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100 Must-Read Books from Our Favorite Trilogies and Series

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Cassandra Neace

Staff Writer

Cassandra Neace is a high school English teacher in Houston. When she's not in the classroom, she reads books and writes about them. She prides herself on her ability to recommend a book for most any occasion. She can be found on Instagram @read_write_make

I had fully intended to do  list of 100 completed trilogies or series, but that was a task that proved a bit complicated. Some of the best book series out there are not and may never be “complete.” And can you imagine how far down you’d have to scroll for 300+ books? It’d be a bit unmanageable. Instead, I went with titles from trilogies and completed series that added up to 100 individual books. That’s the equivalent of about 30 box sets or really sweet ebook bundles. And when you think of it that way, it’s like a super convenient gift guide. Who doesn’t appreciate one of those? The Passage Trilogy by Justin Cronin  The Passage The Twelve  City of Mirrors     The Magicians Trilogy by Lev Grossman The Magicians The Magician King The Magician’s Land      All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness  A Discovery of Witches Shadow of Night  The Book of Life      Brilliance Trilogy by Marcus Sakey Brilliance A Better World Written in Fire     Ibis Trilogy by Amitav Ghosh Sea of Poppies  River of Smoke  Flood of Fire      The African Trilogy by Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart  No Longer at Ease Arrow of God        The Unwind Dystology by Neal Shusterman  Unwind UnWholly UnSouled UnDivided   The EarthEnd Saga by Gillian Anderson and Jeff Rovin

A Vision of Fire

A Dream of Ice The Sound of Seas     Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer Annihilation Authority Acceptance     Destiny Trilogy by Beverly Jenkins Destiny’s Surrender Destiny’s Embrace Destiny’s Captive       The Seeds of America Trilogy by Laurie Halse Anderson  Chains Forge Ashes     The Famished Road Trilogy by Ben Okri The Famished Road Songs of Enchantment Infinite Riches       The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy by Jenny Han The Summer I Turned Pretty It’s Not Summer Without You We’ll Always Have Summer     Off the Grid Trilogy by Alyssa Cole  Radio Silence Signal Boost Mixed Signals     The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer  Cinder Scarlet Cress Fairest Winter   Shatter Me Trilogy by Tahereh Mafi  Shatter Me Unravel Me Ignite Me     Last Werewolf Trilogy by Glen Duncan  The Last Werewolf Tallula Rising By Blood We Live       The Night Trilogy by Elie Wiesel  Night Dawn Day       The Testing Trilogy by Joelle Charbonneau The Testing Independent Study Graduation Day       Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Hollow City Library of Souls     Latin American Trilogy by Louise de Bernières The War of Don Emmanuel’s Nether Parts Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman       The Patternist Series by Octavia Butler Wild Seed Mind of My Mind Clay’s Ark Patternmaster   Maddaddam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood  The Year of the Flood Oryx & Crake Maddaddam       The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz  Palace Walk Palace of Desire Sugar Street         The House of Earth by Pearl S. Buck  The Good Earth Sons A House Divided       The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante My Brilliant Friend The Story of a New Name Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay The Story of the Lost Child       Remembrance of Earth’s Past by Cixin Liu The Three Body Problem The Dark Forest Death’s End         The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini Eragorn Eldest Brisingr Inheritance   Legend Trilogy by Marie Lu Legend Prodigy Champion     Gallaghers of Ardmore Trilogy by Nora Roberts  Jewels of the Sun Tears of the Moon Heart of the Sea       The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry The Giver Gathering Blue The Messenger Son