series books
Numbered installment volumes
Series books are novels published as a set sharing characters, settings, or continuing storylines.
The term often refers to children's and young adult fiction—Nancy Drew, Harry Potter, Goosebumps—where readers follow familiar elements across multiple volumes.
Series books build loyal readerships but sometimes carry a reputation for formulaic writing: She devoured series books all summer.
- sequelContinuation of prior work
- titleFormal honorific or name
- coverProtect by overlaying
- chapterDivision of a book
- book clubGroup discussing shared literature
illustrated · omnibus · spinoff · collection · recurring · author · trilogy · installment · Harry Potter · boxed set · limited edition · first edition · Nancy Drew · shelf · graphic novel · volume · reading order · back to back
- children's booksfairy tales, nursery rhymes, bedtime stories, Harry Potter, Dr. Seuss
- Children's Readingstorytime, story time, read-alouds, read aloud, early literacy
- juvenile collections for girlsyoung adult novels, fairy tales, best friends, first love, boarding school
- YA booksyoung adult fiction, dystopian, fantasy, romance, coming-of-age
- boys' booksadventure stories, adventure tales, mystery tales, mystery novels, survival stories
- kids' entertainmentanimated films, fairy tales, bedtime stories, nursery rhymes, animal stories