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Jane Harper’s Aaron Falk series is a set of gripping Australian crime thrillers starring Federal Agent Aaron Falk. The series begins with The Dry, where Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to investigate a suspicious murder-suicide. Each novel combines tightly plotted mysteries with vivid portrayals of rural Australia and underlying...
The A Court of Thorns and Roses series is a high-fantasy romance saga that blends elements of fae lore, adventure, and political intrigue. It begins with Feyre, a mortal huntress who becomes entangled in the world of the fae after killing a wolf in the woods. The series evolves from...
Inspired by the Roman Empire, An Ember in the Ashes is a four-book fantasy series following Laia, a Scholar girl fighting to save her brother, and Elias, a soldier questioning his loyalty to a brutal regime. Their fates intertwine in a story about resistance, identity, and transformation. The series weaves...
This cozy mystery series follows a group of elderly sleuths in a retirement village who solve murders while trading jabs and cups of tea. Starting with The Thursday Murder Club and followed by The Man Who Died Twice and more, the series balances humor, heart, and clever plotting. Each installment...
Written by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold is a heartwarming and melancholic Japanese series set in a mysterious Tokyo café where customers can time travel—but only for the duration of a coffee. Each book tells interconnected stories of people seeking closure, forgiveness, or a final moment with someone...
Set in a world inspired by pre-Columbian civilizations, this fantasy series begins with Black Sun and continues with Fevered Star. It follows multiple characters—including a god-touched man, a blind priestess, and a sea captain—as celestial prophecy collides with political ambition. Roanhorse blends myth, prophecy, and diverse perspectives to explore power,...
Caraval kicks off a magical trilogy about two sisters, Scarlett and Donatella, who enter an enchanted, high-stakes performance game. As reality blurs with illusion, secrets unravel and destinies shift. Each book—Caraval, Legendary, and Finale—adds layers of mystery, romance, and world-building, with whimsical prose and unexpected twists. The series explores themes...
This evolutionary sci-fi series begins with Children of Time, in which a terraforming experiment results in intelligent spiders instead of humans inheriting a planet. As a desperate human crew arrives, two species must navigate survival, coexistence, and communication. The sequel, Children of Ruin, expands the story to include uplifted octopuses....
The Culture series by Iain M. Banks is a groundbreaking collection of science fiction novels exploring a utopian, post-scarcity interstellar civilization called the Culture. Comprised of humanoids, aliens, and advanced AI minds, the Culture values freedom, equality, and technological progress. Each book stands alone but shares common themes, often contrasting...
John Marrs' Dark Future series is a collection of speculative thrillers set in a near-future society transformed by technological advancements and ethical dilemmas. Each standalone novel explores distinct facets of this world, from DNA-based matchmaking to autonomous vehicles, government surveillance, and virtual parenting. Through gripping narratives and thought-provoking scenarios, Marrs...
The Don Tillman series by Graeme Simsion is a heartwarming and humorous trilogy that follows the life of Don Tillman, a brilliant but socially awkward genetics professor. In The Rosie Project, Don embarks on a quest to find a suitable life partner using a scientifically crafted questionnaire, leading him to...
This urban fantasy series follows Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard and private investigator, as he solves supernatural crimes. Starting with Storm Front, the series evolves into an epic saga involving vampires, faeries, necromancers, and divine powers. Blending noir, action, and mythology with humor and heart, each installment raises the...
Tana French’s Dublin Murder Squad series features standalone psychological crime novels centered on different detectives in the same fictional Irish homicide division. Starting with In the Woods, the books blend literary prose with tense, character-driven mysteries rooted in trauma, memory, and moral complexity. Each novel explores how crimes reverberate through...
Frank Herbert's epic Dune series unfolds in a far-future feudal empire, centering on the desert planet Arrakis, the only source of the vital spice melange. The initial book, Dune, follows Paul Atreides's journey as his family becomes entangled in Arrakis's dangerous politics, leading to his rise among the native Fremen....
A landmark science fiction saga, Foundation begins with mathematician Hari Seldon, who predicts the fall of a galactic empire using psychohistory. To preserve knowledge and shorten the dark age to follow, he establishes the Foundation. Spanning centuries and multiple protagonists, the series explores politics, philosophy, and the tension between determinism...
John le Carré’s George Smiley series offers a cerebral, morally complex take on the Cold War spy novel. Smiley is a quiet, unassuming British intelligence officer with a sharp mind and deep sense of loyalty, often operating in the shadows of the fictional “Circus.” From Call for the Dead to...
The Hannibal Lecter book series by Thomas Harris is a gripping psychological thriller saga centered around Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. The series includes four novels: Red Dragon (1981), The Silence of the Lambs (1988), Hannibal (1999), and Hannibal Rising (2006). Each book explores themes...
Harry Potter is a seven-book fantasy series chronicling the coming-of-age of a young wizard, Harry, and his battle against the dark lord Voldemort. Set in the magical world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the series explores themes of friendship, bravery, sacrifice, and the fight between good and evil....
Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot series features the meticulous and brilliant Belgian detective known for his “little grey cells” and elegant mannerisms. From The Mysterious Affair at Styles to Curtain, Poirot solves complex murders with logic, psychology, and flair. The series spans over 30 novels and many short stories, showcasing varied...
His Dark Materials is a groundbreaking fantasy trilogy that follows young Lyra Belacqua and later Will Parry as they journey across parallel worlds. Blending adventure with deep philosophical questions, the series critiques organized religion, explores the nature of consciousness, and delves into metaphysics and morality. Set in a world where...
Dan Simmons’ Hyperion Cantos is an ambitious, genre-bending epic that combines science fiction, literary allusions, and theological musings. Structured like The Canterbury Tales, Hyperion presents seven pilgrims journeying to the Time Tombs on the planet Hyperion, each sharing their backstory. The Shrike—a mysterious, time-traveling entity—haunts their destinies. Themes include artificial...
The Imperial Radch trilogy, starting with Ancillary Justice, is a bold, thought-provoking space opera exploring identity, consciousness, and empire. The story follows Breq, the last surviving fragment of a once-sprawling AI warship, as she seeks vengeance against the ruler of the Radch empire. Leckie challenges conventions through Breq’s perspective, who...
Incerto is a five-book series by Nassim Nicholas Taleb that explores the nature of uncertainty, probability, risk, and human behavior in complex systems. Blending philosophy, economics, statistics, and personal reflection, the series critiques our tendency to underestimate randomness and overestimate predictability. It begins with Fooled by Randomness, which examines how...
This historical fiction series—The Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, A Column of Fire, and The Evening and the Morning—is set in the fictional English town of Kingsbridge. Centered on cathedral construction, religious turmoil, and societal change, the novels span from the Dark Ages to the Elizabethan era. Follett...
The Legacy of Orïsha trilogy by Tomi Adeyemi is a critically acclaimed young adult fantasy series inspired by West African mythology. It follows Zélie Adebola, a young maji determined to restore magic to the land of Orïsha after it was suppressed by a brutal monarchy. The series delves into themes...
The Lightbringer series is a fast-paced, high-stakes epic fantasy set in a world where magic is drawn from light and color. The story follows Gavin Guile, the most powerful person in the world, known as the Prism. As war looms and secrets unravel, Gavin confronts political deception, prophecy, and a...
Spanning four novels—Dead Man’s Walk, Comanche Moon, Lonesome Dove, and Streets of Laredo—this sweeping Western saga chronicles the lives of Texas Rangers Woodrow Call and Gus McCrae. The series explores their adventures, heartbreaks, and evolving friendship against the backdrop of the American frontier. Lonesome Dove, the most famous entry and...
Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy—Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars—is a meticulously detailed vision of humanity’s colonization and terraforming of Mars. It begins with a team of scientists and engineers settling the planet, but as political, ecological, and ethical challenges arise, the narrative expands to explore sociopolitical systems, technological...
The Mickey Haller series follows a savvy Los Angeles defense attorney who works out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car. Often navigating the gray areas of justice, Haller takes on morally complex cases that test his ethics and skills. The series begins with The Lincoln Lawyer, where...
The Millennium series begins with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, introducing investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and brilliant, enigmatic hacker Lisbeth Salander. Set in Sweden, the series uncovers corruption, abuse, and dark family secrets through gripping crime narratives. Salander, a fiercely independent and troubled heroine, drives the story with her...
This series starts with Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, a blend of fantasy, historical fiction, and vintage photography. Jacob, a teenager grieving his grandfather’s death, discovers a hidden world of “peculiars”—children with extraordinary powers living in time loops protected by guardians. The story spans several books, blending World War...
Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy is a gripping epic fantasy set in a world where ash falls from the sky and a dark lord rules. The story follows Vin, a street urchin who discovers she’s a powerful Mistborn—able to use Allomancy, a magic system based on metal ingestion. She joins a...
Molly the Maid is a cozy mystery series following Molly Gray, a socially awkward but endearing hotel maid with a passion for cleanliness and order. Introduced in The Maid, Molly’s keen eye for detail helps her uncover a murder at the grand Regency Grand Hotel. Despite struggling with social cues,...
The Night Angel trilogy is a dark, gritty fantasy series following Azoth, a street orphan who becomes the assassin Kylar Stern under the tutelage of legendary killer Durzo Blint. Set in the violent, magic-laced world of Midcyru, the series explores themes of power, redemption, and moral ambiguity. As Kylar discovers...
The Old Kingdom series blends dark fantasy with necromantic magic in a richly imagined world where the boundary between life and death is fragile. Beginning with Sabriel, the story follows necromancers tasked with keeping the Dead from overrunning the world. Using magical bells and charter magic, the Abhorsens combat malevolent...
The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon blends historical fiction, romance, and time travel. It begins with Claire Randall, a World War II nurse who is mysteriously transported from 1945 to 18th-century Scotland. There, she meets the dashing Highland warrior Jamie Fraser and becomes entangled in political intrigue, rebellion, and enduring...
The Red Queen series is a dystopian fantasy saga set in a society divided by blood: red-blooded commoners and silver-blooded elites with supernatural abilities. Mare Barrow, a Red girl with Silver powers, is thrust into a dangerous world of court intrigue and rebellion. Her journey from pawn to revolutionary leader...
This dystopian sci-fi saga begins with Red Rising, where Darrow, a low-caste miner on Mars, infiltrates the ruling elite to incite revolution. Spanning multiple trilogies (Red Rising, Iron Gold, and the upcoming Light Bringer), the series explores rebellion, loyalty, and the cost of power. With brutal action, Roman-inspired politics, and...
The Robert Langdon series blends art, history, religion, and symbology in fast-paced thrillers led by Harvard professor Robert Langdon. Each novel features intricate puzzles, secret societies, and high-stakes chases across global landmarks. Beginning with Angels & Demons and followed by hits like The Da Vinci Code and Inferno, the series...
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes series introduced the world to the brilliant but eccentric detective and his loyal companion, Dr. Watson. Set in Victorian and Edwardian London, the stories blend deductive reasoning with intrigue, crime, and atmospheric settings. From A Study in Scarlet to The Final Problem and beyond,...
Set in the Grishaverse, the Six of Crows duology follows six misfit criminals led by mastermind Kaz Brekker as they attempt a high-stakes heist. The story takes place in Ketterdam, a gritty, crime-ridden city teeming with political corruption and magical secrets. This duology blends fantasy, action, and deep character development,...
The Sprawl Trilogy is a cornerstone of the cyberpunk genre, envisioning a gritty, high-tech future shaped by corporations, AI, and virtual reality. Starting with Neuromancer, it follows Case, a washed-up hacker, as he's pulled into a plot involving powerful artificial intelligences. Gibson's vision of cyberspace—the "Matrix"—was groundbreaking and has deeply...
Set in a future where human consciousness can be digitized and transferred between bodies ("sleeves"), the Takeshi Kovacs series explores identity, mortality, and corruption. The series begins with Altered Carbon, following Kovacs, a cynical ex-soldier turned private investigator, as he's hired to solve a wealthy man’s murder in a dystopian,...
This Hugo Award-winning space opera consists of A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace. Ambassador Mahit Dzmare navigates the cultural, linguistic, and political complexity of the expansive Teixcalaanli Empire while grappling with a technological memory implant of her predecessor. As interstellar war looms, the series examines identity, colonialism,...
Set in a dystopian future where clairvoyants are persecuted, The Bone Season follows Paige Mahoney, a dreamwalker imprisoned by an otherworldly race that controls a hidden city. As she uncovers truths about her world and her power, she joins a rebellion to overthrow the oppressive regime. With seven books planned,...
Beginning with The Fifth Season, this Hugo Award-winning trilogy is set in a world plagued by apocalyptic geological disasters. In a society where orogenes—people with earth-controlling powers—are oppressed, a mother searches for her lost daughter while the world literally crumbles. Jemisin weaves a story of systemic oppression, survival, and transformation....
This four-book literary mystery series begins with The Shadow of the Wind, where young Daniel uncovers a hidden library and a cursed book by Julián Carax. As he unravels Carax’s tragic history, Daniel is pulled into a web of secrets, betrayal, and forbidden love. The other novels—The Angel’s Game,...
The Expanse is a sprawling space opera that begins with Leviathan Wakes and spans nine books of political intrigue, war, and alien technology. Set in a colonized solar system where tensions simmer between Earth, Mars, and the Belt, the story follows a ragtag crew aboard the Rocinante as they uncover...
Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy introduces readers to FitzChivalry Farseer, a royal bastard trained as an assassin in the Six Duchies. Narrated in the first person, the series explores Fitz’s internal struggles with loyalty, identity, and destiny as he becomes entangled in political intrigue and magical warfare. The world features two...
This dark and gritty fantasy trilogy—The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, and Last Argument of Kings—follows a morally compromised cast, including a crippled torturer, a barbarian warrior, and a vain nobleman. Set in a world of corrupt politics and brutal magic, the series deconstructs fantasy tropes with black humor,...
Beginning with The Cruel Prince, The Folk of the Air trilogy follows Jude Duarte, a mortal girl raised in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Determined to gain power despite her humanity, Jude navigates political conspiracies and dangerous relationships—including a rivalry-turned-romance with the enigmatic Prince Cardan. The trilogy includes The...
Abby Jimenez’s The Friend Zone series is a collection of interconnected contemporary romance novels that blend humor, heartache, and healing. Starting with The Friend Zone, each book features a different couple navigating love, loss, and personal growth. The stories tackle serious themes—infertility, grief, mental health—while maintaining a light, witty tone....
Beginning with The Giver, this four-book series (Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son) explores interconnected stories set in dystopian worlds. Each novel introduces new protagonists who confront tightly controlled societies that suppress emotion, freedom, or individuality. As characters seek meaning, identity, and connection, the series questions conformity, memory, and what it...
This urban fantasy series begins with The City We Became, where the soul of New York City manifests in human avatars, one for each borough. When an otherworldly enemy threatens the city’s identity, its avatars must unite to defend it. A sequel, The World We Make, continues this cosmic battle...
Beginning with The Handmaid’s Tale, this dystopian series imagines a theocratic regime called Gilead, where women are stripped of rights and forced into rigid roles. Offred, a Handmaid, narrates her life of state-sanctioned servitude and silent rebellion. Decades later, The Testaments revisits Gilead through the perspectives of three women,...
The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian trilogy consisting of The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay. Set in the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem, the story follows Katniss Everdeen, a strong-willed teenager who becomes a reluctant symbol of rebellion against a tyrannical government. Each year, the Capitol...
Spanning the years before and during the First Opium War, The Ibis Trilogy—comprising Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire—follows a diverse cast of characters linked by the opium trade between India and China. Set aboard the Ibis ship and across colonial ports, the series explores global...
The Kingkiller Chronicle follows Kvothe, a legendary figure recounting his life story—from his childhood as a traveling performer to his training in arcane magic and unraveling of powerful secrets. The first two volumes, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man’s Fear, blend myth, music, and magic in...
Beginning with The Calculating Stars, this alternate history series imagines a world where a meteorite strikes Earth in the 1950s, accelerating climate change and sparking a race to colonize space. Elma York, a mathematician and pilot, battles sexism to become the first Lady Astronaut. The series explores gender, race, anxiety,...
This epic fantasy trilogy—The Shadow of What Was Lost, An Echo of Things to Come, and The Light of All That Falls—follows a young man named Davian in a world where magic has been outlawed. As ancient powers return, Davian and his friends uncover secrets that could reshape history and...
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien is a legendary fantasy trilogy comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. Set in the richly detailed world of Middle-earth, the story follows Frodo Baggins, a humble hobbit tasked with destroying a powerful ring...
This sprawling ten-book epic fantasy series begins with Gardens of the Moon and builds a vast, intricate world filled with gods, mages, soldiers, and ancient civilizations. Known for its complexity, nonlinear structure, and depth, the series explores war, sacrifice, compassion, and history across multiple continents and timelines. Erikson’s storytelling is...
This series starts with The Traitor Baru Cormorant, a politically driven fantasy about a brilliant young woman infiltrating a colonial empire to destroy it from within. Baru serves the very regime that conquered her homeland, manipulating her way up the ranks in a world of intrigue, economic control, and ideological...
Beginning with The Poppy War, this grimdark fantasy trilogy draws from Chinese history, particularly the Sino-Japanese War and the Opium Wars. It follows Fang Runin (Rin), a war orphan who rises through a military academy and discovers her deadly connection to ancient gods. As war erupts, Rin must choose between...
Beginning with The Priory of the Orange Tree, this epic feminist fantasy reimagines dragon lore through a world divided by fear, religion, and prophecy. The standalone prequel, A Day of Fallen Night, further explores the mythology and history of this richly imagined universe. With powerful women at its center, political...
Set in a deadly magical school with no teachers and countless lurking monsters, this dark academia fantasy begins with A Deadly Education. El Higgins, a powerful but socially isolated student, tries to survive without succumbing to dark magic. As alliances shift and danger escalates, El must confront both external threats...
Stephen King's The Shining series consists of two novels: The Shining and its sequel, Doctor Sleep. The first book follows Jack Torrance, a recovering alcoholic and aspiring writer who becomes the winter caretaker of the haunted Overlook Hotel. His descent into madness, witnessed by his psychic son Danny, remains one...
An epic fantasy series set on Roshar, a world ravaged by magical storms and ancient wars. Beginning with The Way of Kings, the series follows multiple characters—including the enslaved soldier Kaladin, the noble scholar Shallan, and the visionary Dalinar—as they uncover the forgotten truths of the legendary Knights Radiant. Blending...
The Terminal List begins a political thriller series following Navy SEAL James Reece, who uncovers a government conspiracy behind the murder of his team and family. Driven by revenge, Reece launches a relentless, tactical assault on those responsible. Written by real-life former SEAL Jack Carr, the series is gritty, realistic,...
This hard science fiction trilogy—The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and Death’s End—explores first contact with an alien civilization. Set in China and spanning millennia, the story begins with a mysterious virtual game tied to astrophysical phenomena and a looming extraterrestrial invasion. Combining physics, philosophy, and political intrigue, Liu Cixin...
This alternate history/philosophical fantasy trilogy includes The Just City, The Philosopher Kings, and Necessity. Inspired by Plato’s Republic, the series imagines Greek gods creating a city governed by philosophical ideals, staffed by scholars from across history. As the experiment evolves—and unravels—the books explore questions of justice, consent, identity, and divine...
Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, first published in 1776, is regarded as the foundational work of political economy. Originally based on lectures he delivered at the University of Glasgow, the book was released the same year as America’s Declaration of Independence. In this landmark text, Smith critiques the mercantile...
Spanning 14 epic novels and a prequel, The Wheel of Time is a cornerstone of modern fantasy literature. The series centers on Rand al’Thor, a young man who discovers he is the Dragon Reborn, destined to face the Dark One in a battle to save the world. Set in a...
This historical trilogy—Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, and The Mirror and the Light—traces the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to King Henry VIII. Told with psychological nuance and lush detail, the series reimagines Tudor politics through Cromwell’s pragmatic and cunning perspective. Mantel’s portrayal of power, ambition,...
The Tomorrow series by John Marsden is a beloved Australian young adult saga that begins with Tomorrow, When the War Began. It follows a group of teenagers who return from a camping trip to find their country invaded and their families captured. Forced to survive and resist, they evolve from...
This character-driven sci-fi series begins with The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and continues with loosely connected novels, each exploring life in the Galactic Commons. Chambers focuses on community, empathy, and diverse cultures—from AI rights to interspecies relationships. Rather than war and conquest, Wayfarers is about healing, connection,...
This Russian-inspired fantasy trilogy—The Bear and the Nightingale, The Girl in the Tower, and The Winter of the Witch—follows Vasya, a girl who can see spirits others cannot. As Orthodox Christianity clashes with old magic, Vasya becomes a key figure in saving her homeland from supernatural and political threats. Arden...