The hardest part of starting a series is committing to a long one. Every series below is complete and short enough to finish in a few weeks.
Series in Reading Order
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins — 10 books · 2008–2025
Three books plus one prequel. - The Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth — 13 books · 2011–2017
Three books. - Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini — 5 books · 2002–2023
Four books, 2002-2011. - His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman — 11 books · 1995–2022
Three books, 1995-2000. - Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis — 21 books · 1950–1999
Seven short books; readable in any order. - Fifty Shades by E. L. James — 6 books · 2011–2021
Three books. - The Passage by Justin Cronin
Three books, 2010-2016. - Millennium by Stieg Larsson — 12 books · 2005–2025
The original trilogy, 2005-2007. - Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
The Southern Reach trilogy, 2014. - Riyria Chronicles by Michael J. Sullivan — 14 books · 2008–2024
Six books, originally self-published.
How to read these series
Numbered entries follow the order the books were published, which is the order the story was written and the safest order for a first read. Where a series has side novels or novellas, reading them in publication order avoids spoilers from later books.
Where the numbers come from
Book counts and publication years on this page are taken from the series entries in the GoBookSeries index. Each title links to the full book list for that series.
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