8 Binge-Worthy Book Series

Jane was just on ABC New England with Kristy Reading, talking about great book series. If you’re after a read that keeps on giving, with multiple instalments, look no further than these fabulous series.

The Everyone on This series by Benjamin Stevenson

In Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invites Ern to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan. He’s hoping for some inspiration for his second book and a break from real people killing each other. And then someone is murdered.

This is Stevenson’s follow-up to Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone about the Cunningham family reunion. Stranded in a snowstorm at a mountain resort the bodies start piling up.

The Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman

This smash-hit series starts with four friends in a retirement village who meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. With four titles now out, it’s also soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg.

The Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn

If, like me, you’re new to the Mitch Rapp series, you’re in for a treat. While this novel is a heart-thumping page-turner, the story behind this series is just as fascinating as the one between the covers of the novel.

After sixty publisher rejections, Vince Flynn self-published his first novel in 1999. It went straight to number one, and two days later he had a book deal. He began writing his now mega-bestselling Mitch Rapp series, but in 2013, 49-year-old Mills died of prostate cancer.

With the support of Vince Flynn’s family and team, the beloved series continued, with Kyle Mills at the helm. Mills made it his own, building the already large fanbase to mega proportions. Now with book #22, Code Red, Mills is passing the torch on to focus on a character from one of his own books. This is big news in the Rappverse.

The Halifax series by Roger Simpson

This series is based on Roger Simpson’s hugely successful Channel 9 drama series, Halifax. Actress Rebecca Gibney did a fantastic job portraying Jane Halifax in the original series, but now the novel gives readers access to her interior thoughts and feelings, allowing us to see her character in a completely new light. With two books out – Resurrection and Transgression, Simpson is revealing a whole new side to his beloved character.

The Temperance Brennan series by Kathy Reichs

Kathy Reichs is unique in that, just like her popular protagonist, she actually is a forensic anthropologist – one of the few certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. This expertise translates into her fiction work, making it gritty and authentic, even to readers who don’t know her personal credentials. Although, most readers do. Her latest novel, The Bone Hacker, is book #22 in this bestselling series, which was also adapted into a twelve-season television series.

The Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith

For anyone who doesn’t already know, Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling. Her Cormoran Strike series is to adults what Harry Potter is to kids; each instalment is eagerly awaited and never disappoints. The latest book is the seventh instalment in the series. The Running Grave clocks in at a whopping 945 pages. And yet, you’ll tear through each of these pages quickly, wanting to not only unravel the investigation into the cult, but also to find out if Strike and Robin actually get together. And let’s get real, this is the main reason we keep returning to the series; the tension between this pair is legendary.

The A Court of Thornes and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas

In A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas has created a masterful blend of romance, adventure, and faerie lore. This series is a huge TikTok sensation with superb worldbuilding. Five instalments so far and no sign of the hype around this slowing down.

The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon

The Outlander series started by accident in the late 1980s when Gabaldon decided to write a novel for practice. In 1946, after WWII, a young Englishwoman named Claire Randall goes to the Scottish Highlands with her husband, Frank. Claire goes out walking by herself and comes across a circle of standing stones – and disappears, back into 1743 where she meets Jamie Fraser. Nine books and one hit series later… fans still can’t get enough.