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19. "shorter" series

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Wed Jan 21, 2026, 04:40 PM

Jan 2026

david brin's uplift series - 6 books

dan wells' john wayne cleaver (i'm not a serial killer) books - 6 books

jk rowling's harry potter - 7 books. still enjoyed them in spite of the author (kinda like the buffy movie and TV series, problematic creator, amazing creation)

laurell k hamilton's anita blake - this has got to be close to 30 books but i stopped reading them around 10 books ago.

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Did anyone else get seriously involved with a book series?? [View all] justaprogressive Jan 2026 OP

Way too many to name SheltieLover Jan 2026 #1

Ursula K. LeGuin, Earthsea series.... lastlib Jan 2026 #2

Earth sea trilogy is seriously good. Also Orson Scott Card/alternate American history Alvin maker series cbabe Jan 2026 #4

I, too, read those books LogDog75 Jan 2026 #38

James Lee Burke, Dick Francis, Louise Penny, cbabe Jan 2026 #3

Harry Potter nt in2herbs Jan 2026 #5

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Colleen Mccullough's Masters Of Rome series. Aristus Jan 2026 #7

Thank you all for the recommendations. perfessor Jan 2026 #8

Yes, I've read every Dune Book Coldwater Jan 2026 #9

In high school I read the Dune books and The Sunset Warrior trilogy. Americanme Jan 2026 #10

Yes, Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody series. Think there's 20 of them. sinkingfeeling Jan 2026 #11

I'm rereading that right now! Lars39 Jan 2026 #46

Sue Grafton's alphabet series. MIButterfly Jan 2026 #12

I liked those too, but at one novel per year... malthaussen Jan 2026 #14

It's been a while, but I think her novels were all set in the 80s MIButterfly Jan 2026 #15

my mom loved this series... da svenster Jan 2026 #20

Sue Grafton came to the metro Detroit area on a book tour MIButterfly Jan 2026 #23

Depends on what you mean by "involved" and what you mean by "series." malthaussen Jan 2026 #13

discworld (sir terry pratchett) da svenster Jan 2026 #16

Couple of problems with that, though... malthaussen Jan 2026 #22

the first few books are not great da svenster Jan 2026 #32

alan dean foster's flinx and pip series da svenster Jan 2026 #17

musn't forget charlie stross' "laundry files" da svenster Jan 2026 #18

"shorter" series da svenster Jan 2026 #19

I am nearing the final book of Louise Penny's Gamache/Three Pines series. It's the best series I've ever read. Vinca Jan 2026 #21

Patrick O'Brian rockyland Jan 2026 #24

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The Brother Cadfael series. Lars39 Jan 2026 #26

Lord of the Rings surfered Jan 2026 #27

I read constantly... buzzycrumbhunger Jan 2026 #28

Several. patphil Jan 2026 #29

Try Spider Robinson's justaprogressive Jan 2026 #42

Robert B. Parker Spenser series and Michael Connelly Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer (this a fun post. Thanks.) cbabe Jan 2026 #30

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Waving! Easterncedar Jan 23 #59

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The Agent Pendergast series got into a little too much fantasy LogDog75 Jan 2026 #40

A couple of series LogDog75 Jan 2026 #41

One more that broke into my dreams: cbabe Jan 2026 #43

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My teens Marthe48 Jan 2026 #49

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Arundel, Kenneth Roberts. He wrote 3 or 4 of characters cachukis Jan 2026 #52

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Jim Butcher's Dresden Files: highplainsdem Jan 23 #58

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series BlueSpot Jan 23 #60