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260 books · 154 voters · list created August 20th, 2013 by Laura (votes) .
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Laura 13040 books
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Misfit 5491 books
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Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) 546 books
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Jemidar 2594 books
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Wanda 2390 books
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Thom 6022 books
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Bev 8538 books
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Andrew 1759 books
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message 1: by Laura (new)

Laura thanks Misfit and TA for adding some interesting book to this list.


Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) You're welcome, and thanks in turn for creating this list! :)


message 3: by Wanda (last edited Aug 20, 2013 04:09PM) (new)

Wanda Great list, Laura.

Wolf Hall appears at No. 10 and No. 62.


Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) Yes -- I keep combining them, but the second book is being added over and over again ...


message 5: by Laura (new)

Laura thank you so much dear friends!!


message 6: by Laura (new)

Laura thanks Andrew


Mike (the Paladin) This is like every other list. People have already started stuffing it with books that don't fit what the list is.

Trilogies people, trilogies.


Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "This is like every other list. People have already started stuffing it with books that don't fit what the list is.

Trilogies people, trilogies."


Examples?


message 9: by Laura (new)

Laura Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "This is like every other list. People have already started stuffing it with books that don't fit what the list is.

Trilogies people, trilogies."


That's why this one is called "literary" trilogies in order to list real good titles found in the literature.


message 10: by Laura (new)

Laura thanks Robin


Joselito Honestly and Brilliantly Hey Laura, I'd like to include in the list (and vote for) Eduardo Galeano's MEMORY OF FIRE but I do not know how to go about it. It is a trilogy too: Genesis, Faces and Masks and Century of the Wind.


message 12: by Laura (new)

Laura Please do so Joselito.


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Laura thanks Bettie


message 14: by Laura (new)

Laura I've removed the 2nd and 3rd books of Sandra Gulland and Pauline Simmons since only the first book of a trilogy should be listed here.


message 15: by Thom (last edited Oct 08, 2013 09:00AM) (new)

Thom Dunn Laura wrote: "thanks Misfit and TA for adding some interesting book to this list."

Want to add Gamethill by Denise Mina but does not appear in GR search and I don't own a copy to "create" it. It is a recent book, the first book in a trilogy that came to be called the Gamethill trilogy.

I did add Mina's later trilogy by adding The Field of Blood. (This trilogy is based around the sleuthing of journalist Paddy Meehan).


Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) Thom wrote: "Laura wrote: "thanks Misfit and TA for adding some interesting book to this list."

Want to add Gamethill by Denise Mina but does not appear in GR search ..."


That's because the book is called Garnethill. :) I added it.


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Laura thanks TA


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Laura thanks Thom


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Laura thanks Melissa


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Laura thanks Joanne


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Laura thanks Cecilia


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Laura thanks Kara


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Laura thanks Rebekah


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Laura thanks Mrs.


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Laura thanks Kvitkapaporoti


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Laura thanks Sarah


message 27: by Laura (new)

Laura Book #61 has been removed since it belongs to a 6-books series.


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Laura thanks Carolyne


message 29: by Laura (new)

Laura thanks Frida


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) The term 'literary' has been applied very loosely here, I noticed...


message 31: by Laura (new)

Laura Booklovinglady wrote: "The term 'literary' has been applied very loosely here, I noticed..."

I know. Do you have another suggestion?


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Laura wrote: "Booklovinglady wrote: "The term 'literary' has been applied very loosely here, I noticed..."

I know. Do you have another suggestion?"


No, unfortunately not :-(


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Laura thanks Epicalkids


message 34: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Dec 21, 2016 05:44AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Children of the Arbat (#93) is not the first part of a trilogy but of a tetralogy, as there are four books and not three.

Same goes for These Old Shades (#116): These Old Shades, Devil's Cub, Regency Buck and An Infamous Army together make four books, last time I counted.

Both Children of the Arbat and These Old Shades should be deleted for not meeting the criteria of this list...


message 35: by Laura (new)

Laura Booklovinglady wrote: "Children of the Arbat (#93) is not the first part of a trilogy but of a tetralogy, as there are four books and not three.

Same goes for These Old Shades (#116): [book..."


Deleted and moved to the Tetralogy list:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

thanks!!

:O)


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) @Laura
I own both tetralogies, which is how I knew ;-)


message 37: by Laura (new)

Laura Booklovinglady wrote: "@Laura
I own both tetralogies, which is how I knew ;-)"


Someone else added these tetralogies, we cannot avoid it, unfortunately. Thanks for your cooperation.

:O)


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Laura thanks Carpe librum


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Laura thanks Konstantin


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Laura thanks Ray


message 41: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Sep 11, 2017 05:33AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) So far Wolf Hall (#5) is part of a duology, not a trilogy. Not sure there ever will be a third book either, as the publication date keeps moving forward (and has done so for a couple of years...).

#143 Lost Illusions is not part of a trilogy, as there are more than three books...

#203 Winnetou is not part of a trilogy either (again, more than three books...)


message 42: by Laura (new)

Laura Booklovinglady wrote: "So far Wolf Hall (#5) is part of a duology, not a trilogy. Not sure there ever will be a third book either, as the publication date keeps moving forward (and has done so for a couple..."

Thanks Booklovinglady! Lost Illusions and Winnetou have been removed. But I'll leave Wolf Hall as it is, since the 3rd book of this series is already planned by the author, even if there is not publication date yet.


message 43: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Sep 11, 2017 10:47PM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Laura wrote: "I'll leave Wolf Hall as it is, since the 3rd book of this series is already planned by the author, even if there is not publication date yet. ..."

Hilary Mantel must be suffering from a writer's block :-) because like I said, the publication date keeps moving forward. I'm one of the many people who is anxiously waiting for The Mirror and the Light, as it has been five years now since Bring Up the Bodies was published.


message 44: by Laura (new)

Laura Booklovinglady wrote: "Laura wrote: "I'll leave Wolf Hall as it is, since the 3rd book of this series is already planned by the author, even if there is not publication date yet. ..."

Hilary Mantel must b..."


Lets wait a little more, I am also looking forward for the 3rd book of this trilogy.

:O)


message 45: by Laura (new)

Laura thanks Karen


message 46: by Laura (new)

Laura thanks Pat


message 47: by Laura (last edited Dec 14, 2019 04:13AM) (new)

Laura thanks Ederson, Sandy


message 48: by Laura (new)

Laura thanks Laurie


Elizabeth (Alaska) Removed The Jewel in the Crown because it is not part of a trilogy.


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