The Book Series I Plan to Finish in 2021

After listening to Tori share the series that she plans to finish in 2021, I decided that I wanted to make an effort to finish (or at least read more of) some of the series that I've started.  

I enjoy reading series because I love returning to familiar characters and settings. Now that I have easy access to so many more books thanks to Nashville's public library system, I've been flitting all over the place when it comes to reading. I have been getting so distracted by shiny, new books and stories that I have started way too many series to keep up with.

When making out my list of series to read, I quickly realized that I would either need to put a few series on hold or up my reading to 200 books a year in 2021. (If I knew how to add it, the laughing crying emoji would go here.) I narrowed my list down to 5 series that I am going to focus on first. I may still read books from other series, but I won't make it a priority to finish any other series this year. 

Genevieve Leonard Series by Estelle Ryan

The main character works as an investigator for an art insurance company and due to her expertise in understanding nonverbal communication, she is asked to help on a case where a young artist has been murdered. I love a good murder mystery and given that this one is set in France, there was no way I could keep from trying out this series.

I enjoy Genevieve's narration and the ensemble that she works with in order to get to the bottom of the mystery has such a great bunch of personalities and characters. There are a total of 14 books to read in this series which would normally be too many to interest me, but I'll happily spend that much time reading about these characters. I've already torn through the first 4 as fast as my holds have arrived from the library.

Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

Gavin, a Nashville baseball player, is struggling with his marriage. His teammates come to his rescue and invite him into their secret romance book club to help him save his relationship. 

The plot is completely unrealistic but so much fun to read. It appears that the next books in the series all focus on different members of the book club, and I am looking forward to being just as delighted to read them. There currently 3 books out now with a 4th one being published this year. 

Red Queen Series by Victoria Aveyard

What kind of list would this be if I didn't have a YA dystopia on it? The book features a divided society, royalty, hidden powers, and romance. 

The first few books were fun to read and I'm far enough in that I'd like to know what happens to the characters. At some point, I read half of the 4th book but had to return it to the library before I finished. There are 5 main books in the series. Even though I'll have to reread all of War Storm, reading 2 books to finish the series is very doable.

Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman

I picked Scythe as one of the best books that I read in 2020. Not surprisingly, this book is another YA dystopia. In this particular story, society has advanced beyond natural death. A group called the Scythes exists as a sort of business-like grim reapers who keep the population in balance.

The first book had such a cliffhanger for a conclusion that I have to keep reading this series. The 3rd book came out in 2019 and is listed as being the final book of the series. That leaves me with a very manageable 2 books to read in order to finish this series.

Chronicles of Elantra by Michelle Sagara

This book is a combination of a world-building fantasy novel and a tv cop show which somehow works perfectly. Children are being found dead with mysterious markings on their bodies. The main character has these same markings. She escapes into the safety of the Hawks, a group responsible for maintaining order in the city.

One of my favorite fantasy authors had a short story in a book with several other authors. The prequel to this series appeared in that collection which is what got me started on this series. I've read some reviews that suggest that this series begins too abruptly, but that wasn't a problem for me since I was already familiar with the characters. The author has currently published one book in this series each year for the past 15 years. I've read books 1-3 leaving me with at least 12 more books (probably 13 because it seems as if another one is scheduled to come out this year). That's a large number of books, but I really enjoy the world and the characters that the author has created. I just hope that my library actually has all of those books otherwise I'm about to have to order a lot of books.