The *Discworld* series by Terry Pratchett. He became a better writer overall as time went on.
Fearless_Freya on
The majority of series are this way imo. The first book in a series usually has a lot of worldbuilding and setting up the chars, the sequel(s) you already know the char/world and can see them expanded upon
Paramedic229635 on
The 2 Necromancers series by L. G. Estrella. The first book 2 Necromancers, A Bureaucrate, and an Elf is good, but the series has a string found family vibe which gets stronger as you get to know the characters. One of my favorites in the series is a book of short side adventures by the characters, The Hungry Dragon Cookie Company. If you watched the Last Airbender series think the Ba Sing Se Stories episode.
sugarbrulee on
The Hunger Games trilogy. I’m an elder Gen Z and that franchise STILL has a chokehold on me.
SeventhKevin777 on
ACOTAR, Grieshaverse books
Kitkat8131 on
A Court of Thorns & Roses, Throne of Glass
Quirky_Dimension1363 on
The October Daye series. After the second book the series gets so good. Not that the first two are bad but the books just get better and better after them.
IAteThePies on
Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy , need to read them all to make them come together.
GuruNihilo on
Martha Wells’ **Murderbot Diaries** series of sci-fi novellas.
Young-Vincent on
Remembrance of Earth’s Past Trilogy aka The Three Body Problem series. Just got better and better.
Xenogenesis Trilogy by Octavia Butler
AgeScary on
The Dark Tower
Former-Chocolate-793 on
I don’t get the bonus but the Aubrey Maturin series.
ArnokTheMadWizard on
The Cradle series.
ThaneOfCawdorrr on
The Karen Pirie series (murder mysteries, fairly dark) by Val McDermott. The main character, a young policewoman, doesn’t really appear for most of the book, and then she’s not the person who’s doggedly working to solve the murder, or the person who does solve the murder. Very strange! But the next books in the series are awesome.
Bookworm517 on
The Thursday Murder Club. The humor relies on knowing the characters so it only gets better the more you’ve seen of them. I also think the author got better at the pacing of a mystery as the series went on.
Suspicious_Desk6212 on
I would argue the Beartown series
dudestir127 on
Not a fantasy, but if you go by chronological order and not publication order, thr Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn. The 3rd book chronologically was the 1st one published, and IMO the first 2 books chronologically (I think 10th and 11th or so publishing order) aren’t as good as the rest
Hatherence on
The Snow Queen trilogy by Joan D. Vinge. The third book is best, in my opinion.
diogenes_shadow on
Not great books but E E Doc Smith Lensman series clearly showed his growth enough to be noticed by an 8th grader.
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The *Discworld* series by Terry Pratchett. He became a better writer overall as time went on.
The majority of series are this way imo. The first book in a series usually has a lot of worldbuilding and setting up the chars, the sequel(s) you already know the char/world and can see them expanded upon
The 2 Necromancers series by L. G. Estrella. The first book 2 Necromancers, A Bureaucrate, and an Elf is good, but the series has a string found family vibe which gets stronger as you get to know the characters. One of my favorites in the series is a book of short side adventures by the characters, The Hungry Dragon Cookie Company. If you watched the Last Airbender series think the Ba Sing Se Stories episode.
The Hunger Games trilogy. I’m an elder Gen Z and that franchise STILL has a chokehold on me.
ACOTAR, Grieshaverse books
A Court of Thorns & Roses, Throne of Glass
The October Daye series. After the second book the series gets so good. Not that the first two are bad but the books just get better and better after them.
Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy , need to read them all to make them come together.
Martha Wells’ **Murderbot Diaries** series of sci-fi novellas.
Remembrance of Earth’s Past Trilogy aka The Three Body Problem series. Just got better and better.
Xenogenesis Trilogy by Octavia Butler
The Dark Tower
I don’t get the bonus but the Aubrey Maturin series.
The Cradle series.
The Karen Pirie series (murder mysteries, fairly dark) by Val McDermott. The main character, a young policewoman, doesn’t really appear for most of the book, and then she’s not the person who’s doggedly working to solve the murder, or the person who does solve the murder. Very strange! But the next books in the series are awesome.
The Thursday Murder Club. The humor relies on knowing the characters so it only gets better the more you’ve seen of them. I also think the author got better at the pacing of a mystery as the series went on.
I would argue the Beartown series
Not a fantasy, but if you go by chronological order and not publication order, thr Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn. The 3rd book chronologically was the 1st one published, and IMO the first 2 books chronologically (I think 10th and 11th or so publishing order) aren’t as good as the rest
The Snow Queen trilogy by Joan D. Vinge. The third book is best, in my opinion.
Not great books but E E Doc Smith Lensman series clearly showed his growth enough to be noticed by an 8th grader.