Hello! For 2024, I set 10 goals for my reading and one of those goals was to make a dent in the number of series that I am in the middle of. I have currently started 28 series that I have not completed and there are even more series that I want to start *link*.
When I set this goal for myself, I knew that I was going to need a solid plan for success. Below is what I have come up with to help me achieve this goal. It will change as the year progresses, because I fully expect to pick up new series as I hear about them or to have new books added in series that I am currently caught up on. I also always give myself permission to drop a series if I am no longer enjoying it, so that could alter things.
So here’s the data that I was working with when I started to formulate this plan.
Number of Series: 28
Total books to completion: 114
| Series that can be finished by reading 1 book | 7 |
| Series that can be finished by reading 2 books | 8 |
These are the low-hanging fruit of this challenge. With planning, these should be an easy first book for each month to make progress on this goal.
| Series that require 3-5 books to finish | 6 |
| Series that require 6+ books to finish | 7 |
Knowing these numbers, I also knew that I was aiming to read 5-7 books per month, but I only wanted 3-4 of them to be series books. I wanted to keep as much flexibility in there as possible because I can be a moody reader.
This meant that I could load the first half of the year up with easy wins, but I would also need to be steadily making progress towards the larger series.
So here’s what the plan looks like right now *links go to Goodreads*:
January (8 books)
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros **completes a series**
Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel **completes a series**
Re-read: Throne of Glass and Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
The Christmas Caramel Murder by Joanne Fluke
Little Boy Blue by M.J. Arlidge
February (8 books)
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas **completes a series**
Obsidio by Jay Kristoff and Aimee Kaufman **completes a series**
Heir of Fire and Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
The Girl and the Mountain by Mark Lawrence
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
Banana Cream Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Hide and Seek by M.J. Arlidge
March (8 books)
The Girl and the Moon by Mark Lawrence **completes a series**
Amari and the Great Game by B.B. Alston **completes a series**
Love Me Not by M.J. Arlidge
Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke
April (7 books)
Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes **completes a series**
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas **completes a series**
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
Death by Beach Read by Eva Gates
The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart
The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman
Christmas Cake Murder by Joanna Fluke
May (7 books)
Death Knells and Wedding Bells by Eva Gates **completes a series**
The Bone Shard War by Andrea Stewart ** completes a series**
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
Dewey Decimated by Allison Brook
Tilly and the Map of Stories by Anna James
The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman
Chocolate Cream Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
June (8 books)
Overdue or Die by Allison Brook **completes a series**
Gods & Monsters by Shelby Mahurin **completes a series**
Coconut Layer Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke
The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
The Book Smugglers by Anna James
An Echo of Things to Come by James Islington
A Darkness Absolute by Kelley Armstrong
The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman
July (8 books)
The Light of All that Falls by James Islington **completes a series**
The Wise Man’s Fear and The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss **completes a series**
Christmas Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
The Treehouse Library by Anna James
This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong
The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman
August (7 books)
The Last Bookwanderer by Anna James **completes a series**
The Memory Thieves by Dhonielle Clayton **completes a series**
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
Watcher in the Woods by Kelley Armstrong
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
The Secret Chapter by Genevieve Cogman
Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke
September (9 books)
Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow and Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow (9/10) by Jessica Townsend **completes a series**
Murder is a Piece of Cake and A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death by Valerie Burns **completes a series**
Glass Houses and Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
Alone in the Wild by Kelley Armstrong
The Dark Archive by Genevieve Cogman
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
October (7 books)
A Stranger in Town and The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong **completes a series**
The Untold Story by Genevieve Cogman **completes a series**
A Better Man and All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir
The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon
November (7 books)
The Madness of Crowds and A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny **completes a series**
A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir **completes a series**
A Conspiracy of Faith by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Caramel Pecan Roll Murder by Joanne Fluke
The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon
Down to the Woods by M.J. Arlidge
December (6 books)
Pink Lemonade Cake Murder by Joanna Fluke **completes a series**
The Dawn Chorus and The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon **completes a series**
The Purity of Vengeance by Jussi Adler-Olsen
All Fall Down and Truth or Dare by M.J. Arlidge
Total Books: 90
So…clearly this is insane. But I’m going to try to do it anyway. It will definitely make a dent in the series that I am reading, but making it work ended up taking a lot more books per month than I initially thought. However, if I were somehow able to accomplish this, I would finish off 24 of the series that I am currently working on, which would be amazing.
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