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Originally Posted by Luffy
Guys, you can recommend series, that was a misunderstanding, if you read previous posts, you'll see.
I thank everyone who has posted. Some books are more likely to be chosen for reading, but I'm confident each one has some merit.
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If series are ok then here are a couple more. In each case, the first book can be read as a stand-alone (except for maybe Honor Harrington), but they have good continuations and weren't necessarily meant to be read as stand-alone books. Except for Honor Harrington, again, each series is complete so you shouldn't be left hanging if something really grabs you.*
Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson, average around 750 pages for the first 3. I haven't read the 4th, but it is a second series anyway.
The Bourne Identity (and at least the two following books) are very good; only the first is marginally like the movies, the other two are completely different from the movies. You can read the first as a stand alone book. I haven't read beyond the first three by Robert Ludlum but some people say the others are good too (by Eric Van Lustbader?)
If you do decide you want a long, high page count series, then there are a couple of my "standby" series:
Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (and Brandon Sanderson), the shortest is about 700 pages and totals about 13,000; Tom Clancy's
Jack Ryan series, starting with, in publication order,
The Hunt for Red October which is the shortest at about 450 pages; or David Weber's
Honor Harrington series which which averages over 700 pages each I believe.
*Complete means the original author is no longer adding to it.