There's More to the Story: Staff Favorite Series

 

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 and list the first book in the series. There were some repeat titles; Jeff Lindsay’s Dexter series showed up on the most lists with four staff members selecting that series as a favorite.  Here are some of the lists.

 

  

Tonia

44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith (44 Scotland Street)

An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor (Irish Country Doctor)

The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings)

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (Robert Langdon)

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse)

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (Dexter Series)

  

Brenda D.

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman (Mrs. Pollifax)

 Louisiana Longshot by Jana DeLeon (Miss Fortune)

Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt (Andy Carpenter)

The Ghost and Mrs. McClure by Cleo Coyle (Haunted Bookshop)

Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop)

Twelve Slays of Christmas by Jacqueline Frost (Christmas Tree Farm Mystery)

Ghost at Work by Carolyn Hart (Bailey Ruth Ghost)

The Sea Glass Sisters by Lisa Wingate

 

Kristin   

Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovich (Rivers of London)

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Handmaid's Tale)

Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr (Anna Pigeon)

Murder in the Marais by Cara Black (Aimee Leduc)

Open Season by C.J. Box (Joe Pickett)

A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers)

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk & Robot)

Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton (Cuba Saga) 

Ghost at Work by Carolyn Hart (Bailey Ruth)         

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (Brown Sisters)

Desert Heat by J.A. Jance (Joanna Brady) 

A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones (Sunshine Vicram)

The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes)

Granny's Got a Gun by Harper Lin (Secret Agent Granny) 

Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron (Deborah Knott)

If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O by Sharyn McCrumb (Ballad)

Time's Up by Janey Mack (Maisie Mcgrane)

Just Desserts by G.A. McKevett (Savannah Reid)

Edwin of the Iron Shoes by Marcia Muller (Sharon McCone) 

Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky (V.I. Warshawski)

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (Amelia Peabody)

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson (Book Woman of Troublesome Creek)

The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (Interdependency)

Everywhere That Mary Went by Lisa Scottoline (Rosato and Associates) 

Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter (Grant County)

Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood (Pentecost and Parker) 

A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow (Kate Shugak)

Bubbles Unbound by Sarah Strohmeyer (Bubbles Yablonsky)

Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani (Big Stone Gap) 

An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helen Tursten (Elderly Lady)

 

Rita

Cat on the Edge by Shirley Rousseau Murphy (Joe Grey)

      

Christina

The Quiche of Death  by M.C. Beaton (Agatha Raisin)

Glad One  by Margaret Lashley (Val Fremden Midlife Mysteries)

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It  by Elle Cosimano (Finlay Donovan)

Class Mom by Laurie Gelman (Class Mom)

44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith (44 Scotland Street)

Cat on the Edge by (Shirley Rousseau Murphy (Joe Grey)

 

 

Laura

Postmortum  by Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta )

Deja Dead  by Kathy Reichs (Temperance Brennan)

One for the Money  by Janet Evanovich (Stephanie Plum)

Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross (Miss Julia)

The Quiche of Death  by M.C. Beaton (Agatha Raisin)

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse)

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke (Hannah Swensen)

The Question of the Missing Head  by E.J. Copperman (Asperger’s Series)

A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton  (Kinsey Millhone)

Catering to Nobody by Dian Mott Davidson (Goldie Schulz)

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun (Jim Qwilleran)

Malice in Maggody by Joan Hess (Arly Hanks)

Strangled Prose by Joan Hess (Claire Malloy)

Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth by Tamar Myers (Pennsylvania Dutch)

  

TJ

Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian (Aubrey/Maturin)

  

Andrew

Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (Song of Fire and Ice)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larrson (Millennium Series)

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (Hannibal Lecter Series)

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (Dexter Series)