# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/21 "2011-08-09T16:40:55Z")
> [@brad\_d](#): > > 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… One of my personal favorites. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/22 "2011-08-09T21:17:56Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Dean Koontz’s _Christopher Snow_ trilogy: Ride the Storm has been in the works for almost 15 years… It’s been driving me crazy (literally–can we kidnap Koontz and make him finish it?) since I listened to _Fear Nothing_ and _Seize The Night_…on cassette! That got me hooked on audiobooks. The perfect voice (smoky, surferesque, wiseass-yet-mysterious) for an iconic character. My current series? The _“Chaos Walking”_ trilogy. Starting with _ **The Knife of Never Letting Go** _. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/23 "2011-08-09T21:32:33Z")
I just finished John Scalzi’s **Old Man’s War** series. Really quite excellent despite the spartan writing. Right now I’m working my way through the first book of Kim Harrison’s **Rachel Morgan** series. The friend who recommended it to me said it was a lot like the Dresden Files. …I gotta tell you, it ain’t no Dresden. > [@appleciders](#): > > 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. The series pretty consistently improves with each book, although there’s some controversy over 12 and 13, the latest two. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/24 "2011-08-09T21:50:25Z")
Does manga count? I’m working my way through the Death Note series. I finished book four, and I’m waiting on book five at the library. (Yes, book six came first, dammit.) ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/25 "2011-08-09T22:13:50Z")
The Dresden Files, although I’ve lost steam (I’m somewhere around 2/3s in, and I’ve heard the last couple are interesting and different so I’m a little motivated) Discworld Song of Fire & Ice (trying Clash of Kings again; didn’t finish last time but the TV series reinvigorated me) I also recently started the Millenium trilogy, but doubt I’ll get to #2 unless boredom truly overwhelms. Trying to focus on nonfiction a little more lately. ---
**Author:** ![wei\_ji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wei\_ji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wei_ji)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/26 "2011-08-09T22:59:11Z")
Questions, questions, Dung Beetle. I’m still working on the last of Tolkien, with “The Children of Hurin” in the queue on my shelf. I’m also working on the Border Trilogy of Cormac McCarthy, with “All the Pretty Horses” read and “The Crossing” to come next. Many years ago, I lost interest in the Aubrey-Maturin Napoleanic War naval series, by Patrick O’Brian after about half a dozen books. I think I was reading them over too long a period, with other books interspersed between, losing the larger thread of the stories, but I’m not sure what caused this loss of interest in the series. Instinct says I’ll finish it up one day. I read C.S. Forester’s entire “Hornblower Saga” as a college freshman and loved it. I conclude from reading all of these that it’s probably best to read a series one after another, usually without a break, unless fatigue with the story starts to cause your interest to flag. That’s not my usual habit. Bonus: One of my friends, a former policeman, was crazy for the “Flashman” series, of George MacDonald Fraser, reading them over and over again and raving with delight about the character’s many faults and lucky fate. I suspect a psychological dimension here, something in a basic reaction formation. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/27 "2011-08-10T03:01:57Z")
Chalk me up as another inspired by _A Game of Thrones_ (the HBO series) to read the series _A Song of Ice and Fire_ (finished _A Game of Thrones_ quickly and am about a quarter of the way through _A Clash of Kings_). I’ve read Scalzi’s _Old Man’s War_ and Butcher’s _Storm Front_ and _Fool Moon_, but have not yet continued with those series (I fully intend to do so at some point). Technically I’m not sure if it’s a series, but I’ve got the last of Christopher Moore’s vampire love story trilogy (_Bite Me_, which followed _Bloodsucking Fiends_ and _You Suck_) waiting on my Kindle. Also, have been waiting for the conclusion to _The Strain_ trilogy by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, and I’ve just seen it’s going to be available October 25 (which is good news!). ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/28 "2011-08-10T03:30:36Z")
I decided to read the _A Song of Ice and Fire_ books before watching the HBO adaptation. I’m about two thirds of the way through _A Clash of Kings_. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/29 "2011-08-10T09:26:39Z")
Winston churchill “History of the English Speaking People” ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/30 "2011-08-10T10:20:59Z")
> [@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_. Great series - re-read them every time a new one comes out - but you are correct some parts are boring - I just skip those chapters rather than the full book. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/31 "2011-08-10T12:34:30Z")
Stopped with a few more to go in _The Dresden Files_: Don’t want to burn through them too fast. Received the latest _ASOIF_ volume: Don’t feel up to hefting that weight right now. Up to date on the _Temeraire_ series: The books outside the Napoleonic War setting aren’t as much “fun” but the author is dealing with the larger picture of a world where Dragons Are Real & I’m still enjoying them. Received the latest Mary Russell book yesterday (_The God of the Hive_): Just started reading… Need to go through my _Flashman_ books. Have I missed any? ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/32 "2011-08-10T13:02:36Z")
Diskworld by Terry Pratchett - Long may the roll off the press ---
**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 10, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/33 "2011-08-10T13:38:00Z")
> [@wei\_ji](#): > > I conclude from reading all of these that it’s probably best to read a series one after another, usually without a break, unless fatigue with the story starts to cause your interest to flag. That’s not my usual habit. I have found that if I read several books in a row by a single author, then I start noticing the inevitable repeated phrases and other quirks in their writing. That’s why I’m in the middle of so many series - I need to swap between authors frequently. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/34 "2011-08-10T13:49:15Z")
The Dresden Files as they come out. The Discworld Novels, but not much longer. ☹ I’ve just started A Song of Ice and Fire, and I’m afraid I’m going to have to make George RR Martin cry if he doesn’t start putting books out faster. I’ve also been downloading the Barsoom series off Project Gutenberg to my iPod. I makes for great light reading for five or ten minute stretches when I’m waiting for children to fall asleep, or files to run, or I’m otherwise “indisposed.” ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940/35 "2011-08-10T13:57:53Z")
Simon Scarrow - the Eagle series… Very good - blood and guts about 2 roman soldiers - only criticism - it could be set in any army at any time in history (although I think he watched to many WW2 movies) based on the way Cato and Marco talk [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-series-are-you-reading/591940.md?page=1)