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I have trouble defining what s a series, so if you don't think some of these are not series, sobeit.
Harry Harrison's The Stainless Steel Rat Series, light S/F about a thief in the far future forced to be top bracket spy/cop. 10 books.
Jack Vance's The Demon Princes series. A colony at the edge of space is raided and the survivors are sold into slavery. But one kid and his grandfather successfully hide out. The kid is reared to get vengeance on the 5 planners of the raid. 5 Books, one per bad guy. Wonderful backdrops and writing.
Issac Asimov's Robot stories. Puzzle stories, each one different, but with recurring characters. Mostly short stories, with a few novels, as well. The novels form their own subseries.
Series? You make the call. Cordwainer Smith's The Instrumentality Of Mankind future history mosaic. 36 stories. S/F with an oriental slant. What would you expect from an American god son of Sun-Yat-Sen, who was considered the world's leading expert in Psychological Warfare in the middle of the 20th century.
And for those who think The Continental Op was a wimp, David Drake's Hammer's Slammers series. About a S/F mercenary regiment, who always paid for the best, man and machine. Not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach.
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