By expanded series, I mean when the author takes her original series or book and writes novellas, prequels, sequel series, or books written about another minor character or a new character from the same world.
In no particular order, here they are.
1. Cassandra Clare's 3 series and 3 extended universe books
-The Mortal Instuments (Series)
- The Infernal Devices (Series)
- The Dark Artifacts (Series)
- The Shadow Hunter's Codex (Book)
-The Bane Chronicles (Book)
- Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy (Book)
I absolutely loved these books. I loved that after reading the 6 books in The Mortal Instruments, I could read a prequel series and sequel series. These other series told the stories of other characters in the same world, some which I had already met.
2. Kiera Cass's The Selection Series and Novellas
-The Selection (Series)
- The Prince (Novella)
- The Guard (Novella)
- The Queen (Novella)
- The Favorite (Novella)
These books, as Caelyn already said, are great. I loved the characters and enjoyed getting to know how they understood the story through Cass's novellas.
3. Rae Carson's Fire and Thorns Trilogy and Novellas
- Fire and Thorns (Trilogy)
- The Shadow Cats (Novella)
- The King's Guard (Novella)
- The Shattered Mountain (Novella)
See Caelyn's Top Ten Fantasy post for more info on these wonderful books!!
4. Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, a Novella, and her Life and Death
- Twilight (Series)
- Life and Death (Twilight rewritten)
-The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (Novella)
After loving the Twilight books, I was excited to see Meyer's anniversary novel, Life and Death. In this book, she wrote the vampire as the girl and the human as the boy and changed the sex of almost all the characters in the book.
5. J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series and Bonus Books
-Harry Potter (Series)
- Tales of the Beedle and the Bard (Book)
- Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them (Textbook)
- Quidditch Through The Ages (Textbook)
Rowling took her fabulous series and wrote the wizard children's book and two textbooks from her stories.
6. Cynthia Hand's Unearthly Series and Novellas
-Unearthly (Trilogy)
- Radiant (Novella)
- Lost Scene from Hallowed
These books get a 5 star rating from me.
7. Elizabeth Wein's Code Name Verity and Rose Under Fire
Taking place after Code Name Verity, Rose Under Fire tells the story of a new girl yet characters from Code Name Verity play a role in the story too.
8. Veronica Roth's Divergent Series, Novellas, and Four
-Divergent (Series)
-Four (Book)
-The Transfer (Novella)
-The Initiate (Novella)
-The World of Divergent: The path to Allegiant (Novella)
-The Traitor (Novella)
-The Son (Novella)
Four tells book 1, Divergent, from Four's (a.k.a. Tobias Eaton) perspective.
9. Amy Ewing's The Lone City Trilogy and Novella
-The Lone City (Books 1 & 2)
- The House of the Stone (Novella)
Book three is yet to be released and I eagerly await the day when I can finish the story of Violet.
10. R.J. Palacio's Wonder and Novellas
-Wonder (Book)
- The Julian Chapter (Novella)
-Pluto (Novella)
-Shingaling (Novella)
While these are younger books, they are beautiful stories with great life messages. See the quotes page to read a great Wonder quote.
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