A couple maybes for the list, not sure if they fit.
The Death Gate Cycle, a series starting with "Dragon Wing" by Margaret Weiss (female) and Tracy Hickmann (male). Each book is not particularly long, but the seven novel series is a cleverly wrought whole, with each individual novel having its own important place in that whole.
Neil Gaiman's Sandman graphic novel series. Originally printed as monthly comic books, I think there were 75 in all, and reprinted in man versions (seven graphic novels, one for each major story line, is the most common way to group them). Although the series starts off with him aping superhero comic books, Gaiman finds his own voice in the second storyline and by the end has wrapped up so many od the minor details that you hadn't noticed the first time around. Don't be surprised if you close the last back cover and immediately pick up the first book again.
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Date: 2011-03-26 03:12 am (UTC)The Death Gate Cycle, a series starting with "Dragon Wing" by Margaret Weiss (female) and Tracy Hickmann (male). Each book is not particularly long, but the seven novel series is a cleverly wrought whole, with each individual novel having its own important place in that whole.
Neil Gaiman's Sandman graphic novel series. Originally printed as monthly comic books, I think there were 75 in all, and reprinted in man versions (seven graphic novels, one for each major story line, is the most common way to group them). Although the series starts off with him aping superhero comic books, Gaiman finds his own voice in the second storyline and by the end has wrapped up so many od the minor details that you hadn't noticed the first time around. Don't be surprised if you close the last back cover and immediately pick up the first book again.