Series reading order

What order to read a book series in, and where to start: each guide lists the books with the year they came out, and for a few series, the order of events too. Or ask Bookworm for picks tailored to you.

The guides list only books that have been published, and they give no spoilers.

• The Hunger Games reading order

  5 booksThe Hunger Games began as a trilogy and later gained two prequels, so the order you read them in is a real choice.

• Dune reading order

  6 booksFrank Herbert wrote six Dune novels between 1965 and 1985, and each is set later than the one before.

• Narnia reading order

  7 booksThe seven Narnia books can be read in two orders: the order C.S.

• Harry Potter reading order

  7 booksHarry Potter is a seven-book series, and the books were written to be read in the order they came out.

• A Court of Thorns and Roses reading order

  6 booksThe A Court of Thorns and Roses series, often shortened to ACOTAR, has five novels and one novella.

• Empyrean reading order

  3 booksThe Empyrean series began with Fourth Wing, a dragon-rider fantasy that became a bestseller, and each book picks up where the last stopped.