While I was doing the ten series that I hadn’t finished, I kept coming up with series that I have read and I thoroughly enjoyed so I decided to do a post on that as well.
The Northern Lights Trilogy – Philip Pullman
I discovered this series quite late I think by my niece who had already finished reading them. I loved them!
The Inkheart Series – Cornelia Funke
I was in the UK when I discovered her and Inkheart. I loved the idea of the book within a book story, it really appealed to me and my imagination. I hated having to wait for the final installment. I also did not enjoy the movie so much at all, I think it wasn’t the best interpretation of the book and even the actors who played the characters were just wrong!
The Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices – Cassandra Clare
I discovered The Infernal Devices first, LOVED the first book, then found out that the second one hadn’t been published yet, then realised there were another 4 books of a similar vein just in a different time setting which I then purchased and read while waiting for the latest two to be published. i am currently awaiting the last two in each series!
Harry Potter – JK Rowling
Again, I Loved this series. It really was one of the best series I have ever read. I think everyone should read it at some point or another…
The Millenium Series – Steig Larson
This is not my usual book fare, but I thoroughly enjoyed this series! It was a bit brutal at times and little longwinded, but I stayed up till all hours of the morning reading, just could not get enough of it. Brilliant writing and even the longwinded stuff made sense in the end. I watched half of the movie, but to see that brutality in front of my eyes was just a little too much so never finished watching it. The books I could handle though…
The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
A must read for everyone! I read this while I was still in school so could probably do with a re read of this series, but It was fabulous. The hobbit was also awesome! Have you read it or watched the movies?
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
I tried very hard NOT to read these books! (It was a bit like the Twilight books, which yes, I have also read but can’t add them to my top ten… where they hype was huge and I just wasn’t sure I wanted to read something which was ‘good’. I did end up reading the first one on holiday with my sister -she had just bought the first one for my niece so I decided to read it as I didn’t have to buy it…) Turns out I ended up buying the next two any way as I HAD to finish it. I enjoyed it, MUCH better than Twilight!
Chocolat – Joanne Harris
This is just a beautiful set of books! The stories, the characters, the times, the places. Read them, you won’t be sorry!
Spud – John van der Ruit
I also came to this series quite late, I didn’t think that I would enjoy something so ‘boylike’ but I was wrong again and thoroughly enjoyed it! The good thing about coming to it later, is that I didn’t have long to wait for the final installment! An awesome series by a South African author!
Abhorson Trilogy – Garth Nix
Awesome series! For my review go here.
And that’s it! These are in no particular order:-) So, have you read any of these or are they on your TBR pile of dare I say it (half read pile…)
The only series of those that I have read is the Millenium Series, which I really enjoyed. Probably helped because I spent a year in Sweden.
I started with Harry Potter but just could not really get into it. I have also read the first of the Spud books and Chocolat but not the rest of the series. I have the 1st Hunger Games on my Kindle but have not started it yet.
I am going to read the 2nd in the Ken Follett’s new series. Love his books!
Pamela, it took me a few tries to get into the first Harry Potter novel. Once I did, I became a fan for life. Don’t give up on them!
Good to know. I enjoyed The Millenium series and The Hunger Games series and have been thinking about FINALLY reading the Harry Potter books!