Middleearth, a song of ice and fire, harry potter, discworld, the hainish cycle, enders saga, the wheel of time, the cosmere mistborn, the stormlight archive, etc. The 51 best fantasy series ever written whether youre a swords and sorcery type of fantasy reader, a fan of battles and betrayal, or you just want a few more goddamn elves in your life, theres. Completed ya book series to read cover to cover right now. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Ive also read four of the five tiffany aching novels which were childrens books, plus the. Best young adult book series i saw a list for good books, but it was too hard choosing individual books, so i made this list. These are some of the largest and longest running series in the literary. List of longestrunning united states television series. Jim butcher the dresden files terry pratchett discworld however, other books, whil. The book is the first installment of a novel in twentyseven parts. Redwall is a series of childrens fantasy novels by british writer brian jacques from 1986 to 2011. Check out is your favorite book series in the list 01. That means all the books have to be at our fingertips, because no way are we hitting pause.
These will become classics with the like of to kill a mockingbird. One rainy day in may, will be published by pantheon. It was the first dystopian era ya series i loved that dealt with vanity and a corruptive. In number of books, terry pratchetts discworld series. Harry potter series, not harry potter and the halfblood prince. Find below the top 15 longest series by total number of volumes, then by total number of pages. From popular new releases and books by bestselling authors, youll be sure to find the best young adult books to read. Maybe its because the commonly used themes of identity, love, and friendship are universal. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.
But lately, the genre has given authors the opportunity to create rich worlds that draw from. If you are a big book reader or youre curious about the lengths some ya novels have gone in their physical manifestation then youll enjoy this look at the longest ya books around. Fantasy books have always been popular in ya and childrens literature long before harry potter. This is a book by sanderson that was published in 2006. A new novella has been published weekly since 1961, and there are currently over 2700 stories. A complete list of ya book series published by harpercollins, for your bingereading pleasure. To celebrate the launch of this gargantuan project by one of my favorite authors, i have put together a list of seven other book series that have many parts. Series continuations with name changes andor changes in network are noted. I am currently rereading the wheel of time and i was wondering if there are any fantasy series that have had more published books in them or or have fewer books but a higher overall wordcount. This is the time to let your imagination fly high with these best book series mentioned below.
A completed ya book series ensures that i can grab an entire stack of titles and read them covertocover and backtoback. I was working on my story when i thought of the plot possibilities, characters etc. The book is set on a land plagued by volcanic ashfall. The 37 best young adult books we ever read business insider. Anyone willing to listen to the first chapter just 5 min. The longest novel is artamene ou le grand cyrus, originally published 164954 in ten parts, each part in three volumes. The protagonist was always younger than me, but in that. Here are the longest series, as determined by the number of completed, full books in the series. They take up entire shelves of book cases all by themselves. Heres a list, by number of volumes in the series and number of pages in the series.
Size doesnt matter the long and large classics of literature. Harry potter is, and will always remain the best book series of all time. With the release of united as one by pittacus lore, the twelfth book in the lorien legacies, it got us wondering how long are the longest running series in ya. Also whats the longest you know of, im assuming fantasy or mystery. Just the four yaoriented tiffany aching books, by themselves, would make for enough of an addictive series for most authors, with their themes of power and responsibility and tiny little angry. Twilight is a series of four vampirethemed fantasy romance novels by american author stephenie meyer. Heres our list of completed young adult series you can start reading right nowno waiting required. It is the first novel in the mistborn trilogy series.
Books do an amazing job at providing an escape no matter the genre. It is an intriguing tale of love, despair, and hope. My french edition of harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book i. I will just put two books on this list, although i have read many long books. Discussion in novels started by fullmetal xeno, aug 8, 2011. Does it bother anyone else if a series changes narrators from book to book. They create epic journeys and worlds that feel almost threedimensional. As an online gamer girl, sofi snow works behind the scenes to protect her brother, shilo, as he competes in a mix of real and virtual blood sport. Keeping up with series, especially young adult series, is not always an easy task. As an online gamer girl, sofi snow works behind the scenes to protect her brother, shilo. Ya literature has been one of the most consistently popular book genres for years.
Whats the longest book series youve readare reading. Writing this post as a series for the ultimate blog challenge and write 31 days. There are only so many hours for reading in your day. The stand is the classic endofworld scenario and one of kings most popular books definitely his longest. The lord ruler has administered a millennium old tyrannical rule that has burdened the subjects. Released annually from 2005 through 2008, the four books chart the later teen years of isabella bella swan, a girl who moves to forks, washington, and falls in love with a 104yearold vampire named edward cullen. Curious about the longest ya book series you could read. In this four book series, blue, the latest in a long line.
The mortal instruments is a series of six young adult fantasy novels written by cassandra clare, the last of which was published on may 27, 2014. For this infographic, we only included only series with physical. It is also the title of the first book of the series, published in 1986, as well as the name of the abbey featured in the book, and is the name of an animated tv series based on three of the novels redwall, mattimeo, and martin the warrior, which first aired in 1999. There are some book series that just seem to go on forever. This is a list of the longest running united states television series, ordered by number of years the show has been aired. Ive pulled together 50 of the best series that you can read start to finish right now, ranging from duologies to books that have upwards of five, six. There are new ones cropping up every week, and still more with second, third and even fourth books to get to. These are some of the largest and longest running series in the literary world.
The mortal instruments is chronologically the third series of a proposed five in the shadowhunter chronicles but it was the first one published. Rowling, are part of already wellloved fantasy series. Hushflowers always bloomed when the night was longest. But the longer the book, the more pressure there is to keep. Ive read all of them at least once, and some many times. Discovering a new book series is a fantastic feeling. Glen cook has led this bunch of mercenaries across two continents and into a few different dimensions through nine books.
Check out one of these addicting ya fantasy series so good. Best ya novels of all time 20 ya books every adult. Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages, words or characters are counted. Were only two books into what sanderson plans to be a 10 book series, but its already one of the most original and intricate fantasy worlds put to paper. The list below has been compiled from a lot of research, and it includes only stand alone titles or the first book in a series. On may 12th, mark z danielewskis new book, the familiar, volume 1. The longest book ive read was probably one of the harry potters which are around 700800 pages. What is the longest fantasy book series ever written. This list includes only firstrun series originating in north america and available throughout the united states via national broadcast networks, u. How many books are in the longest running series in young adult literature. This first book in the series tells of her journey to the castle, disguised as a boy, where she will learn the skills necessary for knighthood.
What is the longest book series youve ever read to the. Personally, i think the longest i ever read was the. City of bones by cassandra clare, harry potter and the sorcerers stone by j. While more of a scifihorror mix than straight scifi, kings apocalyptic vision of mankind on the brink of selfdestruction is clearly one of the longest science fiction books of all time. This is especially true in ya fiction, where tomes are regularly ringing in at 350 or more pages, both as entries into a series and as stand alone. I recently picked up a book from the library for my daughterview post. We recently provided you with a list of a dozen ongoing urban fantasy series for your bingereading pleasure, but if theres one thing we know about this addictive fantasy subgenre, its that it can often seem rarer to find a completed series than an ongoing oneauthors are happy to chug along, rack. If none of these is enough for you, look into the perry rhodan series.