May SeriesCAT - Trilogies

It seems that there is a magic number and it is three. Any number of series have been published in 3 books.

Some of those were intentional, some were limited to 3 due to reasons outside the authors control. Gormenghast was only 3 books because the author died, the same might be said of Steig Larsson's The Girl with... series, although these have been continued by another author.
In the case of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams continued to describe this as a trilogy even though he published books 4 and 5 (my copies have "A Trilogy in 4 parts" on the covers! Make of that what you will.

Some trilogies follow on to complete the story, other take place in the same world, but are more independent.

Some people argue about how much author intention comes into play, I'm not going to legislate there. Several series I've looked at were a trilogy when I read them, but now there seem to be more, so that's had me a bit bemused!

These are but a selection, you will, I expect, have many more ideas of your own.

Nick Bantock's Griffin & Sabine trilogy
Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy
Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy
Robertson Davies’ Deptford trilogy
Louis de Bernières’ Latin American trilogy
Paul Auster’s The New York trilogy
Peter Dickinson’s The Changes trilogy
Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy
Rosemary Sutcliff's The Eagle of the Ninth
Ken Follett's The Century Trilogy
Sharon Penman's Welsh Trilogy
JRR Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings
Cornelia Funke's Inkworld trilogy
Jules Vernes' Captain Nemo trilogy

If one is going back far enough, some of what we would now think of as a single work was published in 3 volumes, so making them a trilogy of sorts.

And there are, of course, books with "Trilogy" in the title that are not, themselves, a trilogy. >:-)

ETA: There is no need to read ALL the books in any trilogy for this challenge. A trilogy you've started and want to make progress on, or if you want to read the first book of one are all perfectly acceptable.

Great roundup of trilogies! I really need to finish the Welsh Princes trilogy. Only one book to go!

This year I read K. O'Neill's Tea Dragon trilogy of cozy, heartwarming graphic novels. It comprises The Tea Dragon Society, The Tea Dragon Festival, and The Tea Dragon Tapestry.

Is it necessary to read all three books of the trilogy?

>3 VivienneR: Goodness NO!

Making that a point in the first post!!

Two trilogies I would like to progress with are The Lewis Trilogy by Peter May and His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, so I will probably choose one of those.

>4 Helenliz: Whew!

I have a few unfinished trilogies so this is an opportunity to correct that.

As Pride and Prejudice was originally published in 3 volumes, I might count it as a trilogy.

I'm planning to read The Winners by Fredrik Backman which is the final book in the "Beartown" trilogy.

>8 dudes22: Oh thank you! That is on my TBR for this year. I'll try to work that in this month.

I may read Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King but I also like the possibiliy of the Backman book too, I've never read anything by him and have been curious a long time.

I am going to read the third volume in Deborah Wiles Sixties Trilogy with Anthem.

I have a three options I'm considering. Two of them also fit AlphaKIT, so one of those is more likely, though I've been trying to get to the other one for a while now (the Nora Roberts)! I guess I've also been trying to get to the Rachel Caine, but the Kevin Kwan is the most appealing to me at the moment

Red Lily / Nora Roberts
China Rich Girlfriend / Kevin Kwan
Paper and Fire / Rachel Caine

>7 Robertgreaves: that's one of the ones I was thinking of as originally published in 3 volumes. I'm sure there are others.

>10 clue: - As this is the last book in the trilogy, I'm not sure it's a good place to start. This is one where it would definitely spoil the first two books if read first. (At least I'm assuming knowing what was in the first book.)

>14 dudes22: Thanks for the warning, I thought it was the first, I'd much rather begin at the beginning.

I will probably read one of the novels in several Amish novel series on my shelves now.

>2 rabbitprincess: Oh, I love the Tea Dragon Society! Have you seen the plushies? So cute.

Hmmm, which trilogy to progress with? I am renowned for starting them but not finishing so I have many options.

I'm planning on Return to Roar, the second book in the Roar trilogy.

I think I'll either read Take a Hint, Dani Brown (#2 in Brown Sisters) or go so way back and reread Fire Dancer

I didn't think I owned an unread book from a trilogy but have found Plots and Prayers by Niki Savva, the second book in the Road to Ruin trilogy, which describes the downfall of the Australian Liberal-National Coalition. I've read books 1 and 3. Schadenfreude!

I read Letters of Trust which is the first book in a new trilogy.

I read The Tea Dragon Society, which is first in a trilogy of cozy children's fantasy graphic novels.

I am reading The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson, the second book of the Mistborn trilogy

I just read Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold, book #2 of her Five Gods trilogy. So far the series is fantastic! Highly recommended, but start with book #1, The Curse of Chalion.

I've finished Plots and Prayers, the second book in Niki Savva's Road to Ruin trilogy. It's about Australian politics, with the entity lurching towards ruin being the conservative coalition government.

I have completed the third book in a trilogy about the 1960s with Anthem. I really enjoyed these historical fiction books with the first focused on the Cuban Missile Crisis, the second on the Civil Rights Movement and this third one on Viet Nam.

I read Hope by Len Deighton
The second in the Faith, Hope, Charity trilogy. Reading Deighton's series out of order meant having to search my memory for background details. However, his light, entertaining writing style is easy to follow although I recommend reading the series in sequence. This one is set in 1987 when the Wall was about to come down.

June's thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/350892

Link to Wiki
https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/2023_SeriesCAT#May:_Trilogies_.28Helenli...

>30 pamelad: Thank you! I haven't read mine yet. This will be handy!

I read Deep Water and Full Circle (wow, there are a lot of other books with those titles), the last two of Pamela Freeman's Castings Trilogy. A good ending, but don't read #2 if you don't have #3 available...

I also read When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin, which makes Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and The Starry River of the Sky into more of a connected series than I'd realized they were when I read them.

Finished Return to Roar by Jenny McLachlan--the second book in her Roar triloy. I absolutely adored it. Full review written!

I continued The Gideon Trilogy from last month's KiddyCat with The Time Thief by Linda Buckley-Archer.

I finished The Bullet That Missed, last in the Thursday Murder Club trilogy.

I had thought about a couple different series but then realized that I am almost done with a trilogy that I had not planned to read at all: Beverly Lewis's Heritage of Lancaster County series.

I finished Naamah's Curse by Jacqueline Carey which is book 2 in the Moirin Trilogy which I thought was the last trilogy in the overall Kushiel's Legacy series, but it looks like a new book is coming out, not sure where it will be fitting in, but looking forward to more in this world once I finish this trilogy.

I have finished Troubles, first in the Empire trilogy by publishing order, second chronologically.

I'm pretty sure there's no way I'm going to finish my book by tomorrow. I'm reading The Winners by Fredrik Backman which is the third book in the Beartown trilogy. It's large and takes its time covering the people from the other two books and what's been happening since the end of book 2. An event that the flyleaf implies is the focus of the book is only now being introduced at around the half-way point of the book.

China Rich Girlfriend / Kevin Kwan
3 stars

In the second book in the trilogy, Nick and Rachel still plan to get married, despite Nick’s mother’s opposition. They do end up in China, however, when Nick’s mother tells them she found Rachel’s biological father, whom she had been looking for. Unfortunately, when Rachel arrives to visit, her father and his wife have left the country, but her half-brother is there to welcome her and get to know her. So, Carlton and his girlfriend Colette host them. Ultra-rich Colette decides they should fly to Paris with other friends to do some shopping, though.

This was ok. I didn’t like it as much as the first one. The rich people really do get on my nerves sometimes, and I’m not a big shopper, so the shopping and descriptions and brand names, etc, don’t do anything for me. (Once again), with so many characters, it took quite a while to figure out who everyone was and how they were all related (and I never did figure them all out). I really found Nick and Rachel’s story the most interesting, with Carlton and Colette next. Things picked up toward the end of the book and there was a bit of surprise that came from Colette.

I ended up reading Beverly Lewis's Heritage of Lancaster County trilogy and did finish all three books. I haven't read much Christian fiction but did grow up in Lancaster County so found the books lovely and nostalgic. Just enough tension and conflict to keep them interesting as a young woman struggles to find her place in the world once she leaves the Amish faith. Left behind, her family and friends also face hardships.

I'm very late in updating this thread but I'll mention that I'd reread The Manticore by Robertson Davies for this challenge, from his Deptford Trilogy and I hope to reread the final book, World of Wonders, before the end of the year.