What current book series do you read?

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:21 pm

I was wondering what book series people here read, that are still being published.

Examples (all ones I read):

Janet Evanovichs Plum Numbers books
Butcher's Dresden Files
George RR Martins A Song of Ice and Fire
Orson Scott Cards Enders Game
Steven Erikson's Malazan book of the Fallen (Great fucking High Fantasy)

Or other novelists like Kelley Armstrong, Charlaine Harris, or Kim Harrison.

jedispyder · Post by **jedispyder** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:07 am

Really the only "series" I follow is the Dexter Series by Jeff Lindsay. I was following the Star Wars: Legacy of the Force but that's over. Trying to decide whether I want to follow the upcoming Star Wars series set after LotF, but all books are in hardcover and I fucking hate hardcovers.

And I also follow anything by Chuck Palahniuk, but its not really a "series" per se.

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:18 am

Ender's Game? That whole series is done by now, isn't it?

I'm keeping up with Salvatore's Drizz't books. I've just started Karen Miller's Godspeaker trilgoy, after I read her Innocent Mage books. Granted, it doesn't seem to be the same universe, but still. I usually read the Discworld books as well.

Other than that, I'm not really following a book series. GRR Martin is something I've never started and figured I'd wait 'till it's done (which, I know, is about now).

Steven Erikson's Malazan book of the Fallen

What's it about?

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:27 am

They just released Ender in Exile a few months ago, and novelettes are coming out I think.

GRRM series won't be done for a long time, if ever. At least a decade. It's been 5 years since the last book, and the last book was supposed to be almost done at the release.

Malazan wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malazan_book_of_the_fallen
It's hard to explain, as it is a huge storyline. The surprising thing is he comes out with 1 book, 700-900 pages, every year.

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:36 am

I'll check it out when I've run out of books to read again. That'll be a while, but still.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:37 am

Never hurts to look. What are Miller's books like?

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:45 am

Good, or at least the Innocent Mage/Awakened Mage books are. It's high fantasy (as you might've noticed from the titles), but actually quite unlike I've ever read. There's precious little use of magic in the books and it's mainly character driven.

The first 'series' is the Kingmaker, Kingbreaker series and it's only a two-parter (Innocent Mage and Awakened Mage - or Innocence Lost). I recommend!

Mr Wallstreet · Post by **Mr Wallstreet** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:15 am

F. Paul Wilson's Adversary (Repairman Jack) series.
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child's Pendergast books. Most (if not all) of the novels written by these guys revolve around archaeology and star their protagonist Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast of the FBI.
Dan Simmons' Joe Kurtz series (though this one seems to have run its course with only 3 novels)
Robert Ludlum's Covert-One series
Dennis Lehane's Kenzie & Gennero series. Probably one of the very best noir series I've ever read.
HALO series
Resident Evil series (I think this one has also run its course)

Still have to read:
Stephen King's Dark Tower series
Dan Simmons: Hyperion and Ilium/Olympos series

That's all I can think of at the moment.

jedispyder · Post by **jedispyder** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:10 pm

I've had Stephen King's The Dark Tower sitting on my desk for about 2 years or so, and I still haven't gotten around to reading it.

Mr Wallstreet · Post by **Mr Wallstreet** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:45 pm

Send it to me. I'll read it and post a review for you

The French Biscuit · Post by **The French Biscuit** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:08 pm

wolf_2099 wrote: Janet Evanovichs Plum Numbers books

Ditto, Fash got me started on that series.

Was reading Anita Blake series for a long, long time (also started by Fash) but I stopped after they turned into more smut, less wit.

Kinda reading the Legend of Drizzt series, but not religiously. I only read them at all because Drizzt is cool.

Was following Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan series but they've gotten kinda repetitive.

I still like Terry Pratchett's Discworld stuff though he doesn't publish new stuff very often.

jedispyder · Post by **jedispyder** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:58 pm

I read the first book of Pratchett's Discworld (Color of Magic or something like that). It was pretty good, but not my cuppa. It was too disjointed, IMO...

The French Biscuit · Post by **The French Biscuit** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:27 pm

jedispyder wrote:I read the first book of Pratchett's Discworld (Color of Magic or something like that). It was pretty good, but not my cuppa. It was too disjointed, IMO...

Meh, I don't mind the disjointed-ness. Sometimes it's fun. My favourites are the ones where Death makes an appearance, he's always funny.

"Cats...cats are nice."

Hogfather's another fun one with Death taking on the role of Hogfather (the Discworld equivalent of Santa Clause).

And of course, I want to grow up to be like Sam Vimes.

jedispyder · Post by **jedispyder** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:20 pm

See, I usually don't mind disjointed-ness, in fact I'm reading Girl, Interrupted which is just basically random thoughts thrown in a novel format, lol. But its the fact that "they're on Quest X and the next page they're actually on Quest C" which completely threw me off and made me reread the chapter over again. Completely confused me at the time, lol. I may give it another whirl at one point (really want to read the Going Postal novel from the series)...

The French Biscuit · Post by **The French Biscuit** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:11 pm

Going Postal's o.k., but I can't remember any particularly good parts.

Also was following;

Jean M. Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear and subsequent novels. Clan of the Cave Bear was the best, then they kind of fell away after that. The last one wasn't anywhere as good as the rest, I couldn't even finish the thing.

Temeraire by Naomi Novik - I think MGM got me into this series. I read the first three and she just came out with a fourth that I'll pick up when I get the time to read for fun again. I like them because they combine history with dragons. Can't go wrong with dragons.

I shall always and forever remain faithful to Agatha Christies Miss Marple series. I love that lady.

StoneTable · Post by **StoneTable** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:30 am

The only one I'm reading right now is Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series. I'm reading #3 now, and it'll be the first book I've finished in a year. Writing takes up alot of the time I used to spend reading. Sigh.

My to-read stack is huge. I can't even begin to list them all.

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:13 am

The French Biscuit wrote:Going Postal's o.k., but I can't remember any particularly good parts.

Going Postal is I think the second more serious Discworld novel. Less slapstick humor, better stories. I love that book, and the ones after that are great as well. If you like Sam Vimes, you have to read Night Watch.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:45 pm

Yay! Dresden Files, Stoney.
None of you read the same books I do, looks like I have reading to do.
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Biscie. Did you read the 14th Plum book? If so, did you enjoy it?

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:01 pm

The French Biscuit wrote:Jean M. Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear and subsequent novels. Clan of the Cave Bear was the best, then they kind of fell away after that. The last one wasn't anywhere as good as the rest, I couldn't even finish the thing.

The first four books were good, but the first was the best. I've never gotten around to read the fifth. Not good, than?

The French Biscuit · Post by **The French Biscuit** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:44 pm

MGM wrote:Going Postal is I think the second more serious Discworld novel. Less slapstick humor, better stories. I love that book, and the ones after that are great as well. If you like Sam Vimes, you have to read Night Watch.

I own Night Watch, and I've read it several times.

It is definitely one of my favourite Discworld books though it's somewhat serious and I usually love the silly bits.