tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819802747970303522012-01-15T19:30:08.142-08:00Wherein I attempt to keep track of the many literary series I've sampled or would like to sample.JLS Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779539758815705415noreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881980274797030352.post-50262690622132352402009-05-14T12:09:00.000-07:002009-10-06T06:24:09.827-07:00

Main Characters: FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast, and New York police officer Vincent D'AgostaSetting: NYC, the Hamptons, Italy, Tibet, you name itBold type indicates a book I've read. Relic (1995)Reliquary (1997)The Cabinet of Curiosities (2002)Still Life with Crows (2003)The following three books make up the Diogenes Trilogy: Brimstone (2004) Dance of Death (2005) The Book of the Dead (

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This is not a typical "series." It's a five-book sequence of fantasy novels written for young people.Main Characters: Merriman Lyon, Will StantonSetting: EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.Over Sea, Under Stone (1965) [See Review]The Dark Is Rising (1973) [See Review]Greenwitch (1974) [See Review]The Grey King (1975) [See Review]Silver on the Tree (1977)

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Main Characters: Betsy Ray and her best friends for life, Tacy and TibSetting: Mainly Hill Street, although the later books branch out a bitBold type indicates a book I've read.Betsy-Tacy (1940) [See Review]Betsy-Tacy and Tib (1941)Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (1942)Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (1943)Heaven to Betsy (1945)Betsy in Spite of Herself (1946)Betsy Was a Junior (1947)Betsy and

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This is a series of science fiction stories and novels that take place over a fairly long period of time and in different parts of the universe. In general, the main characters and settings differ in each of the works.Bold type indicates a book I've read."The Sentinel" (written in 1948, first published in 1951 as "Sentinel of Eternity")"Encounter at Dawn" (first published in 1953)2001: A Space

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Main Characters: Duke Leto Atreides, head of House Atreides; Lady Jessica, concubine of the Duke, mother of Paul and Alia; Paul Atreides, the Duke's only surviving son; Alia Atreides, Paul's younger sister; many, many othersSetting: Mainly the planet ArrakisBold type indicates a book I've read.Dune (1965)Dune Messiah (1970)Children of Dune (1976)God Emperor of Dune (1981)Heretics of Dune (1984)

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Main Characters: Adrian Mole, an adolescent boy (and later young man); his family and friends.Setting: Mostly EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13-3/4 (1982)The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1985)The True Confessions of Adrian Mole (1989)Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years (1993)Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (1993)Adrian Mole and the Weapons of

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Main Character: Private detective Philip MarloweSetting: California, mainly Los AngelesBold type indicates a book I've read.The Big Sleep (1939)Farewell, My Lovely (1940)The High Window (1942) The Lady in the Lake (1943)The Little Sister (1949)The Long Goodbye (1954) (Edgar Award for Best Novel, 1955)Playback (1958)Poodle Springs (1959) (incomplete; completed by Robert B. Parker in 1989)

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Josephine Tey is the pseudonym of Elizabeth MacKintosh, who also published under the name of Gordon Daviot.Main Character: Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland YardSetting: England and ScotlandBold type indicates a book I've read.The Man in the Queue (1929), writing as Gordon DaviotA Shilling for Candles (1936)To Love and Be Wise (1950)The Daughter of Time (1951)The Singing Sands (1952)

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Main Character: Miss Jane Marple, elderly spinster and amateur sleuthLocation: St. Mary Mead and other locales, mostly in EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.Murder at the Vicarage (1930)The Tuesday Club Murders (1932), aka: The Thirteen ProblemsThe Regatta Mystery (1939)The Body in the Library (1942)The Moving Finger (1943)Mousetrap & Other Stories (1950)A Murder is Announced (1950)

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Main Character: Hercule Poirot, Belgian private investigatorSetting: mostly EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)Murder on the Links (1923)Poirot Investigates (1924)The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)The Big Four (1927)The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)Peril at End House (1932)Thirteen at Dinner (1933)Murder on the Orient

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Main Character: Scotland Yard's Superintendent Battle. To be accurate, Superintendent Battle is not so much a main character as he is a unifying element in this series of books. He also appears in the Hercule Poirot mystery, Cards on the Table.Setting: EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.The Secret of Chimneys (1925)The Seven Dials Mystery (1929)Murder is Easy (1939), aka: Easy to

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Main Character: Charles Paris, British actor and amateur sleuthSetting: EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.Cast, in Order of Disappearance (1975)So Much Blood (1976)Star Trap (1977)An Amateur Corpse (1978)A Comedian Dies (1979)The Dead Side of the Mike (1980)Situation Tragedy (1981)Murder Unprompted (1982)Murder in the Title (1983)Not Dead, Only Resting (1984)Dead Giveaway (1985)What

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Main character: Bernard Samson, a British intelligence officer working for the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS).Setting: England, Europe, Latin AmericaThe novels were issued as three sets of trilogies, plus one "prequel."Bold type indicates a book I've read.Berlin Game (1983)Mexico Set (1984)London Match (1985)Winter (1987)Spy Hook (1988)Spy Line (1989)Spy Sinker (1990)Faith (1994)Hope (1995)

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Main Character: An anonymous secret agent (named "Harry Palmer" in the film adaptations)Setting: England, Europe and USABold type indicates a book I've read.The IPCRESS File (1962)Horse Under Water (1963)Funeral in Berlin (1964)Billion Dollar Brain (1966)An Expensive Place to Die (1967)Spy Story (1972)Yesterday's Spy (1975)Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy (1976), aka: Catch a Falling Spy

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Main Character: Lord Peter Wimsey, aristocrat and amateur sleuth; some of the novels also feature mystery writer Harriet VaneSetting: EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.Whose Body? (1923)Clouds of Witness (1926)Unnatural Death (1927)The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1928)Lord Peter Views the Body (1928) (short stories)Strong Poison (1930)Five Red Herrings (1931)Have His Carcase (

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"Miss Read" is the pseudonym of Dora Jessie SaintMain Character: Miss Read, an unmarried school mistressSetting: The village of Fairacre in EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.Village School (1955)Village Diary (1957)Storm in the Village (1958)Miss Clare Remembers (1962)Over the Gate (1964)Village Christmas (1966)Fairacre Festival (1968)Emily Davis (1971)Tyler's Row (1972)Christmas Mouse

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Main characters: The Morlands and their family, friends and neighborsSetting: Barsetshire, a fictional county in EnglandBold type indicates books I've read.High Rising (1933)Wild Strawberries (1934)The Demon in the House (1934)August Folly (1936)Summer Half (1937)Pomfret Towers (1938)The Brandons (1939)Before Lunch (1939)Cheerfulness Breaks In (1940)Northbridge Rectory (1941)Marling Hall (1942)

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Main Character: Albert Campion, amateur detectiveSetting: EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.The Crime at Black Dudley (1929), aka: The Black Dudley MurderMystery Mile (1930)Police at the Funeral (1931)Look to the Lady (1931), aka: The Gyrth Chalice MysteryThe Fear Sign (1933), aka: Sweet Danger; Kingdom of DeathDeath of a Ghost (1934)Flowers for the Judge (1936), aka: Legacy in BloodMr.

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"Sneaky Pie" Brown is the author's cat. Main Characters: Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, her cat Mrs. Murphy, and her Welsh corgi Tucker Setting: Crozet, Virginia Bold type indicates a book I've read. Wish You Were Here (1990) Rest in Pieces (1992) Murder at Monticello (1994) Pay Dirt (1995) Murder, She Meowed (1996) Murder on the Prowl (1998) Cat on the Scent (1999) Pawing Through the Past (2000)

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Amanda Cross is a pseudonym of Carolyn G. HeilbrunMain Character: Kate Fansler, English ProfessorSetting: Eastern U.S.Bold type indicates a book I've read.In the Last Analysis (1964), aka: Triple CrossThe James Joyce Murder (1967)Poetic Justice (1970)The Theban Mysteries (1971)The Question of Max (1976)Death in a Tenured Position (1981)Sweet Death, Kind Death (1984)No Word from

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Main Character: Dorothy Martin, retired American school teacher Setting: England Bold type indicates a book I've read. The Body in the Transept (1996) Trouble in the Town Hall (1996) Holy Terror in the Hebrides (1997) Malice in Miniature (1998) The Victim in Victoria Station (1999) Killing Cassidy (2000) To Perish in Penzance (2001) Sins Out of School (2003) Winter of

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Main Character: Cliff Janeway, rare book dealer & former policemanSetting: DenverBold type indicates a book I've read.Booked to Die (1992) [See Review]The Bookman’s Wake (1995)The Bookman’s Promise (2004)The Sign of the Book (2005)The Bookwoman’s Last Fling (2006)

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Main Character: Jemima Shore, TV journalistSetting: Mostly LondonBold type indicates a book I've read.Quiet As a Nun (1977)The Wild Island (1978)A Splash of Red (1981)Cool Repentance (1982)Oxford Blood (1985)Jemima Shore's First Case (1986)Your Royal Hostage (1987)The Cavalier Case (1991)Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave (1993)Political Death (1994)

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Main Character: Cordelia Gray, who inherited a private detective agencySetting: EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972) The Skull Beneath the Skin (1982)

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Main Character: Adam Dalgliesh, Scotland YardSetting: EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.Cover Her Face (1962) [See Review]A Mind to Murder (1963)Unnatural Causes (1967)Shroud for a Nightingale (1971)The Black Tower (1975)Death of an Expert Witness (1977)A Taste for Death (1986)Devices and Desires (1989)Original Sin (1994)A Certain Justice (1997)Death in Holy Orders (2001)

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Main Character: Chief Superintendent Roderick AlleynSetting: Mostly LondonBold type indicates a book I've read.A Man Lay Dead (1931)Enter a Murderer (1935) The Nursing Home Murder (1936)Death in Ecstasy (1936)Vintage Murder (1937)Artists in Crime (1938)Death in a White Tie (1938)Overture to Death (1939)Death at the Bar (1940)Death of a Peer (1940), aka: Surfeit of

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Ed McBain is a pseudonym of novelist Evan Hunter.Main Characters: Detective Steve Carella, Detective Bert KlingSetting: New York CityBold type indicates a book I've read.Cop Hater (1956)The Mugger (1956)The Pusher (1956)The Con Man (1957)Killer's Choice (1957)Killer's Payoff (1958)Lady Killer (1958)Killer's Wedge (1959)'til Death (1959)King's Ransom (1959)Give the Boys a Great Big Hand (1960)The

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Main Character: Chief Inspector WexfordSetting: EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.From Doon with Death (1964) [See Review]Sins of the Father (1967), aka: A New Lease of DeathWolf to the Slaughter (1967)The Best Man to Die (1969)A Guilty Thing Surprised (1970)No More Dying Then (1971)Murder Being Once Done (1972)Some Lie and Some Die (1973)Shake Hands Forever (1975)A

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Main Character: Victoria Trumbull, 92-year-old amateur sleuthSetting: Martha's VineyardBold type indicates a book I've read.Deadly Nightshade (2001)Cranefly Orchid Murders (2002)The Cemetery Yew (2003)Jack in the Pulpit (2004)The Paperwhite Narcissus (2005)Indian Pipes (2006)Shooting Star (2007)

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Main Character: Inspector Luke ThanetSetting: EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.The Night She Died (1981)Six Feet Under (1982)Puppet for a Corpse (1983)Close Her Eyes (1984)Last Seen Alive (1985)Dead on Arrival (1986)Element of Doubt (1987)Suspicious Death (1988)Dead by Morning (1989)Doomed to Die (1991)Wake the Dead (1992)No Laughing Matter (1993)A Day for Dying

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Main Character: Maud Silver, retired governess and amateur sleuthSetting: EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.Grey Mask (1928)The Case Is Closed (1937)Lonesome Road (1939)In the Balance (1941), aka: Danger PointThe Chinese Shawl (1943)Miss Silver Deals in Death (1943), aka: Miss Silver IntervenesThe Clock Strikes Twelve (1944)The Key (1944)She Came Back (1945), aka: The Traveler

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Main Character: Sheila Malory, writer, occasional academic, and amateur sleuthSetting: English seaside village of TaviscombeBold type indicates a book I've read.Mrs. Malory Investigates (1989), aka: Gone AwayThe Cruelest Month (1991)The Shortest Journey (1992)Mrs. Malory and the Festival Murder (1993), aka: An Uncertain DeathMrs. Malory: Detective in Residence (1994), aka: Murder on CampusMrs.

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Main Characters: Alan Markby, Chief Inspector & Meredith Mitchell, DiplomatSetting: EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.Say it with Poison (1991)A Season for Murder (1992)Cold in the Earth (1992)Murder Among Us (1992)Where Old Bones Lie (1993)A Fine Place for Death (1994)Flowers for His Funeral (1994)Candle for a Corpse (1995)A Touch of Mortality (1996)A Word After Dying (1996)Call the

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Main Characters: Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, and Sergeant TroySetting: EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.The Killings at Badger's Drift (1987)Death of a Hollow Man (1989)Death in Disguise (1993)Written in Blood (1994)Faithful Unto Death (1996)A Place of Safety (1999)A Ghost in the Machine (2004)

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Main Character: Betsy DevonshireSetting: Excelsior, MinnesotaBold type indicates a book I've read.Crewel World (1999)Framed in Lace (1999)A Stitch in Time (2000)Unraveled Sleeve (2001)A Murderous Yarn (2002)Hanging By a Thread (2003)Cutwork (2004)Crewel Yule (2004)Embroidered Truths (2005)Sins and Needles (2006)Knitting Bones (2007)Thai Die (2008)Black Work (2009)Buttons and Bones (2010)

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Main Characters: Chief Inspector Morse, and Sergeant LewisSetting: Oxford, EnglandBold type indicates a book I've read.Last Bus to Woodstock (1975)Last Seen Wearing (1976)The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1977)Service of All the Dead (1979)The Dead of Jericho (1981)The Riddle of the Third Mile (1983)The Secret of Annexe 3 (1986) The Wench is Dead (1989)The Jewel That Was Ours (1991)The Way

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