Select language, opens an overlay
  • Topic Guide
  • Staff-Created List

SJPL Picks: YA Completed Series

When we find an engrossing book we're always chasing the story - just one more page, just one more chapter, and in the case of these reads, just one more book! Each of these reads is the first book in a completed duology, trilogy, or longer series. Featured here are stories that need multiple installments to do it justice, so the thrill and delight of a favorite can be savored. Each of these openers are from completed runs. Recommended completed duology, trilogy, and series reading for teens, selected by SJPL Librarians.

San José Public Library

37 items

  • Book 1 of 3. "Held captive by the brutal Kaiser since age six when she witnessed her mother's murder, Theodosia, called Ash Princess, is now sixteen and prepared to reclaim the throne by any means necessary."
    BookNew York : Delacorte Press, [2018] — YA FICTION Sebastia
  • Book 1 of 2. "Juan has plans. He’s going to get out of El Paso, Texas, on a basketball scholarship and make something of himself—or at least find something better than his mom Fabi’s cruddy apartment, her string of loser boyfriends, and a…
    BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2019] — YA FICTION Mendez
  • Book 1 of 2. "Ever since her sister became a man-eating spider and slaughtered her way through town, nineteen-year-old Ness has been terrified—terrified of some other Nightmare murdering her, and terrified of ending up like her sister.…
    BookNew York, NY : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023] — YA FICTION Schaeffe
  • Book 1 of 3. "The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors…
    BookNew York : Imprint, 2018. — YA FICTION McKinney
  • Book 1 of 2. "It’s 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue. Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and…
    BookNew York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2022] — YA FICTION Gong
  • Book 1 of 3. "eventeen-year-old Daphne has spent her entire life honing her body and mind into that of a warrior, hoping to be accepted by the unyielding people of ancient Sparta. But an unexpected encounter with the goddess Artemis—who…
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021. — YA FICTION Andrews
  • Book 1 of 2. "Vesper Vale is the daughter of revolutionaries. Failed revolutionaries. When her mother was caught by the queen's soldiers, they gave her a choice: death by the hangman's axe, or death by the Storm that surrounds the city and…
    BookNew York, NY : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — YA FICTION Mara
  • Book 1 of 2, with one non-primary work (3 books total). "As darkness closes in on the city of shattered light, an heiress and an outlaw must decide whether to fend for themselves or fight for each other. As heiress to a powerful tech…
    BookMendota Heights, Minnesota : Flux, [2021] — YA FICTION Winn
  • Book 1 of 2. "Almost sixteen years ago, Mateo Matisse's island homeland disappeared into the sea. Weary and hopeless, the survivors of San Madrigal's sinking escaped to New York. While the rest of his tight-knit Brooklyn diaspora…
    BookLos Angeles : Hyperion, 2022. — YA FICTION Older
  • Book 1 of 3. "After Maeve finds a pack of tarot cards while cleaning out a closet during her in-school suspension, she quickly becomes the most sought-after diviner at St. Bernadette’s Catholic school. But when Maeve’s ex–best friend,…
    BookLondon, England : Walker Books, 2021. — YA FICTION ODonoghu
  • Book 1 of 3, with a prequel. "Wicked faeries and fantastic danger… Welcome to book one of the new trilogy in New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa’s Iron Fey fantasy series, as infamous prankster Puck finally has a chance to tell…
    BookToronto, Ontario, Canada : Inkyard Press, [2021] — YA FICTION Kagawa
  • Moon Chosen

    Tales of a New World

    Cast, P. C,
    Book 1 of 4. "Mari is an Earth Walker, heir to the unique healing powers of her Clan, but she has been forced to turn from her duties, until she is chosen by a special animal ally, altering her destiny forever. When a deadly attack tears…
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2016. — YA FICTION Cast
  • Book 1 of 2. "Long ago, shapeshifting monsters ruled the Commonwealth using blasphemous magic that fed on the souls of their subjects. Now, hundreds of years later, a new tomb has been uncovered, and despite the legends that disturbing a…
    BookNew York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2021] — YA FICTION Sangster
  • Book 1 of 3. "Heir to two lines of powerful witchdoctors, Arrah yearns for magic of her own. Yet she fails at bone magic, fails to call upon her ancestors, and fails to live up to her family’s legacy. Under the disapproving eye of her…
    BookNew York, NY : HarperTeen, [2019] — YA FICTION Barron
  • Book 1 of 3. "Tina never worries about being ‘ordinary’—she doesn’t have to, since she’s known practically forever that she’s not just Tina Mains, average teenager and beloved daughter. She’s also the keeper of an interplanetary rescue…
    BookNew York : Tor Teen, 2021. — YA FICTION Anders
  • Book 1 of 2. "Victory is the only option. Once a year, the Olympian Empresses grant the wishes of ten people selected by a lottery—for a price. Seventeen-year-old Gen, a former circus performer, wants the freedom of her father, who was…
    BookMendota Heights, Minnesota : Flux, [2022] — YA FICTION Menard
  • Book 1 of 2. "Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die. When the two of them have a chance…
    BookNew York : Wednesday Books, 2022. — YA FICTION Schwartz
  • Book 1 of 3. "Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orléans, the people are born gray, they are born damned, and…
    BookLos Angeles : Freeform Books, 2018. — YA FICTION Clayton
  • Book 1 of 2. "On an island cursed by eternal winter, Sylvi agrees to run a late-season haul for a smuggler, but when they reach their destination, Sylvi must decide if she can abandon her cherished solitude and anonymity--and the favor of…
    BookNew York : Amulet Books, [2020] — YA FICTION Dittemor
  • Book 1 of 2. "When Bugz, who is caught between the worlds of life on the Rez and the virtual world, meets Feng, they form an instant bond as outsiders and gamers and must both grapple with the impact of family challenges and community…
    Book[Toronto, Ontario] : Penguin Teen, 2021. — YA FICTION Kinew