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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.

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  • Book 1of 3. Hirka has always been a little bit different, ostracized because her tail was cut off when she was an infant, so it is unexpected that she's summoned to take place in this year's Rite -- and even more shocking that her adoptive father…
    Book, 2021Stamford, CT : Arctis, 2021. — YA FICTION Petterse
  • Book 1 of 3. A strange darkness grows in Allward. Even Corayne an-Amarat can feel it, tucked away in her small town at the edge of the sea. She soon discovers the truth: She is the last of an ancient lineage--and the last hope to save the world from…
    Book, 2022New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022. — YA FICTION Aveyard
  • Book 1 of 3. Ren Monroe is one of the best wizards in her generation, but top marks at Balmerick University will mean nothing if she fails to get recruited into one of the major houses. Enter Theo Brood. After a failed and disastrous party trick,…
    Book, 2023New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, [2023] — YA FICTION Reintgen
  • Book 1 of 2. On the verge of summer before his senior year, Jay is a soft soul in a world of concrete. While his older brother is everything people expect a man to be—tough, athletic, and in charge—Jay simply blends into the background to everyone,…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — YA FICTION Miller
  • Book 1 of 2. Célie Tremblay has always been a good girl: kind and beautiful, a daughter of whom every parent would be proud. She surprises the entire kingdom when she defies tradition to become the first huntswoman—including her new captain and…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — YA FICTION Mahurin
  • Book 1 of 2. MJ Rodriguez has spent her life hiding in the human world, keeping a heavy secret. She’s half-encanto. As the only child of King Vivencio of the Sirena Court, she’s also next in line for the throne. And now, upon her estranged father’s…
    Book, 2024New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2024. — YA FICTION DelaCruz
  • Book 1 of 2. Faron Vincent can channel the power of the gods. Five years ago, she used her divine magic to liberate her island from its enemies, the dragon-riding Langley Empire. But now, at seventeen, Faron is all powered up with no wars to fight.…
    Book, 2024New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024. — YA FICTION Cole
  • Book 1 of 2. On her eighteenth birthday, Wren discovers latent magical powers, earning her a place at the secret Academia de la Luna, where alongside her childhood friend Lee, they uncover secrets and dangerous mysteries, forcing Lee to choose…
    Book, 2024New York : Wednesday Books, 2024. — YA FICTION Cast
  • Book 1 of 2. Discovered practicing alchemy by apprentice Ramsay Thorne, Ash must help her find a sacred text of extraordinary power - a journey that forces him to discover his own definition of true power and how far he will go to seize it.
    Book, 2024New York ; Tor Teen, Tor Publishing Group, 2024. — YA FICTION Callende
  • Book 1 of 2. Rat Evans, nonbinary heir to one of the oldest magical bloodlines in New York, doesn’t cast spells anymore. For as long as Rat can remember, they’ve been surrounded by doorways no one else sees and corridors that aren’t on any map. Then…
    Book, 2023New York : Amulet Books, 2023. — YA FICTION OBrien
  • 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."
    Book, 2018New 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 dead dad.…
    Book, 2019New 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. Because in…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023] — YA FICTION Schaeffe
  • 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 aging—and…
    Book, 2022New 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 holds…
    Book, 2021New 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 curses…
    Book, 2022New 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 empire,…
    Book, 2021Mendota 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 community dreams…
    Book, 2022Los 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, Lily, draws an…
    Book, 2021London, 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 his story…
    Book, 2021Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Inkyard Press, [2021] — YA FICTION Kagawa