As I was saying, this series was written by Bernard Cornwell. It chronicles the life of Richard Sharpe in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe was born in poverty. He joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of…
The Time Quintet is a fantasy/science fiction series written by Madeleine L’Engle. And, as the title suggests, the series contains five novels. The Time Quintet series follows the lives of Meg Murry, her youngest brother Charles Wallace Murry, and their friend Calvin O’Keefe. Together, they try to save the world from evil forces. Everything began…
American Hero and Ultimate Marine Sniper Bob Lee Swagger is the main protagonist of the book series written by the novelist, essayist, and film critic Stephen Hunter who loosely based the character on USMC Scout Sniper Carlos Hathcock. Bob Lee Swagger is a retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant in Arkansas. He is the son of State…
The Hornblower series written by English novelist C.S. Forester is about a British naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars. The series follows Horatio Hornblower through his career and across the development of the Napoleonic Wars, from a midshipman and lieutenant to an admiral in the British Navy. Hornblower learned to be a leader and to…
Played by Daniel Radcliffe on the big screen, Harry James Potter is one of the most famous wizards of modern times. He just doesn’t know it’s when the story begins. On his tenth birthday, Harry learns that he is a wizard, and joins Hogwarts where he meets Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Harry Potter is…
Written by Clive Cussler, this is, of course, an adventure series that will take you all around the world to find forgotten treasures and solve century-old mysteries. More precisely, the series focuses on Sam and Remi Fargo, a couple of adventurers who are professional treasure hunters. They travel to exotic places around the globe in…
Written by author James Rollins, The Sigma Force series is obviously about The SIGMA Force. It is a fictional division of the U.S. DARPA program whose purpose is to investigate and secure sensitive information that could be a threat to the United States. Based in the sub-basement of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the…
The Caster Chronicles is a young adult Southern Gothic fantasy series written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. The books are told from the viewpoint of the male protagonist. It comprises two series: Beautiful Creatures and its spin-off set in the same universe, Dangerous Creatures. Everything begins with Ethan Waite, a 16-year-old boy who wants…
Written by American author Clive Cussler, The NUMA Files is a spin-off of the Dirk Pitt series. The story centers around Kurt Austin, Team Leader of National Underwater & Marine Agency (NUMA)’s Special Assignments division. It’s basically a The Sea Hunters: True Adventures With Famous Shipwrecks (1996) in which he explores the special world of…
Adventure series written by Clive Cussler, The Oregon Files is a spin-off of the Dirk Pitt Series. It focuses on Juan Cabrillo and his crew of mercenaries with a conscience. More precisely, Cabrillo is the chairman of the Corporation, a special US Government-sponsored group that operates out of a ship called the Oregon. It is…
Written by the American novelist, essayist, bookseller, and screenwriter Larry McMurtry, the Lonesome Dove series began in 1985 with a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the first of four books taking us back to the 19th century. This series tells the exploits of Augustus McCrae and W. F. Call (but also Joshua Deets, Pea Eye Parker, Jake…
The Covert-One series follows a team of political and technical experts, belonging to a top-secret U.S. agency called Covert-One. Lead by Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Jonathan ‘Jon’ Jackson Smith, M.D., they fight corruption, conspiracy, and bioweaponry at the highest levels of society. American writer Robert Ludlum (author of the Jason Bourne original series) created the Covert-One…
