Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Satisfying Book Series, with the prompt: Maybe all the books were amazing or there wasn’t any second book syndrome or the final book wrapped everything up soooo perfectly
The prompt seems to put the focus on series that are already completed, but there are at least a few I can think of that really satisfy me even though they’re not done! Here are some favorites:
Series: A Stitch in Time
Author: Kelley Armstrong
# of books: 4 (plus novellas)
Completed? Yes
Amazing timeslip romances with threads to link the stories together, great lead characters, and real emotion!
Series: Folk of the Air
Author: Holly Black
# of books: 3 (plus stories and a related duology)
Completed? Yes
The original trilogy is practically perfect!
Series: Well Met
Author: Jen DeLuca
# of books: 4
Completed? Yes
This Ren Faire-centered series has great characters, interesting plot complications, and a fabulous setting!
Series: The Expanse
Author: James S. A. Corey
# of books: 9 (plus stories)
Completed? Yes
I absolutely did not want to see this series come to an end! But it comes to such a perfect ending that it’s hard to complain. Love the characters, the complex universe… really, just everything about this series.
Series: October Daye
Author: Seanan McGuire
# of books: 19 and counting!
Completed? No
I honestly hope we never reach the end of this series! I love it to pieces, and there’s not a weak book in the bunch.
Series: Lady Astronaut
Author: Mary Robinette Kowal
# of books: 4
Completed? Unclear
The Calculating Stars blew me away, and is a fabulous read. The following three books are all good, but none have quite the emotional impact of the first. Still, it’s a great series! And while I thought the 4th book was supposed to be the last one, it now seems that there may be more to come in this world.
Series: The Glamourist Histories
Author: Mary Robinette Kowal
# of books: 5
Completed? Yes
“Jane Austen with magic” is the short-hand description for this series, but it’s so much more! These five books feature terrific characters, an intricately crafted system of magic, compelling relationships, and high stakes. Completely satisfying from start to finish!
Series: The Interdependency
Author: John Scalzi
# of books: 3
Completed? Yes
Such an interesting sci-fi world! And yes, it’s funny, even while being more along the lines of “hard” science fiction. I feel like this trilogy is much less well known than the Old Man’s War series (also amazing!), and I think these books deserve more attention! Terrific storytelling.
Series: The Parasol Protectorate
Author: Gail Carriger
# of books: 4 (plus other related series and many stories)
Completed? Yes
I love everything about the Parasol-verse, and this four-book series started it all! The Finishing School and Custard Protocol series are both terrific too!
Series: Gunnie Rose
Author: Charlaine Harris
# of books: 6
Completed? Yes
Some books in this series are stronger than others, but overall, it’s a terrific alternate world, and I ended up loving the main characters. The series wraps up well… the only unsatisfying thing about it is that I wish the story would continue!
Do we have any series in common? What series do you consider most satisfying?
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I am intrigued by The Parasol Protectorate, it sounds like something I might enjoy.
It’s a terrific steampunk world with vampires and werewolves… and so much charm!
Nice picks!! Here is my TTT.
Thanks!
You are very welcome
A Stitch in Time has been on my list to read since you started reviewing them😁
Such a great series! I just wish there were still more books to come…
Although I have not read this particular series yet, I do love seeing John Scalzi pop up on people’s lists!
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
John Scalzi can do no wrong! I’m excited to get to his new Old Man’s War book, hopefully in the next month or so.
I’m curious about Soulless.
It’s the first in a terrific series (and broader universe) — steampunk, Victorian era, plus supernatural… and very, very funny.
Folk of the Air is such a great series! A Stitch in Time sounds like something I would like. I’m going to go ahead and add that onto my TBR. lol
It’s great – I hope you get to check it out!
I love the variety of genres you have on here.
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Thank you!
I only read Folk of the Air, but the second book was the best.
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2025/10/07/top-ten-tuesday-satisfying-series/
I loved all three… and would love to do a reread!
I’ve read almost everything on your list, though I haven’t finished all these series. I recently started Gunnie Rose and look forward to reading more. Same with Stitch in Time.
Fun to hear that we have so many series in common!!
The Parasol Protectorate was a very fun series! I own all the books in that one. And I also really enjoyed Jen DeLuca’s Ren Faire series. I still need to get caught up in Harris’s Gunnie Rose series, and I’d forgotten about that Kelly Armstrong series. It’s one I definitely want to check out. Fun list! 😀
Thanks! I love having series I’m so invested in — it really makes the reading experience so rich and enjoyable!
What a superb list of series! I wholeheartedly agree about The Expanse—the way he managed to wrap up such a vast and complex universe was truly perfect. And, of course, “Jane Austen with magic” is the perfect summary for The Glamourist Histories;
I’m so glad you loved The Expanse too. What a terrific series. And I”m glad to meet someone else who appreciates the Glamourist books!
Great selection! I remember enjoying The Cruel Prince, but somehow I never actually continued the series.
Thanks! It’s really worth continuing with the Holly Black trilogy if you ever get a chance!