Science fiction series in order—space opera, dystopian leaners, time travel messes, and everything in between. If you’re trying to avoid reading book five first, start here.
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From infectious diseases of the 21st century to the 20th century fascination of space-based apocalypses and nuclear warfare, these 23 recommendations for the best post-apocalyptic books from the past century contain a little bit of everything.
Post-apocalyptic reads feature the end of the world as we know it, and the beginning of something new. Therefore, the recommendations on this list …
Looking for the Warhammer 40k books in order? There is no single official reading order for every Warhammer 40k novel. The clearest approach is to read each series in publication order, then branch out by faction or story arc. This guide includes 400+ Warhammer 40k titles—novels, novellas, anthologies, and omnibuses—organized so you can find what to read …
It can be surprisingly hard to find a long-running SFF series that’s actually finished, which is one reason reading The Expanse books in order is so appealing. While plenty of big-name science fiction and fantasy series are still ongoing, this one gives readers something better: a complete story from beginning to end.
That’s a big part of what makes The …
Looking for Red Rising books in order? Start with the main novels in publication order: Red Rising, Golden Son, Morning Star, Iron Gold, Dark Age, and Light Bringer. Red God is still TBA, and Pierce Brown has also released optional Red Rising universe material through the Sons of Ares comics and The Book …
Do you remember The Hunger Games craze? When everyone fought over the famous love triangle, and fans of the trilogy eagerly awaited the next film? Well, the fandom and craze is experiencing a resurgence, so it might be time to rewatch The Hunger Games movies in order.
The Hunger Games follows Katniss Everdeen, who voluntarily takes her younger sister’s place …
The Hunger Games ignited a dystopian trend within publishing and captivated a generation of readers. Whether you’re eager to read The Hunger Games books in order for the first or fifteenth time, it can still be confusing to know where to begin, especially if you’ve watched the movies first.
That’s partly because the original Hunger Games books are a trilogy, …
Frank Herbert’s Dune books in order begin with Dune, followed by Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. His six-book original series is still the best place to start. Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson later expanded the universe with prequels, stories set between Frank Herbert’s novels, and two books that continue the story after Chapterhouse: Dune.
I …
The High Republic reading order covers one of the biggest publishing eras in modern Star Wars. It takes place centuries before the Skywalker saga and follows the Jedi Order, the Republic, the Nihil, Starlight Beacon, the Path of the Open Hand, and the major conflicts that shape this earlier part of the canon timeline.
The High Republic also spans a …
If you’ve ever tried to read the Star Wars books in order, you’ve probably hit the same wall: there are a lot of titles, they jump across wildly different time periods, and it’s not always obvious how they line up with the events you know from the movies.
This guide is a straight chronological timeline of the entire Star …
In compiling a list of the best Kurt Vonnegut books, the best resource exists: A snapshot of what Vonnegut himself thought, which doesn’t hold back. That’s because in 1981, in the introduction to the short story collection Palm Sunday, Vonnegut ranked all of his works up until that point.
Of course, since he continued to write after that, it is …