Good Things Come In Threes...
/Despite my seemingly boundless bookish committment, I have serious follow through issues, at least as far as book series go. After much self reflection, I have come to the conclusion that 3 is the perfect number. Any more, I get bored and often impatient. Where this reader really runs into trouble is when a planned trilogy suddenly morphs into more books. Even doubling the number or more! I consider this to be unjust, but I have included a few trilogies done astray for the purposes of perspective. I will leave you to ponder where I hopped off.
The Trilogies…
The Empyrean > Fantasy - Rebecca Yarros - The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame + TBD
Arc Of A Scythe > Neal Shusterman - Scythe, Thunderhead, The Toll
Queen Of The Tearling > Erika Johansen - Queen Of The Tearling, Invasion Of The Tearling, Fate Of The Tearling
Caraval > Stephanie Garber - Caraval, Legendary, Finale
Renegades > Marissa Meyer - Renegades, Archenemies, Supernova
Passage > Justin Cronin - The Passage, The Twelve, The City Of Mirrors
The Empirium > Claire Legrand - Furyborn, Kingsbane, Lightbringer
The Poppy War > R.F. Kuang - The Poppy War, The Dragon Republic, The Burning God
Gwendy's Button Box > Stephen King & Richard Chizmar - Gwendy's Button Box, Gwendy's Magic Feather, Gwendy's Final Task
The Immortals > Alma Katsu - The Taker, The Reckoning, The Descent
The Indian Lake > Stephen Graham Jones - My Heart Is A Chainsaw, Don't Fear The Reaper, Angel Of Indian Lake
The Strain > Giullermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan - The Strain, The Fall, The Eternal Night
Everyone Mysteries > Benjamin Stevenson - Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone, Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect + TBD
The Maid > Nita Prose - The Maid, The Mystery Guest + TBD
The Wishing Game > Meg Shaffer - The Wishing Game, The Lost Story + TBD
Hit Man > Lawrence Block - Hit Man, Hit List, Hit Parade, Hit & Run, Hit Me
Thursday Murder Club > Richard Osman - Thursday Murder Club, Man Who Died Twice, Last Devil To Die, The Bullet That Missed…trilogy gone astray
Court Of Thorns & Roses > Sarah J. Maas - Court Of Thorn & Roses, Court Of Mist & Fury, Court Of Wings & Ruin…trilogy gone astray
All Souls > Deborah Harkness - A Discovery Of Witches, Shadow Of Night, The Book Of Life…trilogy gone astray
Red Rising Saga > Pierce Brown - Red Rising, Golden Son, Morningstar…trilogy gone astray
Donna's Series Wish…Pick 1 > Aimee Gibbs - Carnivale Of Curiousitites…more time in this dark and vivid world please!
Donna's Series Wish…Pick 2 > Blake Crouch - Dark Matter…with the rise of AI, the potential for a followup or linked tale is limitless.
Donna's Series Wish…Pick 3 > Stephen King - The Institute…maybe the kids with the special powers grow up and are let loose in the world. Just a thought.