 ochoin  | 09 Sep 2015 3:25 a.m. PST |
I'm not much addicted to series in novels. I often find the standard drops alarmingly. However, I do have my favourites: Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe books
PG Wodehouse's novels
Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey & Maturin opus For you mad-definition types, I'll define a series as being more than three novels set in the same background with at least some recurring characters. Your nominations, please. |
 x42brown | 09 Sep 2015 3:41 a.m. PST |
Elfhome series by Wen Spencer
Vorkosegen Books by Lois McMasters Bujold
Amber books (1st series only) Roger Zelezny x42 Apologies with misspelled names this m/c is not set to handle them and I've nothing to copy and paste from just now |
| TNE2300 | 09 Sep 2015 4:58 a.m. PST |
CJ Cherryh Union/Alliance
link Isaac Asimov Foundation Series
link Jefferson Swycaffer Concordat Series
link |
| Winston Smith | 09 Sep 2015 5:26 a.m. PST |
Flashman series by G M Fraser.
Hornblower series by C S Forrester. |
| jpattern2 | 09 Sep 2015 5:27 a.m. PST |
Bond, at least the original novels and stories by Ian Fleming. |
| mbsparta | 09 Sep 2015 5:37 a.m. PST |
Christian Cameron … The Long War Series and the Tyrant series. Awesome stuff Mike B |
Lee Brilleaux  | 09 Sep 2015 5:57 a.m. PST |
Goodness, so many --- even looking only at 'wargamer-related' stuff rather than, say, Walter Satterthwaite's Santa Fe private eye novels: Harry Sidebottom's 'Enemy of Rome'
Robert Low's 'Oathsworn'
Lindsey Davis, 'Falco'
Colleen McCullough's Roman series
Tim Severin's 'Viking' and that's just the historical ones. I also recommend Howard Whitehouse's 'Mad Misadventures' series of Victorian fantasy. He's a bit strange, admittedly. |
| Gunfreak | 09 Sep 2015 6:01 a.m. PST |
The only fiction series I can say I truly enjoyed reading was Hitch & Cole by Robet B. Parker, I've read 3 of the 4 books, and they have been very enjoable. Aubry/Maturin has had it's moments, but to slow for me, never got done with the 3rd novel. |
| Weasel | 09 Sep 2015 7:28 a.m. PST |
I tend to prefer series where they are related, but not strict sequels, like Moorcock's "Eternal Champion" series. |
| Paint it Pink | 09 Sep 2015 8:17 a.m. PST |
Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. |
| Random Die Roll | 09 Sep 2015 8:28 a.m. PST |
I don't know if this is really a series….
Alistair Maclean---just about everything, and the usual statement that the books are better than the movies |
 miniMo | 09 Sep 2015 8:30 a.m. PST |
Temeraire series by Naomi Novik Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series by Fritz Leiber G-8 and His Battle Aces by Robert J. Hogan
+1 for Dresden Files |
| redbanner4145 | 09 Sep 2015 8:43 a.m. PST |
Conn Iggledon's Mongol series, Saxon & 100Years War series by the Sharpe series author whose name I forget, Forsten's Lost Regiment series, the ongoing series begun w/1632 by Flint. I could go on. |
| MajorB | 09 Sep 2015 8:58 a.m. PST |
Saxon & 100Years War series by the Sharpe series author whose name I forget Bernard Cornwell |
 Flashman14 | 09 Sep 2015 9:05 a.m. PST |
Mallinson's Hervey series: link |
 etotheipi  | 09 Sep 2015 9:57 a.m. PST |
Many of the above, and add the Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger. |
| mad monkey 1 | 09 Sep 2015 10:18 a.m. PST |
SPQR series by John Maddox Roberts
Longmire series by Craig Johnson
Hap and Leonard series by Jon Lonsdale |
| KTravlos | 09 Sep 2015 11:57 a.m. PST |
Historical Fiction Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey & Maturin series
Hornblower series by C S Forrester
Trying to get into the Erast Fandorin series. Fantasy
Midikemia Series up to Rage of a Daemon King, by that hack Feist
Game of Thrones by Martin (was reading it before it became widely popular).
Wheel of Time, by Howard I used to read a lot of Salvatore, but it was to uneven to call it my favorite series. Sci Fi
I liked the Foundation series. Beyond that did not get into many sci-fi series. I tried to like the Honor Harrington series, but it got quickly stale after book 3. |
| Cerdic | 09 Sep 2015 12:49 p.m. PST |
Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Again, much better than the film…. |
| ochoin | 09 Sep 2015 5:10 p.m. PST |
As a possibly true observation, a sequel to a novel isn't usually as dire as movie sequels are. Possibly because the sequel only involves the author & the movie a team? |
| Silurian | 09 Sep 2015 8:37 p.m. PST |
The Courtney novels by Wilbur Smith. Action and adventure in colonial Africa. |
| willthepiper | 10 Sep 2015 10:10 a.m. PST |
There were several series that I loved as a kid, that I'm planning to force on my own kids someday. Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain
Rosemary Sutcliff's Eagle of the Ninth/Silver Branch/Lantern Bearers/Sword at Sunset
JRR Tolkein's Hobbit/Lord of the Rings I've enjoyed many of the series mentioned above. A couple more series of novels that I've enjoyed include:
The Bandy Papers, by Donald Jack (Bandy is a sort of Canadian Flashman)
the Prohaska Novels by John Biggins, about a WWI-era Austro-Hungarian sailor, submariner and airman called Otto Prohaska |
| Crow Bait | 10 Sep 2015 1:54 p.m. PST |
Tarzan series by E.R. Burroughs
Floating Outfit series by J.T. Edson
Sackett series by L. L'amour |
| dilettante | 11 Sep 2015 8:25 p.m. PST |
John Carter of Mars, also by E.R. Burroughs.
Honor Harington by D.Weber,for a while.
Doc Savage by Kenneth Robson(house name-mostly Lester Dent)
The first 8 or so Xanth series by Piers Anthony. I read a lot more,but many didn't survive the test of time so well:^( |
