Book Series to Binge On

[@messy678]

Holy moly, I’ve never seen the In Death series mentioned in BookTube! I love these, I’ve collected the beautiful UK editions and they are my comfort food. When I am in a slump or just need something to read, I grab a random one of these. Love this video, subscribed!!

[@bookslikewhoa]

Welcome!

[@lyuban9764]

Great video! Thank you. Do you ever read Kelley Armstrong? I know some people really enjoy her Otherworld series, but I personally LOVED her Cainsville quartet. There is romance, paranormal setting and a new mystery in every book. Would love to find a similar series for sure!

[@bookslikewhoa]

She's on my list to try at some point

[@danielleoliver1734]

I read all the Agatha Christie books in high school, they came out every 2 weeks with a magazine full of facts about each book and I remember devouring them

[@genresandjournals]

Loved the Babysitters Club too! And I remember gobbling up the Sookie Stackhouse books too. I would like to reread those at some point to see if I still enjoy them. Fun video!

[@heatherlehl7328]

Love seeing Ilona Andrews love!!! I never see that on booktube!!!

[@mynameismarines]

FIFTY BOOKS. I'm so bad at series... and yet... that somehow appeals to me. I'm in the middle of a Kate Daniels binge and I'm just loving it so much. It's fun, Kate Daniels is my queen, and there is enough other plot both in terms of single book mysteries to solve and the over-arching stuff to feel like you get just a full, rich story. I'm planning on heading into Nalini Singh at some point, but I've also started the Mercy Thompson Series, which I think is 11 books total right now. Honestly, you gotta love a head first dive into books that just deliver on exactly what you expect.

[@bookslikewhoa]

The In Death series has been a long but wonderful journey-- there's something kind of lovely about committing to a series that long that consistently delivers. I feel like I will deserve a medal once I finally catch up! And YES Kate Daniels is so amazing-- if you haven't gotten to the Hidden Legacy series or Psy-Changeling, I think you will like them if you love KD

[@valeriaraposo1]

-The first ever book series that I just couldn't get enough of when I was younger was Ramona, by Beverly Cleary. I felt like Ramona and I were kindred spirits. I was also a weird child so I could relate to being ignored 🙋‍♀️

[@barnes-md7mf]

A few years ago i got the flu really bad for like 10 days and I binged The Virgin River series by Robyn Carr. Never knew I liked romance before that 🤣🤣 and I completely agree with you about learning how to read and/or enjoy commercial fiction like that. It definitely made me stop "looking down my nose" at people who read romances.

[@melissa8944]

I started the Kate Daniels series because of you and I’m now on the 5th one! What a ride!

[@bookslikewhoa]

Ah, that makes my heart happy-- enjoy!!

[@booklover466]

Yes for Kate Daniels series!!! I always recommend Ilona Andrews books, they are definitely hidden gems

[@monicamejia1687]

I would absolutely love to read your thesis! Is there a way to do it? I love your channel.

[@bookslikewhoa]

Oh, not in its current state :D... I'm slowly working on revising & expanding it, so maybe one day! :)

[@Ann86dk]

I love the In Death series. Though I haven't read from it in ages, and I'm up to book 10, so I have so many to go. I hope to get back to reading that series next year, because I love it so much when I read it. I'm not as good at binge Reading series as I have been. I hardly ever read more than one book from a series pr. month, but Discworld is what has come closest to me over the past year. I'm about to start the 9th book from that series in 2019.

[@rachaellundy-davis7957]

That lipstick color looks amazing on you! Okay onto book-related things. I loved the Babysitter's Club and Sweet Valley High when I was growing up. And I just started reading my first Ilona Andrews book because of your recommendations, so we'll see how that goes. Love your videos!!!

[@bookslikewhoa]

Aw, thank you!!

[@antonela5979]

Always riding that Kate Daniels train...yeeees love it... I just binge-read Winston Brothers series by Penny Reid...

[@jennymanian8775]

Gave you read the Outlander series? Book 9 is coming out soon - I hope.

[@levimissy11]

I just found your channel this week. Love your style. I only listen to books . dont throw stones at me lol. Any favorites u listen to?

[@bookslikewhoa]

I think I have a video with all my audiobook favs, so I would point you there! My favs are probably Agatha Christie on audio

[@agentswarley]

I read the black dagger brotherhood books until a couple of years ago, but as far as I know it is still running. It’s paranormal romance with vampires and I remember loving the overarching plot and the characters and the fights. But I dnf’ed book 13 and just never looked back. I wonder whether I’d still like them, now being a bit older and reading a bit more critically, as the series sure has its problems.

[@kimberlybigler5864]

Me too! I love this series because I remember how much I loved binging them. I still read the new ones that come out but nothing beats that first binge!

[@Sagal.I]

@@kimberlybigler5864me too . I binge read the first few books but then just lost interest 😕

[@Leebearify]

I just remembered another series that I honestly think you would enjoy when life is getting you down....try the Amelia Peabody series. There are about 8-10 of them and the author was a real Egyptology and archaeology scholar. She wrote several books used at universities. Lee K.

[@oowatwat]

I've never checked out the Sookie Stackhouse books but I love Charlaine Harris's Aurora Teagarden mysteries. They're snappy, and Aurora is an amazingly messy but intelligent quipper of a protagonist

[@erinfox2671]

If you like Sookie Stackhouse, I would highly recommend the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs, the first one is called “Moon Called” (I think there are at least 12 or 13 by now) and it’s companion series, the Anna Latham series, the first is a novella called “Alpha and Omega” and the first full novel is “Hunting Ground” (I think that series is up to 7 or 8.) I also recently started the Black Dagger Brotherhood series (I think there are 17 total) and binged the first 4 before I made myself stop.

[@vamps_rock]

I got caught out reading the first 6 or so Mercy Thompson books. The only way I'll continue is to read all the Mercy and Alpha & Omega books in the chronological Mercyverse timeline, but I actually prefer the Alpha & Omega ones to Mercy's as even though I like her (and most of the others) as a character, some of the plots of her books have been a tad boring to me and I'm not a fan of Adam. I much prefer Anna and Charles as a couple (dissenting opinion, I know!).

[@bookslikewhoa]

I really like the Alpha & Omega series! :)

[@Sagal.I]

@@vamps_rock Actually I do too 😁. While I love Mercy, there is something about the Charles & Anna pairing that do it for me..

[@boricuaflamenca]

Question. I have been wanting to start reading cozy mysteries. Do you have a recommendation for a good series?

[@bookslikewhoa]

The Cat Who series and Miss Marple are my main cozy picks... I would recommend The Courtagonist if you don't follow her, as she is the queen of cozies here on Booktube :)

[@boricuaflamenca]

bookslikewhoa thanks a lot. Love your channel. You definitely create out-of-the-box content.

[@meljstephan]

The Babysitter's Club was my jam! I also loved bingeing the Dresden Files

[@frostybrooksstudio]

I love the ‘Cat Who’ series! Nice to hear from someone else who has read it :-)

[@jesseramos3810]

I never binge read a series before until 2 weeks ago when I started on the Graig Johnson, Longmire series

[@shelleyd7009]

My first binge reading was probably Nancy Drew. My parents bought me a subscription to the books in the late seventies. I was a sci-fi/fantasy reader at the time and was not sure about the change of genre, so about 4 months went by (two books per month) then I read all of them and hit the library for more. I love many of the series mentioned in the comments, second the recommendations of Elizabeth Peters Amelia Peabody books and Lois McMaster Bujold. I would add Laurie R King's Mary Russell series to the list. Are you going to do a video for authors who may not write series (or just shorter series) but are bingable? You had me thinking about my reading jags and realizing I have binged a lot of authors.

[@bookslikewhoa]

Hmm, hadn't thought about that, but I'll put it on the list!!

[@staceymccullough3671]

I still very much enjoy the Black Dagger Brotherhood books by JR Ward which has 19 main books, and four spin off series making up 14 more books. There are also two more in the main series already announced and two of the spin off series are still ongoing as well. Additionally there are a few novellas.

[@booksbonesblues]

Oh you are definitely the influence behind me getting into Nalini Singh, i'm one book away from Heart of Obsidian and i'm afraid to be building up too much expectation so i'm dragging my feet a bit. and make no mistake it you'll be the influence that gets me into Ilona Andrews and the In Death Series, haven't read any yet but just to hear your joy about it already makes me predisposed to like them :}

[@bookslikewhoa]

AH, you have such a good couple of books ahead of you in P-C!!!

[@fatumaahmed1407]

Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series currently has 29 books, I reached up to book 25, Son of No One, but when I started them I couldn't stop

[@Crafts-ForKids]

I've read all of them plus the Chronicles of Nick. They were so good at the beginning but last few books in the chronicles of Nick really didn't work for me. And her last few dark hunter books started getting pretty confusing.

[@danecobain]

Big fan of you knowing that the plural of series is "series" and not "serieses". I'm currently reading The Mystery of the Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah, one of the "new" Poirot books. It's pretty good but I've noticed Poirot is talking in French way more than he usually does.

[@bookslikewhoa]

Yeah, I just can't bring myself to read those... I feel like I would just be setting myself up for disappointment & since I review, I feel like it wouldn't be fair to the author :/

[@danecobain]

@@bookslikewhoa I'd 100% say they're worth reading, I think she did a great job! Better than Charles Osborne did with Black Coffee!

[@Diaragon1]

Totally agree with the In Death series, totally binge worthy. If we're talking Paranormal, Christine Feehan's Carpathian series, Sherilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunters and JR Ward Black Dagger Brotherhood are my top 3. In Contemporary romance, Roxanne St.Claire's Barefoot Bay series + her spin-offs are great. Now she has a second series that is also binge worthy in the Dogfather and its spin-off, the Dogmothers. Brenda Novak's Whiskey Creek is similar in style to most Sussan Mallery and finally, Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/ Jayne Castle created an entire universe with Contemporary/Historical/Futuristic series that were like following same family thru time...love,love love those but she's dialing it back a little, so no more Dust Bunnies .😏

[@cherylclough4309]

Oh...anybody for Rhys Bowen’s Royal Spyness Series? I love them. Trying to get them all on my shelves in hardback. I have a couple of Ashley Weaver’s Amory Ames. I have heard good things about, but haven’t tried it yet myself. I’m thinking of using one for Cloak and Dagger Christmas. But what I REALLY need is another bookshelf or two; someone to stand by me in bookstores and say, “No, no no, bad girl!”; a much bigger bank account or all three of the above! Love your videos and recommendations, by the way! Thanks.

[@RNgirlknits]

I just finished a binge of the Flavia de Luce books by Alan Bradley. They are mysteries set in England during the 50s. I think the plots are a little thin tbh but I really enjoyed the main character and her love of science. The series that I binge and rebinge most often is the Vorkosigan novels by Lois McMaster Bujold. I have them all on audiobook and I would say they are comfort reads for me. They are sci-fi but much more about the characters than the science. One book in that series always makes me cry and a lot of them make me laugh out loud.

[@JashanaC]

Saaaame with Sookie! They're so easy to binge. Super quick, engaging reads! :D

[@bookslikewhoa]

Sookie = queen

[@ginnyvanoh]

The Guild Hunter series is one of my all time favorites, but I haven't tried Psy-Changelings. Also, the Babysitters Club-they have been repackaged with new covers so maybe your nieces would read them with the new covers or the graphic novels?

[@lr4204]

I think the first series I ever binged, was Jude Deveraux’s historical romances. The Montgomery/Taggert family line all the way from medieval Scotland to present day. I don’t know how many books that was. And of course, the In-Death series, Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum and Christine Feehan’s Dark/Ghost Walker series.

[@SaundraMcKenzie]

May I ask what kind of makeup you wear. It is beautiful

[@bookslikewhoa]

Thank you! This had a bunch of different brands -- I like to mix it up :)

[@ryanvale6066]

I think my favourite series that I've binge-read is The Dresden Files. It's a fun urban fantasy mystery series that I'm currently rereading as the 16th book comes out next year

[@bookslikewhoa]

That's a good one!

[@cheryllarue5858]

Another vote for The Cat Who series!!! Mysteries fans will like the Alexander Mccall Smith's No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series as well.

[@Leebearify]

I am surprised that you never dove into Nancy Drew. That was my first and then Louise Penny mysteries there are 13 now and the very very best of all are the Posada County mysteries set in New Mexico. Love, love, love them. Lee K

[@janenightreadsandwrites223]

The Sookie Stachouse series was so so for me. I managed a little more than half but kinda fizzled out. I am currently consuming Poirot.

[@Alexa-uk8lj]

At what age did you start reading?! Reading Babysitters Club at six is impressive. I don't think I knew what a babysitter was.

[@bookslikewhoa]

Haha, I started reading at 4, so I had a leg up

[@bookwhimsy]

The Cat Who series really takes me back. I loved that cat (KoKo)!

[@kimberlykv4313]

Your lipstick is so perfect! I'd have a color like that all over the place. Lol

[@bookslikewhoa]

Haha thank you :)

[@abg.josemiguelmartinezchea8901]

Would you give Sophie Hannah's Poirot series a chance?

[@bookslikewhoa]

Probably not, only because I don't see a way that they could possibly meet my expectations, which doesn't seem fair to the author :/

[@TheGoofy1932]

Poirot -love the books and the series. (David Suchet is Poirot) We share the same favorite. (love a 🔒 room mystery) I liked the first 8 Sookie Stackhouse books then not so much. (favorites are books 2 and 4)The Gilmore Girls was the show my daughter and I Always watched together. Loved the family dynamic, side characters and especially the witty banter. Kate Daniels series is one of my absolute favorite series. I've reread it so many times. I found it when the 5th (Magic Slays) came out, and I've never looked back. Love all of their series. Love Nalini Singh too, but I am more a Guild Hunters girl. I love the Elena and Raphael storyline, but I do prefer in general to follow the same characters and see the relationship development between the two main characters versus having new love interests for each book. Yes, I too read quite a few of Sand's Argenue series. I really liked the first few for the campy, tongue in cheek humor, but I stopped at about the 10th or 11th book in. Have you read Annette Marie or Suzanne Wright? Both are really good and give me a lot of the Ilona Andrews /Nalini Singh vibes.

[@ridiculousspider]

Have you read any of Charlaine Harris's other series? Except for the Aurora Teagarden series, they are not long but are pretty good. I find them better than the Sookie books.

[@bookslikewhoa]

I think I have a couple of first books for her other series on my Kindle, but haven't gotten to them yet!

[@vamps_rock]

Ha! Binge-reading series' is the best and the only way I read most (not all, but most) series in any genre. That wait in between each book is too painful for me lol so I'd much rather wait longer to read them all at my leisure, even if it means I'm out of touch with the convos on newer releases. Plus, I'd have heart failure at a cliffhanger ending! But I'm also a completionist (I'm trying to be better at letting go now though)... and this does work against me at times of course! TFS :)

[@bookslikewhoa]

Oof, yeah, completionist for a long running series can be an albatross if things go south :D

[@jessicabugg7005]

I LOVED the babysitters club!!!! Claudia Kishi was the best!

[@andreadodson2817]

I almost never hear about anyone talking about The Cat Who books. I love them, but never finished, but they are on my reread list. I’m sure The Baby Sitters Club hasn’t aged well (neither have I!), but I’ve been thinking about rereading them, too.

[@ridiculousspider]

I loved The Baby Sitters Club when I was a kid. Even into my early teens. But reading them now is just wow. They didn't age well but the nostalgia.

[@christinabarrick9107]

I love a series binge!!

[@mayarmahdy2263]

I totally lost over the In Death series in my finals, read about 14 books while studying but stopped after and I can't seem to go back. I kinda expected to see A Series Of Unfortunate Events on your list though, but compared to these series it is not that big.

[@coolerthanyoo]

I also binged the Sookie series! Although I refused to read the last book since she breaks up with my favorite character and I choose to live in denial that they live happily ever after 😆

[@bookslikewhoa]

Ah, see, I called who she was going to end up with based on that first book, so I hitched my shipping to the right OTP ;)

[@VoyageThroughWorlds]

I binged the Cookie Steakhouse series, but the first book hadn't been published yet and by the time it was I wasn't interested anymore o_o The most binge-able series I ever read is probably the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton, altho sadly I think after like book 11-13 it starts having more smut than plot and I didn't enjoy the later books that much :(

[@Sagal.I]

Ditto 😕. I loved the Anita Blake series in the first few books... But then the " I don't understand what you are saying" and the smutfull plotless story got on my nerves

[@nanettekhoury9789]

You should check out the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward. :)

[@sephestra.]

I remember getting the Cat Who books for my daughter when she was in...jr high, I think. She loved them! I've listed some of my favorite re-readable series before, and most qualify here, so lemme throw out a couple others: the Covert One series, which was started by Robert Ludlum writing with various others, and is now continued by a few other authors(12 books) the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters (20 books) the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich (24 books, plus extras) Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (I'm stretching this one because technically there are only 9 books...but I'm inclined to add to that by including the non-canonical works by Doyle, as well as some of the collections written by various authors, particularly Shadows over Baker Street)

[@cherylclough4309]

Sephestra I LOVE Stephanie Plum. I even have a signed copy of #24, I think...I kind of got interrupted with reading that, can’t remember why. Must get back to it...I remember going to Macy’s or somewhere like that to get the cologne her bad guy hero wears for my husband for Christmas and it was soooo expensive I changed my mind! Have you tried Mary Stewart? Started her in my college days. Have reread her work periodically ever since.

[@leticiatoraci9855]

If you would like to try very humorous Space Opera, try the Fallen Empire series by Lindsay Buroker.

[@krakentoagoodbook]

The Sookie Stackhouse books are immensely readable lol. The last few books were terrible though for sure. I think I actually enjoyed her Harper Connelly series better. The Kate Daniels series is fabulous! I just read the first Psy-Changeling book in October and I've picked up the second. It sounds like a good series to binge on for sure (I'm pretty positive I'll do that).

[@Victoria-pt4io]

Have you read the Charley Davidson series? It’s 13 books and an hilarious paranormal romance/mystery

[@pamelalivengood8356]

Love "The Cat Who" books!

[@BeautifullyBookishBethany]

This is making me want to go read some of my childhood favorites! There were so many series that I binge-read.

[@darragh0000]

I think you would enjoy the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong, if you haven't already read it! :)

[@barnes-md7mf]

Another romance series thats good, and has strong gay characters, is the Troubleshooters series by Suzanne Brockmann. They are Navy seals, FBI, action, romances.

[@annajo6576]

WHOO BOY HOWDY 😂

[@booksandbags1790]

YESSSSSSSS The Cat Who series is my fave! Getting ready to start a reread. Think there is 29 if I remember correctly. You should do a Babysitters Club reread/read alone. 😀

[@Vanitas1131]

I also read the babysittersclub and I loved it, I regret that I didn't keep them in my collection. Just when you explained the premise of the cat who... it clicked with me, those books all get translated to Dutch and my father read them and liked it. They were in my house, but never touched it. I don't read a lot of big series, but I get the pleasure of binging it. The books from Jodi Picoult are very similiar and I can predict how a lot of the books will go, but I can read it in chunks of 4 books or so and then I have to move on.