The 52 Book Club: 2025 / 2026 Challenge discussion

28 -- From A Series At Least 8 Books Long

For prompt twenty-eight, we’re looking for a book from a series that is at least eight books long (a series that has eight or more books total). Once you pick your series that is eight or more books long, you can read any book from that series.

It is up to individual readers whether they decide to include spin-offs, prequels, specially released novellas, etc, as part of a series’ total book count. (For example: Throne of Glass series has seven main books plus novellas). The series may be written by the same author or by multiple authors.

As a creative interpretation, you might choose a series that currently has fewer than eight books released but for which the eighth book will be published soon or a series in which the author has announced on social media that they have a signed book deal for book eight or onwards. (For example: As of November 2025, Gabrielle Meyer’s Timeless series currently has six books in the series, but she’s announced that book seven is arriving in Spring 2026, and book eight is following in 2027).



Here is our Goodreads List for this prompt

My Varg Veum series have 21 books so far.

I used Into the Light for this prompt, and it also had a mention of a dog in the author bio section.

I’ve got a few series to add that fit the “at least eight books” prompt — all favorites of mine, mostly urban fantasy because that’s clearly where my brain went first 😅

October Daye series by Seanan McGuire — starts with Rosemary and Rue

InCryptid series by Seanan McGuire — starts with Discount Armageddon

Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire — starts with Every Heart a Doorway

Eric Carter series by Stephen Blackmoore — starts with Dead Things

Mercedes Thompson (Mercy Thompson) series by Patricia Briggs — starts with Moon Called

Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews — starts with Magic Bites


I’m sure I’m forgetting others that qualify, but these are all solid, long-running series that definitely deserve a spot on the list!