What are some good book series to read?

[whosthatgirl]

For someone whos 19. Please don't say Twilight. Already read it and don't say Harry Potter because I plan on reading it just not yet.

[Lugez]

I started "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin. It's a fantasy series, and it's a very good read. I don't normally like fantasy books, but I got hooked on this. I've only read 2 of the 4 books that are out now. The fifth book comes out in September I think. The guy has 7 books planned, and damn does he take his sweet time writing them in between...But oh well, as long as he finishes it..And the first book is called "A Game of Thrones."

I also heard good things about Harry Turtledove's alternate history series. I forget what the series is called, but the first book is called "How Few Remain." It's about how the south won the American Civil War, and basically moves on from there on how history could have been all the way to present day. I haven't started it yet, but I will one day.

[Xujhan]

Twilight! Seriously, don't. Ever.

I'd highly recommend The Golden Compass trilogy, if you haven't read it yet. The Enchanted Forest Chronicles is a great series too; one that I'm just finishing myself. If you want something a little heavier, I was incredibly impressed with Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven.

[Unicorn.]

The House of Night books are really good if you're into the vampire scene!
Also Malorie blackman's Nought's&Crosses books are great

[VanishingActs]

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak or anything by Jodi Picoult.

[Toast]

I personally love the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. It's kind of a humour/mystery. They're some of the few books that are actually funny.

[KnightSniper]

Nobody here has recommended The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams? For shame!

Also some of my other favorites:

~Trinity Blood (A Japanese vampire series. It comes in two different series, "Rage Against the Moons" and "Reborn on the Mars".)
~The Lord of the Rings

[.:BreakingBeautifully:.]

If your into supernatural stuff then try:

The woman of the otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong

It has like 9 or 10 books so far but she is still working on them. They are written in the first person like Twilight but it changes characters on occasion. The first book in the series is bitten and it is about werewolves but the other books are about witches and vampires.

Even though it changes characters the plot doesn't change and it doesn't change in a way that makes it hard to understand; she will introduce a character in the previous book and continue their story in the next book. It is actually really good and a good read (I couldn't put it down! )

Sorry for the long description.

[*Faith*]

Dave Pelzer's series? There's only 3 books but they're pretty good, it's about his abusive childhood. I'd highly recommend it.

[noise94]

The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
--City of Bones
City of Ashes
City of Glass

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
--The Hunger Games
Catching Fire (Due out September of this year)

Morganville Vampires by Rachel Caine
--Glass Houses
The Dead Girl's Dance
Midnight Alley
Feast of Fools
Lord of Misrule
Carpe Corpus

The Weather Wardens by Rachel Caine
--Ill Wind
Heat Stroke
Chill Factor
Windfall
Firestorm
Thin Air
Gale Force
Cape Storm

Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R Ward
--Dark Lover
Lover Eternal
Lover Awakened
Lover Revealed
Lover Unbound
Lover Enshrined
Lover Avenged

The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
--Eragon
Eldest
Brisingr

Alex Cross by James Patterson
--Along Came A Spider
Kiss The Girls
Jack & Jill
Cat and Mouse
Pop Goes The Weasel
Roses Are Red
Violets Are Blue
Four Blind Mice
The Big Bad Wolf
London Bridges
Mary, Mary
Cross
Double Cross
Cross Country

Maximum Ride by James Patterson
--The Angel Experiment
School's our- Forever
Saving The World and Other Extreme Sports
The Final Warning
MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel
FANG: A Maximum Ride Novel

Sarah Dessen Books (Not series)
-- Just Listen
The Truth About Forever
This Lullaby
Someone Like You
That Summer
Keeping The Moon/Last Chance
Dreamland
Lock And Key
Along For The Ride

The House of Night by P.C And Kristin Cast
--Marked
Betrayed
Chosen
Untamed
Hunted
Tempted

The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray
--A Great and Terrible Beauty
Rebel Angels
The Sweet Far Thing

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
--Inkheart
Inkspell
Inkdeath

That's all I can think of right now.

[whosthatgirl]

Originally Posted by VanishingActs

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak or anything by Jodi Picoult.

I love The Book Theif so far I'm reading that right now and I've read a couple Jodi Picoult books already. I plan on reading Change Of Heart. I don't know which others ones to read yet. haha the only thing is those aren't book series oh well.

[Lumpy Space Princess]

Seven Deadly Sins - Robin Wasserman
Lust
Envy
Pride
Wrath
Sloth
Gluttony
Greed

Gossip Girl - Cecily Von Ziegesar

[.Brittany.]

Like Cara said, Gossip Girl is good. I have also heard that Coraline is a good one, apparently its really freaky

[Melody Pond]

Originally Posted by x_nicola

Maximum Ride by James Patterson
--The Angel Experiment
School's out Forever
Saving The World and Other Extreme Sports
The Final Warning
MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel
FANG: A Maximum Ride Novel

I was going to say these. I haven't read those last two. I didn't even know they existed, I thought it ended with Final Warning. I will definitely be getting those two I just hope they are better than Final Warning, that disappointed me.

[Kumagoro]

Ooh read the Mortal Instruments series - City of Bones, City of Ashes and City of Glass. They're by Cassandra Clare and the first two are awesome - i neeeeed to read the third one
Also i know it's already been recommended, but the House of Night series is ace. I would still read it at 19; it appeals to a lot of age groups if you're into that sort of genre.

[Fictional]

The Noughts and Crosses series by Malorie Blackman. they're absolutely amazing. Or if you want somethign challenging, I absolutely loved The Handmaid's tale, by Margaret Atwood, although it's by no means an easy read.

[noise94]

Originally Posted by Razzmatazz Rach

I was going to say these. I haven't read those last two. I didn't even know they existed, I thought it ended with Final Warning. I will definitely be getting those two I just hope they are better than Final Warning, that disappointed me.

I thought it ended at Final Warning, also. That's what everybody was saying. And I hated Final Warning. xD.

But MAX is really, really good. I loved it.

FANG is not released yet.

[Barbed Lungs]

The black magician trilogy by Trudi Canavan

The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett

Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo (okay, they're childrens books but they are AWESOME, except for the newly released one)

The Saga of Darren Shan and The Demonata by Darren Shan.

That's all I can think of right now

[bitesize]

If i want light reading, I love the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella...and the Gossip Girl series has always been brilliant

Two books I fell completely in love with recently were 'In the Woods' and 'The Likeness' by Tana French. There's only two books in the series, but they are.......a.m.a.z.i.n.g. The only thing is that they're irish, so you may not be able to get them in the States.

[Olive, always]

I can't believe nobody has said Xanth yet!
Xanth by Piers Anthony. It is a 27 book-long series. I really loved them! (Only got to book #13 though).

[Pour the Teapot]

the bloody jack series, the Dear America series, the Nancy Drew series, and again, the Bloody Jack series, it's really good. i have all 6 books.

[loony lovegood]

The Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld is pretty awesome.