Favorite Book Series

[C-Dub]

What is your favorite book series, e.g. favorite character based books?

I really like Spenser from the Robert B. Parker books.

But, I tend to like this type of book the best rather than one-shot deals. I also really like Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove series, the Prey books by Sandford, Travis McGee by John D. MacDonald and any of the series by W.E.B. Griffin.

Am I the only one who can't read books fast enough, so I have bookshelves & boxes of books that I haven't been able to get to.

 

[jrohrer]

I like the Alex Cross books (James Patterson)

also read all of Dan Brown's books...they definately could have picked a better one than DaVinci Code to make a movie out of

 

[frankluke]

does penthouse count

 

[PetersCreek]

1. The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
3. Dune by Frank Herbert

 

[ATCDub]

John Connolly's

Charlie Parker Mysteries. I don't know if they're actually called that but the guy shoots lots of bad people. The series starts with "Every Dead Thing" and the latest is "Dark Angel". Great characters that have serious issues.

 

[Electric Sheep]

I'm gonna have to go with Asimov's Robots/Empire/Foundation series.

Not the greatest reading in the world, and not even the greatest Science Fiction...but I read them growing up, so they kinda have a special place in my mind.

 

[Wasch_24]

My favorites are definitely the Drizzt Do'Urden books by RA Salvatore in the Forgotten Realms series.

I started reading them almost 16 years ago and have read the whole series many times over.

My second favorite character driven series would have to be Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels.

 

[kirscovitch]

gotta agree with Tod. Clanceys books rock.

also the Gunslinger series by Stephen King. i havent read the last 2 though.

 

[Rank_Tyro]

1. Discworld Series, by Terry Pratchett.
2. The Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordon.
3. Legacy of the Aldenata, by John Ringo
4. Harry Potter series, by JK Rowling.
5. The Corps, by W.E.B. Griffin.

I read ALOT of different books, but I enjoy science fiction the most. I even read girly books from the girlfriends book club when they are laying around the house and I am short of reading material.

 

[AZsteelman]

Tom Clancy's are some of my favs...Splinter Cell, Net Force, and Op Center.

Second Favorite is the Dreamland Series by Dale Brown...love those!

 

[Mickeyray5]

You guy's have already mentioned some of my favorites.
Anne McCaffrey's Dragon Riders of Pern
John Ringo has several series that are easy reads but are still fun.
And the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, a trilogy in Five parts is definitely a classic!

 

[goin' fer smoke]

All Tery Brooks series:
Landover Series
Shannara Series
The Word and the Void series

Robert E. Howard - Conan series

Michael Moorcock - The Elric series

Richard Marcinko - Rogue Warrior series

In the past dug Louis Lamour, Zane Grey

 

[pigwithoutawig]

The mountain man series by Terry Johnston
also the last mountain man and last Gunfighter series by William Johnstone.

 

[goin' fer smoke]

The mountain man series by Terry Johnston
also the last mountain man and last Gunfighter series by William Johnstone.

Yes read those.. very good...

 

[CWS]

1) Clive Cussler - been reading Dirk Pitt from day one
2) Clancy - The search for Red October and then never looked back
3) Robert Parker - Spenser series. We lived outside of Boston and would recognize places. I have half a dozen autographed hardbacks.

 

[cvm4]

Louis Lamour has some really great western books.

 

[caudio51]

I don't read enough but I really enjoyed A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson

 

[ATCDub]

I like Bryson's humor. Another good one by Bill is "A Short History of Nearly Everything". It doesn't have as much of his usual humor but is very interesting.

 

[tobby4]

I am not much into series books...

I am finishing up The Fountainhead now and then reading the rest of Atlas Shrugged... those are great books

 

[Gummi Bear]

I'm a voracious reader. Mostly junk. I spend all day poring through spec books and blueprints, I want something fun to read at night.

I've read all of, and thoroughly enjoyed:

• Clive Cussler - Dirk Pitt is a badass, and I've wanted a Doxa watch ever since I started reading these. Also, a very nice man. I got to meet him a couple of years ago when he came and did a 'evening with' over in Fort Worth. Mom has a picture of me with him.
• Dan Brown - good stories, I can read one per evening
• James Patterson - I like Cross' surliness
• Larry McMurtry - Great tales of cowboy life and times
• Louis Lamour - Made me want to be a cowboy.
• Carl Hiassen - Mysteries based in south Florida, wacky characters, fun to read. They make me laugh out loud.
• Jimmy Buffett - Who's not a Parrothead?
• James Lee Burke - Detective Robicheaux is awesome
• Nelson DeMille - Quite good, reminds me a bit of Patterson. Good characters, twisty plots and difficult to put down. All points that make a book fun to read.
• JK Rowling - Read them all, anxiously awaiting the next one
• Patrick McManus - Freakin hilarious outdoor writer. His stories entertained me growing up, I can relate to some of his misadventures
• Ben K. Green - Tales of turn of the 20th century life as a cowboy in Texas. He used to trade livestock with my great grandfather.
• Richard Marcinko - Sharkman of the Delta, the original Rogue Warrior. A badass SEAL that came up through the ranks, founded SEAL Team 6 (*counter terrorism), and Red Cell. His first book Rogue Warrior is his biography, the following books are fiction with some real events and characters shaken in

Clancy is hit and miss with me. Hands down, my favorite is Without Remorse Mr Clark is a badass. :yes:

I plan to read some of the Patricia Cornwell books, my Mom says they're good, and she's the only person I know that reads more than me.

Stephen King hasn't done anything to impress me in 20 years. He's lost his edge, and has criticized people wrongly. I used to enjoy his books when I was young. I don't even bother anymore when he releases a new book.

My wife gets a kick out of the Sweet Potato Queens by Jill Conner Browne, I'm going to read them to see what she's laughing so hard about.

Dean R. Koontz is also hit and miss with me. Some I enjoy, some I put down without finishing.

Whatever happened to Anne Rice? She sure fizzled out of the spotlight.