Collider has published a ranked list of the ten best book series of all time, compiled by writer Safwan Azeem and judging entries on how fully they immerse readers in their fictional worlds. The piece argues that book series offer a more sustained connection to characters than film or television adaptations, since novels retain depth, history and detail that rarely survives the transition to screen.

Ranked at number ten is Eoin Colfer's eight-book "Artemis Fowl" series (2001–2012), praised for blending humour, fantasy, science fiction and crime while charting its antihero's gradual transformation from villain to hero. At number nine is Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games" (2008–present), highlighted for its worldbuilding and its evolution from survival story into satire of capitalism, celebrity culture and propaganda through protagonist Katniss Everdeen. The remainder of the countdown continues beyond these two entries to name the top eight series.