Remember when I wrote that discussion about the series book vs. the standalone novel? Well, this page proves WHY I prefer the contemporary novel — once you read it, you’re DONE!

Alas, here’s my progress on series books I’m currently reading.

* books to read that I own

(note: italicized titles denote books that have yet to be released — therefore, a “completed” means I’m caught up in the series.)

Across the Universe series, by Beth Revis (completed)

1. As They Slip Away (#0.5)
2. Across the Universe (#1)
3. A Million Suns (#2)
4. Shades of Earth (#3)

Anna series, by Kendare Blake (completed)

1. Anna Dressed in Blood (#1)
2. Girl of Nightmares (#2)

The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein series, by Kenneth Oppel (completed)

1. This Dark Endeavour (#1)
2. Such Wicked Intent (#2)*

Artists Trilogy, by Karina Halle (completed)

1. On Every Street (#0.5)*
2. Sins & Needles (#1)
3. Shooting Scars (#2)
4. Bold Tricks (#3)

A Tale Dark & Grimm series, by Adam Gidwitz

1. A Tale Dark & Grimm (#1)
2. In a Glass Grimmly (#2)*

Beautiful series, by Jamie McGuire

1. Beautiful Disaster (#1)
2. Walking Disaster (#2)*

Blood Ties series, by Jennifer Armintrout

1. The Turning
2. Possession*
3. Ashes to Ashes*
4. All Soul’s Night*

Blue Bloods series, by Melissa de la Cruz

1. Blue Bloods (#1)
2. Masquerade (#2)
3. Revelations (#3)
4. The Van Alen Legacy (#4)*
5. Keys to the Repository (#4.5)*
6. Misguided Angel (#5)*
7. Bloody Valentine (#5.5)
8. Lost in Time (#6)
9. The Gates of Paradise (#7)

Charley Davidson series, by Darynda Jones

1. First Grave on the Right (#1)
   
2. For I Have Sinned (#1.5) – GR Review
3. Second Grave on the Left (#2)
4. Third Grave Dead Ahead (#3)
5. Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet (#4)
6. Fifth Grave Off the Beaten Path (#5)

The Chemical Garden series, by Lauren DeStefano (completed)

1. Wither (#1)
2. Seeds of Wither (#0.5) – GR Review
3. Fever (#2)
4. Sever (#3)

Confessions series, by Louise Rozett (completed)

1. Confessions of an Angry Girl (#1)
2. Confessions of an Almost Girlfriend (#2)

Crank series, by Ellen Hopkins

1. Crank (#1)
2. Glass (#2)
3. Fallout (#3)

Crewel World series, by Gennifer Albin

1. Alterations (#0.5)
2. Crewel (#1)
3. Altered (#2)

Croak series, by Gina Damico

1. Croak (#1)
2. Scorch (#2)*

Daughter of Smoke & Bone series, by Laini Taylor

1. Daughter of Smoke & Bone
2. Days of Blood & Starlight*

Delirium series, by Lauren Oliver

1. Annabel (#0.5)*
2. Delirium (#1)
3. Hana (#1.5) – GR Review
4. Pandemonium (#2)
5. Raven (#2.5)*
6. Requiem (#3)*

Devils series, by Karina Halle (completed)

1. The Devil’s Metal (#1)
2. The Devil’s Reprise (#2)

Divergent series, by Veronica Roth (completed)

1. Divergent (#1)
2. Insurgent (#2)
   

The Drake Chronicles series, by Alyxandra Harvey

1. Corsets & Crossbows (#0.1) – GR Review
2. Hearts at Stake (#1)
3. Blood Feud (#2)
4. Out for Blood (#3)
5. A Killer First Date (#3.5)
6. Bleeding Hearts (#4)
7. A Field Guide to Vampires (#4.5)
8. Blood Moon (#5)
9. Blood Prophecy (#6)

Escape from Furnace series, by Alexander Gordon Smith 

1. The Night Children (#0.5)
2. Lockdown (#1)
3. Solitary (#2)
4. Death Sentence (#3)
5. Fugitives (#4)
6. Execution (#5)
7. Epilogue (#5.5)

Experiment in Terror series, by Karina Halle (completed)

1. Darkhouse (#1)
2. Red Fox (#2)
3. The Benson (#2.5) – GR Review
4. Dead Sky Morning (#3)
5. Lying Season (#4)
6. On Demon Wings (#5)
7. Old Blood (#5.5) – GR Review
8. The Dex Files (#5.7) – GR Review
9. Into the Hollow (#6)
10. And With Madness Comes the Light (#6.5)
11. Come Alive (#7)
12. Little Fifteen (#7.5)

Finishing School series, by Gail Carriger (completed)

1. Etiquette & Espionage (#1)
2. Deportment & Deceit (#2)

Fire and Thorns series, by Rae Carson

1. The Shadow Cats (#0.5)
2. The Girl of Fire & Thorns (#1)
3. The Crown of Embers (#2)
4. The Bitter Kingdom (#3)

For Darkness Shows the Stars series, by Diana Peterfreund (completed)

1. Among the Nameless Stars (#0.5)
2. For Darkness Shows the Stars (#1)
3. Across a Star-Swept Sea (#2)

The Goddess Test series, by Aimee Carter (completed)

1. The Goddess Test (#1)
2. The Goddess Hunt (#1.5)
3. Goddess Interrupted (#2)
4. The Goddess Legacy (#2.5)
5. Goddess Inheritance (#3)

Gone With the Respiration series, by Lia Habel (completed)

1. Dearly, Departed (#1)
2. Dearly, Beloved (#2)

Griffin & Sabine (An Extraordinary Correspondence (completed)

1. Griffin & Sabine (#1)
2. Sabine’s Notebook (#2)
3. The Golden Mean (#3)

Harry Potter series, by J. K. Rowling (completed, but rereading)

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (#1)
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (#2)
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (#3)
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (#4)
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (#5)
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (#6)
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (#7)

His Fair Assassin series, by Robin LaFevers (completed)

1. Grave Mercy (#1)
2. Dark Triumph (#2)
3. Dark Hope (#3)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series, by Douglas Adams

1. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (#1)
2. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (#2)*
3. Life, The Universe, and Everything (#3)*
4. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (#4)*
5. Mostly Harmless (#5)*

House of Night series, by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

1. Marked (#1)
2. Betrayed (#2)
3. Chosen (#3)
4. Untamed (#4)
5. Hunted (#5)
6. Tempted (#6)
7. Burned (#7)
8. Awakened (#8)
9. Destined (#9)
10. Hidden (#10)

Hundred Oaks series, by Miranda Kenneally

1. Guys Do Not Do Secret Santa (#0.5)
2. Catching Jordan (#1)
3. Stealing Parker (#2)
4. Things I Can’t Forget (#3)
5. Racing Savannah (#4)

The Hunger Games series, by Suzanne Collins (completed)

1. The Hunger Games (#1)
2. Catching Fire (#2)
3. Mockingjay (#3)

Hush, Hush series, by Becca Fitzpatrick

1. Hush, Hush (#1)
2. Crescendo (#2)*
3. Silence (#3)*
4. Finale (#4)

The Immortals series, by Alyson Noel

1. Evermore (#1)
2. Blue Moon (#2)
3. Shadowland (#3)
4. Dark Flame (#4)*
5. Night Star (#5)
6. Everlasting (#6)

The Infernal Devices series, by Cassandra Clare (completed)

1. Clockwork Angel (#1)
2. Clockwork Prince (#2)
3. Clockwork Princess (#3)

The Iron Fey series, by Julie Kagawa

1. The Iron King (#1)
2. Winter’s Passage (#1.5)*
3. The Iron Daughter (#2)*
4. The Iron Queen (#3)*
5. Summer’s Crossing (#3.5)*
6. The Iron Knight (#4)*
7. Iron’s Prophecy (#4.5)*

Joanne Kilbourn mystery series, by Gail Bowen

1. Deadly Appearances (#1)*
2. Murder at the mendel (#2)*
3. The Wandering Soul Murders (#3)*
4. A Colder Kind of Death (#4)*
5. A Killing Spring (#5)*
6. Verdict in Blood (#6)*
7. Burying Ariel (#7)*
8. The Glass Coffin (#8)
9. The Last Good Day (#9)
10. The Endless Knot (#10)
11. The Brutal Heart (#11)
12. The Nesting Dolls (#12)

Joe Ledger series, by Jonathan Maberry

1. Patient Zero (#1)
2. The Dragon Factory (#2)
3. The King of Plagues (#3)
4. Assassin’s Code (#4)
5. Extinction Machine (#5)
6. Code Z (#6)

Kendra Chronicles series, by Alex Flinn

1. Lindy’s Diary (#0.5)
2. Beastly (#1)
3. Bewitching (#2)

Lies Beneath series, by Anne Greenwood Brown (completed)

1. Lies Beneath (#1)
2. Deep Betrayal (#2)

Living With the Dead series, by Jesse Petersen

1. Married With Zombies (#1)
2. Flip This Zombie (#2)
3. Eat Slay Love (#3)
4. The Zombie Whisperer (#4)

Mara Dyer series, by Michelle Hodkin (completed)

1. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (#1)
2. The Evolution of Mara Dyer (#2)*
3. The Retribution of Mara Dyer (#3)

Matched series, by Ally Condie

1. Matched (#1)
2. Crossed (#2)
3. Reached (#3)

Miss Peregrine series, by Ransom Riggs (completed)

1. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (#1)

The Mortal Instruments series, by Cassandra Clare

1. City of Bones (#1)
2. City of Ashes (#2)
3. City of Glass (#3)
4. City of Fallen Angels (#4)
5. City of Lost Souls (#5)*
6. City of Heavenly Fire (#6)

Night Huntress series, by Jeaniene Frost

1. Reckoning (#0.5) – GR Review
2. Halfway to the Grave (#1)
   
3. Happily Never After (#1.5) – GR Review
4. One Foot in the Grave (#2)
5. At Grave’s End (#3)
6. Destined for an Early Grave (#4)*
7. This Side of the Grave (#5)*
8. One Grave at a Time (#6)
9. Up From the Grave (#7)

Origami Yoda series, by Tom Angleberger (completed)

1. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (#1)
2. Darth Paper Strikes Back (#2)
3. The Secret of the Fortune Wookie (#3)

Outlander series, by Diana Gabaldon

1. Outlander (#1)
2. Dragonfly in Amber (#2)
3. Voyager (#3)
4. Drums of Autumn (#4)* (in progress … for quite some time)
5. The Fiery Cross (#5)*
6. A Breath of Snow and Ashes (#6)*
7. An Echo in the Bone (#7)
8. Written in My Own Heart’s Blood (#8)

The Paranormals series, by J. L. Bryan

1. Jenny Pox (#1)
2. Tommy Nightmare (#2)*
3. Alexander Death (#3)*
4. Jenny Plague-Bringer (#4)

Peeps series, by Scott Westerfeld

1. Peeps (#1)
2. The Last Days (#2)

Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, by Rick Riordan

1. The Lightening Thief (#1)
2. The Sea of Monsters (#2)
3. The Titan’s Curse (#3)
4. The Battle of the Labyrinth (#4)*
5. Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades (#4.5)
6. The Last Olympian (#5)*

Pretty When She Dies series, by Rhiannon Frater

1. Pretty When She Dies (#1)
2. Pretty When She Kills (#2)*
3. Pretty When She Destroys (#3)

The Protector series, by M. R. Merrick

1. Exiled (#1)
2. Shift (#2)*
3. Release (#3)*

The Sandman series, by Neil Gaiman

1. Preludes and Nocturnes (#1)
2. The Doll’s House (#2)
3. Dream Country (#3)
4. Seasons of Mist (#4)
5. A Game of You (#5)
6. Fables and Reflections (#6)
7. Brief Lives (#7)
8. World’s End (#8)
9. The Kindly Ones (#9)
10. The Wake (#10)

Scarlett series, by Maureen Johnson

1. Suite Scarlett (#1)
2. Scarlett Fever (#2)

The Selection series, by Kiera Cass (completed)

1. The Selection (#1)
2. The Elite (#2)

Shades of London series, by Maureen Johnson

1. The Name of the Star (#1)
2. The Madness Underneath (#2)*

Sinners on Tour series, by Olivia Cunning

1. Backstage Pass (#1)
2. Rock Hard (#2)*
3. Hot Ticket (#3)
4. Wicked Beat (#4)
5. Double Time (#5)

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, by Ann Brashares

1. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (#1)
2. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (#2)*
3. Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood (#3)*
4. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood (#4)
5. Sisterhood Everlasting (#5)

Sookie Stackhouse series, by Charlaine Harris

1. Dead Until Dark (#1)
2. Living Dead in Dallas (#2)*
3. Club Dead (#3)*
4. Dead to the World (#4)*
5. Dead as a Doornail (#5)*
6. Definitely Dead (#6)*
7. Altogether Dead (#7)*
8. From Dead to Worse (#8)
9. Dead and Gone (#9)
10. Dead in the Family (#10)
11. Dead Reckoning (#11)
12. Deadlocked (#12)
13. Dead Ever After (#13)

The Spellman series, by Lisa Lutz

1. The Spellman Files (#1)
2. Curse of the Spellmans (#2)*
3. Revenge of the Spellmans (#3)*
4. The Spellmans Strike Again (#4)*
5. Trail of the Spellmans (#5)*

Steampunk Chronicles series, by Kady Cross

1. The Strange Case of Finley Jane (#0.5)*
2. The Girl in the Steel Corset (#1)
3. The Girl in the Clockwork Collar (#2)

Summer series, by Jenny Han (completed)

1. The Summer I Turned Pretty (#1)
2. It’s Not Summer Without You (#2)
3. We’ll Always Have Summer (#3)

Under the Never Sky series, by Veronica Rossi

1. Roar and Liv (#0.5)*
   
2. Under the Never Sky (#1)
3. Through the Ever Night (#2)

Vampire Academy series, by Richelle Mead (completed)

1. Vampire Academy (#1)
2. Frostbite (#2)
3. Shadow Kiss (#3)
4. Blood Promise (#4)
5. Spirit Bound (#5)
6. Last Sacrifice (#6)

The Vincent Boys series, by Abbi Glines

1. The Vincent Boys (#1)
2. The Vincent Brothers (#2)*

Winter trilogy, by Ruth Warburton

1. A Witch in Winter (#1)
2. A Witch in Love (#2)
3. A Witch Alone (#3)

Witch series, by Carolyn MacCullough

1. Once a Witch (#1)
2. Always a Witch (#2)

A Note on Other Series Books

Other random series books I’m not listing here (at least, not right now), but have started include:

The Holes series by Louis Sachar, the Ring series by Koji Suzuki, The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo, the Healer series by Maria V. Snyder, the Cold Fury series by T. M. Goeglein, the Scaredy Squirrel series by Melanie Watt, the Blood of Eden series by Julie Kagawa, the Angel Eyes trilogy by Shannon Dittemore, the Immortals After Dark series by Kresley Cole, the Vampire Diaries series by L. J. Smith, the Giver series by Lois Lowry, the Swoon series by Nina Malkin, the Darkest Powers series by Kelley Armstrong, the Tempest series by Julie Cross, the Twilight graphic novels series by Stephenie Meyer and Young Kim, the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning, the Chocolat series by Joanne Harris, the Jasper Dent series by Barry Lyga, and the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer.

These are all series books that I’ve either:

1. Read and finished, but don’t intend on reviewing (at least not in the near future),
2. Started and disliked, therefore have no intention of finishing, or
3. Have started to read, but feel no pressure to continue reading the series at this time.

I may go ahead and keep reading these series at some point, but for now, they’re not my main focal point.