Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly bookish meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl that features a different bookish topic every week.
Today’s topic is Book Series I Want to Catch Up On
My TBR haunts me, it really does. And the series are the scariest because one book leads to another and another and another… Yet, they’re also the best because it’s very likely that if you like one, you’ll like the next. Sometimes I never want a series to end but alas, these are the first world reader problems I face every day. Looking forward to seeing what everyone else has listed and inevitably adding a few new series to my TBR from seeing your lists! 😅
Top Ten Book Series I Want to Finish
- The Memoirs of Lady Trent series by Marie Brennan – I read the first book in 2014, more than ten years ago! I remember loving it at the time but I haven’t continued the rest of the series and I don’t know why. I need to start over!
- The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien – I have the full audiobook series narrated by Andy Serkis and I was so excited to listen to them, but the first night I did, Serkis’ scary Gollum voice woke me up in the middle of the night and I haven’t dared to read it to bed since. I’ll have to try again while I’m awake in the daytime.
- The Dark Tower series by Stephen King – Technically, I read the first book a long time ago and didn’t like it at the time, but I’ve changed my mind about Stephen King recently and I’m doing a personal Stephen King reading challenge, so I’m going to have to come back to this.
- Poison Study series by Maria V. Snyder – This has been on my TBR forever, it’s embarrassing at this point.
- Maddaddam series by Margaret Atwood – I read Oryx & Crake a couple of years ago but never got around to the rest of the series. I’ve forgotten enough that I’ll need to reread the first book again before moving on to the others.
- The Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells – I read and loved the first six books of The Murderbot Diaries, but two more have been released and I haven’t read those! I’ll also need to reread the first six before reading the latest two!
- Bobiverse series by Dennis E. Taylor – I am currently in the middle of this series! I have just finished the first two and am on the third. Hoping to finish this one up until the latest book instead of leaving it for years and having to reread again later.
- The Saint of Steel series by T. Kingfisher – I just bought the full series on audio and I am excited to dive into them right after I finish the Bobiverse! Fingers crossed!
- The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater – I’m on the fence with this one. I just finished The Raven Boys a couple of months ago but I’m not sure I like it and I’m not sure if I want to finish the rest of the series…but I already bought the whole set so I feel like I should.
- Spellshop series by Sarah Beth Durst – I read The Spellshop not long ago and loved it, but apparently there are already two more new books in the series already released and another one coming out next year! I need to catch up!
Have you read any of these series? What did you think of them? Would you read any of these series?
I read the second book in the Oryx and Crake series but never went back to read the first.
I’m hesitant to ever start a series due to the ongoing commitment. I looked through my Goodreads list today of series books I’ve read over the years and almost all were when I was reading a lot more YA books.
Good luck.
I hope you enjoy reading these when you have time. I love the reason behind not finishing The Lord of the Rings yet.
Here’s my TTT for the week: https://readbakecreate.com/ten-series-i-hope-to-catch-up-on-in-2026/
These look good. I did read The Spell Shop but haven’t read the rest of the series. I’m in no hurry to.
My TBR shelves are definitely haunting me too 😂
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/top-ten-tuesday-book-series-i-want-to-catch-up-on-or-series-youd-like-to-start/
Ooh, great list! I also need to catch up with Murderbot and The Spellshop series (although I’ve read the second one already). I totally forgot about The Raven Boys, but I can fully relate with you about being on the fence about it. I feel like it’s such a “cult classic” YA paranormal (romance?) with how well-loved it is, but I honestly felt a little ‘whelmed’ by it. 🫠 Also, if you want to give the audiobook for Lady Trent a try, I would *highly* recommend it. It’s soo good!
Paladins Grace and We Are Bob are two I’d like to start!
Thanks for sharing your #TTT
I’m a dabbler at everything I do. Even though I read a lot, I dabble in my series, reading book one of this one and book one of that one rather than reading a whole series.
Gollum scared me, too, and I only read the books. 😂