I really didn’t need to be in yet another online platform, but couldn’t resist the idea of having my series organised. With FictFact I can track my progress and it warns me of new publications in all the series I follow.
I also like the quick overview of the books I have coming up in my profile page and to be able to nose around the series my friends are following (search sleeplessreader and feel free to add me).
Going through my stats is fun but it triggers the familiar “so many books, so little time” anxiety. I am currently following 61 series, but these include books on the TBR, so of those I haven’t even started 30. I’ve completed 50% or more of only 12 series and shamefully I’m only up to date on two (how is that possible?): the Wolf Hall Trilogy and Juliet Marillier’s Wildwood Dancing.
This is a list of the top 10 series I’m keener to start. Many have been on the shelf looking at me with big Puss in Boots eyes for a while. I’m thinking that the Long Awaited Reads might be a good opportunity to finally start a couple of them.
Go ahead and nudge me in the direction of your favorites 😉
- Morland Dynasty by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
The Founding - Jackson Brodie by Kate Atkinson
Case Histories - Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson
Quicksilver - Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch, Ben
Rivers of London/Midnight Riot - New Crobuzon by China Miéville
Perdido Street Station - Dune by Frank Herbert
Dune - Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
The Sparrow - Eleanor of Aquitaine by Sharon Kay Penman
When Christ and His Saints Slept - Welsh Princes by Sharon Kay Penman
Here Be Dragons - Moosepath League by Van Reid
Cordelia Underwood
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November 5, 2013 at 12:56 pm
sakura
I have the Baroque Cycle too but haven’t managed to read them yet. And Perdido Street Station. The Rivers of London books are all pretty quick and entertaining reads.
November 5, 2013 at 1:28 pm
whitelady3
That seems like a handy site. It’s like Goodreads but just for series?
Can’t help with which one to start, I still have to read Perdido Street Station.
November 5, 2013 at 3:03 pm
Tanya Patrice
I really like FictFact too – although I get the emails, but it takes months before I go and catch up on the series,
November 6, 2013 at 5:00 pm
Charlie
Sounds a good idea… but the reminders of how many books you’ve got to read for the series!
November 13, 2013 at 11:02 pm
Athira
Looks like a nice website to follow. I don’t read too many series though I do wish I was following some of those nice literary series.
November 15, 2013 at 9:42 pm
wolfshowl
I love The Sparrow, although I must admit I have yet to read the sequel!
FictFact is great. The new releases in your series emails have already been useful to me.
November 23, 2013 at 10:39 pm
readingwithtea
Please can you read Rivers of London very soon so that you can tell me what it’s like?
November 30, 2013 at 7:40 pm
Kailana
A bunch of those would be on a list I would write, too! Like the Penman… I have them all from both her series and have only read her standalone book.
December 2, 2013 at 8:51 pm
Charlotte Reads Classics
Jackson Brodie gets my vote! I love Kate Atkinson 🙂