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
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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
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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.
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"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
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Dune (1965)
Dune Messiah (1970)
Children of Dune (1976)
God Emperor of Dune (1981)
Heretics of Dune (1984)
Chapterhouse: Dune (1985)

Sue Townsend: The Adrian Mole Books

Main Characters: Adrian Mole, an adolescent boy (and later young man); his family and friends.
Setting: Mostly England
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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 Mass Destruction (2004)
The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole, 1999-2001 (2008)
Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years (2009)

Raymond Chandler: Philip Marlowe Mysteries

Main Character: Private detective Philip Marlowe
Setting: California, mainly Los Angeles
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The Big Sleep (1939)
Farewell, My Lovely (1940)
The High Window (1942)
The Lady in the Lake (1943)
The Little Sister (1949)
Trouble Is My Business (1950) (short fiction: four-story collection)
The Long Goodbye (1954) (Edgar Award for Best Novel, 1955)
Playback (1958)
Poodle Springs (1959) (incomplete; completed by Robert B. Parker in 1989)

Josephine Tey: Inspector Alan Grant Mysteries

Josephine Tey is the pseudonym of Elizabeth MacKintosh, who also published under the name of Gordon Daviot.
Main Character: Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard
Setting: England and Scotland
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The Man in the Queue (1929), writing as Gordon Daviot
A Shilling for Candles (1936)
The Franchise Affair (1948)
To Love and Be Wise (1950)
The Daughter of Time (1951)
The Singing Sands (1952)