What is your favorite short series? By short, I mean I don‘t want the series where you follow Detective Joe Schmoe around for 432 years. 3-4 books is what I‘m looking for.
Bookzombie 😂 I will have to think about this. 🤔 7y
BrainyHeroine Dorothy Must Die, The Selection Series, and then so many books are duologies now. Outside of YA you're going to get more than 5 in a series from pretty much everyone 7y
wrenaymuhree The Cormoran Strike series is pretty great.![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
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Josie @Bookzombie haha!!! You have all the time in the world!! I‘ll wait :) 7y
Josie @BrainyHeroine hmm. Interesting. 7y
Josie @wrenaymuhree OH DUH. I read the first one, and have the second one but forgot all about it! 7y
wrenaymuhree Haha! @josie I have yet to read the 3rd...2nd was definitely more gruesome, but both were smart mysteries nonetheless! 7y
Bookzombie I second the Cormoran Strike series. Also, The Millenium Trilogy. There have been new ones by a new author but I won‘t read them. 🙂The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 7y
The Girl with the Dragon TattooBookzombie @wrenaymuhree @Josie I think the third was even darker. 7y
Bookzombie I know you like horror and even though I haven‘t finished this trilogy I think you would like it.Ghost Road Blues 7y
Ghost Road BluesJosie @wrenaymuhree I can handle gruesome as long as it doesn‘t involve small babies or animals. You lose me at that point. 7y
Josie @Bookzombie I am dying right now because I have said those exact same words when recommending the Millenium Trilogy 😂😂 literally, verbatim “there have been new ones by a new author, but I WON‘T read them!!” 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage How aboutBill Hodges Trilogy Boxed Set: Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, and End of Watch 7y
Bill Hodges Trilogy Boxed Set: Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, and End of WatchJosie @Bookzombie no joke, I was looking at that on Overdrive just a few minutes ago!!! We‘re twinning out the ass right now 😂😂😭😭 7y
Josie @BarbaraTheBibliophage LOVED IT! 7y
wrenaymuhree 👍 you should be good, then, @josie. And @Bookzombie YES YES YES the Millennium Trilogy is THE BEST. I always forget how much I love that trilogy...def great for a reread, too! 7y
TheNextBook Ooohh yes! @BarbaraTheBibliophage I agree with The Strike Series too. Have you read The Hunger Games or The Fifth Season series!? Both really good and quick 7y
EvieBee There are only three in this one and it still kills me!Finding Nouf: A Novel 7y
Finding Nouf: A NovelJosie @TheNextBook I have read The Hunger Games, but not The Fifth Season! I‘ll look it up! Thanks girl :) 7y
Josie @EvieBee haha thanks!! I‘ll definitely check it out. Good to know 3 series books do still exist 7y
Bookzombie @Josie if Larsson had written more I would have continued. I like a lot of Jonathan Maberry‘s books if you want to check out more of his. (edited) 7y
Bookzombie @EvieBee That sounds really good. Stacked! 7y
Bookzombie If you like historical fiction, I would say check out Caleb Carr. I only read the second one but really liked it and have the first one on my shelf. Tagging the first one.The Alienist: A Novel 7y
The Alienist: A NovelBookzombie Also, there are only four in this series. The author died and I understand the fourth one ends in a cliffhanger. I‘m hoping to get to it this month.Mistress of the Art of Death (edited) 7y
Mistress of the Art of DeathBookzombie For detectives, Rick Riordan wrote a series set in Texas. There are 7 books and I think he is done. I‘ve read the first 3 so far.Big Red Tequila 7y
Big Red TequilaBookzombie I know you aren‘t looking for a lengthy series but I think you might like the Pendergast series. Or they have standalones also that you might like, i.e. Thunderhead and The Ice Limit. I would recommend exploring their website.Relic 7y
RelicBookzombie Okay, one more because I can‘t help myself. YAish series with 5 books. As far as I know, that‘s all there will be. I‘ve read the first 2 and really liked them.Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase 7y
Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircasesprainedbrain I was actually 😂 when I read your post. 432 years 😅I also love the Strike series mentioned above, and The Passage series by Justin Cronin is one of my favorite things ever... only 3 books, but they are long books. 7y
BooksAtNight I recently read City of Stairs and absolutely loved it. There are only 3 books in the series.City of Stairs 7y
City of StairsEvieBee @Bookzombie I am obsessed! Wish more people knew about it. Can‘t wait to hear what you think. 🤓 7y
Josie @Bookzombie YOU ARE A ROCK STAR!!!!! Thank you thank you! I am going to check out all of those!!! 7y
Bookzombie @Josie I hope you like some of them. ☺️ 7y
minkyb Try Lindsay Faye. There are only 3 books set in NY around the time the police force was being created. The main characters are 2 brothers. Loved these.The Gods of Gotham 7y
The Gods of GothamJosie @minkyb that sounds amazing!! And so different from stuff I normally read. I will definitely check it out, thank you! 7y
Sapphire It is 6 or 7, but Dee Henderson's O'malley series is great. Each one stands on its own, but it is the story of a group of now adult orphans who chose to be a family and each one has a different heroic job. A crisis negotiator, a doctor, a fireman, etc. Their lives and loves are interwoven 7y
Josie @Sapphire that sounds so good!!! I will definitely look into it 7y
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