A book series record in Masslore groups two or more novels or novellas under a shared parent record, capturing the overall scope, author, genre, and publication span of the series as a whole, with individual volume records nested beneath it. Series records are particularly significant in fandom because they represent the full canon of a fictional world rather than a single entry point. Masslore currently indexes over 900 book series records.
J.K. Rowling's seven-novel series follows Harry Potter across his years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, from 1997 to 2007. The series has sold over 500 million copies worldwide and spawned eight theatrical films, a stage play, and an expanded universe of spinoff media.
Frank Herbert's six-novel saga, published between 1965 and 1985, spans thousands of years in a future interstellar civilization built on the scarcity of a single resource. Among the most complex and consequential world-building in science fiction literature.
J.R.R. Tolkien's three-volume novel, published in 1954–1955, follows the quest to destroy the One Ring and free Middle-earth from the shadow of Sauron. The foundational text of modern epic fantasy, and the source of Peter Jackson's six-film adaptation.
George R.R. Martin's ongoing epic fantasy series, begun in 1996, follows the power struggles of noble families across the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos. The basis for the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and its prequel spinoffs.
Terry Pratchett's 41-novel series set on a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants standing on a giant turtle. Published between 1983 and 2015, Discworld is both a satirical comic fantasy and one of the most densely constructed fictional worlds in literature.
Robert Jordan's fourteen-novel epic, begun in 1990 and completed posthumously by Brandon Sanderson in 2013, follows a group of young people from a rural village who discover they are central to the fate of the world. Adapted as a Prime Video series beginning in 2021.
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