It is a very interesting question, I have to admit that I didn’t get into the books until the show was released. I grew up playing D&D and reading a lot of different genres, from Hobbit to Good Omens. So when the show was released it was very delightful, so when I discovered the show was based off books, I found used copies and read them all with in 9 months. One of my school teachers had copies of all of them and I was lucky enough to receive them, he had to downsize after his wife passed away.