<p>With all of these threads about books and my school instating a Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) time daily, I have been able to recently rediscover the joys in reading. I used to read a ton and then at some point around starting high school, I stopped.</p>
<p>I know most of us have matured past the Harry Potter and Series of Unfortunate Events stages (that and the fact that both series are over). Does anyone know of and good series of books to start? Not any of that Gossip Girl or teen drama stuff though. Thanks!</p>
<p>Ever read anything by Tamora Pierce? Her series are short, most of them are around 4 books but her Circle series I think has ~12. She's awesome. xD She does mainly Fantasy, it has a very medieval flavor to it.</p>
<p>I just read a book this morning by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. Her books will be quick reads but she has a series of five, Kiesha'ra, which I like a lot. </p>
<p>I will peruse my bookshelf for more series...>_<</p>
<p>Tamora Pierce, yay!, also: Mortal Engines, Predator's Gold, etc. by Philip Reeve, read them when I was twelve or thirteen but they're really great books. His Dark Materials by Pullman as well. The Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer is me and my friend's guilty pleasure, lol.</p>
<p>I haven't read Terrier yet, sad to say. ><em>< I keep meaning to but get sidetracked by other books. ></em>> What's your favorite Tortall series?</p>
<p>reversepsych, I will be checking those out. xD</p>
<p>Same!! Protector of the Small was also the first Tortall series I read, I was in love. xD</p>
<p>I was looking through my bookshelf and there's a series called Sweep, which is sort of a modern day witches type of thing. It's ~13 books I think? It's nice, I read it a looong time ago though. It's by Cate Tiernan.</p>
<p>Oh and -cough- this is totally a young kid kind of thing but I really like the Alex Rider series. xD I started after the first book was published and now it's at...6? 7? books. It's by Anthony Horowitz. It's a kid spy kind of thing, think James Bond at 14.</p>
<p>Like others, I love Tamora Pierce. She is simply wonderful. </p>
<p>And like someone else said, I don't know if it's possible to outgrow Harry Potter, but whatever. </p>
<p>The Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer is the only thing I've been reading of late. They can kind of cross the line into teen drama, so they may not be for the OP, but for anyone else, they're amazing. It's scifi, fantasy, chick lit -ish. The books really should be in a genre all their own. There are currently three in the series, Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse, but Meyer will be writing more. </p>
<p>Yeah, so they're amazing. End of plug here.</p>
<p>kind of weird, but really interesting-- the 'dangerous angels' series by francesca lia block (start with weetzie bat).
madeline l'engle's series of books starting with 'a wrinkle in time' are pretty great.
just go to a bookstore and see what catches your eye!</p>
<p>in terms of being too old for books-- i just reread 'the giver' after reading it in 6th grade (i'm now a senior) and it affected me MORE than it did then. you don't ever outgrow legitimately good books.</p>
<p>His Dark Materials...esp since the movie of The Golden Compass is coming out in a couple of months and Roman Catholic groups are already speaking out about them.</p>
<p>Try reading Gregory Maguire. They're not really "series" per se but they're all modern takes on fairy tales.</p>
<p>Start with Wicked, which is like a prequel to the Wizard of Oz from the Wicked Witch's point of view. If you like that, there's a sequel about her son, which I can't comment on because I just started. He also has a retelling of Cinderella and a couple other ones.</p>
<p>^^on Gregory Maguire: I didn't like Wicked, but I really liked Confessions of An Ugly Stepsister...but then again I know people who feel the exact opposite way. So don't give up on him after the first book.</p>
<p>Patrick O'Brien's Master and Commander series. Historical fiction that centers around the 18th Century British Navy. (One of them was made into a movie starring Russell Crowe) They're very entertaining as well as painlessly educational. Sharan Newman's Catherine Levendeur medieval murder mysteries are good too and laced with historical facts, yet entertaining.</p>
<p>I will NEVER be too mature for Harry Potter.</p>
<p>But in terms of other series, how about you also look at specific authors rather than series themselves? I've recently found that there are quite a few authors that I would read and re-read, even though the books aren't truly a series.</p>