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If you know that a book is the first title in a series, do you read it, or do you wait for more in the series to be published?

Survey expired 11/18/16
Total voters: 532

If you know that a book is the first title in a series, do you read it, or do you wait for more in the series to be published?

 67% (355 votes)I will read the book and anticipate the next installment.
 5% (26 votes)I prefer to wait until more books in the series are released before reading the first installment.
 21% (113 votes)It depends on the author. If it is an author whose work I know, I may start reading right away. If the author is someone new to me, I am more inclined to wait.
 5% (25 votes)I do not read books that I know are part of a series.
 2% (13 votes)Other (Please specify):
  • I read Book 1 shortly before the release of Book 2. I want Book 1 fresh in my mind as I begin Book 2.
  • Ii will read the book but if I don't like it, I won't read any others.
  • I definitely will read if the genre is my favorite - mystery.
  • I prefer to wait for all in the series is released, but sometimes it is at the end of the first book before you know it is a ser
  • If it's Nora Roberts I wait until all three are out, other authors I read right away.
  • I have so many series that I'm currently reading that I'm really picky about choosing to start another one.
  • I read the first book in the series to see if I want to read any additional books.
  • I am always so far behind in my "books to read" list that sometimes several books in the series have been published.
  • If it's a good series, I wait until the author is dead and then get the whole series so that I can read them all together!
  • I can't say I never read books in a series, but I try to steer clear of them. Too reading restrictive for me.
  • I find an Author Lee Child I read the current book. Then go back tom the first book and read the whle series.
  • I won't knowingly read a book in a series unless I know it will work as a stand-alone.
  • Sometimes I accidentally read a 2d or 3rd installments of a series...sometimes I go back for the 1st and sometimes not.