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Map of Bones (Sigma Force, #2)
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Sandstorm (Sigma Force, #1)
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Black Order (Sigma Force, #3)
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Amazonia
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The Last Oracle (Sigma Force, #5)
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The Judas Strain (Sigma Force, #4)
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The Doomsday Key (Sigma Force, #6)
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The Devil Colony (Sigma Force, #7)
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Subterranean
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Bloodline (Sigma Force, #8)
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“Often-times it's madness, not genius that moves the world forward. Who else but the mad would reach so far, stretching for the impossible and, in so doing, prove the impossible possible!”
― Black Order
― Black Order
Polls
What is your favorite Book Series?
Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter
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YOU WILL NOT MAKE ME CHOOSE. (too many)
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Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
A Song of Ice and Fire - George R.R. Martin
I can't always choose a favourite...
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The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
THE INFERNAL DEVICES - CASSANDRA CLARE
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Too many I can't answer
Divergent - Veronica Roth
The Mortal Instruments - Cassandra Clare
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Percy Jackson and The Olympians
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The Dark Tower - Stephen King
toooo many to choose from
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The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
Discworld series - Terry Pratchett
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I can't decide!!!
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Lord of the rings
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Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
The Vampire Chronicles - Anne Rice
Fifty Shades - E.L. James
Throne of Glass-Sarah Maas
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PJO/HoO
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The Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
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Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead
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Don't have favorites
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The Lunar Chronicles
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Anne (of Green Gables) - L. M. Montgomery
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Wheel of Time
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Legend by Marie Lu
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Sigma Force Series - James Rollins
The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Mortal Instrument, Fallen, Twillight
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A Song of Ice and Fire
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The Ranger's Apprentice- John Flanagan
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His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
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Harry Potter and Robert Langdon Series
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The Lunar Chronicles-Marissa Meyer
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the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
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Dark Hunter - Sherrilyn Kenyon
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In Death Series - J.D Robb
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Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
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the outlander series
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A Song for Ice and Fire
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Kate Daniels - Ilona Andrews
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outlander Series
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Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Sherlock Holmes, The Hunger Games, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer, Hush Hush, the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith (a.k.a. JK Rowling)
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Left Behind - Tim LaHaye
The Sword of Truth Series- Terry Goodkind
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Robert Langdon Series
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The Lux Series - Jennifer L. Armentrout
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The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss
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A Court of Thornes And Roses - Sarah J Maas
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Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
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The Witcher series
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Little Women etc. - L. M. Alcott
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the unbecoming of mara dyer - michelle hodkins
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Charlie Parker series - John Connolly
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a series of unfortunate events
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Dune - Frank Herbert
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Captive Prince
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Foundation Series
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The Heroes of Olympus -Rick Riordan
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The Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean M. Auel
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After - Anna Todd
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The Adventures of Tintin
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Immortals After Dark - Kresley Cole
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Pretty Little Liars
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Repairman Jack - F Paul Wilson
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THE INFERNAL DEVICES
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Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus, Hunger game
Twilight - Richard Laymon
The Last Hunter - Jeremy Robinson
The Adversary Cycle - F. Paul Wilson
Sailor Moon ~ Naoko Takeuchi
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The Protector of the Small - Tamora Pierce
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Daughter Of Smoke And Bone-Laini Taylor
The Covenent — Jennifer L. Armentrout
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Gabriel inferno series
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Howl's Moving Castle trilogy by Diana Wynne Jones
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The Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater
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Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick
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The Dresden Files - Jim Butcher
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Red Rising Series
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Harry Potter and Sigma Force Series
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Harry Potter, Spinster Club, Series of Unfortunate events, Lara Jean, Hunger Games, Divergent
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The Selection - Kiera Cass
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Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Twilight, Maze Runner, and Percy Jackson
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The Viking's Kurdish Love by Widad Akreyi
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The Fionavar Tapestry - Guy Gavriel Kay
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House of Night - PC and Kristen Cast
Skullduggery Pleasant; Burton & Swinburne
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James lee burke
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Gone Series - Michael Grant
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Remnant Chronicles or Harry Potter
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Too Hard Too Choose ! There is soooo many !
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The sword of truth series- terry goodkind
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The Raven Boys - Maggie Steifvater
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Penryn and the End of Days- Susan Ee
The Morganville Vampires - Rachel Caine
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The Old Kingdom Trilogy by Garth Nix
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Sharpe - Bernard Cornwell
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Hopeless - Colleen Hoover
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Seven Realms Series - Cinda Williams Chima
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the grisha
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The Iron Fey- Julie Kagawa
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The Sullivans - Bella Andre
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Dragonlance Chronicles
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Poirot - Agatha Christie
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Keeper of the Lost Cities
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Throne of Glass or the Lunar Chronicles
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The Vampire Diaries
Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds
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The chemical garden
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Unwind - Neal Shusterman
Sweet Valley High
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Incarnations of Immortality - Piers Anthony
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Grey Wolves - Quinn Loftis
The Sisters Grimm
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Little House - Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Sweet Evil- Wendy Higgins
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The Kingdom Series - Chuck Black
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Mark of the Lion - Francine Rivers
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Night's Dawn Triology (Peter F Hamilton)
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Divergent, Royal Wedding, Hunger Games, and Mother Daughter Book Club
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Earthsea
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Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke
Pendergast - Preston & Child
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O'Malley Family Series - Dee Henderson
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The Black Dagger Brotherhood - JR Ward
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The Hannibal Series - Thomas Harris
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THE MAZE RUNNER
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The Selection or Harry Potter
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Harry Potter, Divergent, Scythe
The Chronicles of Narnia
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too hard to choose!
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Assassin/Shifter series by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Warlord Chronicles - Bernard Cornwell
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The Five Ancestors - Jeff Stone
Forgotten Realms - Various, Greenwood, Salvatore, Cunningham.
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The Riftwar Saga - Raymond E Feist
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Thoroughbred
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The Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning
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Tiger's Curse - Colleen Houck
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The Baroque Cycle-Neal Stephenson
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The Fifth Wave
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The Black Jewel Trilogy - Anne Bishop
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Death Dwellers Kathryn Kelly
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Chicagoland Vampires- Chloe Neill
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The Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov
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Goddess Series/Starcrossed Series/Twilight
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The Hollows - Kim Harrison
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Six of Crows, and Caraval.
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The Diviners or The Hunger Games
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I avoid series at (almost) all costs and definitely if they are longer than a trilogy
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Delirium and The Selection
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The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
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The Farseer Trilogy
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The Rise of Ethrundson Quest of a Thousand Questions
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Renegades by Marissa Meyer
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
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Splintered by A.G. Howard, Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling, and Magus Chase by Rick Riordan
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The Hunger Games, Outlander, Game of Thrones, ACOTAR, Six of Crows, Shadowhunters
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Percy Jackson and the Hunger Games
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Hooky
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The Collins New Naturalist series
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Mother Daughter Book Club-Heather VogelFrederick
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Web of Hearts and Souls
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The Oxford Time Travel Series
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The Sorcerer's Ring series - Morgan Rice
The Bronze Horseman
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THE OLYMUS
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Nero Wolfe
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schooled in magic-Christopher G.Nuttall
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Gregor the overllander
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slaughterhouse 5
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the summer i turned pretty
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wicked lovely- Melissa Marr
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Darkness Chosen - Christina Dodd
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Matthew Shardlake Series - C.J. Sansom
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A Cast of Stones (The Staff and the Sword, #1) Patrick W Carr
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Edge Chronicles by Chris Riddell and Paul Stewart
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A Matter of Time by Mary Calmes
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Midnight Thief - Livia Blackburne
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Splintered - A.G. Howard
The Queen's Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
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Regeneration Trilogy - Pat Parker
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The First Law Series - Joe Abercrombie
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The Numa Files - Clive Cussler
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Malory Series-Johanna Lindsey
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The Broken Empire - Mark Lawrence
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Red Queen Trilogy
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Eternal Guardians by Elisabeth Naughton
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Any Kristen Ashley series
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The neighbors from hell series R.L. Mathewson
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Agent of Rome - Nick Brown
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The Ranger's Apprentice
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Among the Hidden or Shadow Children Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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The Games of the Atlantis Grail (Qualify, Compete, Win, Survive)
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The Ender Saga
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The Harry Potter Series(by J.K.Rowling), Keeper of the Lost Cities(by Shannon Messenger), and The Chronicles of Prydain(by Lloyd Alexander)
House of Night by P.C. & Kristin Cast (please don’t judge$
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The Illuminae Files, Skyward, The Fifth Wave, Warcross, Across the Universe, LIFEL1K3, Chronicle of the Dark Star, Keeper of the Lost Cities, Arc of a Scythe, and many, many more!
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Dead Until Dark, Twilight, Norah Lofts The House Series and Lee Child, also C. J. Box series
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Girl Online - Zoe Sugg
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Techromancy Scrolls - Erik Schubach
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The Dream Murderer Cycle - Paul Taffinder
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Gabriel Allon by Daniel Silba
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Septimus Heap - Angie sage
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Saga - Brian K Vaughan
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The Saxon Stories - Bernard Cornwell
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Inkheart Trilogy by Cornelia Funke, Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, and Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
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Matched Trilogy and The Hunger Games
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the poppy war and tsc
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That Boy Series by Jillian Dodd
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An ember in the ashes!
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Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, The Fifth Wave, Percy Jackson
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The Locked Tomb
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Harry Potter by JK. Rowling, The Hobbit + LoTR by J. R. R. Tolkein and Throne of Glass and ACOTAR by Sarah J Maas (sorry i just can't choose)
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Jack Wes, Jr. Series- Matthew Reilly
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Miss Phryne Fisher Murder Mysteries
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Devils night series!
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the stormlight archive
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The Stormlight archive
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percy jackson, heroes of olympus, narnia, penderwicks, city spies, harry potter
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LOTR and HP
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The Hunger Games
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Hamish Macbeth by M. C. Beaton (Death of a........)
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HEAVEN OFFICIAL'S BLESSING
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The emerld atlas trilogy
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Gods Lions - John Lyman
Lords of the Underworld Gena Showalter
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Eternal Guardians Elisabeth Naughton or Lords of the Underworld Gena Showalter
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Wicked (Trilogy) by Jennifer L Armentrout
the bartimaeus trilogy- Jonathan Stroud
Alfie the doorstep cat by Rachel Wells
The Shades of Magic Trilogy - V.E. Schwab
Percy Jackson and the olympians (Rick Riordan), From blood and ash series(Jennifer armentrout), Lunar chronicles (Marissa Meyer), the covenant series (Jennifer armentrout), Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewsi), The selection (Kiera Cass), Doon (Lorie Langdon)
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DREAMS OF ICE AND IRON
Goosebumps
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Darker shades of magic series
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
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Blackwater - Michael McDowell
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The Man From O. R. G. Y.
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Anton wrote: "Hi James, thank you so much for accepting my request. I am honored by you allowing me to interact with you and I hope that this would remain a mutually beneficial relationship. I wish you the absolute best for this year and I hope that your life would be filled with love, laughter and amazing accomplishments. Have a fantastic day. Anton."Thank you for the generous note and kudos!
Hi James, thank you so much for accepting my request. I am honored by you allowing me to interact with you and I hope that this would remain a mutually beneficial relationship. I wish you the absolute best for this year and I hope that your life would be filled with love, laughter and amazing accomplishments. Have a fantastic day. Anton.
James, my deepest sympathy goes to you & your family on the loss of your father. My father-in-law also has dementia, and it has been very hard on my husband, so we know what you've experienced. While I did not get along with my father-in-law in the past, he has forgotten our animosity, so I have been forgiving. I even give him a hug & kiss before we leave the facility where he resides. Your memorial to your father was lovely. Again, my condolences to you.
Pam (E.P. Scott) wrote: "I watched the trailer on The Eye of God and enjoyed it. Posted it in The Book Review Exchange for others to see. I look forward to continuing on with Sigma's adventures."Wow and thanks! Glad you enjoyed the trailer. The next trailer for The 6th Extinction is coming soon and will be the last and final book movie I will do going forward. Hope you enjoy it when it debuts on the 11th of August.
Hi James- thanks for becoming a friend!Please take a moment and stop at our website to subscribe to our newsletter and like us on Facebook- we would love to have you.
www.bragmedallion.com
You might want to join our group- indieBRAG here on Goodreads.
Hi James,First of all to get it out of the way since I'm a little starstruck here, you're one of my favorite authors. Secondly, thanks for friending me on here. Looking forward to reading the rest of the Sigma Force series when I've got the spare cash to get them.
Cheers, a fellow James :D
C.J. HeckHello James,
It's such a pleasure having you as a friend. Thank you and best wishes!
My warmest regards and respect,
CJ
Bah! I think you were robbed on the Goodreads awards! But looking forward to Blood Gospel, maybe that will win next year!! :)
L.M. wrote: "Hello Mr. Rollins,Thank you so much for accepting my friend request. In all honesty, I have not read your work... yet... but I certainly intend to. Your author summary above, talking about you, a..."
Thanks for visiting and glad the bio sparked your interest. -- Jim
Lilly wrote: "Thanks for adding me as a friend. I am in complete awe of how you can weave so many elements together, without overwhelming readers. I'm also amazed you can find so many real & interesting facts ..."Thank you for the support! JIm
Graham wrote: "Hello Mr. R, i would love to write more but i have limited time. When will the next Jake Ransom book come out? I am getting older and i love the searies too much! Always
William Graham Leonard..."
Jake's fate (ie., publication date) is still up in the air. Whenever I get some concrete details--one way or the other--I'll get them posted immediately.
Andrea wrote: "do your sigma force series have to be read in order to understand the characters and plot?"No, not at all. Any order is fine.
Thanks for adding me as a friend. I am in complete awe of how you can weave so many elements together, without overwhelming readers. I'm also amazed you can find so many real & interesting facts to add to your books. Orcas, volcanoes, native americans, founding fathers, specific quotes, it just boggles my mind. I'm looking forward to Bloodline & I think I'll even get to go to a signing!
Thanks so much for the awesome books!
Hello Mr. R, i would love to write more but i have limited time. When will the next Jake Ransom book come out? I am getting older and i love the searies too much! Always
William Graham Leonardo Lagdameo
Parvathy wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friend request. Loved your book Excavation"Thanks for the support!
)-)ollie wrote: "Hi James! I sent in a name idea for the Wiseling and I wondered if you got it..anyway, thanks for reading."
I am sure that I did, I have written two books over the past 12 months and have barely kept up with my email. I still have email from May 2012 to work on. I do promise to respond to yours. Give me a few months :)
Karen wrote: "Sunday, I am sitting in my living room, when four huge military copters fly over my house, in what seems to be inches of my roof. I hust finished reading your newest book and had just started read..."I wish that happened every time anyone read my book!
Sunday, I am sitting in my living room, when four huge military copters fly over my house, in what seems to be inches of my roof. I hust finished reading your newest book and had just started reading Stephen King. You can imagine where my imagination went. i was still checking to see if my heart was still beating when the booms started. By that time I have three 50 lb cattle dogs on my lap and I'm waiting for....? Several booms later and I wonder why the tv hasn't cut in to tell us what is happening. Later at the store I see a young lady in fatigues. So I asked her what happened? They were commissioning a new military center two blocks from my house and they set off a 21 CANNON salute. Wow, you would think they would warn people.
Thanks for adding me, Jim! I read Amazonia and LOVED it, so I'm starting the Sigma Force series now. I just finished Sandstorm and thought it was fantastic! Can't wait until I get to The Devil Colony--early American history is one of my favorite periods to study. Looks like a fascinating read! Have a great day, my new friend!
James wrote: "Map of Bones is a very special book for me. "Map of Bones was the first book of yours that I read. I was walking through a Coles bookstore & the cover caught my eye. I really liked the sounds of it, loved the book & I've been a fan of your books ever since! Keep up the great work!
Cheers,
Rai
Heather wrote: "Mr Rollins, I finally picked up Map of Bones and thoroughly enjoyed it. Well written, fast paced, great characters and lovely locations. I'm ready to pick up another one Sigma Force."Map of Bones is a very special book for me.
Leon wrote: "Hi,Thanks for adding me as a friend,
Leon Shure"
Happy to do so. (Just now starting to learn GoodReads :) )
Barbara wrote: "Hello James Rollins,Thanks for accepting my friendship. I've been a fan of your work for years. I love a well researched book!
Barbara"
Appreciate the support, Barbara.
Hello James Rollins,Thanks for accepting my friendship. I've been a fan of your work for years. I love a well researched book!
Barbara
James wrote: "Andrea wrote: "do your sigma force series have to be read in order to understand the characters and plot?"Hi Andrea. No, you can actually start anywhere in the series. However, there is character development that may be of interest to you if you read the books in order of release. "
I agree. I received the Doomsday Key as a Christmas present and read it first(book 6) then I had to go find the other 5 and I read them in order that I bought them: Book 5, 3, 4, 2 then 1. It made for an interesting read, "oh, that's what happened to him". The Sigma Force books held my interest and read them all last summer. I just started to read your stand alone novels and enjoyed "Subterranean". I've been told I am getting the rest of your collection for birthday and Christmas presents so I just have to wait till them.
Thanks for the great reads.
Mr Rollins, I finally picked up Map of Bones and thoroughly enjoyed it. Well written, fast paced, great characters and lovely locations. I'm ready to pick up another one Sigma Force.
M wrote: "You had the right idea, about our GMO foods, you should've warned us about Codex Amlimentarius!"Yes, Codex Amlimentarius is most interesting! For those reading this post, take a look at the official website: http://www.codexalimentarius.net
Andrea wrote: "do your sigma force series have to be read in order to understand the characters and plot?"Hi Andrea. No, you can actually start anywhere in the series. However, there is character development that may be of interest to you if you read the books in order of release.
Thank you for inviting me to your page. I'm sure you are a busy person but if you'd like to read one of my 18 books, the 1st book, Classmate Murders, is free at http://bit.ly/cAj2xO and all my books are listed on my page here at Goodreads, thanks again, Bob Moats.
































































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