I have often read that way too. An agree that a good author allows the book to stand alone. If I really enjoy the character I will go back to the series. I found Louise Penny that way & I read Martha Grimes & Peter Lovesey that way in & out dependent on story. Some authors you cannot do that Elly Griffiths character has to evolve.
sometimes I do because most books donāt have the order number on them
I am not a big fan of series. However I have read most of Tana Frenchās book and I really think you need to read them in order.
I try not to but I won a copy of the 5th book in Darynda Jones series & loved it. Got started on Kathy Reichās books out of order originally. Love finding a series I can pick up almost any book in it & it makes me want to go to the beginning to read all of them.
All the time but there are several authors that I have gone back and read them from the beginning.
Sometimes a book is recommended to me and I donāt know itās part of a series. If I like it, Iāll go back and read the series in order but I usually read them in order. I like seeing how the authorās writing has changed over time as well as the storyline.
Sometimes but usually by accident because I donāt realize that it is a part of a series when I buy it because most authors donāt bother to put a number on the books so you know what order to read them in
Nope. Unless it is by accident.
No. I figure if a book is part of a series, I need to read the series in order to be able to follow the story.
If they need to be read in an order- NO.
If they can be read as standalones- YES.
I often read series out of order. A well-written series of books can each be read as a standalone. If it cannot, I donāt finish the series.
I won the first Cork OāConnor book Iron Lake in author Wm. Kent Kruegerās series of which there must be about 20 now. I started reading them out of order depending upon what I found at used book stores and decided that was not a good idea . In one book Corkās wife had died . When I picked up an earlier book from the series and she was living happily with her family, it bothered me knowing she would be dead a couple of books down the road. I started borrowing the books from the library and reading the series in order. A series can be read out of order, but I think itās many times more satisfying to read them in order.
Many times. I never even think about it. Sometimes Iāll start with the latest in a series, then go back and start from the beginning. It doesnāt spoil it for me. I do prefer to read in order, if I begin the series at book one, but that doesnāt always happen.