Series of Books

With a few exceptions we love the same books. I hate Anne Rice and wasn't thrilled with Dan Brown or Nora Roberts, (but I'll read them if I find them cheap). I'd add the Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz, in fact anything by him and anything by Charles de Lindt. And for a good laugh, the Diskworld series by Terry Pratchett!

After seeing your lists, I think that our tastes might overlap a bit. I don't usually read that many series books, but I do have some reccomendations. 1) His Dark Materials Books by Philip Pullman. - They are about to become a movie, but you should still read them. They are written for yound adults, but the story is just too good to be ignored by adults and the story gets better and more complicated as you read each book. And the ending, wow! The individual books are called The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. I would try to describe the plot to you, but I'm not sure I would do it justice. 2) Red Dwarf Books - There are 4 of them that are based on the tv series, but these books expand the stories to make them more unified and cohersive. Thankfully, they are still hilarious. Also, the last two books go in two complete different directions from the same point in the second book. It's two possible outcomes of one event and it's really interesting to see how each author differently envisioned what would happen. 3) Dark Angel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce - Not your usual vampire book and the ending is quite surprising. 4) Earthsea Novels - Ignore that terrible tv movie they made. These books are so great and if you like Harry Potter you should really check them out.

I really loved the Left Behind Series also. I could hardly wait for the next book to come out. Mine were all passed on to my daughter-in-law, then on to my sister and my cousin after that. They will continue to be passed on to someone inside or outside the family...anyone who loves to read. My favorite author is Nora Roberts. I loved her Circle Trilogy, Key trilogy, Donovan Legacy series, Chesapeake Bay series and several other series she wrote. She also writes as J.D. Robb and has a fantastic series of 25 or so books that take place in the mid-21st century and follow the same main characters...they are fantastic, and I just got the latest one from my cousin today. Another good series is Fern Michaels' "Sisterhood"...about 7 very different women who are out for revenge for wrongs done to them. I'm on book 4 right now. Very good reading. Fern Michaels also has several series that were very good.

I liked most of the Left Behind series. But, I want to warn people that it is based on bible prophecies. So, if you don't want to read anything related to that, then don't read this series. I also like some children's series such as Anne of Green Gables and the Chronicles of Narnia. For mysteries, I have liked the Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn series by Tony Hillerman. On Gather.com, I saw someone recommend another series called Big Stone Gap. I like reading books in the series. I enjoy seeing the same characters going through new adventures and problems.

Let me say I loved the Harry Potter collection and Angels and Demans and The Davinci Code were all good books. My favorites are also V. C. Andrews - Flowers in the Attic series and Right now I am reading Dean Koontz - Odd Thomas. After Odd Thomas there is Forever Odd and also another book I am into this series now.

My all-time favorite series is the Dune novels by Frank Herbert. Science-fiction fantasy series that's tops is His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. If you like historical fiction with a strong military flavor, I highly recommend the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell--all 21 of them (so far). And I guess I couldn't leave out Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles.

I have to admit that most of those I haven't heard of, let alone read. But I do have most of the Harry Potter books, just haven't read them yet. As for the ones I'd recommed: 1. Abarat Series by Clive Barker 2. Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger) by V.C. Andrews 3. Heaven (Casteel) by V.C. Andrews 4. Key Trilogy by Nora Roberts Those are my top ones for a series of books. I tried to think of a fifth one and I am drawing a blank, though I know its probably back there in the back of my head somewhere. lol

Oh I love books in a series too! They're really great. You can get into a story and it keeps going. Here are some of the ones that I love - aside from some that you named (HP & Dan Brown). The Avalon series by Marion Zimmer Bradley (The Mists of Avalon, The Fall of Atlantis, ect) Heaven series (or the Castell Family series) by V.C. Andrews Flowers of the Attic series (or the Dollanganger family series) by V.C. Andrews The Lord of the Rings series including The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Well those are my favorites anyway :)

An old Hippie Era series "Seth Speaks" "Conversations With God" - very similar to the "Seth Speaks" series nothing from Llewellyn as I find that publishing house to generic

The only series I can think of that I've really been following is the Shopaholic Series by Sophie Kinsella. It goes in this order: Confessions of a Shopaholic, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, Shopaholic Ties the Knot, Shopaholic and Sister, Shopaholic and Baby. I don't know if these are the type of books you like, but I think they are great! I also would recommend the Harry Potter series, but it seems you have already listed that. :)

There are a few that come to mind but I don't know the name of the series. The authors & genres are Maggie Furey...fantasy. Janet Evanovitch....humour. The Elijah Bailey Novels....Isaac Asimov...sci-fi. James Herriott...humour, animals. I found the Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles a bit heavy going but my favourite book of hers was The Mummy. The Da Vinci Code to me was a bit ordinary but the marketing was brilliant. Great post.

Wow! Some great ideas of books in there. I LOVED the Vampire Chronicles and also the Dragon Riders of Pern. I haven't read any of the others, but thanks for the great ideas! ;)

Right now I am reading the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series by George R.R. Martin and I love it! I can't say that I'm a fan of fantasy (but I can't say that I'm not a fan either, since I really haven't read that much of it) but a friend who IS into fantasy recommended this so I gave it a try. The books are in the fantasy category, but not so "out there" that they are hard to read if fantasy is not your thing. The characters are very deep and draw you right in. Lots of action and plot twists and turns.

Oh my. The Pern series by Anne MacCaffery is one of my very favorites. You should these series: The Sword of Truth - Terry Goodkind Crown of Stars - Kate Elliott Outlander - Diana Gabaldon All three of these series are awesome! I loved every one of them, and have even re-read them from time to time. You won't be disappointed, I promise. I also love the Harry Potter books and cannot wait till the next movie releases this summer = woo hoo! Hugs

I haven't read most of the books you've listed but I did love "The Vampire Chronicles" and I've also read quite a few of James Patterson's books which I enjoyed. I think I'm the only person in the Western world that hasn't read a Harry Potter book and knows nothing about them because I haven't even seen the movies either! I notice others have mentioned it but I would say "Lord Of The Rings" would be my recommendation and also "Little Women", "Good Wives" and "Jo's Boys" by Louisa M Alcott. I loved those books when I was growing up.

I dont have anything to add you already had my favorite series in your list. Piers Anthony -Xanth series is awesome.well maybe check out the Jorian series by L'Sprague de Campe .

You know me, all Harry Potter, all the time. I would, however, suggest the Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends from the same genre.

A few of my favourite series of books that haven't been mentioned so far are... The Rats Trilogy - James Herbert The Dark Tower - Stephen King Darren Shan Saga - Darren Shan I am at the moment on the forth book of The Vampire Chronicles and I have also read and enjoyed the Dollanganger and Casteel series by Virginia Andrews which have already been mentioned a few times.

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i m not much into the reading thing bt i generally read sidney sheldon have read jeffrey archer for a while read chetan bhagats "five point someone" and "one night at callcenter" i've read dan browns da vinci code also read mr abdul kalams book wings of fire