I prefer to read fantasy and sci-fi series set over numerous books. I'm not a big fan of reading a story that starts and ends in a single book.
A few of my favorites have been:
The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
The Witcher series
The Game of Thrones series
The Nightlord series by Garon Whited
The Magicians series by Lev Grossman
The First Law series by Joe Abercrombie
The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Mass
The Hyperion series by Dan Simmons
The Emperors Edge series by Lindsay Buroker
The Society of the Sword series by Duncan M. Hamilton
The Enders Game series by Orson Scott Card
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King
The Angels and Demons series by Dan Brown
And A Darker Shade of Magic series by V. E. Schwab.
There's a lot more but that should give a decent idea of what I like if you've read any of those.
If anyone has some recommendations I'd really appreciate it. I'm currently reading book 8 of the Nightlord series and I've got nothing else lined up for when I finish.
by Majestic_Wash_6170
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Try the Expanse series by James S.A. Corey
Including the _Empire of the East_ books, Saberhagen’s _Book of Swords_ is 15 books. It’s very pulpy, but a great time the whole way through.
_Vorkosigan Saga_ is 16 books, and widely considered one of the all-time greats of sci-fi.
The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb.
I believe it’s 16 books total consisting of multiple trilogies and a tetralogy.
The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
Check out Brandon Sanderson or Robert Jordan, maybe even Jim Butcher‘s Dresden Files
The Vorkosigan Saga Lois McMaster Bujold,
The Wandering Inn Pirate Aba
Michelle Sagara West Chronicles of Elantra,
Elizabeth Moon Paksenarrion Series,
Jane Lindskold Firekeeper series,
Barb Hendee Noble Dead series,
PC Hodgell Kencyrath series,
The Sharing Knife Lois McMaster Bujold
Jim Butcher Codex Alera series,
The October Daye series by Seanan McGuire. It’s currently has 18 books and each book only gets better than the last. The first book is Rosemary and Rue.
The Wool trilogy by Hugh Howey is one of my favorites
The Culture series – Iain Banks
If you consider related works, Patrick Rothfuss’s *The Kingkiller Chronicle* is rather long-running
The same with Kendare Blake’s *Three Dark Crowns,* Jordan Rivet’s *Steel and Fire*, and Brandon Sanderson’s *Mistborn*
I think it’s got to be one of the longest-running fantasy series
Xanth by Piers Anthony
Fantasy The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
Sci fi The Honor Harrington series by David Weber
Second The Dresden Files. Great series.
Dies the Fire series by S M Stirling. There are 16 books. The first three tell the original story and the rest continue on thru the next two generations.
Not yet mentioned:
Amber, Zelazny
Black Jewels, Bishop
Saga of the Forgotten Warrior, Corriea
Deverry, Kerr
Deryni, Kurtz
Belgariad/ Malloreon and Elenium/ Tamuli, Eddings
Symphony of Ages, Haydon
Laundry Files, Stross
And for more pulpy Urban Fantasy:
Nightside, Green
Dresden Files, Butcher
Monster Hunter International, Corriea
If you’re into space operas, I just finished Expeditionary Force by Craig Alanson. Lots of sarcasm and dialog. Lots of pop-culture references.
The premise is Earth is invaded by an alien species, another alien species comes to our rescue and chases them off. In our gratitude, we ally ourselves with them and send soldiers to fight in their intergalactic war. The story focuses on Joe Bishop, the guy who is always in the right place at the right time. He ends up on an alien world, meets an asshole AI who he names Skippy, and then they go about disrupting everything for everyone.
There’s 15 books, along with several story-adjacent books. If you’re into audiobooks, I fully recommend them! R.C. Bray does a great job and his interpretation of Skippy is just 🤌