What is a series?

[Teri-K]

I apologize if this question is dealt with somewhere. I've read the librarian's manual quite a few times and if it was there I guess I forgot.

I've started reading Bring Me a Unicorn: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928. This non-fiction book is the first of five books by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, all collections of diaries and letters. Each book covers a certain number of years in her life. To me, this is obviously a series, including similar subtitles, but it's not in GR that way. So I don't know if it really should be or not.

Thus I bring it to the experts. :)

Thanks.

Bring Me a Unicorn: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928
Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead: Diaries and Letters, 1929-1932
Locked Rooms Open Doors: Diaries And Letters Of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1933-1935
Flower And The Nettle:: Diaries And Letters Of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1936-1939
War Within & Without: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1939-1944

Found Against Wind and Tide: Letters and Journals, 1947-1986 which looks and sounds a bit different but claims to be part of the same collection.

[Lobstergirl]

There's no reason for that to be labeled a series since the years, given in the titles, inform you in what chronological order to read them.

Another reason that would make a bad series is that a series designation adds additional text to the title, and these titles are already very long, making an extremely long and cumbersome title when viewed on the book page.

I don't think I've ever seen a set of diaries and letters made into a series.

[amaldae]

Maybe not diaries and letters, but diaries yes. Anaïs Nin has two series listed.

Personally, I find the series page useful even if the suggested reading order of the books is obvious without it. It's just nice to have everything in one place, especially if an author has published a lot of books.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Scylla wrote: "Personally, I find the series page useful even if the suggested reading order of the books is obvious without it. "

Yes, and also because it's possible to stumble across a title without being aware there are other such titles. The series on the book page makes it obvious.

[lethe]

Lobstergirl wrote: "I don't think I've ever seen a set of diaries and letters made into a series. "

https://www.goodreads.com/series/1310...
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1310...