# Which book series are you reading? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940 "2011-08-08T13:16:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/1 "2011-08-08T13:16:39Z")
Mine are: _The Dresden Files_ (about a wizard, not World War II). I’m midway through the latest installment right now. \* The Starcatchers\*, a children’s series written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Prequels to J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan (I should probably read that someday). The _Hap Pine & Leonard Collins_ series by Joe R. Lansdale. Two unlikely best friends go around kicking the asses of those who deserve it. The\* Flashman\* novels. Historical memoirs of a fictional anti-hero. Lots of sex and violence, yay! The\* Dark Tower\* series by Stephen King. I thought I had finished, but Mr. King’s going to squeeze out one more. What are yours? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/2 "2011-08-08T13:24:34Z")
Not a series, but I’m reading my way through all of Malcolm Gladwell’s books. Right now I’m on _What the Dog Saw_. It’s breast-cancer-free and full of ketchupy goodness! ---
**Author:** ![TheShrike23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@TheShrike23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheShrike23)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/3 "2011-08-08T14:04:35Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > The _Hap Pine & Leonard Collins_ series by Joe R. Lansdale. Two unlikely best friends go around kicking the asses of those who deserve it. > > What are yours? These are great series of books, I’m up to CAPTAIN’S OUTRAGEOUS after having recently finished THE TWO BEAR MAMBO. Not to nitpick, but its Hap Collins & Leonard Pine instead of the other way around. No big deal. As for the series I’m reading at the moment, it’s by Robert Charles Wilson and I’m on the 1st of the 3 book series, SPIN. I believe the other 2 books are AXIS and, the one that just came out (and I believe the final book in the series) is called VORTEX. I may be mistaken on the titles or even how many books there will be in the series, but I believe that’s what I read somewhere. Greg ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/4 "2011-08-08T14:21:49Z")
> [@TheShrike23](#): > > Not to nitpick, but its Hap Collins & Leonard Pine instead of the other way around. No big deal. Oh my. I guess it’s going to be one of _those_ days! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/5 "2011-08-08T14:22:59Z")
I scored a full set of Kathy Reichs’s BONES series at a garage sale. Much better than the series. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/6 "2011-08-08T14:44:22Z")
> [@TheShrike23](#): > > These are great series of books, I’m up to CAPTAIN’S OUTRAGEOUS after having recently finished THE TWO BEAR MAMBO. Not to nitpick, but its Hap Collins & Leonard Pine instead of the other way around. No big deal. It’s a great series, though the latest instalments (Vanella Ride, Devil Red) I find are somewhat disappointing - they lack the bizzare mix of humor, action and horror of the rest of the series. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/7 "2011-08-08T14:48:10Z")
Too many… S.M. Stirling’s _Novels of The Change_: I think there’s two more. Charlie Huston’s _Joe Pitt Casebooks_: Vampire PI! Gotta get the last one from the library. Mira Grant’s _Newsflesh_ series: Zombies and bloggers! Book 3 (supposedly the end) comes out next year. Michael Grant’s _Gone_ series: Stephen King for teenagers (there’s a dome and everything!) and I love it. And two trilogies that may never be finised… Dean Koontz’s _Christopher Snow_ trilogy: Ride the Storm has been in the works for almost 15 years. Scott Sigler’s _Infected_ trilogy: Book 3 was supposed to come out this month, but it’s nowhere to be seen. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/8 "2011-08-08T15:34:50Z")
The _Wheel of Time_ books. I’m going to follow the advice of someone on this forum and read until the point I find them boring, then ask for a summery of what happened until _Towers of Midnight_. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/9 "2011-08-08T15:58:33Z")
George R. R. Martin’s _Song of Ice and Fire_ Steven Erikson’s _Malazan Empire_. I’ve let this slide and will just re-read from _Gardens of the Moon_, eventually. I was reading Hap and Leonard too, but was so disappointed with _Devil Red_ that I might just give up. Joe Abercrombie’s _First Law_, but I’m not sure if it’s a series or a trilogy. There were three books and then a same-universe stand-alone. I’m hoping for more. ---
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I’m currently rereading a couple of series on my Nook. I just finished the Windrose chronicles by Barbara Hambly, and just started her Untutored Mage series (Sun Wolf and Star Hawk). I’m also working my way through Doreen Tovey’s books about her life with animals. This starts out with _Cats in the Belfry_. Tovey’s books came out in the 50s and 60s, mostly, and it’s hard to find good dead tree versions, so I’m buying them for the Nook. And I tend to reread Hambly’s books to pieces, so they’re another good candidate for ereading. Other than that, I’m not really reading any series, just random books as I pick them up. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/11 "2011-08-08T16:05:27Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > George R. R. Martin’s _Song of Ice and Fire_ > > Steven Erikson’s _Malazan Empire_. I’ve let this slide and will just re-read from _Gardens of the Moon_, eventually. > > I was reading Hap and Leonard too, but was so disappointed with _Devil Red_ that I might just give up. > > Joe Abercrombie’s _First Law_, but I’m not sure if it’s a series or a trilogy. There were three books and then a same-universe stand-alone. I’m hoping for more. There are _two_ same-universe stand-alones, and the second is a bit more of a sequel to the original three. The first stand-alone is _Best Served Cold_; the second, which just came out a short while ago, is _The Heroes_. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/12 "2011-08-08T18:32:03Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > The _Wheel of Time_ books. I’m going to follow the advice of someone on this forum and read until the point I find them boring, then ask for a summery of what happened until _Towers of Midnight_. Good advice, although I think you really should skip to _Knife of Dreams_ (#11), the last book Jordan wrote before he died. (The general consensus I think is that books 1-5 are great, 6 is OK, 7 is bad, 8 is awful, 9 is a bit better, 10 is GODawful). ---
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At this precise moment, Eric Flint’s _1632_ series (my current reading material is a shared-universe anthology in the series). For series for which there exist further books which I have not yet read, Discworld (though I’m close to caught up). I’ve been trying to make them last by only buying 3 or 4 every time I go Amazoning. For series for which further books don’t yet exist, but which probably will, and which I’ll read when they come out, a couple of series by David Weber: Honor Harrington (including the side series) and Bahzell Banahkson (though the last one was sub-par enough that I’m sort of considering that series on probation). ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/14 "2011-08-08T18:55:48Z")
I read a lot of book series. I like picking up a new book with familiar characters. Right now I’m reading: **A Song of Ice and Fire** (trying not to dwell on the long, long wait ahead for book 6) The \*\*Flashman \*\*novels (I’m rationing these, I only have 5 left unread) **The Dresden Files** (the newest book is waiting on me) I’m also in the middle of: The **Amelia Peabody** books - comedic murder mysteries featuring British archeologists in Egypt around the turn of the 20th century, written by Elizabeth Peters. Lindsy Davis’s \*\*Falco \*\*books, murder mysteries set in ancient Rome during the reign of Vespasian. The **Benjamin January** series, murder mysteries set in New Orleans in the 1830’s, by Barbara Hambly. Elizabeth George’s **Inspector Lynley** mysteries, set in modern-day London. **The Company** novels, time-travel/science fiction by Kage Baker. **The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency** series, cozy mysteries set in Botswana. I’m reading Joe Abercrombie’s books, too. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/15 "2011-08-08T19:00:13Z")
I’m currently reading: **The Wheel of Time** **A Song of Ice and Fire** **Dresden Files** **The Way of Kings** by Brandon Sanderson (well, that’s the name of the first book) (another huge epic fantasy, only one book out, looks very promising) **The Change** by SM Stirling (all technology stops working in the modern world, what happens then, and now 25 years later) **Destroyermen** by Taylor Anderson (WWII American destroyer transported to alternate version of the world where evolution went in a very different direction and the dominant species are velociraptors and super-lemurs) **Without Warning/After America** by John Birmingham (a mysterious cloud kills nearly every living being in the USA in an instant, how the world changes/reacts) **Honor Harrington** by David Weber (ongoing space opera about a scrappy star kingdom contending with its neighbors) **Off Armageddon Reef** by David Weber (sci fi series about a planet settled in the far future by people who try to maintain their descendants at a low level of technology for complicated reasons, and a super-awesome-robot who wants to change things) **The Twelve Houses** by Sharon Shinn (fantasy novels with a strong bit of romance) (not sure if more are being written) **1632/Grantville** by Eric Flint and David Weber (American town is transported back in time to 17th century Germany, much intrigue and battle ensues) (there are many subseries in this series, I generally read the main ones, and I’ve enjoyed some of the side ones). Until quite recently I devoured every one of the **Bob the Nailer** books by Stephen Hunter (sniper-oriented thrillers), but the most recent one was insultingly awful. **The Family Trade** by Charles Stross (modern American woman learns she can transport herself to an alternate timestream Earth, a talent she apparently inherited from her estranged family, who she then comes back into contact with) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/16 "2011-08-08T19:16:59Z")
> [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](#): > > I read a lot of book series. I like picking up a new book with familiar characters. I tend to shy away from books that don’t stand alone, which is funny because I really enjoy the series that I follow. It’s a red-letter day when you see, “Oh, the next such-and-such book is out!” I do read some books with recurring characters that I didn’t count because it’s not important to read them in order. Examples would be the Lewis Barnavelt books by John Bellairs/Brad Strickland, or the Lazlo Woodbine/Hugo Rune books by Robert Rankin. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/17 "2011-08-09T03:51:55Z")
Oh, bunches of series. Right at the moment: Reigning Cats & Dogs by Cynthia Baxter The Mortal Instruments by Clarissa Clare The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan the [Cal Leandros](http://robthurman.net/books/cal-leandros/) series by Rob Thurman On-going series I keep up on as soon as I can get the latest books: Sookie Stackhouse series by Charline Harris the Women of Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong the Rachel Morgan series by Kim Harrison the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher the Mercy Thomas series by Patricia Briggs the [Need](http://www.carriejonesbooks.com/my-books/need-series/) series by Carrie Jones the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson the [Immortals](http://www.alysonnoel.com/immortals/) series by Alyson Noel the [Devouring](http://www.thedevouring.com/about-the-book/) series by Simon Holt A Song of Fire and Ice by George R. Martin Between the Numbers series by Janet Evanovich (I don’t read the other SP books) ---
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I’ve started reading the back issues of **The Walking Dead** comic series. Should be caught up soon. Also just started **A Song of Ice and Fire**. Love the tv show, so I’m going to read the books. I always read the **Jack Reacher** novels by Lee Child. They are fun action-thriller pulp fiction. ---
**Author:** ![brad\_d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brad\_d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brad_d)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/19 "2011-08-09T16:00:49Z")
I’m working through C.S. Forester’s _Hornblower_ series right now - my father gave me the whole collection in paperback recently. Just finished book 5, and will crack open book 6 while eating lunch today… ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/20 "2011-08-09T16:26:12Z")
I’m also reading **The Dresden Files** , though I’m in the middle of the first one. It’s fine as a quick summer read and a lot of fun, but it’s not a tremendous crowning achievement. Still, I’ll probably keep reading the rest as I can find them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940.md?page=2)