Aussie Readers discussion

I couldn't find a thread that was about this question.
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anyway wondering whats everyones fav series? do you have one that tops them all or do you have a few?

I love series, so I have quite a few

harry potter- mainly because i grew up with it i was in year 2 when the first one came out every year i waited for the next one!:)

Lord of the rings (including the hobit)

hitch hikers guide to the galaxy

and more recently
city of bones
newsfelsh (starts with feed)
the night angel trilogy
and Eragon
I'm sure ill remember more haha

so what about you?

hrrmm....Most of the series i like aren't book series :/ Tomorrow series is certainly a good one but I wouldn't call it my fav.

Maybe Nanny Piggins..ehehehe..I just love it! I need to read the latest book.

I dunno really..So easy for me to list off comic series though..Would they count?

Philip Marlowe series by Raymond Chandler He is so awesome

Expendable and the rest of the League of Peoples by James Alan Gardner is top-notch - exciting, thought-provoking, and original.

i think comics can count luara

The In Death series by J.D. Robb..absolutely love them!

Woohoo..Okay..

Chew - AWESOME and so strange!
The Boys - Uh..only read if you're 18+ i guess..lol
Mouse Guard- They are wonderful series
Carl Barks Donald Duck Libary Collection
Carl Barks- Uncle Scrooge Libary Collection
Tiny Titats- Mostly for the artwork not the storyline so much.
Pita Ten
Love Hina
Sonic The Hedgehog (mini run)
Sonic The Hedgehog (current run)
Futurama comic- was the only way to get my fix for a while.
Bart Simpson- Moreso for the artwork.
The Simpsons- Better than the show at times.
Runaways- Marvel..There is many different different ones out.

And more..but that's enough for now.

Carmel wrote: "Thanks for starting this thread Melanie:)
I have a few but their all in different genres:
Romance: The Lakeshore Chronicles by Susan Wiggs
YA fiction: Saving Francesca & the seque..."
i have read some anita blake books... they got a bit weird after a couple tho lol

Thanks for starting this thread, I cant believe it hasnt already been made!

My all time favorite is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone & its sequels. For me, those seven books are head-and-shoulders above anything else I have ever read. I gave every one of those books 5 stars. There are magnificent characters, a clever plot (There are tiny things mentioned in the first book, that seem pointless, but have a large role in the finale), and it covers almost every genre. Name a genre: its covered in the books.
Ive grown up with these books. My dad read them to me when I was four or five, and i've loved them ever since.
I can rant for hours about those books. I DARE someone to tell me they're crap. I dare you.


I also love the 'Chaos Walking' trilogy by Patrick Ness:
The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer, Monsters of Men
Again, I gave all three of these five stars. These are the most creative & unique books I have ever read. Its set in a world where everyone can hear everyone elses thoughts: just read the description of book #1, okay?
The writing is MAGNIFICENT. If I can be half as good a writer as Patrick Ness, I will be extremely happy. He is like a writing God. By far the most talented author Ive ever read. And the best news? The sequels get better and better. And the endings are all awesome cliffhangers. The last paragraph of the last book is the greatest conclusion Ive ever read.
Just look at all the reviews for 'monsters of men'. The lowest I saw was 4 stars. And there was only one of those.


I would say The Hunger Games, but since the final book: Mockingjay, was utter rubbish, It is ineligible for 'best trilogy' award.

I would also mention the dark world, rich romance & terrific suspense in The Forest of Hands and Teeth and its sequels, but I havent even read the final book yet, so we'll put a hold on that one :)

Oooh, I seem to have quite a few series. I enjoy them ALOT.

I LOVE Marion Zimmer Bradley's work especially The Mists of Avalon series, and the Ramses: The Son of Light series plus the Stone of Light books Nefer the Silent by Christian Jacq. And what about the Millenium series The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?

Others I have enjoyed areThe Clan of the Cave Bear, the Valley of Horses, the Mammoth Hunters, the Plains of Passage, the Myron Bolitar series by Harlan Coben, a couple of "Harry Bosch" books by Michael Connolly, and the first two "Jack Reacher" books by Lee Child.

I'm working my way slowly through the Outlander series for total escape.

Children's series? Any of the Alfie series by The Shirley Hughes Collection, the Famous Five , Secret Seven by Enid Blyton, John Marsden Tomorrow, When the War Began series.

I thought Twilight was fun, and so are books by Clive Cussler and Matthew Reilly.

And that's just for a start. I'm sure I'll think of more.

Maggie, have you only read 2 'Jack Reacher' by Lee Child? I'm reading his latest at the moment. I love them all, have them all..always anxious for the next one!! Didn't you enjoy them enough to keep reading them? I love some of the others you have enjoyed too :)

I read lots and lots of them but suddenly tired of Jack's character.
I thought the first two were exceptional though.

Oh, ok! I'm still enjoying him..:) I think because there's always a large break between his books, and I always thoroughly enjoy them when I get to them.

★ Jessica ★ wrote: "Thanks for starting this thread, I cant believe it hasnt already been made!

My all time favorite is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone & its sequels. For me, those seven books..."
ahh jess a girl after my own heart!
i would defend harry potter to the death!
i found this passage while reading
The Neverending Story its just after bastian steals the book
if you have never spent whole afternoons with burning ears and rumpled hair, forgetting the world around you over a book, forgetting cold and hunger- if you have never read secretly under the bedclothes with a flashlight, because your father or mother or some other well-meaning person has switched off the lamp on the plausible ground that was time to sleep because you had to get up early- if you have never wept bitter tears because a wonderful story has come to an end and you must take your leave of the characters with whom you have shared so many adventures, whom you have loved and admired, for whom you have hoped and feared, and without whose company life seems empty and meaningless- if such things have never been part of experience, you probably won't understand what bastian did

its how i feel about harry potter and reading in general...although being 20 i get to turn the light off when i want to now lol

That's a great passage Melanie...I'm sure all of us readers can totally associate with it..LOL

That made me smile Carmel...I haven't seen that movie in forever, but I remember I loved it! :)