The Deryni books by Katherine Kurtz. Medieval-inspired high fantasy. There are five trilogies each with their own mini-arc, all covering the events of a specific kingdom and several notable lineages that had large impacts on it. There’s magic, political and religious tensions, personal arcs, the works.
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*The Books of Swords* by Fred Saberhagen is complete and has 11 books. Also technically a sequel to the *Empire of the East* trilogy if you want to add 3 more books.
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The Malazan Book of the Fallen
Good luck
Edit: It’s far from the longest but the seventh and final installment of the Red Rising series should be out soon and I’d highly recommend
Man, my favorite series is the Pendergast series by Preston and Child there’s like 25 now but I wouldn’t say it’s “completed” (there’s a new one every year or so)
And then some of the recurring characters are in the Nora Kelly series, which actually begins with Thunderhead but they don’t label that one and it sits mostly as a standalone.
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Dennis Wheatley’s *Roger Brook* series. Historical fiction; 12 books covering the entirety of the French Revolution and Napoleon’s era, and by the time you’ve finished them all you’ll know all you could want to know about it – the guy really knew his history. And they’re a good swashbuckling adventure to boot!
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The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (Finished by Brandon Sanderson)
The Riftwar Saga by Raymond Feist
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The Expanse by James S. A. Corey
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41 Discworld novels .. and since Sir Terry Pratchett is sadly dead..
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Frank Richards’ Billy Bunter stories must be up there in terms of absolute volume, but given their complex publishing history it’s hard to say how many actual books they represent! (Or indeed whether they’d really be worth reading today…)
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The Deryni books by Katherine Kurtz. Medieval-inspired high fantasy. There are five trilogies each with their own mini-arc, all covering the events of a specific kingdom and several notable lineages that had large impacts on it. There’s magic, political and religious tensions, personal arcs, the works.
*The Books of Swords* by Fred Saberhagen is complete and has 11 books. Also technically a sequel to the *Empire of the East* trilogy if you want to add 3 more books.
The Malazan Book of the Fallen
Good luck
Edit: It’s far from the longest but the seventh and final installment of the Red Rising series should be out soon and I’d highly recommend
Dragon Riders of Pern – 24 books
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonriders_of_Pern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonriders_of_Pern)
Man, my favorite series is the Pendergast series by Preston and Child there’s like 25 now but I wouldn’t say it’s “completed” (there’s a new one every year or so)
And then some of the recurring characters are in the Nora Kelly series, which actually begins with Thunderhead but they don’t label that one and it sits mostly as a standalone.
Dennis Wheatley’s *Roger Brook* series. Historical fiction; 12 books covering the entirety of the French Revolution and Napoleon’s era, and by the time you’ve finished them all you’ll know all you could want to know about it – the guy really knew his history. And they’re a good swashbuckling adventure to boot!
The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (Finished by Brandon Sanderson)
The Riftwar Saga by Raymond Feist
The Expanse by James S. A. Corey
41 Discworld novels .. and since Sir Terry Pratchett is sadly dead..
Frank Richards’ Billy Bunter stories must be up there in terms of absolute volume, but given their complex publishing history it’s hard to say how many actual books they represent! (Or indeed whether they’d really be worth reading today…)