THE LONGEST BOOK SERIES TO GET YOU THROUGH WINTER 2020, AKA THE LONGEST TIME OF ALL OUR LIVES

[SheltieLover]

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Winter always makes me want to curl up and hibernate until the sun comes back, but this year…well. With a pandemic projected to worsen with the chilly temps and an election that promises to be as long and painful as humanly possible, we’re in for a dark few months. And I don’t just mean literally. Good thing there’s always another book to get lost in. There’s no better time to hunker down, get some space from the Internet rage, and escape into a great story. In fact, might I suggest a series? There’s a great comfort in returning to characters and plot arcs that you’re already invested in, and an author you know you can trust to keep delivering a great story again and again with some of the longest book series in each genre.

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. My favorite series is Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody's saga of early Egyptian archaeology.

Set in the late 1800s until the 1920s, the 20 book series is a delight for those of us who love mysteries and everything Egyptian.

Elizabeth Peters was a pen name for Egyptologist Barbara Mertz.

[SheltieLover]

2. Sounds intriguing!

Ty for sharing!

[Staph]

3. "Another shirt ruined!"

I love the Amelia Peabody books, too. I got to meet Barbara Mertz at a book signing, perhaps 15 or 20 years ago. She was a lovely person and great fun to talk to.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. You know the last of the series, The Painted Queen, was finished after Barbara Mertz's

death in 2013 by her friend, Joan Hess. I met Joan about 15 years ago and told her about an idea I had for her mystery series featuring Claire Malloy. Joan lived most of her life in Fayetteville, Arkansas,
where I lived. She thinly disguised many places and folks in Fayetteville in that series. Joan moved to Texas and passed away in 2017.

I have read all of Hess' books and almost all of Mertz's, written under Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. I haven't located all of the Michaels' books.

We lost two wonderful women authors with those two.

[Demsrule86]

9. You can get most of them on Amazon- kindle books.

If you want to buy the actual books you can do that too...I believe Amazon has all of them. However, smoke and Mirrors is hard to find and I bought that one used on eBay which is also a good source ...not expensive. Certain libraries have the books too online most.

[Demsrule86]

7. This is an old post but I didn't see it when written. I love all of Elizabeth Metz's books...

I actually buy them and reread them. I also enjoy her Barbara Michaels series ...which combined mystery and the paranormal. I enjoy her 'modern thrillers to with Vicky bliss and Jacqueline Kirby as well as her stand along characters.

[yellowdogintexas]

5. The Midnight Louie series by Carole Nelson Douglas at least 26 books

She lives here in Fort Worth and is a good Democrat!

Midnight Louie is a 20 pound black cat who is very streetwise and fancies himself a PI. He owns a delightful woman who runs PR for a Vegas Hotel. There are a number of recurring characters, a couple of love interests for Tempest and Louie, great local color (the hotel is owned by a man of questionable reputation who has 7 brothers, all of whom have come to the rescue at one time or another.It is one of those Alphabet series. All the titles have a color, as in Cat on a Blue Monday, Cat in a Crimson Haze etc
Louie narrates part of the story, in first person using a different font than the rest of the book which is narrated in third person.

Carole also has a series featuring Irene Adler ( Sherlock Holmes is a character in these)
Delilah Street (paranormal detective series)

[yellowdogintexas]

6. The Sisterhood series by Fern Michaels has 27 or 28 books in it

I just recently discovered it when one of the books came up on Book Bub or one of the other similar sites. As luck would have it, I landed one of the other books on Kindle lending library which I now hear is going away. Nothing like getting in at the nick of time.

I will come back after I have read one and report. The sample on Amazon was a pretty good start.

[Demsrule86]

8. I still have kindle unlimited.

[yellowdogintexas]

10. yep these books are great. Now you can probably get them via

your public library since Amazon is working out a deal there.