The theme for National Library Week this year is “There’s More to the Story.” With that in mind, we asked staff to tell us the names of some of their favorite series. Today we hear from Ashley who works in the Reference Department.
~Hannibal series
by Thomas Harris, but it's hard to say which one is first. Some authors start a
series, then they write prequels.
In written order the books are:
Red Dragon
The Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal
Hannibal Rising
Typically I go with what was written first, but Hannibal Rising is just so good
and doesn't get enough love! I think part of my affection for it is that it was
released after I'd already fallen in love with the others, so it was fun to get
to experience it as it when it was released. It starts with Hannibal's
childhood and tells what went before the other books.
~Dexter series
by Jeff Lindsay is another series that's one of my "go-to" reads
since I like to re-read books so much. Yes, it's another serial killer series!
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Dearly Devoted Dexter
Dexter by Design
Dexter is Delicious
Double Dexter
Dexter's Final Cut
Dexter is Dead
I feel like Darkly
Dreaming Dexter might be one of my favorite books,
ever. The author uses such gorgeous language and turns of phrase, that at times
you almost forget the subject matter he's using it about!
~His
Majesty's Dragon/Temeraire series by Naomi Novik is
soooooo good. It's the Napoleonic War, but with dragons! Everything is better
with dragons. I particularly loved that this one did a fantastic job
characterizing the dragons and the
humans; often a book will pull off one while leaving the other underdeveloped,
but it's clear from the very beginning that Naomi Novik adores all of the
characters she's created.
His Majesty's Dragon
Throne of Jade
Black Powder War
Empire of Ivory
Victory of Eagles
Tongues of Serpents
Crucible of Gold
Blood of Tyrants
League of Dragons
~Outlander series
by Diana Gabaldon is a time travel/romance/historical fiction series about a
modern woman who ends up back in the 1700s in Scotland. I'll admit, I ended up
quitting around halfway through The Fiery Cross, but I really
enjoyed those first four! Maybe one day I'll get around to finishing them
up?
Outlander
Dragonfly in Amber
Voyager
The Drums of Autumn
The Fiery Cross
A Breath of Snow and Ashes
An Echo in the Bone
Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone
~The Memoirs
of Lady Trent series by Marie Brennan- I hesitated to
include this, because I love/hate them. I loved the concept and the characters,
but did spend a lot of time grumbling at the author's choices about what to
include. I very much wanted to hear about a lot of things she skipped over and
spent a lot of my time sighing at the repetitive nature of what she did choose
to focus on. But! I would absolutely recommend them to people and the world
needs more dragons, so...
A Natural History of Dragons
The Tropic of Serpents
Voyage of the Basilisk
In the Labyrinth of Drakes
Within the Sanctuary of Wings
~The Chronicles of
Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones is a series
of seven books that are often in the children's section but are great stories
for everyone! When I first read these in middle school, I was absolutely
enchanted by the amount of worldbuilding she put into these! I'm also a fan of
a series that can be read out of order and still make sense.
Charmed Life
The Magicians of Caprona
Witch Week
The Lives of Christopher Chant
Conrad's Fate
The Pinhoe Egg
Mixed Magics
~Lore
Olympus by Rachel Smythe is a series of graphic novels
re-telling the story of Persephone and Hades in modern terms. It started out as
a webcomic, which I always struggle to keep up with but found myself excitedly
checking for updates often. When the graphic novels started coming out, I was
thrilled to see how well it translated from one medium to the other. There are
three volumes so far, with a fourth set to come out soon.
~Hyperbole and
a Half and Solutions
and Other Problems by Allie Brosh were two I hesitated
over, as I couldn't quite decide if they qualified as a series or not, given
that there are only two? But Jeanne pointed out that since Solutions and Other Problems carries
on where the other leaves off, it would be considered a series! These two are
books that I struggle to get through because I have to put them down so often
to get through a laughing fit, although the second one really goes in depth on
some pretty tough topics and I found I was putting it down just as often to
wipe away some tears, as well. These two just might be my most recommended
books...
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