Comic fiction tends to run in long series. These are the major humorous series, with book counts and publication ranges.
Series in Reading Order
- Discworld by Terry Pratchett — 36 books · 1983–2016
Forty-one novels, 1983-2015, across several linked sub-series. - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams — 9 books · 1979–2018
The five-part trilogy, begun as a radio comedy in 1978. - Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse — 10 books · 1916–1938
Bertie Wooster and his valet; also the Blandings Castle novels. - Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde — 8 books · 2001–2027
Literary-detective series, begun 2001 with The Eyre Affair. - Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich
Bounty hunter series, begun 1994. - No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith — 11 books · 1998–2012
Precious Ramotswe; begun 1998. - Chronicles of St Marys by Jodi Taylor — 10 books · 2013–2015
Time-travelling historians, begun 2013. - Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters — 20 books · 1975–1998
Victorian Egyptologist mysteries, begun 1975. - Bridget Jones by Helen Fielding
Diary-format comedy, begun as a newspaper column.
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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