Best Contemporary fiction series
The 3 best Contemporary fiction series, scored across every volume.
Why Anne of Green Gables is #1
Anne of Green Gables (Lucy Maud Montgomery) scores 8.3/10 from 1.5K ratings — 0.4 points ahead of March Trilogy in second place.
The score is a weighted average across 3 independent rating sources. A title with few ratings is pulled toward the category average, so a handful of enthusiastic reviews cannot outrank a book that thousands of readers have judged. Method →
- Anne of Green Gables1.5K ratings
8.38.3 / 10 - March Trilogy1.8K ratings
7.97.9 / 10 - Dollanganger639 ratings
7.47.4 / 10
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Contemporary fiction series?
Anne of Green Gables (Lucy Maud Montgomery) — 8.3/10 from 1.5K ratings, in the snapshot of September 21, 2026.
How many Contemporary fiction series are ranked here?
3, published between 1868 and 1979, scored from 3.9K reader ratings in total.
Which title here has the most ratings?
March Trilogy (Louisa May Alcott) — 1.8K ratings and 7.9/10, which puts it at #2 on this list.
How is the score calculated?
A raw average rewards obscurity: five readers who loved a book would outrank a classic held by a hundred thousand. We use a Bayesian weighted average that pulls every title toward the category mean until enough readers have voted.
How often it updates
Ratings are re-fetched every 3 months and stored as a dated snapshot, which is how the trend arrows and “biggest risers” are calculated.