10 best finished book series to binge read right now
The fantastic feeling of finally finishing a book is overrated. Sure, you’re a little closer to your reading goal, but the ridiculous twinge in your chest reminds you that those handsome characters won’t be waiting by your bedside table when you get home that night? Seriously underrated. So maybe it’s time to spruce things up a bit and add some series to your everyday reading mix.
Assuming you’ve made up your mind and are reading to experience the wonderful sights a series of books offer, you might be a little skeptical about waiting for the next book in the series. It’s time for you too to know the secret: start with an already completed series and see where it takes you.
Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Louise le Blanc fled her coven two years ago. If he didn’t know where she was putting herself in danger or if he had simply chosen to ignore the threats, only she knew. But in this twisted city of Cesarine, witches like her are hunted and killed. The church hunter, Reid Diggory, lived his life by one principle: You will not allow a witch to live. They were never meant to meet, but bad luck leads them to an impossible union: holy matrimony. Unable to deny her feelings any longer, Lou must make a choice. And love will deceive us all.
With three books in the box, Snake & Dove by Shelby Mahurin is a slow-paced series with brilliant characters and an undeniable plot.
Jenny Han’s summer
Everything good and magical happens between the months of June and August. This is the motto by which Belly lives her life. She spends every summer at the beach house with Susannah. Yet she particularly misses Jeremiah and Conrad: sometimes brother figures, sometimes crushes, but always boys she’s known since her very first summer. Until a terrible but wonderful summer, when everything is about to change. But maybe the change is for good.
From the author of To all the boys I’ve loved beforethe Summer series by Jenny Han is sure to make you love summer.
Break Me by Tahereh Mafi
Juliette Ferrars is a 17-year-old girl cursed with a deadly touch. It’s a tortured soul trapped in a poisoned body. So when her captors decide it’s time to put her to work, she must make a choice: be a weapon. Or be a warrior.
Told from alternate points of view by Juliette Ferrars, Aaron Warner, Adam Kent and Kenji Kishimoto, the Break me the series will steal your heart and keep it sealed until the very end. The series hosts six books and five short stories with fascinating characters and a captivating plot.
Slammed by Colleen Hoover
Still grieving the loss of his father after his unexpected death, eighteen-year-old Layken “Lake” Cohen does everything in his power to hide his pain and be a rock to his mother and younger brother. When they are forced to move, she makes an instant connection with their new neighbor, Will Cooper. But their whole relationship is rocked when their status quo is redefined the day after their first date.
Whereas Colleen Hoover is known for writing masterpieces that shake you to the core, Slammed is one of his only New Adult novels, offering a fresh take on pain through Lake and Will’s lives.
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
In a world divided by blood – Mare Barrow was born into the poverty of red-blooded commoners. The silver elites who rule them are power-holders, both political and superpowers, and they’re gods, and Mare hates them. So when she finds herself working in their palace, she’s ready to take them down. The weapon: his hidden super power. It is however not that simple. After a whiff of her powers, the Silvers declare her a long-lost Silver Princess, now betrothed to a Silver Prince.
With betrayal the only certainty in his wars, red queen by Victoria Avenue includes four books and six short stories, available for reading in two orders based on alternate timelines.
Off Campus by Elle Kennedy
One of the best sports novel series out there, off-campus, follows a group of college hockey players going through a world of betrayal and heartache to find true love. But it won’t be that simple.
off-campus by Elle Kennedy is available on Kindle with five books and two novels as a whole. The characters and plot are captivating enough that you won’t be convinced by just one series but don’t worry because its spinoffs, Briar U, waiting for you to pick it up as soon as you’re done off-campus.
The Folk of the Air by Holly Black
She was seven years old when her parents were murdered, and she and her sisters were forced to live in the Faerie High Court. Now seventeen, Jude wants to fit in with a world that despises her and wants her dead. So she’ll do anything to belong, including defeating Prince Cardan, the High King’s youngest and meanest son.
A dark and brutal YA fantasy, The folk of the air by black holly features lush descriptions of Faerie, a unique premise, fast-paced twists, and tons of political intrigue.
Talia Hibbert’s brunette sisters
Talia HibertThe passion for writing about various characters is something that readers loved in bits and pieces, but this series is the icing on the best cake you’ll ever have. The Brown Sisters The series follows three eccentric sisters as they find their way into the men of their dreams and a happily ever after we all covet.
While the praise for these books is endless, it’s worth mentioning that all of these books offer body positivity: the three female MCs are curvy and they own it. The books also portray autism in a positive light and feature bisexual characters who aren’t afraid to kiss.
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Scarlett Dragna has never left her small island. The house she shares with her younger sister Donatella and their cruel and powerful father. After years of wanting to see the carnival, all her hopes are dashed when her father arranges a marriage for her. But imagine her surprise when her long-awaited invitation finally arrives, except that barely arrived, Tella is kidnapped by carnivalThe brain organizer, Legend.
Lush with all the tropes you’d love to see in a YA fantasy tale, carnival by Stephanie Garber is a magical tale you won’t be able to put down. What sets it apart from other fantasies is its emphasis on an unbreakable bond between two sisters instead of a whirlwind romance or the solving of an age-old magical mystery.
Addicted by Kristie & Becca Ritchie
While the series initially begins as the heartwarming love story of wealthy delinquents Lily Calloway and Loren Hale, it quickly turns into the love stories of the Calloway sisters and some of Lily’s other friends. Over the ten books in the series, Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie will take you through a rollercoaster of emotions that will make you cry for your life to be written by them.
The Addicted the series spans 17 years, three love stories, and the births of 13 children. Although the books focus on different couples, it is one continuous story and should be read in a fixed order.
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