A fourteen-volume edited series of historical and sociological writings on literature, culture, mass media, authorship, publishing, and popular taste, edited by Peter Davison, Rolf Meyersohn, and Edward Shils.

14 books · View reading order →

novel-series · complete

Little Beach Street Bakery

by Jenny Colgan

Novels about Polly Waterford, her bakery, and the community of a Cornish island.

4 books · View reading order →

romance-series · complete

Little Bridge Island

by Meg Cabot

A series of interconnected adult romances set on a Florida Keys island; each story stands alone.

4 books · View reading order →

novel series · ongoing

Little Brother

by Cory Doctorow

Young-adult novels set in the Little Brother universe, dealing with surveillance, civil liberties, and technological resistance.

3 books · View reading order →

series · complete

Little Endless Storybooks

by Jill Thompson

Children's books featuring childlike versions of Neil Gaiman's Endless, written and illustrated by Jill Thompson.

2 books · View reading order →

picture-book · ongoing

Little Geniuses

by James Patterson

Picture books celebrating vocabulary, animals, and curiosity.

3 books · View reading order →

novel-series · complete

Little House

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

A sequence of autobiographical children's novels depicting Laura Ingalls Wilder's childhood, adolescence, and early married life on the American frontier.

9 books · View reading order →

children-series · ongoing

Little Kingdoms

by Jeffrey Archer

A humorous children's adventure series.

2 books · View reading order →

linked fiction series · complete

Little Mercies

by Heather Gudenkauf

A linked novella and novel centered on social worker Ellen Moore and themes of motherhood, justice, and hidden violence.

2 books · View reading order →

comic-series · ongoing

Little Monsters

by Jeff Lemire

A creator-owned vampire series co-created with Dustin Nguyen.

1 book · View reading order →

novel-series · ongoing

Little School by the Sea

by Jenny Colgan

The Maggie Adair boarding-school series, originally published under the name Jane Beaton.

4 books · View reading order →

trilogy · complete

Little Thieves

by Margaret Owen

A young adult fantasy trilogy following Vanja, the goddaughter of Death and Fortune, in a Bavarian-inspired world.

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series · ongoing

Little-Known Secrets of Storytelling

by Tim White

A nonfiction series about the craft of fiction writing.

1 book · View reading order →

novel-series · complete

Lives of the Mayfair Witches

by Anne Rice

A trilogy about the Mayfair family, its hereditary powers, and the entity known as Lasher.

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trilogy · complete

Liveship Traders

by Robin Hobb

A trilogy centered on sentient liveships, the Vestrit family, and the trading communities of Bingtown and Jamaillia.

3 books · View reading order →

novel-series · ongoing

Lizzy and Diesel

by Janet Evanovich

Comic paranormal mystery novels featuring Lizzy Tucker and Diesel.

3 books · View reading order →

trilogy · complete

Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy

by James Ellroy

A trilogy of Los Angeles police novels featuring Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins.

3 books · View reading order →

comic-book-series · completed

Lloyd Llewellyn

by Daniel Clowes

Daniel Clowes's detective-themed comic-book series, published by Fantagraphics from 1986 through 1988, including a concluding special.

9 books · View reading order →

character-series · ongoing

Lo Blacklock

by Ruth Ware

A character series featuring travel journalist Lo Blacklock, beginning with The Woman in Cabin 10 and continuing with The Woman in Suite 11.

2 books · View reading order →

graphic-fiction series · ongoing

Lobster Johnson

by Mike Mignola

Pulp-adventure stories featuring the masked vigilante Lobster Johnson.

15 books · View reading order →

novel-series · ongoing

Lock In

by John Scalzi

A near-future science-fiction mystery series involving Haden's syndrome, neural interfaces, and investigators who operate through robotic bodies.

3 books · View reading order →

graphic-novel-series · completed

Locke & Key

by Gabriel Rodríguez

A horror-fantasy comic series created by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez.

8 books · View reading order →

comic series · complete

Locke & Key

by Joe Hill

A comic-book saga written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodríguez, comprising a six-volume main narrative and later companion stories collected in The Golden Age.

17 books · View reading order →

graphic-novel-series · completed

Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone

by Gabriel Rodríguez

A Locke & Key and Sandman crossover created by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodríguez, and Neil Gaiman.

1 book · View reading order →

series · complete

Lockwood & Co.

by Jonathan Stroud

A supernatural detective series about young ghost hunters working in a haunted London.

6 books · View reading order →

verse novel series · complete

Locomotion

by Jacqueline Woodson

A pair of verse novels narrated by Lonnie Collins Motion, known as Locomotion.

2 books · View reading order →

series · completed

London Calling

by Alexis Hall

Contemporary romantic comedies about Luc and Oliver.

3 books · View reading order →

trilogy · complete

London Collection

by Juno Dawson

A trilogy of interconnected novels set among London's wealthy, glamorous, and exploitative social worlds.

3 books · View reading order →

series · complete

London Highwaymen

by Cat Sebastian

Romances about highwaymen, aristocrats, and their associates in 1750s England.

2 books · View reading order →

duology · complete

London Lovers

by Sierra Simone

An erotic historical romance duet featuring Molly O'Flaherty and Silas.

2 books · View reading order →

trilogy · complete

London Trilogy

by Martin Amis

An informal critical grouping of three interconnected London novels: Money, London Fields, and The Information.

3 books · View reading order →

novel-series · completed

Lone Star Witch

by Tracy Wolff

Paranormal romance and urban fantasy, written as Tessa Adams.

2 books · View reading order →

duology · complete

Lonely Night Books

by Fumitake Koga

An allegorical sequence for young readers about writing, reading, and self-understanding.

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fiction-series · complete

Lonesome Dove

by Larry McMurtry

Four connected Western novels featuring recurring characters including Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call.

4 books · View reading order →

shared-world-series · ongoing

Long Ball Boys

by Lyssa Kay Adams

A contemporary sports-romance series about college baseball players and the people they meet during summer baseball.

1 book · View reading order →

novel-series · ongoing

Long London

by Alan Moore

A five-book fantasy series about a hidden magical London and its history.

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subseries · complete

Long Night

by Poul Anderson

The concluding period of the Technic History, depicting the collapse of the Terran Empire and the ensuing interregnum.

2 books · View reading order →

publisher-series · published

Longman History of France

by Robert Tombs

A Longman series of histories of France.

1 book · View reading order →

nonfiction book series · ongoing

Look Again

by Bernardine Evaristo

A nonfiction series examining the representation and cultural history of women of colour in British art and related visual culture.

1 book · View reading order →

board-book-series · complete

Look Baby Books

by R. J. Palacio

A two-book series of early board books written and photographed by Palacio under the name Raquel Jaramillo.

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series · completed

Loom Saga

by Elise Kova

An adult gaslamp and steampunk epic-fantasy trilogy centered on blood magic, alchemy, and rebellion.

3 books · View reading order →

historical-mystery-series · published

Lord John Grey

by Diana Gabaldon

A subset of the Outlander series focused on Lord John Grey and his historical-mystery adventures.

4 books · View reading order →

detective-fiction · completed

Lord Peter Wimsey

by Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy L. Sayers’s detective fiction featuring the aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, including authorized posthumous continuations.

20 books · View reading order →

novel-trilogy · complete

Lord Prestimion Cycle

by Robert Silverberg

A prequel trilogy within the Majipoor cycle.

3 books · View reading order →

novel-cycle · complete

Lord Valentine Cycle

by Robert Silverberg

The principal early sequence within the Majipoor cycle.

4 books · View reading order →

novel-series · ongoing

Lords of Avalon

by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Arthurian fantasy series set in a fallen Camelot and connected to the Dark-Hunter universe.

8 books · View reading order →