Female-led series reshaped crime and fantasy from the 1980s onward. The entries below are ordered by how long the series ran.
Series in Reading Order
- Kinsey Millhone by Sue Grafton — 11 books · 1982–2013
Alphabet series, 1982-2017. - Kay Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell — 10 books · 1990–1999
Chief medical examiner series, begun 1990. - In Death by J. D. Robb — 32 books · 1995–2011
Lieutenant Eve Dallas; written by Nora Roberts. - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins — 10 books · 2008–2025
Katniss Everdeen; Panem trilogy. - Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs — 15 books · 2006–2017
Mechanic and coyote shapeshifter. - Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris — 13 books · 2001–2017
Telepathic waitress in Bon Temps. - Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear — 11 books · 2003–2019
Psychologist and investigator. - Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling — 26 books · 1997–2024
Hermione Granger is a central protagonist from book one. - Twilight by Stephenie Meyer — 14 books · 2005–2020
Bella Swan narrates the series. - The Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth — 13 books · 2011–2017
Tris Prior; Chicago faction trilogy.
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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