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Originally Posted by fidvo
I generally give them a series number anyway, sorted by their publication date because that's usually the order in which you want to read them.
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I've yet to hear a convincing argument why I would want to read books in publication order. If the books are tied together closely enough to make the order in which I read them matter at all then I want to read them in the internal order which may or may not match the publication order. And if they aren't tied that closely together then it seems a matter of supreme indifference to me what order I do read them in. At least it seems that way until somebody gives me a convincing reason otherwise.
BTW I read for enjoyment, not as a critic. I really don't care about how the author 'develops' as a writer. Either I enjoy their work, or I don't.
(Not sure what just happened but my screen jumped & now the text looks larger. If this posts with oversized text, sorry.)