The Series Series: Part 3
Last week I posted Part 2 of The Series Series, discussing series I haven’t finished and whether or not I’ll continue reading them. Two weeks ago I posted Part 1 of The Series Series, discussing series I’ve read from start to finish and whether I’d recommend them to other readers. It was a lot of fun taking a deeper look at the series I’ve read, finished, and unfinished.
I have a very large TBR–1500+ books. This TBR mostly only counts the first book of a series because I believe a series has to make me want to continue reading it. Because my TBR is so large, I feel like I need to be selective of the books I read. It makes starting a new series hard, especially when I have so many that I haven’t even finished yet. Despite my huge TBR, or maybe I should say because of my TBR, there are so many series I still want to read.
Part 3: Top Ten Series I Want to Read
Let’s get started with part 3 of The Series Series. Today I’ll be discussing my top ten series I want to read. (If I don’t set some kind of limit on this, my post will be unmanageable.)
The Dark Artifices Trilogy by Cassandra Clare
Number Books: 3
Why I Want to Read it: I’m a huge fan of Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunter universe.
The Last Hours Trilogy by Cassandra Clare
Number Books: 3
Why I Want to Read it: I’m a huge fan of Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunter universe.
The Chronicles of Castellane by Cassandra Clare
Number Books: At least 2 are planned, probably more. Only SWORD CATCHER is currently out.
Why I Want to Read it: I’m a huge fan of Cassandra Clare and I’m excited to see what other stories she has in mind.
Dragon Star Trilogy by Melanie Rawn
Number Books: 3
Why I Want to Read it: I love the Dragon Prince trilogy and this is a companion trilogy. It continues the story with the main characters’ (from the first trilogy) son, Pol.
Dust Trilogy by Philip Pullman
Number Books: 3 (only 2 are out)
Why I Want to Read it: I love His Dark Materials trilogy and this is a companion trilogy. It delves deeper into the phenomenon of Dust and how it influences Lyra’s and Will’s worlds.
Mistborn Saga by Brandon Sanderson
Number Books: 7
Why I Want to Read it: If I didn’t put this on my list, I think my friend and her kids would disown me, lol. They’ve been trying to get me to read this series for years. It’s not that I don’t want to. Other books just keep getting in the way.
Mary Trilogy by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Number Books: 3
Why I Want to Read it: I loved MY LADY JANE and I expect I’ll love the other two as well which will make me want to read this trilogy too.
A Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J Maas
Number Books: 4 (possibly more)
Why I Want to Read it: I mean who doesn’t want to read this series if they haven’t already.
Red Queen Series by Victoria Aveyard
Number Books: 4
Why I Want to Read it: I’ve heard so much good about this series and it seems right up my alley.
Seven Realms Series by Cinda Williams Chima
Number Books: 4
Why I Want to Read it: I’ve heard so much good about this series and it seems right up my alley.
Conclusions
I thought this would be a lot harder to narrow down. It really wasn’t because of the tie-ins with the other series I’ve read and because I own most of these books already, lol.
Well, that’s it for The Series Series. I hope you’ve had as much fun reading my posts as I did putting them together. Maybe, I’ll check in next year to see if I’ve made any progress on the series I’ve already started and not finished. We’ll see.
What about you? Have you read any of these series? Which one do you think I should move to the top of my TBR? Are you surprised by any of my choices? Would you recommend any other series I should put on my TBR? What are some series you haven’t started yet but you want to read?
I didn’t realize that Clare had so many series! I think I’ve only read one of hers. I love The Book of Dust and am eagerly awaiting the last one. Hurry up, Philip!
I know, right?! Cassandra Clare’s a writing machine! 😀 I definitely look forward to reading THE BOOK OF DUST. I’ll probably wait until the last book has been released, though.
I’ve only read the Shadowhunters, tried to read the series that was set in the past and couldn’t get into it, but I do have the first one in the series you show here. I read Red Queen and need to finish that series. I liked My Contrary Mary and need to finish that series as well.
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I understand about not being able to get into her other series. I do love the one set in the past, though. I love the characters SOOOO much. 😀
I was so overwhelmed by series that I stopped reading them a few years ago (to be fair, I’m barely reading at all lol). I’ve been enjoying stand alones right now but who knows, maybe I’ll flip back if something good grabs my attention.
I understand completely. I love to read stand-alones when I’m series’d out. I also try to get my book club to choose stand-alones so I don’t have to add many unfinished series to my TBR, lol.