Tuesday, August 18, 2026

SciFi and Fantasy and Other Book Series I Might Like to Read

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:


Xanth by Piers Anthony. My aunt recommended this.



Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky


The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu


If you have other suggestions, I'd love to hear them.



Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.   

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5 comments:

  1. LoryAugust 18, 2026 at 1:03 AM

    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.

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  2. Billy Blue EyesAugust 18, 2026 at 1:14 AM

    First 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.
    Other 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

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  3. Linda's Relaxing LairAugust 18, 2026 at 2:53 AM

    That's a very interesting list. I hope you have a lovely week ahead, dear friend.

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  4. David M. Gascoigne,August 18, 2026 at 5:57 AM

    Sorry, can’t help you here.

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