Series answers
The questions you ask before you start a series, answered plainly, then a way in that never spoils.
No, and honestly, it may never be. Five of a planned seven novels are out, the most recent, A Dance with Drago…
No, and it has been stuck for a long time. Two of three planned books are out, the last, The Wise Man’s Fear, …
No, it is half done. Five of a planned ten novels are out, from 2010 to Wind and Truth in 2024. The good news …
Yes. All fourteen main novels are out, published from 1990 to 2013, and the story reaches its planned ending. …
Yes. The ten-book main sequence, Malazan Book of the Fallen, is complete, from Gardens of the Moon in 1999 to …
Yes. All nine novels are out, from Leviathan Wakes in 2011 to Leviathan Falls in 2021, and the main story land…
Yes. The seven-book core arc is complete, published from 1982 to 2004, and it reaches an ending. One later boo…
No, one book to go. Six novels are out, through Light Bringer in 2023, and Pierce Brown has a seventh and fina…
Mostly yes, with room to grow. The two core trilogies are complete, the original First Law trilogy (2006 to 20…
No, and it is a long one. Eighteen books are out, most recently Twelve Months in January 2026, and Jim Butcher…
No, but it is close and it is coming steadily. Eight books are out, from 2020 through A Parade of Horribles in…
Yes. Frank Herbert wrote six Dune novels, from Dune in 1965 to Chapterhouse: Dune in 1985, and he died in 1986…
No. Six books are out, from 2015 to A Court of Splintered Harmony in October 2026, and a seventh, A Court of F…
Yes. All sixteen novels are out, from Assassin’s Apprentice in 1995 to Assassin’s Fate in 2017, spread across …
No, and it has been on hold for years. Three of a planned seven books are out, the last, The Republic of Thiev…
No, and it will not be. Octavia Butler published two novels, Parable of the Sower (1993) and Parable of the Ta…
Yes. The Silo series is complete in three novels, Wool, Shift, and Dust, all published by 2013, with a real, p…
No, it is still going, and steadily. Two books are out, The Tainted Cup and A Drop of Corruption, part of the …