| # | Series | Works | Notes |
|---|
| 30 | World of Watches | 6 | Picked up the first of this series after watching the movie. I was surprised at how well I liked the movie. The first book, of course is completely different but good all the same. |
| 29 | Welsh Mabinogion | 4 | I read these in junior high. The retelling of these myths was well done by Evangeline Walton and were pretty new to me also. |
| 28 | Twelve Kingdoms | 4 | I just love the the storytelling in these books. I picked them up after watching the anime. |
| 27 | Riverworld | 5 | The concept alone laid out in To Your Scattered Bodies Go is worth it in this series. The last book in the series seems a little tired though. |
| 26 | Odd Thomas | 7 | I picked these up after stumbling upon the movie. Odd's character is pretty cool. |
| 25 | Heechee Saga | 6 | I have the Gateway book sitting around for a long time before reading it. I was surprise that I liked it so much and that it was a series to boot. |
| 24 | Old Man's War | 6 | What an interesting concept. The series wound down in a direction I didn't care for but the initial concept kept me coming back for more. |
| 23 | Gentleman Bastards | 3 | So far so good. |
| 22 | Gap | 5 | I was apprehensive at first to read a sci-fi series by Stephen R Donaldson but he did a real good job on these. |
| 21 | Discworld | 41 | If you like Douglas Adams' humor, these are for you. |
| 20 | Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | 5 | Read these soon after seeing the BBC TV show on PBS. What can you say about these? You just have to read them... |
| 19 | Dexter Morgan | 8 | There's just something about these first person stories that give you the creeps while enjoying reading them and pulling for a serial killer. |
| 18 | Dark Tower | 7 | Great stories for the most part but the ending leaves a lot to be desired. |
| 17 | Mistborn | 7 | My first non-Wheel of Time Brandon Sanderson books. |
| 16 | Chronicles of Amber | 10 | I just really enjoyed the world created in these books. I read the first five on a trip to and from a football game in college. |
| 15 | Codex Alera | 5 | A good fun read. Pretty predicable but, since I couldn't put these down once I started them, I had to rank them higher for that reason. |
| 14 | Mote | 2 | Just a two book series but the idea behind this "first encounter" story is really worth the read. |
| 13 | Culture Series | 10 | A disjointed collection of stories told within the same universe. These do not need to be read in order. |
| 12 | Robot | 5 | The books that gave birth to the laws of robotics. It combines with the Foundation series also. |
| 11 | Foundation | 7 | The scope of this tale is amazing. Then it combines with the Robot series. |
| 10 | Stormlight Archive | 4 | Long books but pretty easy to read. |
| 9 | Vorkosigan Saga | 16 | The publication order and collection of short stories and novellas makes this one of the hardest series to read. I attempted to read them in publication order even though the author suggests otherwise. |
| 8 | Wheel of Time | 15 | I went ahead and included the prequel book just to be complete. |
| 7 | Riyria Revelations | 3 | This is the six book series but, since I read the omnibus editions, I have that one listed here. |
| 6 | Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever | 3 | The second trilogy is too boring to include in this list even though it had a good ending. The third series is just too hard to read to make this list. |
| 5 | Dresden Files | 17 | Just downright fun stories. |
| 4 | Ender's Game | 9 | I included Ender and Shadow books together because it's hard to separate them out chronologically. The Ender series by itself is much better than the Shadow (Bean) books. |
| 3 | The Expanse | 9 | There are supposed to be nine main works in this series. There are a few novellas also. |
| 2 | Dune | 8 | This is the original series by Frank Herbert and the two additional works by Brain Herbert and Kevin J Anderson - not any of the others. I include the last two for the sake of completness and since they were supposedly based upon Frank Herbert's own notes even though they are not up to his writing standards. |
| 1 | Lord of the Rings | 4 | I'll include The Hobbit in this list. |