# Recommend a book series, but not one story broken up into several books

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**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [August 15, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-series-but-not-one-story-broken-up-into-several-books/918193 "2020-08-15T17:32:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-series-but-not-one-story-broken-up-into-several-books/918193/41 "2020-08-17T18:01:41Z")

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I’ve really enjoyed the Maisie Dobbs books by Jacqueline Winspear.

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**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-series-but-not-one-story-broken-up-into-several-books/918193/42 "2020-08-17T18:10:01Z")

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> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#):
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> I thought there was just one Spenser book, and he just kept writing it? “Who kidnaps Susan this book?”
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> (and I like Spenser!)

I love Spenser too. Even when Parker was alive some of his books were ‘balloon payment books’ though. Still loved them. The Susan thing did get annoying. I would just skim over that. The dialogue between Spenser and Hawk was laugh out loud clever stuff, that’s what I read the books for.

Since Parker died, the ‘ghost’ writers writing under his name have been uneven at best. Some are ok, better than nothing and others I put down after a chapter.

> [@Dangerosa](#):
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> I’ve really enjoyed the Maisie Dobbs books by Jacqueline Winspear.

Those are good. I found them a tad too clean cut for me but she is a good writer.

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