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I recently discovered the Shannara series by Terry Brooks and have been collecting those.

I am an absolute book collector addict. I collect original editions of Anne of Green Gables series(who I was named after!) and Essie Summers who was my original inspiration for being first a romance reader and then an author. It took me ten years of scouring book shops to collect all of her books before the days of ebay!
I also collect Elizabeth George and Peter Robinson!

I have a lot of series that I collect:
Harry Bosch - Michael Connolly
Jack Reacher - Lee Child
Dirk Pitt- Clive Cussler
Outlander series - Diana Gabaldon
Jack Ryan - Tom Clancy
William Murdoch - Maureen Jennings
Goldie Schulz- Diana Mott Davidson
Jason Bourne - Robert Ludlum
Charlie Parker - John Connolly
Kate Shugak - Dan Tabenow
57th Precinct series - Ed McBain
Inspector Lynley - Elizabeth George
Dave Robicheaux - James Lee Burke
Travis McGee - John MacDonald -have to check the spelling!
DCI Banks - Peter Robinson
Rebus - Ian Renkin
Sanyo Ichiro - Laura John Rowland
Wagons West series - Dana Fuller Ross
Stone Barrington- Stuart Woods
DI Charlie Priest - Stuart Pawon
Travis McGee - John. D. McDonald
Arthur Beauchamp - William Deverell
Bernie Rhodenbarr - Lawrence Block
Perry Mason - Erle Stanley Gardiner
James Bond - Ian Fleming
Captain Daniel Rawson - Edward Marston
Chief Inspector Gamache - Louise Penny
To be added - Stephen Booth
Amelia Peabody - Elizabeth Peters
William Monk and Thomas Pitt - Anne Perry
Christopher Redmayne - ?
? - Robin Paige
There are more, that I will add as I think of them.

I didn't add people like Dean Koontz to the list because I took series to mean a group of books with the same recurring character in each.

I collect books of :
Agatha Christie
Alistair MacLean
James Hadley Chase
Erle Stanley Gardner

I collect books of any series that I really enjoy so I do not necessarily collect all the books by a particular author.

Currently I'm collecting books from the following series:

Sue Grafton - The Kinsey Millhone series
Jasper Fforde - The Thursday Next Series
Terry Pratchett - The Discworld City Watch series
Andrea Camilleri - The Inspector Montalbano series

I have also collected:
JK Rowling - The Harry Potter series
John van der Ruit - The Spud series

I also have numerous books by:
Agatha Christie
Tom Sharpe

And some:
Douglas Adams

I'm planning to read Soulless by Gail Carriger. If I really enjoy the novel, then I will probably get the rest of the series and I would also like to try a couple of novels by Neil Gaiman.

I also have many other stand-alone books that I have collected, read and sometimes enjoyed - basically I get and read any books that I think I will enjoy...

Harry Potter, LOTR, Twilight, Divergent, Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices, Dexter, Dan Brown's Robert Langdon series, Wicked Series, Wizard of Oz series, Hunger Games, Beautiful Creatures, Blackstone Chronicles by John Saul, Jeff and Michael Shaara Civil War series, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and I have all the original Nancy Drew books

Not exactly a series, but everything by Ursula Le Guin. There are quite a few if her works that are out of print or at least difficult to find, so I make a point to check used book stores whenever I can. Some of my favorite books by her are so well loved that I replace them every few years. I also collect the Serendipity books by Stephen Cosgrove- a fave series from childhood, different editions of LoTR & HP from countries I've visited, and Tamora Pierce's Tortall books.

The list would be too long of what I collect. Both husband and I are passionate collectors.

So, I will tell what kind I do.
Hardcover a must. First edition when I can. Signed even better. I do buy limited numbered on occasion.
I'll buy any book that sounds good and is the author's first novel.
Many of times I replace my old Doubleday edition with better copies. Some I double up on for sentimental reasons.

Each time I begin a new series, I tend to try and collect every book in it (I can't help, I'm a collector at heart). For the moment, I have the complete works of Oscar Wilde and Jane Austen, all The Chronicles of Narnia books (in French), all Harry Potter books (some in English, some in French, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in both), all Twilight (in French, three of them in English too).

I already own several books of Tara Duncan by Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian, Damenndyn by Rose Berryl (both French Fantasy), In Death by J.D. Robb, Chronicles of Pern by Anne McCaffrey, Anita Blake by Laurell K. Hamilton, the Vampires books of Anne Rice and Stookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris. And I have a huge collection of Star Wars novels.

That's all I thought about in this past two minutes. I bet I have older ones I'm not particularly thinking about these days, and my to-read list is full of new ones to add.

Oh, I just remembered the Dune series I have begun a while ago ...

According to FictFact I follow 184 different series. I am currently reading The League series by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Just finished the second book in this series and will start book three tomorrow.

Jan wrote: "Philip wrote: "I carry the list of what I have around with me as a PDF on my smartphone and NEVER do I pass a used bookstore!.."

Same here although I use Evernote so my list is always available on..."

I have the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ app on my iPhone so that I can check when I am out a book catches my eye. It has helped me to quit buying duplicates and triplicates of books.

I just finished The Kingmakers Daughter by Philipa Gregory. It is the forth book of the cousins war series. one of many series I like.

JD Robb In Death Series, Christine Feehan Dark, Ghostwalkers & Drake sisters, Sherrilyn Kenyon's Series, Lyndsay Sands Argenuea series, Suzanne Brockman troubleshooters, Diana Gabaldon Outlanders, Eragon Series, Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia, Evonovich's Plum series, Karen Marie Moning Highlanders and Fae series

I collect Nora Roberts and Stephen King as well but there not series.

France wrote: "Each time I begin a new series, I tend to try and collect every book in it (I can't help, I'm a collector at heart)."

I have a tendency to do that too, though I've tried to rein that in a little!

My latest 'fascination' is for books from the Folio Society, though only second-hand as the new books are a wee bit expensive! Beautiful editions though, and they've published some really interesting books - I'd love to own their new edition of Wind In The Willows or The Tomb of Tutankhamun - Folio Society Edition. I've bought loads over the last year so I have only read a small proportion so far but many of them I've enjoyed picking up and leafing through. They will all get read (eventually) though!

i've collected the Sookie Stackhouse series; Anita Blake (though after book #21, i've jumped that train; Dean Koontz for years, all Christopher Moore's books; Guillemero del Toro's The Strain Trilogy; Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole; George RR Martin's Song of Ice & Fire (which i hope he finishes before one of us dies!); Anne Rice's The Mayfair Witches & Sleep Beauty; RA Salvatore's Forgotten Realms; I'm sure there's more buried in my library of books

Wallflower Series by Lisa Kleypas. Series consist of 5 books. My favorites were "Devil in the Winter" and "Secrets of a Summer Night". I've purchased 4 hardcover books of the series. I still have to read "Scandal in Spring". And I still have to purchase and read "Wallflower Christmas". But I luuuvvv this series ! And I luv the author Lisa Kleypas.

I absolutely LOVE book series! I have so many series it's hard to keep track. When I was young, I started off with collecting Sweet Valley books, then I moved onto Buffy, Angel, Charmed. Now I collect Stargate, Torchwood and Doctor Who series (and still Buffy, Angel & Charmed). Also, The Mortal Instruments & Infernal Devices, Redwall, Hunger Games,A Bernard Cromwell's Warrior series, many of the Stephen R. Lawhead series, anything by Philippa Gregory, Hereafter trilogy, A Song of Fire And Ice, and probably many more I have forgotten. :)

Oh yeah, The Percy Jackson series that I am currently reading and the Beautiful Creatures one. Lol. See? I am obsessed.

I collect the "Love Finds You" series, Virgin River series, Mortal Instraments, Infernal Devices, Hunger Games, Divergence and many many more.

I picked up books 4-6 in the Secrets of Mary's Bookshop series so now I am looking for 1-3 so I have the set!

I have looked through most of your posts and I didn't find the uthor I am looking for. Here is my dilemma:

About 3 years ago, I started to read a series. I can't remember the name of the series or the author, but the author is male.

The stories go a little like this - The hero is a detective - he also has the ability to use magic. There are also fantasy creatures - people in the stories.

I know that doesn't give you much, but I would appreciate any help you could give me. Thanks in advance.

Mary wrote: "About 3 years ago, I started to read a series. I can't remember the name of the series or the author, but the author is male.

The stories go a little like this - The hero is a detective - he also has the ability to use magic. There are also fantasy creatures - people in the stories."

That sound like The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. There is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ page for this series here:
/series/4034...

Thank you so much, Andrew! That was driving me crazy. Couldn't read the book that I am currently reading. My mind kept wandering.

Outlander
Earth's Children
Redwall
A Song of Ice and Fire
Harry Potter
The Banned and the Banished
Silverwing
Anne of Green Gables
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
Inheritance Cycle
Vampire Chronicles
His Dark Materials
Little House
Kate Morton
Charles Dickens
Stephen King
Gerald Durrell

I collect anything and everything written by Julie Garwood. Her historical romances got me hooked but her character development and unique humor in all of her books has made me a forever fan!! Her talent is amazing!

I also love me some Ella Frank and Brooke Blaine so I have all of their books, too.....there just isn't as many of them (yet).

I collect the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew series :)

Complete series I have:
The Dark Tower
Harry Potter box set
Hunger Games
Hitchhiker's Guide
All 4 Hannibal books
The Passage trilogy
Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy
Amitav Ghosh's Ibis trilogy

Series I'm in the process of collecting
Jasper Fforde's Nursery Crime series
Walter Moers Zamonia series
Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles

Authors I collect
Julian Barnes
Stephen King
Tom Holt

The only series that I would really say that I collect is The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater. I bought them in paperback first, then had to buy the fourth one hardback when it first came out, so I ordered the other three in hardback as well, and then I also ordered the series' UK editions because they're beautiful! So I currently have three copies of each, except for the fourth which isn't out in paperback yet.

I have so many series at home, mostly YA but a few others: Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next books, several of Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad, Philippa Gregory's Tudor Court, Jean Auel's prehistoric series...

I know I really love a series when I have multiple editions of it. This has happened thus far with Harry Potter and Hunger Games, but I'm also dying for the British edition of Daughter of Smoke & Bone.

Lately I've also been collecting the Gentleman Bastards sequence by Scott Lynch in mass market (fat) paperbacks. Love me some Locke Lamora <3

Well, I have the Harry Potter Boxed set and the LOTR books including The Hobbit and all but the last book in The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson (missing book #10).

I love series

Ones that are keepers on the shelf -

The Hollows by Kim Harrison
Downside Ghosts by Stacia Kane
Harry Potter Series (box set)
Game of Thrones (box set)
Tanya Huff Blood Series
Chronicles of Narnia
Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews
Morgan Kingsley series by Jenna Black
Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs
Alex Delaware by Jonathan Kellerman
Cassandra Palmer by Karen Chance
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare (box set)
Night Huntress by Jeanine Frost (although not sure if I'll get rid of them later for room)
Sookie Stackhouse, half the series collected
Deadtown Series by Nancy Holzner
Need Series by Carrie Jones (love the covers!)
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children (Box set)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series (Box set)
Kara Gillian by Diana Rowland
Cirque Du Freak Series by Darren Shan
The Demonata by Darren Shan
Reckoners by Brandon Sanderson
Pendergast Series (Have a lot to get still)
A Magical Bakery Mystery by Bailey Cates
Austin Carr Series by Jack Getze
Coffeehouse Mystery by Cleo Coyle
Hannibal Lecter Series
Serenity Falls by James Moore
The Sorority by Tamara Thorne

There's a few series I only have ebooks of that I love and autobuy

I have a lot of other series that I haven't read yet or just have a random book of, and not sure if they are keepers or not yet.

ooooh good idea Erin. Let's see what I've got.

Harry Potter (3 sets)
Hunger Games (2 sets)
A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones
King Raven trilogy by Stephen R Lawhead
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Heroes of Olympus
Unwind series by Neal Shusterman
Ashfall trilogy by Mike Mullin (might have to make room for the upcoming fourth book!)
Jasper Dent trilogy by Barry Lyga
Song of the Lioness quartet (box set)
Immortals quartet
Protector of the Small quartet
Tricksters duology
Provost's Dog trilogy
-- all by Tamora Pierce
Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy by Laini Taylor
Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Shiver trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater
Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
Riders of the Apocalypse series by Jackie Morse Kessler
Croak trilogy by Gina Damico
Millennium trilogy by Stieg Larsson
Cormoran Strike series
Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde
Little House on the Prairie series
Little House on Rocky Ridge series
Tudor Court series by Philippa Gregory
Earth's Children series by Jean M Auel
Thieftaker Chronicles
Empress of Rome series by Kate Quinn
Bourne trilogy
Baroque Cycle

then the first ten Animorphs books plus two of the Chronicles

and a handful of Dresden books, which may get moved along eventually, we'll see. there's just so many of them!

Since I had to purge books a while ago the only series I've hung on to are my Harry Potter boxed set, all but book 10 of the Stephen R. Donaldson Thomas Covenant series, LOTR including The Hobbit, Silmarilion and Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth.