# Trilogies where the middle one is the best one

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 22, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trilogies-where-the-middle-one-is-the-best-one/723156 "2015-06-22T14:49:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trilogies-where-the-middle-one-is-the-best-one/723156/21 "2015-06-24T12:25:30Z")

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As Reichs go, I thought the Second Reich was much better than the first and third.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trilogies-where-the-middle-one-is-the-best-one/723156/22 "2015-06-24T17:51:58Z")

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> [@Biggirl](#):
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> The second book of the Hunger Games trilogy.

I came here to say the same thing. “Catching Fire” is by far the best of the three.

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trilogies-where-the-middle-one-is-the-best-one/723156/23 "2015-06-24T20:25:53Z")

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> [@Quimby](#):
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> The Subtle Knife was my favorite of the His Dark Materials books. It seemed to be the fastest read of the three.

Was going to nominate that one if not already mentioned.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trilogies-where-the-middle-one-is-the-best-one/723156/24 "2015-06-25T23:38:12Z")

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It’s not a trilogy anymore but Dawn of the Dead was the best of Romero’s original 3 Living Dead movies. Night was groundbreaking and absolutely deserves its status and place in film history but Dawn surpassed it in just about every way. Day just didn’t work as well as the other two for whatever reason.

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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trilogies-where-the-middle-one-is-the-best-one/723156/25 "2015-06-25T23:49:28Z")

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_The Broken Kingdoms_, the second book in the Inheritance trilogy by N. K. Jemisin.

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