Top 100: The Series
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When voting for a series, The Book of the New Sun will refer to the first four books. The Urth Cycle includes The Urth of the New Sun. Also, The Chronicles of Amber refers to all ten books. You are also allowed to vote for each book in the series individually.

The series below are listed in order of publication rather than internal chronology.

Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
TitleScore (votes)
The Fellowship of the Ring - (-)
The Two Towers - (-)
The Return of the King - (-)

The Annals of the Black Company, by Glen Cook
TitleScore (votes)
The Black Company 7.96 (148)
Shadows Linger 7.96 (98)
The White Rose 8.18 (97)
The Silver Spike 7.89 (77)
Shadow Games 8.12 (84)
Dreams of Steel 8.00 (79)

The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons
TitleScore (votes)
Hyperion 8.36 (553)
The Fall of Hyperion 8.01 (353)
Endymion 8.32 (162)
Rise of Endymion 8.34 (104)

The Deed of Paksenarrion, by Elizabeth Moon
TitleScore (votes)
The Sheepfarmer's Daughter 8.16 (67)
Divided Allegiance 7.98 (57)
Oath of Gold 8.24 (61)

The First Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny
TitleScore (votes)
Nine Princes in Amber 7.96 (462)
The Guns of Avalon 8.16 (344)
Sign of the Unicorn 8.11 (328)
The Hand of Oberon 8.08 (331)
The Courts of Chaos 8.11 (330)

The Last Herald Mage Trilogy, by Mercedes Lackey
TitleScore (votes)
Magic's Pawn 7.98 (75)
Magic's Promise 7.82 (70)
Magic's Price 7.93 (77)

The Illuminatus Trilogy, by R.Wilson/R.Shea
TitleScore (votes)
The Eye in the Pyramid 7.65 (59)
The Golden Apple 7.59 (64)
Leviathan 7.65 (57)

Memory, Sorrow and Thorn, by Tad Williams
TitleScore (votes)
The Dragonbone Chair 7.81 (251)
The Stone of Farewell 8.10 (200)
To Green Angel Tower 8.03 (202)

Wheel of Time Series, by Robert Jordan
TitleScore (votes)
The Eye of the World 7.90 (578)
The Great Hunt 7.95 (543)
The Dragon Reborn 7.97 (538)
The Shadow Rising 7.99 (529)
The Fires of Heaven 7.92 (520)
Lord of Chaos 7.93 (499)
A Crown of Swords 7.76 (317)
The Path of Daggers 6.64 (70)

Foundation Series, by Isaac Asimov
TitleScore (votes)
Foundation 8.09 (825)
Foundation and Empire 8.02 (671)
Second Foundation 8.05 (683)
Foundation's Edge 7.01 (245)
Foundation and Earth 6.80 (226)
Prelude to Foundation 6.86 (208)
Forward the Foundation 6.91 (183)

The Coldfire Trilogy, by C.S. Friedman
TitleScore (votes)
Black Sun Rising 8.08 (64)
When True Night Falls 8.20 (59)
Crown of Shadows 7.99 (48)

The Fionavar Tapestry, by Guy G. Kay
TitleScore (votes)
The Summer Tree 7.84 (196)
The Wandering Fire 7.99 (181)
The Darkest Road 8.02 (179)

The Empire Trilogy, by R.Feist/J.Wurts
TitleScore (votes)
Daughter of the Empire 7.83 (127)
Servant of the Empire 7.89 (124)
Mistress of the Empire 7.91 (113)

The Arrows Trilogy, by Mercedes Lackey
TitleScore (votes)
Arrows of the Queen 7.90 (39)
Arrow's Flight 7.57 (35)
Arrow's Fall 7.95 (34)

Vlad the Assassin Series, by Steven Brust
TitleScore (votes)
Jhereg 7.62 (131)
Yendi 8.01 (81)
Teckla 7.50 (68)
Taltos 8.07 (71)
Phoenix 7.68 (61)
Athyra 7.43 (56)
Orca 7.57 (45)

The Book of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
TitleScore (votes)
The Shadow of the Torturer 7.98 (244)
The Claw of the Conciliator 7.91 (216)
The Sword of the Lictor 8.05 (192)
The Citadel of the Autarch 8.06 (190)
The Urth of the New Sun 7.39 (73)

A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R. Martin
TitleScore (votes)
A Game of Thrones 8.96 (208)
A Clash of Kings 8.77 (128)
A Storm of Swords 8.66 (86)

All of the following novels are not part of a "series" as such. Instead of all belonging to a single story, they are more or less separate novels set in the same universe. Because of this, please vote for each of the books comprising the series individually (instead of having one vote for the entire series).

The Vorkosigan Series, by Lois M. Bujold
TitleScore (votes)
Shards of Honor 8.21 (127)
Barrayar 8.13 (140)
The Warrior's Apprentice 8.15 (134)
Borders of Infinity 8.07 (87)
The Vor Game 7.80 (113)
Ethan of Athos 7.30 (75)
Falling Free 7.33 (77)
Brothers in Arms 7.98 (85)
Mirror Dance 8.53 (127)
Cetaganda 7.37 (69)
Memory 8.69 (66)
Komarr 7.71 (43)
A Civil Campaign 7.88 (26)

Tales of the Continuing Time, by Daniel Keys Moran
TitleScore (votes)
Emerald Eyes 8.25 (32)
The Armageddon Blues 7.45 (19)
The Long Run 8.25 (76)
The Last Dancer 8.23 (64)

The Discworld Series, by Terry Pratchett
TitleScore (votes)
The Colour of Magic 7.51 (157)
The Light Fantastic 7.63 (122)
Equal Rites 7.51 (108)
Mort 7.80 (147)
Sourcery 7.58 (94)
Wyrd Sisters 7.85 (100)
Pyramids 7.42 (114)
Guards! Guards! 8.08 (120)
Eric 7.52 (85)
Moving Pictures 7.64 (81)
Reaper Man 8.28 (100)
Witches Abroad 7.96 (86)
Small Gods 8.05 (115)
Lords and Ladies 7.73 (84)
Men at Arms 8.27 (97)
Soul Music 7.98 (72)
Interesting Times 8.43 (63)
Maskerade 7.84 (48)
Feet of Clay 7.80 (46)
Hogfather 6.92 (29)
Jingo 6.94 (24)
The Last Continent 5.76 (17)
Carpe Jugulum 6.26 (14)
The Fifth Elephant 6.71 (16)

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