VMC Books in Series

[Marilyn]

This is a list of books that are in a series, a trilogy, a sequence or are a sequel. It does not include the VMC children's books. In most cases I have included books that are in the author's series but not on the VMC list. I am not familiar with many of the authors on the VMC list so if I have missed something or messed up something, let me know below in the thread.

Willa Cather - Great Plains trilogy
O Pioneers! (#1)
The Song of the Lark (#2)
My Antonia (#3)

Patricia Highsmith - Ripley series
The Talented Mr Ripley (#1)
Ripley Under Ground (#2)
Ripley’s Game (#3 not in VMC)
The Boy Who Followed Ripley (#4)
Ripley Under Water (#5)

Mary Hocking - Good Daughters series
Good Daughters (#1)
Indifferent Heroes (#2)
Welcome Strangers (#3)

Margaret Laurence - Manawaka Sequence
Author states that the books do not need to be read in order of publication.
The Stone Angel (#1)
A Jest of God (#2)
The Fire-Dwellers (#3)
A Bird in the House (#4 not in VMC)
The Diviners (#5)

Maura Laverty - Delia Scully
Never No More (#1)
No More Than Human (#2)

Rosamond Lehmann - Olivia Curtis
Invitation to the Waltz (#1)
The Weather in the Streets (#2)

Rosamond Lehmann - Rebecca Landon
The Ballad and the Source (#1)
A Sea-grape Tree (#2)

Joyce Carol Oates - Wonderland Quartet
A Garden of Earthly Delights (#1)
Expensive People (#2)
Them (#3 not in VMC)
Wonderland (#4 not in VMC)

Mrs Oliphant - The Chronicles of Carlingford series
The Rector and the Doctor’s Family (#1 and #2)
Salem Chapel (#3)
The Perpetual Curate (#4)
Miss Marjoribanks (#5)
Phoebe Junior (#6)

Katherine Susannah Prichard - Goldfields of Western Australia trilogy
The Roaring Nineties (#1)
Golden Miles (#2)
Winged Seeds (#3)

Mary Renault - Alexander the Great series
Fire from Heaven (#1)
The Persian Boy (#2)
Funeral Games (#3)

Mary Renault - Theseus
The King Must Die (#1)
The Bull from the Sea (#2)

Dorothy Richardson - Pilgrimage
I.  Pointed roofs. Backwater. Honeycomb
II. The tunnel. Interim
III. Deadlock. Revolving lights. The trap
IV. Oberland. Dawn's left hand. Clear horizon. Dimple Hill. March moonlight.

Angela Thirkell - Barsetshire series
High Rising (#1)
Wild Strawberries (#2)
The Demon in the House (#3 not in VMC)
August Folly (#4)
Summer Half (#5)
Pomfret Towers (#6)
The Brandons (#7)
Before Lunch (#8)
Cheerfulness Breaks In (#9)
Northbridge Rectory (#10)
Marling Hall (#11)
Growing Up (#12)
The Headmistress (#13)
Miss Bunting (#14)
Peace Breaks Out (#15)
Plus 14 more volumes (#16 - #29 not in VMC)

Elizabeth von Arnim - Elizabeth series
Elizabeth and Her German Garden (#1)
The Solitary Summer (#2)
The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen (#3)

Rebecca West - Aubrey trilogy
The Fountain Overflows (#1)
This Real Night (#2)
Cousin Rosamund (#3)

Edith Wharton
Hudson River Bracketed (#1)
The Gods Arrive (#2 sequel)

Antonia White - Frost in May series
Frost in May (#1)
The Lost Traveller (#2)
The Sugar House (#3)
Beyond the Glass (#4)

Joan Wyndham - Wartime Diaries
Love Lessons (#1)
Love is Blue (#2 not in VMC)
Anything Once (#3 not in VMC)

E. H. Young - Jenny Wren
Jenny Wren (#1)
The Curate’s Wife (#2)

Marguerite Yourcenar - Le Labyrinthe du Monde
Dear Departed: A Memoir (#1)
How Many Years: A Memoir (#2)

[Mela]

Marilyn wrote: "This is a list of books that are in a series, a trilogy, a sequence or are a sequel. It does not include the VMC children's books. In most cases I have included books that are in the author's serie..."

Great job, Marilyn!

PS I am sorry, I didn't see your thread earlier.

[Daniela]

I recently bought two books of Angela Thirkell's Barsetshire series, Wild Strawberries (#2) and Summer Half (#5). Do someone know if they are to be read in order?
(Let's see how many of you will be able to read this post, with the new rules about notifications 😔)

[Sonia]

Daniela wrote: "I recently bought two books of Angela Thirkell's Barsetshire series, Wild Strawberries (#2) and Summer Half (#5). Do someone know if they are to be read in order?
(Let's see how many of you will be..."

There are some recurring characters, and it is nice to see them pop up in later books, but the books all stand in their own right.

[Mela]

Sonia wrote: "There are some recurring characters, and it is nice to see them pop up in later books, but the books all stand in their own right."

I agree with Sonia.

I liked the moments when I met known characters when I read a few books in a row. But after longer break, when I forgot many of them it was still an enjoyable reading.

Just one remark: a couple who fell in love in a previous part would be a married couple in one of the next ones. One could think of it as a spoiler ;-)