Shatter Me Series Reading Order Calculator & Guide

If you follow the right order for books in a series, it can be hard, but it really matters as a lot one enjoys the story. If you follow clear guidelines for reading with every new part, you experience key moments like this, as the author wanted. This counts also for great fantasies, relaxing crime novels or modern love stories.

Two main ways exist for arranging series of books. The publishing order follows the order in that the authors really wrote and issued them. The other option is the timeline, that follows the time inside of the story.

How to Read a Book Series in the Right Order

Some sources offer both options, when possible. A classic example of such difference is the Narnia chronicles. “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” appeared first, but C.S.

Lewis later created a prequel called “The Magician’s Nephew”, that became almost the last. Various publications list the volumes differently, so that some copies place “The Magician’s Nephew” as first, while others place it sixth.

Authors usually write later books with full knowledge about the prior, so publishing order almost always works well. Very rarely does a writer describe a character properly before the events from earlier books of the series.

Even so, some series work well without strict order. The Wayfarers series of Becky Chambers, the Hainish cycle of Ursula K. Le Guin and the Culture series of Iain M. Banks all intend to be read in any order. Books of Le Guin about Earthsea also one can enjoy in any order, because they are those that captue the reader.

Writing of Elizabeth Chadwick it is possible to read as standalone books, although they have internal timeline.

In the Chrestomanci volumes, one most likes to read “The Disarmed Life” and “Christopher Chanted” first, but in any order. These two form the core of the cycle, and the rest simply fills the gaps. The Wool series works best according to publishing order, Wool, then Shift, then Dust, because Shift is not really a prequel, because a lot from it happens at the same time as Wool.

The Will Trent cycle happens in Atlanta and centers around the main GBI agent Will Trent, his partner Faith Mitchell and Angie Polaski. The too first books are Triptych and Fractured. Series of Monica Murphy carries The Callahans and Lancaster Prep, and guides for reading help to find the right Reading Order.

Sources that sort according to authors and then according to characters or names of series, simplify the search for the right order. Numbered series are widely meant to be read according to editions. Unnumbered ones usually can be picked up anywhere.

An easy online search with the name of the series plus “order of books” commonly settles the problem. Pages about series in Goodreads usually appear first and wellanswer for both publishing and timeline order.