The Marvel Cinematic Universe Infinity Stone Guide

Want to trace the history of the Infinity Stones through the MCU? Reading Orders has the answers!

If you would prefer a more chronological view of events, check The Marvel Cinematic Universe Chronology; if you are looking for the characters from the movies, check the The Marvel Cinematic Universe Character Guide.

 

Mind Stone

  1. Avengers
  2. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  3. Avengers: Age of Ultron
  4. Captain America: Civil War
  5. Avengers: Infinity War
  6. Avengers: Endgame

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Power Stone / The Orb

  1. Guardians of the Galaxy
  2. Avengers: Infinity War
  3. Avengers: Endgame

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Reality Stone / The Aether

  1. Thor: The Dark World
  2. Avengers: Infinity War
  3. Avengers: Endgame

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Soul Stone

  1. Avengers: Infinity War
  2. Avengers: Endgame

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Space Stone / The Tessaract

  1. Captain America: The First Avenger
  2. Captain Marvel
  3. Thor
  4. Avengers
  5. Thor: Ragnarok
  6. Avengers: Infinity War
  7. Avengers: Endgame

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Time Stone / The Eye of Agamotto

  1. Doctor Strange
  2. Avengers: Infinity War
  3. Avengers: Endgame

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The World of the Five Gods Reading Order

Winner of the 2018 Best Series Hugo, Lois McMaster Bujold’s World of the Five Gods series (also known as the Chalion series), is one of the best of the recent fantasy series – a well-thought out world, like ours but not ours, told with a warm heart and a quick mind.

The Hallowed Hunt
Novel published in 2005.
Penric’s Demon
Novella published in 2015
Penric and the Shaman
Novella published in 2016
Penric’s Fox
Novella published in 2017
Testimony of Mute Things
Novella published in 2025
Masquerade in Lodi
Novella published in 2020
Penric’s Mission
Novella published in 2016
Mira’s Last Dance
Novella published in 2017
The Prisoner of Limnos
Novella published in 2017
The Orphans of Raspay
Novella published in 2019
The Physicians of Vilnoc
Novella published in 2020
The Assassins of Thasalon
Novella published in 2021
Knot of Shadows
Novella published in 2021
Demon Daughter
Novella published in 2024
Penric and the Bandit
Novella published in 2024
The Adventure of the Demonic Ox
Novella published in 2025
The Curse of Chalion
Novel published in 2001.
The Paladin of Souls
Novel published in 2003.

The Gotham Chronology

The stories of Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne and Gotham City along Bruce’s path to becoming the Batman.

Pennyworth: Season One
On BluRay
Pennyworth: Season Two
On BluRay
Pennyworth: Season Three
in digital format
Gotham: Dawn of Darkness
Prequel tie-in novel by Jason Starr
Gotham: Season One
All 22 episodes on Blu-ray
Gotham: Season Two, episodes 1-11
All 22 episodes on Blu-ray
Gotham Stories: The Whole Frozen Affair
Web series
Gotham: Season Two, episodes 12-22
All 22 episodes on Blu-ray
Gotham: City of Monsters
Tie-in novel by Jason Starr
Gotham: Season Three, Episodes 1-17
All 22 episodes on Blu-ray
A City Gone Mad: Sirens
Tie-in promotional video on YouTube.
A City Gone Mad: The Interview
Tie-in promotional video on YouTube.
A City Gone Mad: Mommy’s Home
Tie-in promotional video on YouTube.
Gotham: Season Three, Episodes 18-22
All 22 episodes on Blu-ray
Gotham: Season Four
All 22 episodes on Blu-ray
Gotham: Season Five
All 12 episodes on Blu-ray
Pennyworth
Reprints Pennyworth #1-7 (October 2021 – April 2022).
Placed here as the ‘present day’ events in this series clearly take place some years after the conclusion of Gotham.
V for Vendetta
The 2005 film on Blu-ray.
Placed here as it has been confirmed to occur at an as yet unrevealed point in the future, but presumably after the conclusion of the Batman’s career. However, it is more closely tied to the events of Pennyworth than those of Gotham, and may actually take place between the two series.

The Pandemic Chronology

The classic cooperative board game in all its iterations

Prequels

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Standalone game, released in 2022. Set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
Pandemic: Fall of Rome
Standalone game, released in 2018. Set in the early 5th century.
Pandemic: Iberia
Standalone game, released in 2016. Set in the mid-19th century.
Pandemic: Rising Tide
Standalone game, released in 2017. Set in the late 19th century.
Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu
Standalone game, released in 2016. Set in the 1920s.
Pandemic: Legacy Season 0
Standalone game, released in 2020. Set in 1962.

Pandemic

Pandemic
The original game, released in 2008
Pandemic: On The Brink
Expansion to the original game, released in 2009
Pandemic: In The Lab
Expansion to the original game, released in 2013
Pandemic: State of Emergency
Expansion to the original game, released in 2015
Pandemic: The Cure
Standalone game, released in 2014
Pandemic: The Cure – Experimental Meds
Expansion to The Cure game, released in 2016
Pandemic: Contagion
Standalone game, released in 2014
Pandemic: Rapid Response
Standalone game, released in 2017
Pandemic: Hot Zone – North America
Standalone game, released in 2020
Pandemic: Hot Zone – Europe
Standalone game, released in 2021

The Future

Patient Zero: A Pandemic Novel
Novel by Amanda Bridgeman, released in 2021
Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 (Red)Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 (Blue)
Standalone game, released in 2015. Set in the present and covers an entire year.
Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 (Yellow)Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 (Black)
Standalone game, released in 2017. Set 71 years after Pandemic Legacy: Season 1.

The Purge Viewing Order

An America that seems all too close for comfort…

2017

The First Purge
Film released in 2018

2022

The Purge
Film released in 2013

2023

The Purge: Anarchy
Film released in 2014

2027

The Purge: season one
Television series released in 2018

2031

The Purge: season two
Television series released in 2019.
This season cannot take place earlier than this year, but may take place later, though at the latest it would conclude in 2039.

2040

The Purge: Election Year
Film released in 2016

2048

The Forever Purge
Film released in 2021

The Discworld Reading Order

Terry Pratchett’s magnum opus: one of the best, and definitely the funniest, fantasy series of all time.

If you’re just wanting to follow the exploits of a single character, try the Discworld Character Guide.

Small Gods
Novel published in 1992.
The events of Small Gods take place decades (or more) earlier than most other Discworld stories, leading to its placement here. However, stylistically-speaking – and in the case of a single time-travelling character – it may make more sense to read it in publication order. Hence, it is listed at both points in this Reading Order.
The Colour of Magic
Novel published in 1983.
The Light Fantastic
Novel published in 1986.
Equal Rites
Novel published in 1987.
Mort
Novel published in 1987.
Sourcery
Novel published in 1988.
Wyrd Sisters
Novel published in 1988.
Pyramids
Novel published in 1989.
Guards! Guards!
Novel published in 1989.
Eric
Novel published in 1990.
Moving Pictures
Novel published in 1990.
Reaper Man
Novel published in 1991.
Witches Abroad
Novel published in 1991.
Small Gods
Novel published in 1992.
This is where Small Gods falls in publication order. However, the events of the book take place decades (or more) earlier than most other Discworld stories, hence it is listed at both points in this Reading Order.
Lords and Ladies
Novel published in 1992.
Men At Arms
Novel published in 1993.
Soul Music
Novel published in 1994.
Interesting Times
Novel published in 1994.
Maskerade
Novel published in 1995.
Feet of Clay
Novel published in 1996.
Hogfather
Novel published in 1996.
Jingo
Novel published in 1997.
The Last Continent
Novel published in 1998.
Carpe Jugulum
Novel published in 1998.
The Fifth Elephant
Novel published in 1999.
The Science of Discworld
Novel published in 1999.
The Truth
Novel published in 2000.
Thief of Time
Novel published in 2001.
The Sea and Little Fishes
Short story originally published in 2002.
The Last Hero
Novel published in 2001.
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
Novel published in 2001.
Night Watch
Novel published in 2002.
The Globe: The Science of Discworld II
Novel published in 2002.
The Wee Free Men
Novel published in 2003.
Monstrous Regiment
Novel published in 2003.
A Hat Full of Sky
Novel published in 2004.
Going Postal
Novel published in 2004.
A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices
Short story originally published in 1998.
Thud!
Novel published in 2005.
Where’s My Cow?
Storybook published in 2005.
Darwin’s Watch: The Science of Discworld III
Novel published in 2005.
Wintersmith
Novel published in 2006.
Making Money
Novel published in 2007.
Unseen Academicals
Novel published in 2009.
I Shall Wear Midnight
Novel published in 2010.
Snuff
Novel published in 2011.
Raising Steam
Novel published in 2013.
Judgment Day: The Science of Discworld IV
Novel published in 2005.
The Shepherd’s Crown
Novel published in 2015.

The Carrigerverse Reading Order

The various connected stories of Gail Carriger’s steampunk fantasy world.

1841:

The Curious Case of the Werewolf That Wasn’t: (to say nothing of the Mummy That Was, and the Cat in the Jar)
Spring

1848:

Ambush or Adore
Autumn

1851:

Etiquette & Espionage
Autumn to Winter

1852:

Curtsies & Conspiracies
March

1853:

Waistcoats & Weaponry
February
Manners & Mutiny
December

1867:

Poison or Protect
Spring

1869:

Defy or Defend
March

1872:

Meat Cute: The Hedgehog Incident
Spring

1873:

Soulless
Changeless
Winter

1874:

Blameless
Spring
Heartless
July to August

1876:

Timeless
April

1878:

Romancing the Inventor
Summer

1895:

Prudence
September
Imprudence
October
Romancing the Werewolf
December

1896:

Competence
Spring
How to Marry a Werewolf
April
Reticence
Spring
Dear Lord Akeldama & Parasolverse Ephemera
He is Eternal!

The San Andreas Shifters series:

Marine Biology
The Sumage Solution
The Omega Objection
The Enforcer Enigma
Vixen Ecology
The Dratsie Dilemma

The Tinkered Stars series:

Crudrat
The 5th Gender
Divinity 36
Demigod 12
Dome 6

The Drageara Reading Order

Steven Brust’s wonderful fantasy series featuring Vlad Taltos and his world

The Khaavren Romances

The Phoenix Guards
Novel published 1991
Five Hundred Years After
Novel published 1994
The Paths of the Dead
Novel published 2002. Book 1 of ‘The Viscount of Adrilankha’
The Lord of Castle Black
Novel published 2003. Book 2 of ‘The Viscount of Adrilankha’
Sethra Lavode
Novel published 2004. Book 3 of ‘The Viscount of Adrilankha’
The Baron of Magister Valley
Novel published 2020

Intermediate stories

Brokedown Palace
Novel published 1986
The Desecrator
Short story published 2011

The Tales of Vlad Taltos

Jhereg (prologue only)
Novel published 1983
Taltos
Novel published 1988
Dragon (body of novel)
Novel published 1998
Yendi
Novel published 1984
Dragon (interludes)
Novel published 1998
Tiassa (first section)
Novel published 2011
Tsalmoth (body of novel)
Novel published 2023
Jhereg (body of novel)
Novel published 1983
Teckla
Novel published 1987
Phoenix
Novel published 1990
Jhegaala
Novel published 2008
Athyra
Novel published 1993
Orca
Novel published 1996
Issola
Novel published 2001
Dzur
Novel published 2006
Tiassa (second section)
Novel published 2011
Iorich
Novel published 2010
Tiassa (third section)
Novel published 2011
Vallista
Novel published 2017
Hawk
Novel published 2014
Tsalmoth (epilogue)
Novel published 2023
Lyorn
Novel published 2024

The Anno Dracula Reading Order

Kim Newman’s alternate history of a world where Dracula defeated Van Helsing

1885

Dracula
The original novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897.
The timeline of the Anno Dracula stories diverges from this novel midway through chapter 21.
Dead Travel Fast
Short story taking place during the original novel, published in 2001. Takes place in the middle of the novel, can reasonably be read at any point between chapter 8 and chapter 18.

1888

Anno Dracula
Novel published in 1992.

1895

Anno Dracula: Seven Days in Mayhem
Graphic novel published in 2017.

1899

Yokai Town: Anno Dracula 1899
Short story published in 2001 in the anthology Anno Dracula 1899 and Other Stories.
One Thousand Monsters
Novel published in 2017.

1902

The Chances of Anything Coming from Mars
Short story published in the 2022 edition of Anno Dracula.

1917

The Bloody Red Baron
Novel published in 1995.

1923

Vampire Romance
Short story published in the 2012 edition of The Bloody Red Baron.

1959

Dracula Cha Cha Cha
Novel published in 1998.

1968

Aquarius
Short story published in the 2012 edition of Dracula Cha Cha Cha.

1976

Coppola’s Dracula
Short story published in Johnny Alucard.

1977

Castle in the Desert
Short story published in Johnny Alucard.

1978

Andy Warhol’s Dracula
Short story published in Johnny Alucard.

1980

Who Dares Wins
Short story published in Johnny Alucard.

1981

The Other Side of Midnight
Short story published in Johnny Alucard.

1984

You Are the Wind Beneath My Wings
Short story published in Johnny Alucard.

1990

Concert for Transylvania
Short story published in Johnny Alucard.

1999

Anno Dracula 1999: Daikaiju
Novel published in 2019.

The Neal Asher’s Polity Universe Reading Order

 

2310 CE

Prador Moon
Novel published 2006.

~ 2310 CE

Weaponized
Novel published 2022.
Jenny Trapdoor
Novel published 2023.

2339 CE

Shadow of the Scorpion
Novel published 2008; a prequel to the Agent Cormac series.

~ 2350 CE

War Bodies
Novel published 2024.

2434 CE

Gridlinked
Novel published 2001; Book 1 of the Agent Cormac series.

2437 CE

The Line of Polity
Novel published 2003; Book 2 of the Agent Cormac series.

2441 CE

Brass Man
Novel published 2005; Book 3 of the Agent Cormac series.

2443 CE

Polity Agent
Novel published 2006; Book 4 of the Agent Cormac series.

2444 CE

Line War
Novel published 2008; Book 5 of the Agent Cormac series.

~ 2444 CE

The Technician
Novel published 2010.

~ 2444 – 2450 CE

The Engineer
Short story, published 2006 in The Engineer ReConditioned.
The Sea of Death
Short story, published 2008 in The Gabble and Other Stories.
Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck
Short story, published 2008 in The Gabble and Other Stories.
The Gabble
Short story, published 2008 in The Gabble and Other Stories.
Choudapt
Short story, published 2008 in The Gabble and Other Stories.
Adaptogenic
Short story, published 2008 in The Gabble and Other Stories.
Alien Archaeology
Short story, published 2008 in The Gabble and Other Stories.
Snow in the Desert
Short story, published 2008 in The Gabble and Other Stories.

~ 2450 CE

Dark Intelligence
Novel published 2015; Book 1 of the Transformation series.
War Factory
Novel published 2016; Book 2 of the Transformation series.
Infinity Engine
Novel published 2016; Book 3 of the Transformation series.

~ 2644 CE

The Soldier
Novel published 2018; Book 1 of the Rise of the Jain series.
The Warship
Novel published 2019; Book 2 of the Rise of the Jain series.
The Human
Novel published 2020; Book 3 of the Rise of the Jain series.
Dark Diamond
Novel published 2025; Book 1 of the Time’s Shadow series.
Dark Agent
Novel to be published 2026; Book 2 of the Time’s Shadow series.

~ 2800 CE

Jack Four
Novel published 2021.

~ 2800 – 3056 CE

Putrefactor
Short story, published 2008 in The Gabble and Other Stories.
Spatterjay
Short story, published 2006 in The Engineer ReConditioned.

3056 CE

The Skinner
Novel published 2002; Book 1 of the Spatterjay series.

3078 CE

The Voyage of the Sable Keech
Novel published 2006; Book 2 of the Spatterjay series.

3220 CE

Orbus
Novel published 2009; Book 3 of the Spatterjay series.

~ 3220 – 3230 CE

Garp and Geronamid
Short story, published 2008 in The Gabble and Other Stories.
Acephalous Dreams
Short story, published 2008 in The Gabble and Other Stories.

3230 CE

Hilldiggers
Novel published 2007.

Very Far Future

The Bosch
Novella published 2020.

Note: Placements of novels and novellas on this list are definite, placements of short stories are approximate – these entries are italicised to indicate this.