Confessions of a Serial Reader – The ones I’m caught up with

So I’ve admitted that I’m hopelessly overcommitted to more series than I can read in a year, but I did set a goal to get caught up in or complete at least a few this year. Please note that I did not commit to not adding that many or more series to my list.

For my purposes, I consider “caught up with a series” to mean that I’ve either read all that are available or that the next one I have to read is the last book or most current release. Any series that I have two or more to read is one I do not consider caught up. This time around, I’m focusing on the series that I have a wait before the next one is published. Next month I’ll take a look at those series where I still need to read the most recently published in order to remain caught up.

One negative to getting caught up is that the next book is months away and not the next trip to the library or bookstore.

The Ones I’ve read all that are available:

I’m not including series that are complete (like Harry Potter) but these are series that are continuing and I’m waiting for the next to be published. Book covers and links are the last book in the series that I read.

Rachel Knight by Marcia Clark – 

This one is almost cheating because only the first book has been published, but it counts, right? I loved Guilt by Association and am happy to know there’s another on the way.


Gideon Crew by Douglas Preston an Lincoln Child – 

Again, the first in the series was only released a couple of months ago. Nevertheless, this is an interesting series and I’ll be watching for the next one. At least in this case I have many other books by this author team (their Pendergast series) that I haven’t read yet.


Kari Vaara by James Thompson – 

This is one of the very best new series I’ve run across in the past few years. If you haven’t read them yet, you should. Set in Finland they are a wonderful opportunity to read some crime fiction not set in a large US city.


Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear – 

I’ve read several of these in the past few months and while it’s nice to be caught up, I’m going to miss having a Maisie story to turn to any time soon.


Cedar Cove by Debbie Macomber – 

This has been one of my reliable relaxing like sitting down for coffee with friends series. I usually read them in the summer and hope this year’s book is available around vacation time.


What about you? What series are you eagerly watching the new release calendars for? What is your most anticipated next to be published series book?