Book Series (Series? Serieses?) come in many different sizes. You may be reading a series right now and you may wonder: What type of series is this? Or you may not. But either way, just continue to read this post and enjoy it because I have placed my heart and soul into this thing, and that's what the courteous person would do. Oh man! I need to go back to bed.
Different series of books have a different number of books in them. Surprisingly, all these different series have different names.
A series with one book in it is not a series. It is a book. Or possibly a companion.
A series with two books is called a Duology. (Reiyalindis)
A series with three books is called a Trilogy. (The second most common series type. Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, Pillagy, Kane Chronicles, Serpent Tide series)
Four books is a Quadrilogy. (Peter and the Starcatchers series, Jimmy Fincher Saga)
Five books is a Pentalogy or Quintet. (The most common series type. Leven Thumps, Fablehaven, Percy Jackson, Spiderwick, The Time Quintet)
Six books is a Hexalogy (I've heard it called a Saga or a Sixtet).
Seven books is a Heptalogy or a Septalogy. (Harry Potter, Septimus Heap, The Chronicles of Narnia)
Eight books is a Octalogy.
Now you've gained some knowledge. Go imply it into your natural lives. Though I wouldn't recamend going around telling people that you're reading a 'Hexalogy'. You might get some strange looks.
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