Many of the books I read are parts of a series - usually, but not always, mystery series.
I'd like to try to complete some of the series - some I have no intention of revisiting.
And then there are those series I haven't started, but would like to.
This blog is a way for me to keep a record of the books I've read and the ones I might like to try.
And anyway, I've always loved making lists.

Monday, November 18, 2013

Dan Brown: The Robert Langdon Series

• Main character: Robert Langdon, world-renowned professor of religious iconology and "symbology"
• Setting: mainly USA, France, and Italy
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.
  1. Angels & Demons (2000) [see review]
  2. The Da Vinci Code (2003)
  3. The Lost Symbol (2009) [see review
  4. Inferno (2013) 
  5. Origin (2017) 
  6. The Secret of Secrets (2025) 

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Alan Bradley: The Flavia de Luce Mysteries

Main character: Flavia de Luce, 11-year-old aspiring chemist and amateur sleuth who uses her scientific curiosity to solve mysteries.
Setting: England
Bold type indicates a book I've read.
  1. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009)
  2. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (2010)
  3. A Red Herring Without Mustard (2011)
  4. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (2011)
  5. Speaking from Among the Bones (2013)
  6. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (2014)
  7. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (2015) 
  8. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd (2016)
  9. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place (2018) 
  10. The Golden Tresses of the Dead (2019) 
  11. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (2024) 

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: The Pendergast Novels

Main Characters: FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast, and New York police officer Vincent D'Agosta
Setting: NYC, the Hamptons, Italy, Tibet, you name it

Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1.  Relic (1995)
2.  Reliquary (1997)
3.  The Cabinet of Curiosities (2002)
4.  Still Life with Crows (2003)

The following three books make up the "Diogenes Trilogy":
5.  Brimstone (2004)
6.  Dance of Death (2005)
7.  The Book of the Dead (2006)
    8.  The Wheel of Darkness (2007)
    9.  Cemetery Dance (2009)
    10. Fever Dream (2010)
    11. Cold Vengeance (2011)
    12. Two Graves (2012)

    "Extraction" (2012) [short story featuring Agent Pendergast, available only as an ebook and audio download]

    13. White Fire (2013)
    14. Blue Labyrinth (2014)
    15. Crimson Shore (2015)
    16. The Obsidian Chamber (2016)
    17. City of Endless Night (2018)
    18. Verses for the Dead (2018)
    19. Crooked River (2020)
    20. Bloodless (2021) 
    21. The Cabinet of Dr. Leng (2023) 
    22. Angel of Vengeance (2024) 


    Saturday, April 5, 2008

    Susan Cooper: The Dark Is Rising Series

    This is not a typical "series." It's a five-book sequence of fantasy novels written for young people.
    Main Characters: Merriman Lyon, Will Stanton
    Setting: England
    Bold 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)

    Maud Hart Lovelace: The Betsy-Tacy Books

    Main Characters: Betsy Ray and her best friends for life, Tacy and Tib
    Setting: Mainly Hill Street, although the later books branch out a bit
    Bold 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 Joe (1948)
    Betsy and the Great World (1952)
    Betsy's Wedding (1955)

    Arthur C. Clarke: The Space Odyssey Series

    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 Odyssey (1968)
    2010: Odyssey Two (1982)
    2061: Odyssey Three (1987)
    3001: The Final Odyssey (1997)

    Frank Herbert: The Dune Saga

    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 others
    Setting: Mainly the planet Arrakis
    Bold 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)
    Chapterhouse: Dune (1985)