Reading Orders – Consuming media in the right order

Reading Orders is your guide to consuming popular culture in the order things actually take place in within their own worlds.

At the moment, the various chronologies that make up this site are still being reformatted, reloaded and updated. If the one you’re after isn’t up yet, check back soon, because it soon will be. A complete list of everything here and coming soon can be found on the List of Orders – and as always, you can leave a request if there’s something not on the list you’d like to see added.

Latest Updates:

September 8, 2026:: PLEASE NOTE THAT NEARLY ALL OF THE ITEMS ADDED ON THIS DATE ARE INCOMPLETE AND SLATED TO BE REVISED; The Canonical Marvel Cinematic Universe Chronology; The Expanded Marvel Cinematic Universe Chronology; The Marvel Cinematic Universe Character Guide; The First Sony Spider-Man Universe; The Second Sony Spider-Man Universe; The X-Men Viewing Order; The Marvel Universe 15: The Early Nineties; The Marvel Universe 17: The Late Nineties; The Marvel Universe 18: The Early Noughts; The Marvel Universe 19: 2004 and 2005; The Marvel Universe 20: 2006; The Marvel Universe 21: 2007; The Marvel Universe 22: 2008; The Marvel Universe 23: 2009; The Marvel Universe 24: 2010; The Marvel Universe 25: 2011; The Marvel Universe 26: 2012; The Marvel Universe 27: 2013; The Marvel Universe 28: 2014; The Marvel Universe 29: 2015; The Marvel Universe 30: Secret Wars; The Marvel Universe 31: 2016; The Marvel Universe 32: 2017; The Marvel Universe 33: 2018; The Marvel Universe 34: 2019; The Marvel Universe 35: 2020; The Marvel Universe 36: 2021; The Marvel Universe 37: 2022; The Marvel Universe 38: 2023; Annihilation Crossover Reading Order; Annihilation: Conquest Crossover Reading Order; Avengers Disassembled Crossover Reading Order; Avengers Vs X-Men Crossover Reading Order; Chaos War Crossover Reading Order; Civil War Crossover Reading Order; Curse of the Mutants Crossover Reading Order; Fall of the Hulks / World War Hulks Crossover Reading Order; Fear Itself Crossover Reading Order; House of M Crossover Reading Order; Infinity Crossover Reading Order; Secret Invasion Crossover Reading Order; Secret Wars (2015) Crossover Reading Order; Shadowland Crossover Reading Order; Siege Crossover Reading Order; Spider-Man: Back In Black Crossover Reading Order; War of Kings Crossover Reading Order; World War Hulk Crossover Reading Order; X-Men: Schism Crossover Reading Order; Marvel Earth 2149 – The Zombieverse; Marvel Earth 8101 – The Monkeyverse; Marvel Earth 21923 — Old Man Logan; Marvel Earth 58163 — The House of M
September 7, 2026:: PLEASE NOTE THAT NEARLY ALL OF THE ITEMS ADDED ON THIS DATE ARE INCOMPLETE AND SLATED TO BE REVISED; The Pre-Crisis DCU – Earth Four; The Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Reading Order; The Sandman Chronological Reading Order; The Sandman Publication Reading Order; Blackest Night Crossover Reading Order; The Superman & Batman: Generations Reading Order; The DC Earth One Reading Order; The Watchmen Comics Chronology; Zero Year Crossover Reading Order; The Sinestro Corps War Crossover Reading Order; Trinity War Crossover Reading Order; Godhead Crossover Reading Order; GothTopia Crossover Reading Order; The Darkseid War Crossover Reading Order; The Marvel Universe 16: The Mid-Nineties; Age of Ultron Crossover Reading Order; The Amazing Spider-Man 2099 Crossover Reading Order; Avengers: Standoff! Crossover Reading Order; The Black Vortex Crossover Reading Order; Inhumanity Crossover Reading Order; Maximum Security Crossover Reading Order; Spider-Geddon Crossover Reading Order; Spider Island Crossover Reading Order; Marvel Earth 138 — Spider-Punk and the Spider Band; Marvel Earth 295 – The Age of Apocalypse; Marvel Earth 311 — 1602; Marvel Earth 928 — 2099; Marvel Earth 982 — The MC2 Universe; Marvel Earth 1048 — PlayStation Spider-Man; Marvel Earth 1610: The original Ultimate Universe, part 1; Marvel Earth 1610: The original Ultimate Universe, part 2; Marvel Earth 1610: The original Ultimate Universe, part 3; Marvel Earth 31916 — Supreme Power; Marvel Earth 50101 — Spider-Man: India
September 7, 2026:: PLEASE NOTE THAT NEARLY ALL OF THE ITEMS ADDED ON THIS DATE ARE INCOMPLETE AND SLATED TO BE REVISED; The Allan Quatermain and Ayesha Reading Order; The Army of Darkness Comics Chronology; The Corum Jhaelen Irsei Chronology; The DC Animated Movie Universe Viewing Order; DC Multiverse – Other Earths; The Dorian Hawkmoon Chronology; The Invincible Reading Order; The New 52: 07 – Trinity War and Forever Evil; The New 52: 08 – Towards the Future; The New 52: 09 – All That Rises; The New 52: 10 – Convergence; The New 52: 11 – DC You; The New 52: 12 – Rebirth; The New 52: 13 – Reborn; The New 52: 14 – Metal; The New 52: 15 – The New Age of Heroes; The New 52: 16 – Truth and Lies; The New 52: 17 – Year of the Villain; The New 52: 18 – Death Metal; The New 52: 19 – Infinite Frontier; The New 52: 20 – Dawn of DC; The New 52 – Earth 2; The New 52 – Alternate Futures; The Predator Chronology; The Riverdale Chronology
August 23, 2026:: PLEASE NOTE THAT NEARLY ALL OF THE ITEMS ADDED ON THIS DATE ARE INCOMPLETE AND SLATED TO BE REVISED; The Aliens Chronology; The Aliens Vs Predator Chronology; The Arrowverse; The Arrowverse Chronology: Year One; The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Two; The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Three; The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Four; The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Five; The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Six; The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Seven; The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Eight; The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Nine; The Arrowverse: Pre-Crisis Other Earths; The Arrowverse: Post-Crisis Other Earths; The Batman ’66 Chronology; The CW’s Supergirl Chronology; The Post-Crisis DC Universe; The Post-Crisis DCU 01 – Before the Twentieth Century; The Post-Crisis DCU 02 – The Twentieth Century; The Post-Crisis DCU 03 – Year One; The Post-Crisis DCU 04 – Year Two; The Post-Crisis DCU 05 – Year Three; The Post-Crisis DCU 06 – Year Four; The Post-Crisis DCU 07 – Year Five; The Post-Crisis DCU 08 – Year Six; The Post-Crisis DCU 09 – Year Seven; The Post-Crisis DCU 10 – Year Eight; The Post-Crisis DCU 12 – Year Ten; The Post-Crisis DCU 13 – Year Eleven; The Post-Crisis DCU 14 – Year Twelve; The Post-Crisis DCU 15 – Year Thirteen; The Post-Crisis DCU 16 – Year Fourteen; The Post-Crisis DCU 17 – Year Fifteen; The Post-Crisis DCU 18 – Year Sixteen; The Post-Crisis DCU 19 – Year Seventeen; The Post-Crisis DCU: Earth-Prime; The New 52 Universe; The New 52: 01 – Before the Superheroes; The New 52: 02 – The First Six Years; The New 52: 03 – The New Beginning; The New 52: 04 – Crossing Over; The New 52: 05 – Year Two begins; The New 52: 06 – Counting to Three; The Amalgam Universe Reading Order; The America’s Best Comics Universe Reading Order; The DC Extended Universe Chronology; The DC Extended Universe Character Guide; The DC Masters of the Universe Reading Order; The Injustice: Gods Among Us Chronology; The Kingdom Come Reading Order; The Milestone Universe Reading Order; The Tangent Universe Reading Order; The Millenium Crossover Reading Order; The Black Diamond Probability Crossover Reading Order; Dark Knights: Death Metal; Future State Crossover Reading Order; The Elric of Melniboné Chronology; The Lumberjanes Reading Order; Marvel Earth 65 — Spider-Gwen; Marvel Earth 833 — Spider-Man UK; Marvel Earth 1287 — Strikeforce Morituri; Marvel Earth 3123 — Spider-Ma’am; Marvel Earth 9997 — Earth X; Marvel Earth 14412 — King Thor and the Goddesses of Thunder; Marvel Earth 90214 — The Noir-verse; Jonathan Hickman’s Fantastic Four Arc Reading Order; Brian Michael Bendis’ X-Men Arc Reading Order; Iron Man 2020: Robot Revolution Crossover Reading Order; Absolute Carnage Crossover Reading Order; Devil’s Reign Crossover Reading Order; A.X.E.: Judgment Day Crossover Reading Order; Divided We Fall, United We Stand Crossover Reading Order; The Nolanverse Batman Chronology; The Smallville Chronology; The Superman Movie Chronology

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