Do you read series that seem to be TOO similar to each other?

[Joseph]

I've found two series by two different authors that are so similar to each other in plot, characters, and setting that I find I have trouble keeping the two apart. When I read their books, I find I do things like expect to find characters from the first author's books in the second author's stories, and vice versa. Or I'm expecting a description of the first author's town in the second author's setting, and vice versa. Do you ever find this happen to you, or am I just uniquely weird? ;-)

[K]

Well, I love, love, LOVE the Hunger Games series and Divergent, which are both faction-related stories about girls who defy the norm, goes up against the ruling classes change everything.

[K]

I don't tend to get the two confused, though.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Sometimes a bit, yes, since certain genres like Urban Fantasy typically follow a lot of the same guidelines and traits in the main character.

[[deleted user]]

I just recently found myself going back looking at my books wondering where have I read this? But in answer to your question yes that has happened to me so I guess we are weird instead of uniquely weird.

[Virginia]

Could that just be part of switching from one to the other? I was reading both Trainspotting and On Basilisk Station recently and whenever I switched the people on the spaceship would talk in really thick scottish accents.

[Lára]

Dislike series in general because I have hard time remembering names (mostly just don't care enough) and hard time remembering what happened in the book before, especially if I have to wait for the next book in the series to come out, so I tend to avoid series, but yes, it did happen once or twice actually.

I can't completely remember what were the books tho (think it was Vampire Academy and one series about demi gods but can't remember the name of that one), but I do remember they were so similar in almost everything that I later couldn't tell which one is which.

[Spanxmcb (Yovanka)]

Guilty!

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Yes sometimes especially with Urban Fantasy and PR.....but if I Like that kind, it works :)

[Lára]

Liza wrote: "Yes! Harry Potter series and the Mortal Instruments series. (I've only read book one of the Mortal Instruments cuz I didn't like the similarities) Instead of Muggles, (HP) non magical people are ca..."

I can't really agree with you on this, but I do appreciate your opinion. I've read both books/series you've mentioned and can't find anything similar to them.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

That secret society has been done a lot, but way before Harry Potter. Like Lara, I don't find similarities between the two series beyond that basic plotline, which is in most fantasy, YA and sometimes horror books to a degree.

[Melissa]

Virginia wrote: "Could that just be part of switching from one to the other? I was reading both Trainspotting and On Basilisk Station recently and whenever I switched the people on the sp..."

I have done this before! It can make for some interesting reading though.