Favorite Firsts: Books in Series
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Jean M. Auel
FICTION AUEL
After a natural disaster kills Ayla’s tribe, members of the Clan of the Cave Bear find her and mistrust her because her blonde hair and blue eyes are different, but she eventually helps them survive.
Earth’s Children Series
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C. J. Box
MYS BOX
As Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett races against time to save an endangered species, he finds himself plunged into a deadly mystery.
Joe Pickett Series
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Meg Cabot
ROM CABOT
Lizzie Nichols discovers that her inability to keep her mouth shut has landed her in hot water when she aggravates her unfaithful boyfriend, is stranded in London, and takes a job as a bartender for a catered wedding at a French chateau.
Queen of Babble Series
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Jennifer Chiaverini
FICTION CHIAVERINI
Sarah, struggling to find a job and a sense of place in her new town, finds herself learning how to quilt from a cantankerous old woman.
Elm Creek Quilts Series
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Lee Child
MYS CHILD
Ex-MP Jack Reacher goes into action to find his brother’s killers, after a series of brutal crimes terrorizes tiny Margrave, Georgia, only to uncover the dark and deadly conspiracy concealed behind the town’s peaceful facade.
Jack Reacher Series
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Harlan Coben
MYS COBEN
Sports agent Myron Bolitar must unravel a complex mystery involving blackmail and family tragedy when his client, celebrated rookie quarterback Christian Steele, receives a phone call from a supposedly-dead ex-girlfriend.
Myron Bolitar Series
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Michael Connelly
MYS CONNELLY
A Vietnam veteran-turned-detective, Harry Bosch discovers the body of a former comrade-in-arms during an investigation and, with the help of an FBI agent, hunts for the murderers on a trail leading back to Saigon.
Harry Bosch Series
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Robert Crais
MYS CRAIS
Working as a bodyguard for a spoiled federal witness, Joe Pike hatches a desperate plan to disappear with the woman in the underworld of Los Angeles and turn on her would-be killers, an effort in which he enlists the help of private investigator Elvis Cole.
Joe Pike Series
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Clive Cussler
FICTION CUSSLER
A Luftwaffe ace, a Nazi war criminal, a beautiful and untrustworthy brunette, and a deadly billion-dollar cargo become the objects of a desperate search as Dirk Pitt matches wits with the elusive leader of an international smuggling ring.
Dirk Pitt Series
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Diane Mott Davidson
MYS DAVIDSON
Catering a wake for her son’s teacher leads Goldy Bear into the detective business when rat poison turns up in her food and the police begin to treat her like a suspect.
Goldy Schulz Culinary Series
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MaryJanice Davidson
ROM DAVIDSON
After being killed in a car accident, fashion savvy Betsy Taylor becomes one of the undead and, with the help of her newfound friends, the lure of designer shoes, and a sexy vampire, must destroy a dark enemy and fulfill her destiny as the prophesied vampire queen.
Betsy Taylor Undead Series
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Jeffery Deaver
MYS DEAVER
Once the nation’s foremost criminologist and the ex-head of NYPD forensics, quadriplegic Lincoln Rhyme abandons his forced retirement and joins forces with rookie cop Amelia Sachs to track down a vicious serial killer.
Lincoln Rhyme Series
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Ted Dekker
INSPIR DEKKER
Thomas Hunter narrowly survives a shooting attempt only to awaken in an alternate universe of green forests, a world to which he subsequently travels every time he goes to sleep.
Circle Series
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Nelson DeMille
FICTION DEMILLE
As New York Police Detective John Corey investigates the shooting of a husband-and-wife team of biologists at a top secret island research site, the media suggest that the couple planned to use a stolen virus to carry out a deadly plot.
John Corey Series
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John Dunning
MYS DUNNING
Cliff Janeway, a burnt-out Colorado cop and rare book collector, investigates the murder of his book scout friend, who was tracking down a valuable find when his life was brought to an abrupt conclusion.
Cliff Janeway Series
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Linda Fairstein
MYS FAIRSTEIN
Actress Isabella Lascar is brutally murdered while driving to Assistant D. A. Alexandra Cooper’s beach house. Was Alexandra the intended target? Alex cooperates with the police and the F.B.I. while trying to keep the publicity away from her job as Chief of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit.
Alex Cooper Series
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Diana Gabaldon
FICTION GABALDON
Hurtled back through time more than two hundred years to Scotland in 1743, Claire Randall finds herself caught in the midst of an unfamiliar world torn apart by violence, pestilence, and revolution and haunted by her growing feelings for James Fraser, a young soldier.
Outlander Series
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Tess Gerritsen
FICTION GERRITSEN
A female heart surgeon, terrorized by a serial killer in Boston using the same MO as a killer who attacked her during her internship years in Savannah, works with a detective to solve the crime while trying to stay alive.
Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles Series
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Emily Giffin
FICTION GIFFIN
After a night of indiscriminate partying, Rachel sleeps with a close friend’s fiancé and is consumed with guilt, until the intensity of her feelings forces her to make a difficult choice.
Something Series
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Karin Gillespie
FICTION GILLESPIE
Running the local general store for their small-town South Carolina community, manager Elizabeth enlists her two fellow shopkeepers and a crew of friends to save the store from a rival who would put her out of business.
Bottom Dollar Girls Series
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Charlaine Harris
MYS HARRIS
Love blossoms between Sookie Stackhouse, a cocktail waitress who keeps to herself because of her ability to read minds, and Bill, a vampire with ties to a crowd that may be responsible for the death of one of Sookie’s coworkers.
Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Series
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Erin Hart
MYS HART
The Irish landscape holds secrets past and present as archaeologist Cormac O’Callaghan and pathologist Nora Gavin encounter a mystery when a decapitated woman is found in the bogs who may be related to a recent mother/child disappearance.
Nora Gavin Series
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Frank Herbert
SF HERBERT
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, this is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad’Dib, avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family, and bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream.
Dune Series
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Neta Jackson
INSPIR JACKSON
A group of 12 extremely diverse women, assigned to a prayer group at a women’s conference, become the best of friends as they support each other through the challenges and crises in their lives.
Yada Yada Prayer Group Series
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Iris Johansen
FICTION JOHANSEN
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan can recreate the face of the dead by reconstructing their skulls, but when she takes an assignment she realizes that the face belongs to a man who is supposedly still alive — and connected to the highest offices in the land.
Eve Duncan Series
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Robert Jordan
SF JORDAN
Relates a tale of the bestial Trollocs, the witch Moiraine, and three boys, one of whom is fated to become the Dragon—the World’s only hope and the sure means of its destruction.
Wheel of Time Series
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Jonathan Kellerman
MYS KELLERMAN
Retired psychologist Alex Delaware’s reluctant treatment of a seven-year-old eyewitness to murder who refuses to speak forces him to relive the distasteful case that prompted his early retirement.
Alex Delaware Series
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Laurie R. King
MYS KING
A chance meeting with a Sussex beekeeper turns into a pivotal, personal transformation when Mary Russell discovers that the beekeeper is the reclusive, retired detective Sherlock Holmes, who soon takes on the role of mentor and teacher.
Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Series
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Karen Kingsbury
INSPIR KINGSBURY
A story of hope, healing, and God’s divine leading—even in the face of impossible circumstances.
Firstborn Series
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Karen Kingsbury with Gary Smalley
INSPIR KINGSBURY
When Laura Baxter Jacobs finds out that her husband is involved in an adulterous relationship and wants a divorce, she decides that she will love him and remain faithful to her marriage at all costs.
Redemption Series
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Sophie Kinsella
FICTION KINSELLA
Financial journalist Rebecca Bloomwood seeks solace from the boredom and pressures in life with her shopping, a solution that brings her close to financial disaster, until she encounters a story that will change her life.
Shopaholic Series
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Jeff Lindsay
MYS LINDSAY
Hiding a secret life as an assassin while working as a murder analyst for the Miami police, Dexter Morgan is intrigued by the work of a new serial killer whose style mimics his own.
Dexter Morgan Series
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George R.R. Martin
SF MARTIN
In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell.
A Song of Ice and Fire Series
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Michele Martinez
MYS MARTINEZ
Federal prosecutor Melanie Vargas becomes involved in the murder case of a wealthy former colleague and finds herself mysteriously drawn to an attractive, secretive FBI agent assigned to the case.
Melanie Vargas Series
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Alexander McCall Smith
MYS MCCALL SMITH
The editor of “The Review of Applied Ethics” and a curious lover of puzzles, Isabel Dalhousie decides to investigate when she witnesses the fatal fall of a young man and discovers that he had been probing misdeeds at his brokerage firm.
Isabel Dalhousie Series
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Patrick O'Brian
FICTION O’BRIAN
Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin fight in the Napoleonic Wars.
Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin Series
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James Patterson
FICTION PATTERSON
Washington, D.C., police detective Alex Cross becomes caught up in a kidnapping case that may involve Gary Soneji, a teacher at an elite private school who is also a schizophrenic psychopath and serial murderer.
Alex Cross Series
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Jeanne Ray
FICTION RAY
Julie Roseman and Romeo Cacciamani had been born to rival florist families in Boston, but it is love at first sight when they spot each other across a crowded lobby.
Julie and Romeo Series
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Kathy Reichs
MYS REICHS
Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan sets out on the trail of a killer in Montreal.
Temperance Brennan Series
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Stella Rimington
FICTION RIMINGTON
A deadly terrorist threat draws British Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle into a dangerous pursuit that will test her talents to the ultimate as she discovers that her unique ability to get inside the enemy’s head could be the only hope of averting a horrific disaster.
Liz Carlyle Series
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J. D. Robb
MYS ROBB
New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas reluctantly accepts help from a psychic to solve a string of gruesome murders in 2059 Manhattan, but when her partner Peabody almost becomes the next victim, the stakes are raised.
In Death Series
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Ann B. Ross
FICTION ROSS
Recently widowed and newly wealthy, Miss Julia receives a visit from Hazel Marie, who claims that her nine-year-old son is the child of Julia’s late husband.
Miss Julia Series
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John Sandford
FICTION SANDFORD
Virgil Flowers is sent to Bluestem, a small town where everyone knows everyone else, to investigate the murders of a man burned to death in his home and a doctor and his wife, unaware that he is tracking a murderer who may be targeting Virgil as his next victim.
Virgil Flowers Series
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Michael Shaara
FICTION SHAARA
Robert E. Lee and James Longstreet tell the Southern view of the battle at Gettysburg while Colonel Joshua Chamberlain and General John Buford present the Northern view.
Civil War Series
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Rebecca Shaw
FICTION SHAW
The first in a series of enchanting novels set in a veterinary practice on the outskirts of a Yorkshire, England, town introduces Kate, the receptionist in a busy veterinary practice; Scott, the flirty Australian vet; her faithful boyfriend, Adam; and the entertaining animal patients.
Barleybridge Series
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Martin Cruz Smith
FICTION SMITH
In contemporary Moscow, Chief Homicide Investigator Arkady Renko unravels the mystery of a triple murder complicated by the shadowy and uncooperative presence of the KGB and by his falling in love.
Arkady Renko Series
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Adriana Trigiani
FICTION TRIGIANI
Town pharmacist and local spinster Ave Maria has been keeping the secrets of Stone Gap for a long time, but now a skeleton is about to tumble from her own family closet.
Big Stone Gap Series
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Penny Vincenzi
FICTION VINCENZI
Routinely making decisions that have dangerous consequences, strong-willed aristocrat’s daughter Celia Lytton sets in motion a series of events during World War I that have a particular impact on her family.
Spoils of Time Series
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Lauren Willig
FICTION WILLIG
Leaving Harvard to complete her dissertation in England, Eloise Kelly discovers lost historical information that reveals the secret life of the most elusive spy of all time, a figure who single-handedly saved England from Napoleon’s invasion.
Pink Carnation Series
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