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100 Must-Read Books from Our Favorite Trilogies and Series

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Cassandra Neace

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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