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So you want to start a new book series... #PBNread2020

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On today's episode, Adam and Jill share some book recommendations for another task in the Professional Book Nerds 2020 Reading Challenge. This time, they're sharing some of their favorite first books in a series!

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Books mentioned on this episode

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell

Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid

Suspicious Minds: The First Official Stranger Things Novel

Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower

Seafire Series, Book 1 by Natalie C. Parker

The Darkness Knows by Cheryl Honigford

Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody

An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole

The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

"A" is for Alibi by Sue Grafton

The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones

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