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Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our top ten indie/self-published books this week, a topic suggested by Nicole at BookWyrm Knits. I don’t pay any attention to publishers, etc. so I wasn’t sure where to even start. I know The Martian by Andy Weir (which I like but never reviewed) was originally self-published. And that’s about all I know about that. So I dug back into the TTT archives and decided to share ten series I haven’t finished yet. Nicole has inadvertently brought my attention to all the series that I haven’t finished as she posts series updates herself, so it seemed like a fitting digression. I have a very incomplete “series-to-continue” shelf on GoodReads if you want to take a look at a longer list. Each series name links to the series page on GoodReads.
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| Series Name | Author | Current # of books | # of books I’ve read |
| Amelia Peabody | Elizabeth Peters | 20 | 7 |
| Mistress of the Art of Death | Ariana Franklin | 5 | 3 |
| Mary Crow | Sallie Bissell | 8 | 4 |
| Dread Nation | Justina Ireland | 2 & stories | 1 |
| The Clockwork Century | Cherie Priest | 7 & a story | 3 |
| The Checquy Files | Daniel O’Malley | 3 | 2 |
| Kingdom on Fire | Jessica Cluess | 3 | 2 |
| Small Spaces | Katherine Arden | 4 | 3 |
| The Kingston Cycle | C.L. Polk | 2 | 3 |
| Theodosia Throckmorton | R.L. LaFevers | 4 | 2 |
That’s my list! Have you read any of these? Which series do you need to finish? Link up every Tuesday at That Artsy Reader Girl!
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I have not done a blog post on this topic but did start a list at the beginning of the year of the ones I wanted to finish (10/47). I also picked the ones with the least amount of books to finish to make it more manageable!
10/47 sounds like it’s meant to be a TTT post! I just chose to highlight series that aren’t quite as well known. It was a little discouraging to see how far I have to go in the Amelia Peabody series.
Peters is a writer I’ve been wanting to try- her books always look so fun! Maybe it’s those covers/ titles as well.
The Amelia Peabody books are a lot of fun! And the covers and titles are appealing as well.
This is a great topic, too! As you called out, I have been trying to get on top of at least some of my series reads lately. From your list, I would recommend finishing up the Small Spaces series. You’ve only got one book left, and they’re pretty short so it should be a quick read!
My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2023/04/04/top-ten-tuesday-top-10-indie-self-published-books/
I need to request the last Small Spaces book at the library. I’ve been enjoying the audiobooks so maybe I can read that one next.
I love Amelia Peabody! I’ve read a lot of the series, but I know I never finished it. I should just start from the beginning and read them all.
Here’s my Top Ten Tuesday!
I find it frustrating when I feel like I need to start a series over so I either give up on the series or read on and hope the important bits come back to me.
I hope you enjoy all of these! I have so many series I need to finish, it’s one of my goals for this year. It is….not going well so far!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/04/04/top-ten-tuesday-414-spotify-wrapped-book-tag-2022/
For every one series I finish or make progress on, I start a new one!
Ha ha same!
I hope you get to finish these soon! I normally notice if books are self-pubbed when writing reviews since I include the publisher. If they don’t have a publisher listed in GR, then they are usually self-pubbed. I cross check on a retail site.
I include the publisher too but apparently I just remember it long enough to type it out! 🙂
Oh my goodness, Cherie Priest. That’s a flashback for me! I remember her book Boneshaker (I believe that’s what its called) was one of the first books I read when I got back into reading. I’ll need to look at her books again!
My TTT: https://www.mollysbooknook.com/top-ten-tuesday-7-indie-authors-you-should-follow-on-bookstagram-their-books/
Boneshaker is the first book in the Clockwork Century series I included here. It’s a good one!
I hope you enjoy finishing all of these series!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-self-published-books-i-plan-to-review/
Thanks! I’m sure I will.
I hope you are successful in completing some of these series this year!
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/fewer-than-1000-ratings-recent-reads/
Thank you!
oh girl, I feel your pain. I know next to nothing about books in these two categories. I think it is because I don’t accept preview books nor do I seek out ARCs. I use the library instead.
Yes! I think that’s my problem too. As I’ve added a few books I’ve seen from this topic to my GoodReads TBR, I’ve been searching my libraries. Very few, if any, of the indies show up there. I don’t accept review books either.