Book series

A book series is a sequence of books having certain characteristics in common that are formally identified together as a group. Book series can be organized in different ways, such as written by the same author, or marketed as a group by their publisher.

À la recherche du temps perdu (1908–22)

Marcel Proust

Vie et aventures de Salavin (1920–32) and Chronique des Pasquier (1933–45)

Georges Duhamel

The Thibaults (1922–40)

Roger Martin du Gard

Les Hommes de bonne volonté (1932–47)

Jules Romains

Cycle du monde réel (1933–51)

Louis Aragon

Les Destinées sentimentales (1934–36)

Jacques Chardonne

Architecture:

Pevsner Architectural Guides

Biography: ; Great Lives^[11]

The Republic of Letters

History:

History of the Great War

Science:

New Naturalist Library

Self Instruction: ^[12]

Teach Yourself

Sport:

Badminton Library

Travel: ; Blue Guides

Murray's Handbooks for Travellers

Notable nonfiction book series for the general public have included:

List of children's book series

Monographic series

Sequel

Continuation novel

Tetralogy

Trilogy

Volume

Peter Harris. International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. London: Taylor & Francis, 2014.

Frank Arthur Mumby. Publishing and Bookselling: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. Revised edition, 1949.

Frank L. Schick. The Paperbound Book in America: The History of Paperbacks and Their European Background. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1958.

John Spiers, ed. The Culture of the Publisher's Series. 2 vols. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Jack David Zipes, ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2006. 4 volumes.

- List of hardback and paperback book series with titles listed in each series

PublishingHistory.com

- List of hardback publisher’s book series with detailed historical commentary on each