dark Tower
The Lord of the Rings
Joe Picket

U MUST READ...........Twilight Series,Harry Potter Series, and Uglies Series!

i agree w/twilight and uglies.... both are amazing. (if u haven't guessed already, i hate HP...) ooh, and if you like uglies, read scott westerfeld's other series, like midnighters and peeps; those are really good too! :D

ugh. yuck... srry, hate those books. but that's just my opinion of course. haha. :)

I am about to do a C.S. Lewis Binge for a while I am stocked up and ready to go..

Janet Evanovich's Plum Series. A lot of fun to read & very funny.

Dennis Lehane's Patrich Kenzie Series. A really good P.I. Series.

Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta Series. Very good series. Kinda medical suspense.

Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch Series. They are kinda legal suspense. Really good!

I have 4 favorite series.

1. The Chronicles of Narnia-C.S. Lewis
2. The Vampire Chronicles- Anne Rice
3. Lord Of The Rings - JRR Tolken
4. The Mayfair Witches- Anne Rice

The Warriors, by Erin Hunter, is my all-time favorite. I also love the Harry Potter books, and the His Dark Materials Trilogy, by Philip Pullman. And to get into a completely different genre LOL, I'm just now discovering the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.

Lucia,
you mentioned that you were wonder about the Janet Evanovich series with A, B, C, etc...
Janet Evanovich doesnt write the ABC books, but instead writes the Stephanie Plum number series (One for the Money, Two for the dough). Her books are hilarious and a great series, but the ABC's you might have seen are by Sue Grafton. Her books are A for Alibi, S for Suspect...
No one has mentioned her on here yet, so its a new suggestion if you're interested. BTW, her books are mystery/suspense type books.

I loved:

The House of Niccolo series by Dorothy Dunnett

The Starbridge series, by Susan Howatch

and I enjoy:

the Hieronymous Bosch detective books by Michael Connelly

the Guido Brunetti mysteries by Donna Leon

Highly recommend all!

Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta Series (the first 5 or 6, anyway)

Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch Series

Diane Chamberlain's Keeper of the Light trilogy

Ian Rankin
Elizabeth George
Brother Cadafael
Sherlock Holmes
Daniel Silva

Some of my favorite series.

i also like the Mortal Instruments books. and Pendragon. And I loved the first book in the Hollow Kingdom trilogy; I plan to read the other two as well.

Being a mystery author, my favorite series are, of course, all mysteries:

Kathy Brandt's underwater forensic diver series
C.J. Box's game warden series
Christine Goff's birdwatching series
Margaret Coel's Wind River Indian reservation series
Donna Andrews's female blacksmith series
Tim Cockey's mortician series
Maggie Sefton's knitting series

and of course, my own gift basket designer series, the first of which, A REAL BASKET CASE, was nominated for the 2007 Best First Novel Agatha Award, named for Agatha Christie. The second, TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET, will be published May, 2009.

I really loved the Drothy Dunneett series. I hope to read them again some day.
Twilight series
Stephanie Plus
Sue Grafton
The Bookman Mysteries by John Dunning
Nicolas Freeling
Kinky Freidman mysteries

I like a lot of mystery books as a series...I mix in mystery with my usual non-fiction reading and classic novels. I tend to read just a little less fiction than non-fiction in the last few years.

I also love Travis McGee novels. I have meant to check out a series by Jasper Fforde...but haven't yet...they are supposed to be awesome.


I've written down several series just from reading these posts, thanks !

I have recently read the Sigma Force series by James Rollins, I am just waiting to get my hands on the latest book in the series, the fifth book, I am also waiting for the third book in the Stephen Lawhead King Raven series to come out. I am always a little sad when a series ends, I get so wrapped up in the characters!!

I have read all the posts and will try not to duplicate. Here are some of my favorite series (I am a mystery fan so many are mysteries):

Lorna Barrett's Book Town Mysteries
Claudia Bishop's Hemlock Falls Mysteries
Dan Brown's books (Angels & Demons,Da Vinci Code,The Lost Symbol)
Jennifer Chiaverini's Elm Creek Quilts series (5 star)
Laura Childs' Tea Shop Mysteries
Jill Churchill's Grace & Favor Mysteries (set in 1930s)
Mary Daheim's Emma Lord Mysteries
Diane Mott Davidson's Goldy Bear Schulz mysteries
Jo Dereske's Miss Zukas mysteries
Monica Ferris' Betsy Devonshire mysteries
Earlene Fowler's Bennie Harper mysteries
Lyn Hamilton's Lara McClintoch mysteries
Janis Harrison's Bretta Solomon mysteries
Carolyn Hart's Death on Demand series
Ellen Hart's Sophie Greenway mysteries
Joan Hess's Claire Malloy mysteries
Tony Hillerman's Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee mysteries
Hazel Holt's Sheila Malory mysteries
Karen Irving's Katy Klein mysteries
Julie Kaewert's Alex Plumtree mysteries (5 star)
Peter King's Goodwin Harper mysteries
Janet Laurence's Darina Lisle mysteries
Beverly Lewis's Abram's Daughters series
Beverly Lewis's The Heritage of Lancaster County
Beverly Lewis's Annie's People
Beverly Lewis's The Courtship of Nellie Fisher
Marianne Macdonald's Dido Hoare mysteries
Debbie Macomber's Blossom Street series
Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove series
Debbie Macomber's Dakota series
Debbie Macomber's Buffalo Valley series
Nancy Martin's Blackbird Sister's mysteries
Barbara McMahon's The House on Poppin Hill series
Nancy Mehl's Ivy Towers mysteries
Katherine Hall Page's Faith Fairchild mysteries
Judith Van Gieson's Claire Reynier mysteries
Cindy Woodsmall's Sister of the Quilt series

Top of my list is Robert B. Parker's Spenser series and I have to say when I unexpectedly happened upoon an announcement of his death on Amazon, I literally burst into tears. I had no idea. I could always count on Parker to bring a smile to my lips with his clever writing and funny banter between his MC, Spenser, and Hawk, or his antagonist du jour. I am going to miss him terribly.

CJ

I love the 'Foreigner' series by CJ Cherryh. It's my top favourite of any series.