Top Ten Tuesday: Book Series I Want to Catch Up On

Posted August 18, 2026 by Nicky in General / 44 Comments

This week’s prompt for Top Ten Tuesday is about series you want to catch up on and… uhoh. So many!

Cover of Radiant Star by Ann Leckie Cover of Strange New World by Vivian Shaw Cover of Swordheart by T. Kingfisher Cover of Death in Daylesford by Kerry Greenwood Cover of A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn

  1. Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch books.
    I haven’t read Radiant Star yet, despite having a review copy. Ugh. I’m sorry. I also haven’t read Leckie’s short story collection, Lake of Souls, which I’d love to catch up with.
  2. Vivian Shaw’s Greta Helsing books.
    I still haven’t got round to Strange New World. I hadn’t even realised there would be another book, so I was very surprised to see it, and I guess not mentally ready yet!
  3. T. Kingfisher’s… everything.
    This is cheating slightly, I know, but I know there are various of Kingfisher’s books that I haven’t got to yet, including books that fit in the same world/series. I’ll get there, I swear.
  4. Kerry Greenwood’s Phryne Fisher books.
    I didn’t actually know there had been more books after Murder and Mendelssohn until a few months ago, so I had no idea I was behind! Not sure how I’d missed that. I want to do a reread of at least the later books before I get to the new ones, but I’m looking forward to it.
  5. Deanna Raybourn’s Veronica Speedwell books.
    I was getting a little tired of the repeated artificial barriers to Veronica’s relationship with Stoker, but still, it’s a fun series and I’d like to read at least the next book to decide whether I’m really done with it.
  6. Erica Ridley’s Wild Wynchesters.
    These books are a lot of fun, and I think there’s… 2-3 I haven’t read yet? Certainly I have at least one on my shelves.
  7. Genevieve Cogman’s Scarlet Revolution trilogy.
    I read the first book and liked it quite a lot, but I didn’t get round to Elusive when it came out, and now I think I’d have to reread the first book — or at least do a quick skim — to get myself back in the loop. Still, I usually have fun with Cogman’s books so I expect it’ll be a riot.
  8. Freya Marske’s The Last Binding trilogy.
    This is another where I read and loved the first book, but have yet to continue.
  9. Tad Williams’ Osten Ard books.
    I’ve read the original quartet and loved it, but that’s it!
  10. Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou’s The Husky and His White Cat Shizun.
    I haven’t even started this series, but it seems fitting to end with it because there’s a lot to catch up with: there are eleven volumes! And I regularly get asked by other danmei fans if I’ve read this one…

Cover of My Rogue to Ruin by Erica Ridley Cover of Elusive by Genevieve Cogman Cover of A Restless Truth by Freya Marske Cover of The Heart of What Was Lost by Tad Williams Cover of The Husky and His White Cat Shizun by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

So many books, so little time… especially for a mood reader!

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44 responses to “Top Ten Tuesday: Book Series I Want to Catch Up On”

    • Nicky

      I suppose some of them are, yeah! Mostly the Kerry Greenwood one, I think. Love the art deco/art noveau style, and it fits the Phryne books so well.

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  2. Tammy

    I am really bad at continuing series. I have to really love the first book or I won’t even bother. I would like to try Veronica Speedwell, though.

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  6. Dini @ dinipandareads

    T. Kingfisher’s everything is so very relatable because YES. I still need to finish Swordheart but I’m enjoying it a lot! I also need to continue The Last Binding Trilogy (totally forgot about that) and have been wanting to start the Veronica Speedwell series too. I hope you enjoy these whenever you continue them 🙂
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  7. Cholla

    I did a re-listen of The Dragonbone Chair earlier this year in an attempt to get caught up (I hadn’t read the original three since they were first released). Man, I have a long way to go.

    Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!

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  8. Angela (Angel's Book Nook)

    I listened to the first book in Deanna Raybourn’s Veronica Speedwell series and was surprised by how much I loved it! I plan to continue, but I’m holding off until next year since Anne at Books of My Heart is hosting a read-along for it in 2027. As for the rest of your list, I haven’t dived into any of those yet, but they look like great picks. Hope you get a chance to catch up on them!
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  11. Veros @ Dark Shelf of Wonders

    What a great list! I need to start Greta Helsing, I have the first ebook of it. I need to read more T Kingfisher in general too and looking forward to Daggerbound. I don’t think I knew there were Phryne Fisher books, I was watching the tv show a few years back and loving it but then the streaming service i was using removed the show and I couldn’t find it again 🙁 !!
    Yess Speedwell made your list!! I know what you mean about the barriers to their relationship and but I love those two so much, I hope you keep enjoying it if you continue (fingers crossed that you do lol) Oh hey we both have Cogman on our lists this week!

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  20. Becky's Book Blog

    I love The Last Binding trilogy! So I hope you enjoy it when you get around to reading… and I love Kingfisher, all of her books, but the world of the white rat is a favourite of mine.

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