Penny for Your ThoughtsThe Review Group

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Series & Adaptation Reviews

Series and adapted titles live and die on whether the next one is worth it. Penny scores each on its own merits — craft, staying power, and family fit — so you know where to start and when to stop.

20,000 Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne cover

20,000 Leagues under the Sea

Jules Verne · 2012

👍 Worth It 95/100

A Jamaican Family's Saga 2 by Leonard Archie Wilson cover

A Jamaican Family's Saga 2

Leonard Archie Wilson · 2019

👍 Worth It 95/100

A Modern Southern Reader by Ben Forkner cover

A Modern Southern Reader

Ben Forkner · 1986

👍 Worth It 95/100

A New Voyage Round the World by Daniel Defoe cover

A New Voyage Round the World

Daniel Defoe · 2025

👍 Worth It 95/100

Afternoon on the Amazon by Mary Pope Osborne cover

Afternoon on the Amazon

Mary Pope Osborne · 1996

👍 Worth It 95/100

At Risk by Judith E. French cover

At Risk

Judith E. French · 2005

👍 Worth It 95/100

At the Table of the Grail by John Matthews cover

At the Table of the Grail

John Matthews · 2002

👍 Worth It 95/100

Bedfellows by Nivita Chaliki cover

Bedfellows

Nivita Chaliki · 2022

👍 Worth It 95/100

Bongo Fishing by Thacher Hurd cover

Bongo Fishing

Thacher Hurd · 2011

👍 Worth It 95/100

Calvin by Tom Cup cover

Calvin

Tom Cup · 2000

👍 Worth It 95/100

Christ Versus Arizona by Camilo José Cela cover

Christ Versus Arizona

Camilo José Cela · 2007

👍 Worth It 95/100

Deconstructing the Starships by Gwyneth A. Jones cover

Deconstructing the Starships

Gwyneth A. Jones · 1999

👍 Worth It 95/100

For a Sack of Bones by Lluís-Anton Baulenas cover

For a Sack of Bones

Lluís-Anton Baulenas · 2008

👍 Worth It 95/100

Literary Story as an Art Form by William H. Coles cover

Literary Story as an Art Form

William H. Coles · 2008

👍 Worth It 95/100

Andre Norton by John Bankston cover

Andre Norton

John Bankston · 2010

👍 Worth It 95/100

Classic Comedies by Maurice Charney cover

Classic Comedies

Maurice Charney · 1994

👍 Worth It 95/100

Edith Wharton and the Conversations of Literary Modernism by J. Haytock cover

Edith Wharton and the Conversations of Literary Modernism

J. Haytock · 2008

👍 Worth It 95/100

The Hive Queen by Tui Sutherland cover

The Hive Queen

Tui Sutherland · 2020

👍 Worth It 94/100

The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War by Michael Shaara cover

The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War

Michael Shaara · 2004

👍 Worth It 94/100

Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne & Ernest H. Shepard cover

Winnie the Pooh

A. A. Milne & Ernest H. Shepard · 2009

👍 Worth It 94/100

A Crown of Snow and Ice by Melanie Cellier cover

A Crown of Snow and Ice

Melanie Cellier · 2019

👍 Worth It 93/100

A Single Day of Peace by Stephen D'Angelo cover

A Single Day of Peace

Stephen D'Angelo · 2021

👍 Worth It 93/100

Belle & Beast by Rebecca Fittery cover

Belle & Beast

Rebecca Fittery · 2020

👍 Worth It 93/100

Desert Rain by Spirit Walker cover

Desert Rain

Spirit Walker · 2001

👍 Worth It 93/100

Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce cover

Wild Magic

Tamora Pierce · 2003

👍 Worth It 93/100

Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones cover

Conrad's Fate

Diana Wynne Jones · 2005

👍 Worth It 93/100

Dubliners by James Joyce cover

Dubliners

James Joyce · 2023

👍 Worth It 93/100

Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne cover

Winnie-the-Pooh

A.A. Milne · 2009

👍 Worth It 93/100

The Chronicles of Narnia Complete Audio Collection by C. S. Lewis cover

The Chronicles of Narnia Complete Audio Collection

C. S. Lewis · 2005

👍 Worth It 93/100

Dry Bones Anthology 2000 by Phillip Tomasso, III cover

Dry Bones Anthology 2000

Phillip Tomasso, III · 2000

👍 Worth It 92/100

Thumbelina by Lucy M. George cover

Thumbelina

Lucy M. George · 2008

👍 Worth It 92/100

New Selected Stories by Alice Munro cover

New Selected Stories

Alice Munro · 2011

👍 Worth It 92/100

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong cover

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

Ed Yong · 2022

👍 Worth It 92/100

A Case for Christianity by Morris A. Inch cover

A Case for Christianity

Morris A. Inch · 1997

👍 Worth It 91/100

A Heart Renewed by Kimberly Rae Jordan cover

A Heart Renewed

Kimberly Rae Jordan · 2021

👍 Worth It 91/100

A New Beginning by Bill Conner cover

A New Beginning

Bill Conner · 2013

👍 Worth It 91/100

A Passage Through Darkness by T. Davis Bunn cover

A Passage Through Darkness

T. Davis Bunn · 1999

👍 Worth It 91/100

A Reader's Guide to Fantasy by Baird Searles cover

A Reader's Guide to Fantasy

Baird Searles · 1982

👍 Worth It 91/100

A. W. Tozer by A. W. Tozer cover

A. W. Tozer

A. W. Tozer · 2022

👍 Worth It 91/100

An Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers cover

An Echo in the Darkness

Francine Rivers · 2002

👍 Worth It 91/100

Araminta Spookie 2 by Angie Sage cover

Araminta Spookie 2

Angie Sage · 2006

👍 Worth It 91/100

Artes by Gunnar Harding cover

Artes

Gunnar Harding · 1998

👍 Worth It 91/100

Ashes of Man by CHRISTOPHER. RUOCCHIO cover

Ashes of Man

CHRISTOPHER. RUOCCHIO · 2022

👍 Worth It 91/100

Beware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn Meyer cover

Beware, Princess Elizabeth

Carolyn Meyer · 2002

👍 Worth It 91/100

Blood of Empire by Brian McClellan cover

Blood of Empire

Brian McClellan · 2019

👍 Worth It 91/100

Bridge by Robert Thomas cover

Bridge

Robert Thomas · 2014

👍 Worth It 91/100

Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants by Dav Pilkey cover

Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants

Dav Pilkey · 2000

👍 Worth It 91/100

Classic Stories 2 by Ray Bradbury cover

Classic Stories 2

Ray Bradbury · 1990

👍 Worth It 91/100

Clutter-free Christianity by Robert Jeffress cover

Clutter-free Christianity

Robert Jeffress · 2009

👍 Worth It 91/100

Covet by Tracy Wolff cover

Covet

Tracy Wolff · 2024

👍 Worth It 91/100

Creatures of Another Age by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle cover

Creatures of Another Age

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · 2021

👍 Worth It 91/100

Dead Eye by Mark Greaney cover

Dead Eye

Mark Greaney · 2019

👍 Worth It 91/100

Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane cover

Deep Wizardry

Diane Duane · 2001

👍 Worth It 91/100

Destiny of a War Veteran by SAL ATLANTIS. PHOENIX cover

Destiny of a War Veteran

SAL ATLANTIS. PHOENIX · 2019

👍 Worth It 91/100

Dhiammara by Maggie Furey cover

Dhiammara

Maggie Furey · 1997

👍 Worth It 91/100

Dog Man a Tale of Two Kitties by Dav Pilkey cover

Dog Man a Tale of Two Kitties

Dav Pilkey · 2019

👍 Worth It 91/100

Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs cover

Frost Burned

Patricia Briggs · 2014

👍 Worth It 91/100

Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan cover

Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor

Rick Riordan · 2017

👍 Worth It 91/100

Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan cover

Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead

Rick Riordan · 2017

👍 Worth It 91/100

Paperback Original by Will Rhode cover

Paperback Original

Will Rhode · 2004

👍 Worth It 91/100

Return to the Whorl by Gene Wolfe cover

Return to the Whorl

Gene Wolfe · 2001

👍 Worth It 91/100

The Battle for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi cover

The Battle for WondLa

Tony DiTerlizzi · 2023

👍 Worth It 91/100

The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan cover

The Burning Maze

Rick Riordan · 2018

👍 Worth It 91/100

The Cafe on the Edge of the World by John P. Strelecky cover

The Cafe on the Edge of the World

John P. Strelecky · 2020

👍 Worth It 91/100

The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn cover

The Harbinger

Jonathan Cahn · 2011

👍 Worth It 91/100

Centaur of the Savannahs by Charles Patton cover

Centaur of the Savannahs

Charles Patton · 2014

👍 Worth It 91/100

Who Am I? by Lena Nelson Dooley cover

Who Am I?

Lena Nelson Dooley · 2007

👍 Worth It 91/100

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro cover

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989

👍 Worth It 91/100

The House At Pooh Corner Deluxe Edition by A. A. Milne & Ernest H. Shepard cover

The House At Pooh Corner Deluxe Edition

A. A. Milne & Ernest H. Shepard · 2009

👍 Worth It 91/100

BROTHERS BY GRACE by CHERIE. HARBRIDGE WILLIAMS cover

BROTHERS BY GRACE

CHERIE. HARBRIDGE WILLIAMS · 2024

👍 Worth It 90/100

Deep in Providence by Riss M. Neilson cover

Deep in Providence

Riss M. Neilson · 2022

👍 Worth It 90/100

Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton cover

Orthodoxy

G. K. Chesterton · 2017

👍 Worth It 90/100

H. M. S. Surprise by Patrick O'Brian cover

H. M. S. Surprise

Patrick O'Brian · 1991

👍 Worth It 90/100

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott cover

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott · 2025

👍 Worth It 90/100

Children of Time: Children of Time, Book 1 by Adrian Tchaikovsky cover

Children of Time: Children of Time, Book 1

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2017

👍 Worth It 90/100

The Aeneid by Virgil & Robert Fagles cover

The Aeneid

Virgil & Robert Fagles · 2006

👍 Worth It 90/100

Animal Farm by George Orwell cover

Animal Farm

George Orwell · 2007

👍 Worth It 90/100

The Odyssey by Homer, Robert Fagles & Bernard Knox cover

The Odyssey

Homer, Robert Fagles & Bernard Knox · 1997

👍 Worth It 90/100

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky cover

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky · 1993

👍 Worth It 90/100

The Story of Our Secrets by Shari Low cover

The Story of Our Secrets

Shari Low · 2021

👍 Worth It 89/100

Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor cover

Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont

Elizabeth Taylor · 2011

👍 Worth It 89/100

Middlemarch by George Eliot cover

Middlemarch

George Eliot · 2019

👍 Worth It 89/100

The Story of the Treasure Seekers by Edith Nesbit cover

The Story of the Treasure Seekers

Edith Nesbit · 2017

👍 Worth It 89/100

Anna Karenina by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy cover

Anna Karenina

Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy · 2026

👍 Worth It 89/100

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine cover

A Desolation Called Peace

Arkady Martine · 2022

👍 Worth It 88/100

A Shadow on the Snow by Dorothy Bodoin cover

A Shadow on the Snow

Dorothy Bodoin · 2005

👍 Worth It 88/100

A Tale of Beauty and Beast by Melanie Cellier cover

A Tale of Beauty and Beast

Melanie Cellier · 2019

👍 Worth It 88/100

A Time of Courage by John Gwynne cover

A Time of Courage

John Gwynne · 2020

👍 Worth It 88/100

A Woman of Substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford cover

A Woman of Substance

Barbara Taylor Bradford · 1987

👍 Worth It 88/100

All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay cover

All the Seas of the World

Guy Gavriel Kay · 2023

👍 Worth It 88/100

Almost Innocent by Kate Bradley cover

Almost Innocent

Kate Bradley · 1993

👍 Worth It 88/100

An Unexpected Family by Maggie Shayne cover

An Unexpected Family

Maggie Shayne · 2004

👍 Worth It 88/100

"And Ladies of the Club" by Helen Hooven Santmyer cover

"And Ladies of the Club"

Helen Hooven Santmyer · 1985

👍 Worth It 88/100

Beyond the Aquila Rift by Alastair Reynolds cover

Beyond the Aquila Rift

Alastair Reynolds · 2016

👍 Worth It 88/100

Black Heart by Holly Black cover

Black Heart

Holly Black · 2012

👍 Worth It 88/100

Call of the Bone Ships by R. J. Barker cover

Call of the Bone Ships

R. J. Barker · 2020

👍 Worth It 88/100