When I first became a school librarian, I had to play catch up. And fast.
So I read the first book of every series. I wanted to be able to familiarize myself with the books my students were reading.
This has become a way of reading for me. I read book one. I don't read on.
The truth is that book two is a disappointment. The author carefully worked out book one. Perhaps she never even planned to write book two. Or she wrote book two as a bridge to the far-better book three.
But now I see that I've missed a lot of great books. I'm starting a list of book series I might like to read.
What would you recommend to me?
Here are a few that have been suggested so far:
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I read a lot of Piers Anthony as a teenager, but I think the misogyny would get to me now ... are you looking for fantasy series or only science fiction? I don't have much to recommend of the latter except everything by Ursula K. Le Guin, which you probably know already.
ReplyDeleteFantasy would be great, too.
DeleteFirst two series look like fantasy which seem popular. Myself I read on Kindle where you can purchase a series very cheaply and tend to read self publishing authors on there like Christopher Nuttall who writes both fantasy and SiFi.
ReplyDeleteOther authors are John Walker and joshua dalzelle are very goo but there are so many other authors who are less famous that are good and worth reading
That's a very interesting list. I hope you have a lovely week ahead, dear friend.
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ReplyDeleteI love the Empyrean series but I’m not sure you would if I’m honest, I do think you might enjoy Children of Time from what I know of it.
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I have read Fourth Wing and Iron Flame and really enjoyed them! Tried reading Onyx Storm but couldn't get into it... might try it on audio :) Happy reading if you start any of these!
ReplyDeleteHere's the link to my TTT if you'd like to check it out - https://bookishlyjessie.blog/2026/08/18/top-ten-tuesday-𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤-𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬-𝐈-𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭/
I've been curious about Tchaikovsky's Children of Time series. I've read one book by the author and I remember being surprised by how much I enjoyed it despite it being outside of my comfort zone. I hope you enjoy these series whenever you read them :)
ReplyDeleteI read a number of books in the Piers Anthony series many, many years ago. My husband was the one that recommended those to me. He has been a fantasy book lover since the time he read Tolkien when he was a kid. I will say that I love series because that means the story goes on and on. I also have found that sometimes the first book is slower or longer or whatever due to the fact that we are getting introduced to the characters, etc. Anyway, if you decide to try more series reads, I wish you luck! :-)
ReplyDeleteI still need to read Fourth Wing as well.
ReplyDeleteHere is our Top Ten Tuesday.
That’s a good ideas as a librarian to read the first in a series! You have too many books to read all of them! ~Carol @ ReadingLadies
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