When a lot of my friends joke about how my to-read list is longer than a combined list of books they’ve read, I like to blame it on one simple fact: everything nowadays seems to be a series. There have been so many occasions when I would finish a book and be incredibly satisfied with the ending, only to discover that two (or three… or even five) more books would be following it. That’s not to say that I don’t enjoy series – in fact, there are several sequels that I’m impatiently waiting for – however, with all of the series that I’ve started, it’s been rather difficult to catch up or even complete many of them.
Out of curiosity, I counted the number of series that I’ve actually completed (an astonishing 43), and now I’ve decided to compile a list of the series I’ve started and need to finish. Here are the results:
Unfinished Series I’m Caught Up On:
- Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
- A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
- The Grisha by Leigh Bardugo
- Nevermore by Kelly Creagh
- Shades of London by Maureen Johnson
- Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
- All the Wrong Questions by Lemony Snicket
- All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness
- The Selection by Kiera Cass
- Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts
- The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
- The Lynburn Legacy by Sarah Rees Brennan
- The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
Completed Series I’ve Started:
- Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
- The Liar Society by Lisa & Laura Roecker
- Fallen World by Megan Crewe
- Legend by Marie Lu
- Everneath by Brodi Ashton
- Revenants by Amy Plum
- The Lying Game by Sara Shepard
- Jenna Fox Chronicles by Mary E. Pearson
- Across the Universe by Beth Revis
- The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
- Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
- Evernight by Claudia Gray
- Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica by James A. Owen
- Gone by Michael Grant
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
- Curse Workers by Holly Black
- Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen
- Matched by Allie Condie
- Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
- Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
- Soul Screamers by Rachel Vincent
- The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
- Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
- Eragon by Christopher Paolini
- The Wicked Years by Gregory Maguire
Series Where I’ve Only Read the First Book:
- The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
- Jasper Dent by Barry Lyga
- Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
- Confessions by James Patterson
- Burn for Burn by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian
- The Archived by Victoria Schwab
- Fallen World by Megan Crewe
- For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
- Jenna Fox Chronicles by Mary E. Pearson
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
- The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
- The Ascendance Trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielson
- Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard
- Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
- Defiance by C.J. Redwine
- His Fair Assassin by Robin LaFevers
- Gone by Michael Grant
- Penryn & the End of Days by Susan Ee
- The Hybrid Chronicles by Kat Zhang
- Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
- At Somerton by Leila Rasheed
- Matched by Allie Condie
- The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
- Wildwood Chronicles by Colin Meloy
- Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
- The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer
- The Sweet Trilogy by Wendy Higgins
- The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd
- The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Potzsch
- Eragon by Christopher Paolini
- The Wicked Years by Gregory Maguire
… And that’s not even including the new series I’ve started that only have one book out at the moment. Or the upcoming series that I plan to read. Or the series that I started but don’t intend to finish. Scary, huh? Hopefully this will inspire me to cross some of these series off of my list — and if there are any that I should start with, please let me know!
I am always lagging behind on a series.. Especially if there’s a LOOOONG wait until the next book.. Sometimes (sometimes..) I forget about it.. *gasps*
Me too! It’s so hard to keep track of all of the release dates, especially when there is an incredibly long wait between books. And then I end up forgetting what happened in the previous books…
There are so many series because series are popular. And yes, sometimes it’s a hassle that there are so many. You feel like you can never get through them all — and realistically, you can’t get through them all. 🙁
That’s true – after all, they do allow readers to go on a lot of different adventures with their favourite characters in a way that standalones don’t. Strangely enough, I thought about that the other day – I looked at my to-read list and how quickly it has grown in the ~9 months I’ve been blogging, and realized that I’ll never be able to read them all. It’s kind of a scary thought!
It is. But that’s how reading works. Every year, there are more books, and every year, your to-read list gets longer. Although, I mean, compared to the alternative — not enough books — I suppose we’re in a good place. 🙂
If you liked Mortal Instruments – then Infernal Devices (Clare as well),
or Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
I also enjoyed Birthmarked by Caragh M. O’Brien – it’s a little like Divergent or Hunger Games
you didn’t include the series that are finished and you read them…so you may have already tackled these ones :o)
I loved The Infernal Devices! It’s on my list of series that I will (hopefully) have time to re-read at some point, even though Clockwork Princess will break my heart again.
I really enjoyed Divergent and The Hunger Games, so I’ll definitely have to give Birthmarked a read! (:
Oh yes, I have a lot of series on my tbr/shelves too. I have yet to read Scarlet and Cress too, and haven’t even started Shatter Me. I’ve read the both The Selection and The Elite and am caught up on Penryn & the End of Days and the Sweet Trilogy though, and only have one book left from the Gone series.
Good luck with tackling your PILE! 🙂
I’m so glad I’m not the only one that hasn’t started Scarlet yet – everyone seems to be reading (and loving) Cress, so I feel like I definitely need to get back to that series soon.
Thanks! Good luck to you too, and happy reading! 🙂
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