The 100 most popular book series

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories

Carolyn Keene · 78 books · 1930–2003

In Death

Nora Roberts · 72 books · 1995–2025

Dr. Priestley detective novels

Cecil Street · 71 books · 1927–1961

Goosebumps

R. L. Stine · 62 books · 1992–1997

canon of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle · 62 books · 1887–1990

Desmond Merrion detective stories

Cecil Street · 61 books · 1930–1960

Discworld

Terry Pratchett · 55 books · 1986–2015

Animorphs

Katherine Applegate · 54 books · 1996–2001

The Saint

Leslie Charteris · 54 books · 1928–1997

Oz book series

L. Frank Baum · 53 books · 1900–2006

Fighting Fantasy

Steve Jackson · 51 books · 1982–1995

James Bond

Ian Fleming · 51 books · 1953–2018

Sune

Anders Jacobsson · 49 books · 1984–2023

Xanth

Piers Anthony · 47 books · 1977–2022

Yona of the Dawn

Mizuho Kusanagi · 47 books · 2010–2026

Fullmetal Alchemist

Hiromu Arakawa · 45 books · 2002–2012

Haikyu!!

Haruichi Furudate · 45 books · 2012–2020

87th Precinct

Evan Hunter · 43 books · 1956–2005

Berserk

Kōji Mori · 43 books · 1990–2025

Darkover series

Mercedes Lackey · 43 books · 1961–2016

Platonic dialogue

Plato · 43 books · -40–1963

Pepper&Carrot

David Revoy · 41 books · 2014–2024

Star Trek: Voyager

Michael Jan Friedman · 41 books · 1995–2000

Gor

John Norman · 38 books · 1966–2024

Hunter × Hunter

Yoshihiro Togashi · 38 books · 1998–2024

The Three Investigators

Michael Collins · 37 books · 1964–1979

The Year's Best Science Fiction

Gardner Dozois · 37 books · 1984–2018

Bert Diaries

Anders Jacobsson · 36 books · 1987–2020

Classici dell'arte

various authors · 36 books · 1966–1978

Künstler-Monographien

various authors · 36 books · 1895–1923

The Dresden Files

Jim Butcher · 36 books · 2000–2020

Warriors

Victoria Holmes · 35 books · 2003–2013

canon of Hercule Poirot

Agatha Christie · 33 books · 1920–1975

Alex Cross

James Patterson · 32 books · 1993–2023

The Twelve Kingdoms

Fuyumi Ono · 32 books · 1991–2019

Commissario Brunetti novels

Donna Leon · 31 books · 1992–2022

Lone Wolf

Joe Dever · 31 books · 1980–2020

New Writings in SF

Kenneth Bulmer · 30 books · 1964–1977

Redwall

Brian Jacques · 30 books · 1986–2011

Jack Reacher

Lee Child · 29 books · 1997–2024

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

Aka Akasaka · 29 books · 2016–2022

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter

Laurell K. Hamilton · 28 books · 1988–2021

Harry Bosch

Michael Connelly · 28 books · 1992–2024

Ryanverse

Tom Clancy · 28 books · 1984–2018

The Railway Series

Wilbert Awdry · 28 books · 1945–1972

Alfie Atkins series

Gunilla Bergström · 27 books · 1972–2012

Commissario Montalbano

Andrea Camilleri · 27 books · 1994–2018

Inspector Rebus

Ian Rankin · 26 books · 1987–2022

The Black Company

Glen Cook · 26 books · 1984–2025

Vares

Reijo Mäki · 26 books · 1989–2026

Wuffle Comics

Piti Yindee · 26 books · 2012–2016

Dirk Pitt

Clive Cussler · 25 books · 1973–2019

Goosebumps Series 2000

R. L. Stine · 25 books · 1998–2000

Initial D

Shūichi Shigeno · 25 books · 1995–2021

Shannara

Terry Brooks · 25 books · 1977–2013

Son Altesse Sérénissime

Gérard de Villiers · 25 books · 1965–2013

Detective Conan

Gosho Aoyama · 24 books · 1994–2025

Kay Scarpetta

Patricia Cornwell · 24 books · 1990–2016

Matt Helm

Donald Hamilton · 24 books · 1960–2002

Spice and Wolf

Isuna Hasekura · 24 books · 2006–2023

The Vorkosigan Saga

Lois McMaster Bujold · 24 books · 1986–2018

Grand Blue Dreaming

Kenji Inoue · 23 books · 2014–2024

Mort & Phil

Francisco Ibáñez Talavera · 23 books · 1969–2024

Star Trek Logs

Alan Dean Foster · 23 books · 1974–1975

The Witcher

Andrzej Sapkowski · 23 books · 1986–2013

Dream Cycle

H. P. Lovecraft · 22 books · 1919–2026

Eagles of the Empire

Simon Scarrow · 22 books · 2000–2023

Black Dagger Brotherhood

Jessica Bird · 21 books · 2005–2022

Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries

Dorothy L. Sayers · 21 books · 1923–1998

Spenser

Robert B. Parker · 21 books · 1973–2012

The Cadfael Chronicles

Edith Pargeter · 21 books · 1977–1994

The Famous Five

Enid Blyton · 21 books · 1910–1963

The New Jedi Order

Aaron Allston · 21 books · 1999–2003

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Alexander McCall Smith · 21 books · 1998–2020

Inspector Lynley series

Elizabeth George · 20 books · 1988–2017

Jedi Apprentice

Jude Watson · 20 books · 1999–2002

Kingdom

Yasuhisa Hara · 20 books · 2006–2010

Les Rougon-Macquart

Émile Zola · 20 books · 1871–1893

Arsène Lupin literary series

Maurice Leblanc · 19 books · 1907–2012

Geronimo Stilton and the Kingdom of Fantasy

Elisabetta Dami · 19 books · 2003–2025

The Roman Mysteries

Caroline Lawrence · 19 books · 2001–2009

The Survivalist

Jerry Ahern · 19 books · 1981–1993

Adachi and Shimamura

Hitoma Iruma · 18 books · 2013–2026

Crayon Shin-chan

Yoshito Usui · 18 books · 2025

Ender's Game hexalogy

Orson Scott Card · 18 books · 1985–2021

History of the Russian State in Novels

Boris Akunin · 18 books · 2014–2024

My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected

Wataru Watari · 18 books · 2011–2021

Overlord

Kugane Maruyama · 18 books · 2012–2022

The Smurf stories

Peyo · 18 books · 1959–2011

Thousand Worlds

George R. R. Martin · 18 books · 1971–1986

To Love Ru

Saki Hasemi · 18 books · 2006–2010

Blue Period

Tsubasa Yamaguchi · 17 books · 2017–2025

CHERUB

Robert Muchamore · 17 books · 2004–2016

Elemental Masters

Mercedes Lackey · 17 books · 1995–2022

Real

Takehiko Inoue · 17 books · 2001–2026

The Apothecary Diaries

Natsu Hyuuga · 17 books · 2014–2026

The Vampire Diaries

L. J. Smith · 17 books · 1991–2014

The Way of the Househusband

Kousuke Oono · 17 books · 2018–2026

The Worthing tetralogy

Orson Scott Card · 17 books · 1978–1990

A Song of Ice and Fire

George R. R. Martin · 16 books · 1996–2018