The Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Viewing Order

Kerry Greenwood’s marvellous detective Phryne Fisher, and her niece, Peregrine Fisher.

1920s

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, season one
The 2012 season of the television show.
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, season two
The 2013 season of the television show.
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, season three
The 2015 season of the television show.
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
The 2020 film

1920s

Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries, season one
The 2019 season of the television show.
Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries, season two
The 2021 season of the television show.

The Trinity Continuum Chronology

A set of roleplaying games from Onyx Path about super-powered individuals at various points in human history, collectively called the Trinity Continuum.

1200 BCE

Aegis
Greek myth

1896

Aether
Victorian pulp science

1934

Adventure
Pulp action

Present Day

Assassins
Crime/espionage

2028

Aberrant
Cyberpunk

2084

Anima
Cyberpunk

2123

Aeon
Sci-fi/space opera

The John Sandford Universe Reading Order

aJohn Sandford’s excellent modern crime thrillers starring Lucas Davenport, Kidd, Virgil Flowers and Letty Davenport.

The Fool’s Run
Kidd, published 1989 (originally credited as John Camp)
Rules of Prey
Lucas, published 1989
Shadow Prey
Lucas, published 1990
Eyes of Prey
Lucas, published 1991
The Empress File
Kidd, published 1991 (originally credited as John Camp)
Silent Prey
Lucas, published 1992
Winter Prey
Lucas, published 1993
Night Prey
Lucas, published 1994
Mind Prey
Lucas, published 1995
Sudden Prey
Lucas, published 1996
Secret Prey
Lucas, published 1998
Certain Prey
Lucas, published 1999
Easy Prey
Lucas, published 2000
The Devil’s Code
Kidd, published 2000
Chosen Prey
Lucas, published 2001
Mortal Prey
Lucas, published 2002
Naked Prey
Lucas, published 2003
The Hanged Man’s Song
Kidd, published 2003
Hidden Prey
Lucas, published 2004
Broken Prey
Lucas, published 2005
Invsible Prey
Lucas, published 2007
Dark of the Moon
Virgil, published 2007
Phantom Prey
Lucas, published 2008
Heat Lightning
Virgil, published 2008
Wicked Prey
Lucas, published 2009
Rough Country
Virgil, published 2009
Storm Prey
Lucas, published 2010
Bad Blood
Virgil, published 2010
Buried Prey
Lucas, published 2011
Shock Wave
Virgil, published 2011
Stolen Prey
Lucas, published 2012
Mad River
Virgil, published 2012
Silken Prey
Lucas, published 2013
Storm Front
Virgil, published 2013
Field of Prey
Lucas, published 2014
Deadline
Virgil, published 2014
Gathering Prey
Lucas, published 2015
Extreme Prey
Lucas, published 2016
Escape Clause
Virgil, published 2016
Golden Prey
Lucas, published 2017
Deep Freeze
Virgil, published 2017
Twisted Prey
Lucas, published 2018
Holy Ghost
Virgil, published 2018
Neon Prey
Lucas, published 2019
Bloody Genius
Virgil, published 2019
Masked Prey
Lucas, published 2020
Ocean Prey
Lucas & Virgil, published 2021
The Investigator
Letty, published 2021
Righteous Prey
Lucas & Virgil, published 2022
Dark Angel
Letty, published 2021
Judgment Prey
Lucas & Virgil, published 2022
Toxic Prey
Letty & Lucas, published 2022

The Roman Novels of Lindsey Davis

The tales of private Roman eyes, Marcus Didius Falco, and his daughter, Flavia Albia.

31 CE

The Course of Honour
Published 1997. Set from 31 CE to 69 CE

70 CE

The Silver Pigs
Published 1989

71 CE

Shadows in Bronze
Published 1990
Venus in Copper
Published 1991
The Iron Hand of Mars
Published 1992

72 CE

Poseidon’s Gold
Published 1993
Last Act in Palmyra
Published 1994
Time to Depart
Published 1995

73 CE

A Dying Light in Corduba
Published 1996
Three Hands in the Fountain
Published 1997
Two for the Lions
Published 1998. Set from 73 CE to 74 CE

74 CE

One Virgin Too Many
Published 1999
Ode to a Banker
Published 2000

75 CE

A Body in the Bath House
Published 2000
The Jupiter Myth
Published 2001
The Accusers
Published 2003. Set from 75 CE to 76 CE

76 CE

Scandal Takes a Holiday
Published 2004
See Delphi and Die
Published 2005
Saturnalia
Published 2007

77 CE

Alexandria
Published 2009
Nemesis
Published 2009

80 CE

Master and God
Published 2012. Set from 80 CE to 96 CE

89 CE

The Ides of April
Published 2013
Enemies at Home
Published 2014
The Spook Who Spoke Again
Published 2015
Deadly Election
Published 2015
The Graveyard of the Hesperides
Published 2016
The Third Nero
Published 2017
Pandora’s Boy
Published 2018
A Capitol Death
Published 2019
The Grove of the Caesars
Published 2020
A Comedy of Terrors
Published 2021
Desperate Undertaking
Published 2022

The Watchmen Television Chronology

Who watches the Watchmen?

This chronology contains the portions of the Watchmen franchise which are considered canonical to the television series. If you’re looking for the universe of the “Before Watchmen” comics, go here.

Watchmen #1 Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition
Watchmen #2 Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition
Watchmen #3 Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition
Watchmen #4 Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition
Watchmen #5 Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition
Watchmen #6 Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition
Watchmen #7 Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition
Watchmen #8 Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition
Watchmen #9 Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition
Watchmen #10 Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition
Watchmen #11 Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition
Watchmen #12 Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition
Watchmen, episode 1 [1] Watchmen: The Television Series
Watchmen, episode 2 Watchmen: The Television Series
Watchmen, episode 3 Watchmen: The Television Series
Watchmen, episode 4 Watchmen: The Television Series
Watchmen, episode 5 Watchmen: The Television Series
Watchmen, episode 6 Watchmen: The Television Series
Watchmen, episode 7 Watchmen: The Television Series
Watchmen, episode 8 Watchmen: The Television Series
Watchmen, episode 9 Watchmen: The Television Series
Rorschach #1 [2] Rorschach
Rorschach #2 Rorschach
Rorschach #3 Rorschach
Rorschach #4 Rorschach
Rorschach #5 Rorschach
Rorschach #6 Rorschach
Rorschach #7 Rorschach
Rorschach #8 Rorschach
Rorschach #9 Rorschach
Rorschach #10 Rorschach
Rorschach #11 Rorschach
Rorschach #12 Rorschach

Notes:

  1. The television series is set 34 years after the events of the original comics.
  2. Begins a year after the conclusion of the television series.

The Odd Thomas Chronology

Dean Koontz’ modern fantasy series about medium Odd Thomas and his true love, Stormy Llewellyn.

In Odd We Trust
The 2008 graphic novel prequel.
Odd Is On Our Side
The 2010 graphic novel prequel.
House of Odd
The 2012 graphic novel prequel.
You Are Destined to Be Together Forever
The 2014 short story prequel to the main series.
Odd Thomas
The 2003 novel.
Forever Odd
The 2005 novel.
Brother Odd
The 2006 novel.
Odd Passenger
The 2008 webseries, in one complete unit.
Odd Hours
The 2008 novel.
Odd Interlude
The 2012 novel, originally published as three digital novellas.
Odd Apocalypse
The 2012 novel.
Deeply Odd
The 2013 novel.
Saint Odd
The 2015 novel.
Odd Thomas
The 2013 film<.

The Carl Hiaasen Universe Reading Order

Part crime thriller, part satire of Florida, Hiassen’s work is like nothing else.

1986

Tourist Season
November-December
Tommy Tigertail and Al Garcia are introduced in this book. (The year is not specified in the book, but this is the most recent year where the dates and days of the year match for it.)
Published in 1986

1987

Double Whammy
January
Skink and Jim Tile are introduced in this book, Al Garcia returnss.
Published in 1988

1990

Skin Tight
January-February
Mick Stranahan, Luis Cordova, Kipper Garth and Chemo are introduced in this book, Al Garcia returns.
Published in 1989
Native Tongue
July-August
Skink and Jim Tile appear.
Published in 1991

1992

Strip Tease
July
Features Al Garcia. (This novel explicitly starts in September, but that does not match the date for the death of Anthony Salerno, a plot point in this book. It has been dated accordingly.)
Published in 1993
Stormy Weather
August-September
Features Skink and Jim Tile
Published in 1995

1995

Lucky You
November-December
tom Krome is introduced. (The year is not specified in the book, but this is the most recent year where the dates and days of the year match for it.)
Published in 1997

1998

Sick Puppy
April-May
Features Skink and Jim Tile. Introduces Twilly Spree.
Published in 2000

1999

Basket Case
August-September
Has no explicit connections to Hiaasen’s other works, but is too good not to include.
Published in 2002

2003

Skinny Dip
April
Mick Stranahan, Luis Cordova, Kipper Garth, Skink and Twilly Spree return.
Published in 2004

2006

Nature Girl
January
Tommy Tigertail returns.
Published in 2006

2008

Scat
Twilly Spree returns.
Published in 2009

2009

Star Island
June-July
SKink, Jim Tile and Chemo return.
Published in 2010

2013

Bad Monkey
July
Andrew Yancy, Rosa Campesino, Rogelio Burton, Sonny Summers and Tommy Lombardo are introduced.
Published in 2013
Skink – No Surrender
Summer
Features Skink and Jim Tile
Published in 2014

2015

Razor Girl
February-March
Andrew Yancy, Rosa Campesino, Rogelio Burton, Sonny Summers and Tommy Lombardo return.
Published in 2016

2020

Squeeze Me
January-March
Features Skink and Jim Tile, appears to take place in a world without Covid-19
Published in 2020

The Neal Stephenson Universe Reading Order

It turns out that one of our greatest living science fiction writers has been sneakily building a universe all this time.

Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, volume one)
Novel published in 2003.
The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, volume two)
Novel published in 2004.
The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, volume three)
Novel published in 2004.
Cryptonomicon
Novel published in 1999
Jipi and the Paranoid Chip
Short story published in Forbes magazine’s July 7, 1997 issue
Reamde
Novel published in 2011
Fall, or, Dodge in Hell
Novel published in 2019

The John Wick Chronology

The stylish neo-noir thriller and its world

The Continental: From the World of John Wick
Prequel tv mini-series released in 2023.
John Wick, vol.1
Comic published in 2019, prequel to the first film.
John Wick Chronicles
Game released in 2017, on Steam.
John Wick Hex
Game released in 2019, on Switch. Also available on Xbox and PS4.
John Wick
Film released in 2014.
John Wick, Chapter 2
Film released in 2017.
John Wick, Chapter 3: Parabellum
Film released in 2019.
Ballerina: From the world of John Wick
Film released in 2025.
John Wick, Chapter 4
Film released in 2023.

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.