Series I'm Reading

I just saw that Crazy Cozy Murders had a list of series she was reading. Then I followed the links to the others who have done this too and I was inspired to get my series all listed in one place too. This is an eclectic mix of YA fantasy, fantasy, mysteries, horror and a bit of everything else! So, here we go. This is a list of series that I have started (read at least 1 book) and want to continue reading. Series in red, I have either completed or am waiting for the next volume to be published.

This list is no longer being updated. Pleast visit my new blog Addicted to Series to see what series I am currently reading.

I've also placed an * next to the titles I own to help me not buy any more duplicates.

Lewis Barnavelt books by John Bellairs
The House With a Clock in It's Walls
The Figure in the Shadows
The Letter, the Witch and the Ring
The Ghost in the Mirror (with Brad Strickland)
The Vengeance of the Witch-finder
The Doom of the Haunted Opera
The Specter from the Magician's Museum (by Brad Strickland)
The Beast Under the Wizard's Bridge
The Tower at the End of the World
The Whitsle, the Grave, and the Ghost
The House Where Nobody Lived

Anthony Monday books by John Bellairs
The Treasures of Alpheus Winterborn
The Dark Secret of Weatherend
The Lamp From the Warlock's Tomb
The Mansion in the Mist

Johnny Dixon books by John Bellairs
The Curse of the Blue Figurine
The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt
The Spell of the Sorceror's Skull
The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost*
The Eyes of the Killer Robot
The Trolley to Yesterday
The Chessmen of Doom
The Secret of the Underground Room
The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie (with Brad Strickland)
The Hand of the Necromancer (by Brad Strickland)
The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder
The Wrath of the Grinning Ghost

Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey
After a lot of googling, everything I've read says it's best to read the books in the order they were published. So I've come up with this list that is chronological by publishing date but keeps trilogies together. If you are a fan and think I've made a grave error in order here somewhere please let me know.

Arrows of the Queen, 1987
Arrow's Flight, 1987
Arrow's Fall, 1988

Magic's Pawn, 1989
Magic's Promise, 1989
Magic's Price, 1990

The Oathbound 1989
Oathbreakers 1989
Oathblood 1989

By the Sword 1991

Winds of Fate, 1991
Winds of Change, 1992
Winds of Fury, 1993

Storm Warning, 1994
Storm Rising, 1995
Storm Breaking, 1996

The Black Gryphon 1994
The White Gryphon 1995
The Silver Gryphon 1996

Sword of Ice And Other Tales of Valdemar, 1997

Owlflight, 1997
Owlsight, 1998
Owlknight, 1999


Brightly Burning 2000

Exile's Honor, 2002
Exile's Valor, 2003
Take a Thief, 2004

Sun in Glory And Other Tales of Valdemar 2003

Crossroads And Other Tales of Valdemar, 2005

Hall Family Chronicles by Jane Langton
The Diamond in the Window
The Swing in the Summerhouse
The Astonishing Stereoscope
The Fledgling*
The Fragile Flag
The Time Bike
The Mysterious Circus
The Dragon Tree (2008)

Homer Kelly Mysteries by Jane Langton
The Transcendental Murder
Dark Nantucket Noon*
The Memorial Hall Murder
Natural Enemy
Emily Dickinson Is Dead
Good and Dead
Murder at the Gardner
The Dante Game
God in Concord
Divine Inspiration
The Shortest Day: Murder at the Revels
Dead as a Dodo
The Face on the Wall
The Thief of Venice
Murder at Monticello
The Escher Twist
The Deserter: Murder at Gettysburg
Steeplechase

Temperance Brennan by Kathy Reichs - 10 books, completed, Oct. 1 2007

Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda
read #1 & #2

Dragonlance by Weis & Hickman
Dragons of Autumn Twilight*
Dragons of Winter Night*
Dragons of Spring Dawning*
Time of the Twins
War of the Twins
Test of the Twins
The Soulforge
Brothers in Arms

Dragons of the Dwarven Depths
Dragons of the Highlord Skies
Volume 3 - not yet published
The Second Generation
Dragons of Summer Flame
Dragons of a Fallen Sun
Dragons of a Lost Star
Dragons of a Vanished Moon
Amber and Ashes
Amber and Iron
Volume 3 - not yet published

Sovereign Stone Trilogy by Weis & Hickman
Well of Darkness
Guardians of the Lost

Journey into the Void

Norby Chronicles by Janet & Isaac Asimov
Norby, the Mixed-up Robot*
Norby's Other Secret
*
Norby and the Invaders
Norby and the Lost Princess
Norby and the Queen's Necklace
Norby Finds a Villain
Norby Through Time and Space
Robot for Hire
Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure
Norby Down to Earth
Norby and the Oldest Dragon
Norby and the Court Jester
Norby and the Terrified Taxi

Chronicles of Deryni by Katherine Kurtz
Deryni Rising
Deryni Checkmate
High Deryni

Austin Family (Chronos) by Madeleine L'Engle
Meet the Austins*
The Moon by Night
*
The Young Unicorns
A Ring of Endless Light*
Troubling a Star
A Severed Wasp

Murry & O'Keefe Family (Kairos) by Madeline L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time*
A Wind in the Door
*
Many Waters*
A Swiftly Tilting Planet*
The Arm of the Starfish
Dragons in the Waters

A House Like a Lotus
An Acceptable Time

Inspector Adam Dalgliesh by P.D. James
Cover Her Face*
A Mind to Murder*
Unnatural Causes*
Shroud for a Nightingale*
The Black Tower *
Death of an Expert Witness
A Taste for Death
Devices and Desires
Original Sin
A Certain Justice
Death in Holy Orders
The Murder Room
The Lighthouse

Ender Universe by Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game*
Speaker for the Dead*
Xenocide
Children of the Mind

First Meetings*
Ender's Shadow
Shadow of the Hegemon*
Shadow Puppets
Shadow of the Giant

Alvin Maker by Orson Scott Card
Seventh Son
Red Prophet
Prentice Alvin
Alvin Journeyman
Heartfire
The Crystal City

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl
The Arctic Incident
The Eternity Code
The Opal Deception
The Lost Colony

Unicorns by Vicki Blum
Wish Upon a Unicorn
The Shadow Unicorn

The Land Without Unicorns
The Promise of the Unicorn
A Gathering of Unicorns

Arthur Trilogy by Kevin Crossley-Holland 3 books, completed, August 19, 2007
Gatty's Tale ( I just found out about this book set in the same world!)

The Unicorn Chronicles by Bruce Coville
Into the Land of Unicorns - Song of the Wanderer - Dark Whispers (2008?)

Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix 5 books, completed, July 11, 2007
waiting for Saturday (2008?) , Sunday (2009?)

The Old Kingdom by Garth Nix
Sabriel*
Lirael*
Abhorsen*
Across the Wall

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
Interview with the Vampire
The Vampire Lestat*
The Queen of the Damned
The Tale of the body Thief
Memnoch the Devil
The Vampire Armand
Merrick
Blood and Gold
Blackwood Farm
Blood Canticle

Cliff Janeway by John Dunning
Booked to Die
The Bookman's Wake

The Bookman's Promise
The Sign of the Book
The Bookwoman's Last Fling

Rabbi Small by Harry Kellerman
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late*
Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry*
Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home*

Monday the Rabbi Took Off
Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red
Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet
Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out
Conversations with Rabbi Small
Someday the Rabbi Will Leave
One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross
The Day the Rabbi Resigned
That Day the Rabbi Left Town

Inspector Roderick Alleyn by Ngaio Marsh
A Man Lay Dead
Enter a Murderer
The Nursing Home Murder
Death in Ecstasy
Vintage Murder
Artists in Crime
Death in a White Tie
Overture to Death
Death at the Bar
Death of a Peer aka Surfeit of Lampreys*
Death and the Dancing Footman
Colour Scheme
Died in the Wool
Final Curtain
A Wreath for Rivera aka Swing, Brother, Swing
Night at the Vulcan aka Opening Night
Spinsters in Jeopardy aka The Bride of Death
Scales of Justice*
Death of a Fool aka Off with His Head
*
Singing in the Shrouds
False Scent
Hand in Glove
Dead Water
Killer Dolphin aka Death at the Dolphin
Clutch of Constables
When in Rome
Tied Up in Tinsel*
Black As He's Painted
Last Ditch
A Grave Mistake*
Photo Finish
*
Light Thickens

The Oz books by L. Frank Baum
read #1 & #2

Inspector Thanet by Dorothy Simpson
The Night She Died
Six Feet Under
Puppet for a Corpse
Close Her Eyes*
Last Seen Alive*
Dead On Arrival*

Element of Doubt
Suspicious Death
Dead By Morning
Doomed to Die
Wake the Dead
No Laughing Matter
A Day for Dying
Once Too Often
Dead and Gone

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling 7 books, completed, July 28, 2007!

The Mitford Series by Jan Karon
At Home in Mitford
A Light in the Window
These High Green Hills
Out to Canaan
A New Song

A Common Life
In This Mountain
Shepherds Abiding
Light From Heaven

The Dark Tower by Stephen King
The Gunslinger*
The Drawing of the Three*
The Waste Lands*

Wizard and Glass
Wolves of Calla
Song of Susannah
The Dark Tower

Xanth by Piers Anthonly
Spell for Chameleon, A
Source of Magic, The
Castle Roogna
Centaur Aisle
Ogre, Ogre
Night Mare
Dragon on a Pedestal
Crewel Lye
Golem in the Gears
Vale of the Vole
Heaven Cent
Man From Mundania
Isle of View
Question Quest
Color of Her Panties, The
Demons Don't Dream

Harpy Thyme
Geis of the Gargoyle
Roc and a Hard Place
Yon Ill Wind
Faun and Games
Zombie Lover
Xone of Contention
Dastard, The
Up in a Heaval
Swell Foop
Cube Route
Currant Events
Pet Peeve
Stork Naked
Air Apparent

Shannara by Terry Brooks

The Sword of Shannara*
The Elfstones of Shannara*
The Wishsong of Shannara*


First King of Shannara

The Heritage of Shannara
· The Scions of Shannara
· The Druid of Shannara
· The Elf Queen of Shannara
· The Talismans of Shannara

The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara
· Ilse Witch
· Antrax
· Morgawr

High Druid of Shannara
· Jarka Ruus
· Tanequil
· Straken

Genesis of Shannara
Armageddon's Children
The Elves of Cintra

Richard Jury by Martha Grimes
The Man With A Load Of Mischief
The Old Fox Deceiv'd
The Anodyne Necklace
The Dirty Duck

Jerusalem Inn
Deer Leap
Help The Poor Struggler
I Am The Only Running Footman
The Five Bells and Bladebone
The Old Silent
The Old Contemptibles
The Case Has Altered
The Horse You Came In On
Rainbow's End
The Stargazey
The Lamorna Wink
The Blue Last
The Grave Maurice
The Winds of Change
The Old Wine Shades
Dust

Shadow Children Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Among the Hidden*
Among the Impostors*
Among the Betrayed
Among the Barons
Among the Brave
Among the Enemy
Among the Free

Giver Series by Lois Lowry 3 books, completed Aug. 11 2007

Pure Dead by Debi Gliori
Pure Dead Magic
Pure Dead Wicked

Pure Dead Brilliant
Pure Dead Trouble
Pure Dead Batty
Pure Dead Frozen

Gemma Doyle by Libba Bray
Great and Terrible Beauty
Rebel Angels

The Sweet Far Thing - Dec 2007


The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton
The Secret Seven*
Secret Seven Adventure*

Well Done Secret Seven
Secret Seven On the Trail*
Go Ahead Secret Seven
Good Work Secret Seven
Secret Seven Win Through
Three Cheers Secret Seven
Secret Seven Mystery*
Puzzle for the Secret Seven
Secret Seven Fireworks
Good Old Secret Seven
Shock for the Secret Seven
Look Out Secret Seven
Fun for the Secret Seven*

Gardella Vampire Chronicles by Colleen Gleason
The Rest Falls Away - Rises the Night
The Bleeding Dusk (out in 2008)

Aunt Dimity by Nancy Atherton

Aunt Dimity's Death
Aunt Dimity and the Duke
Aunt Dimity's Good Deed
Aunt Dimity Digs In
Aunt Dimity's Christmas
Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil
Aunt Dimity Detective
Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday
Aunt Dimity Snowbound
Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin
Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea
Aunt Dimity Goes West
Aunt Dimity, Vampire Hunter

James Bond by Ian Fleming
Casino Royale
Live and Let Die
Moonraker
Diamonds Are Forever
From Russia with Love
Dr. No
Goldfinger
For Your Eyes Only (short-stories)

Thunderball
The Spy Who Loved Me
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
You Only Live Twice
The Man with the Golden Gun
Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short stories)

Lord Peter Whimsey by Dorothy L. Sayers
Whose Body?
Clouds of Witness
Unnatural Death
Lord Peter Views the Body
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
Strong Poison
Five Red Herrings
Have His Carcase
Hangman's Holiday
Murder Must Advertise
The Nine Tailors
Gaudy Night
Busman's Honeymoon
In the Teeth of the Evidence
Striding Folly (short stories)
Thrones, Dominations (with Jill Paton Walsh)
A Presumption of Death (with Jill Paton Walsh)

Chester Cricket series by George Selden
The Cricket in Times Square
Tucker's Countryside
Harry Cat's Pet Puppy
Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride
Chester Cricket's New Home
Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse
The Old Meadow

Guardians of Ga'hoole by Kathryn Lasky
The Capture
The Journey
The Rescue
The Siege
The Shattering
The Burning
The Hatchling
The Outcast
The First Collier
The Coming of Hoole
To Be a King
Golden Tree
River of Wind
Exile

Warriors by Erin Hunter
Into the Wild
Fire and Ice
Forest of Secrets
Rising Storm
A Dangerous Path
The Darkest Hour

Tales From Dimwood Forest by Avi
Ragweed
Poppy
Poppy and Rye
Ereth's Birthday
Poppy's Return

I'll add some more as I remember them or start new ones.

Comments

  1. That's quite a list, Nicola! :-)

    I have read all of the Valdemar series with the exception of a couple of the short story books. It's a terrific series. I agree that it's best read in order of publication. The author actually has the timeline for the entire series on her website both by chronological order and by publishing date. I've used that as my guide over the years to make sure I don't miss any of the books.

    I'm looking forward to eventually reading Kathy Reichs series. It's one I'm been meaning to get to but haven't made the time with all the other books I've been reading.

    I have read a the first two books in P.D. James mystery series, and I love her writing. It's a great series, I think. Anne Rice's series is another one I'm working my way through, having read the first two books. I read the Mayfair witch books by Rice and really enjoyed them.

    And like you, I'm waiting for the newest Harry Potter book to be released. I'll be jumping on that one right away. LOL

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  2. Hi Nicola!

    I don't have a lot of time right now to comment in detail, but I wanted to say that your list is quite impressive!

    I'm not familiar with a lot of the authors, so I'll have fun looking again another time. Some of them may be fantasy writers and I don't read fantasy. I'm very much a realist, whether good or bad, it is who I am.

    I'll come again when I have more time. See you later. :)

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  3. Joy, yes - a lot of them are fantasy, it's my favourite genre. But there's a good mix of other stuff. I like to switch between genres so I don't get in a rut!

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