The Newsflesh Reading Order

Mira Grant’s post-zombie rising political thrillers

Countdown
Short story published in the 2017 collection, Rise.
Everglades
Short story published in the 2017 collection, Rise.
San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats
Short story published in the 2017 collection, Rise.
All the Pretty Little Horses
Short story published in the 2017 collection, Rise.
The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell
Short story published in the 2017 collection, Rise.
Feed
Novel published in 2010.
Feedback
Novel published in 2017. Parallels the events of Feed.
Deadline
Novel published in 2011.
Blackout
Novel published in 2012.
How Green This Land, How Blue this Sea
Short story published in the 2017 collection, Rise.
Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus
Short story published in the 2017 collection, Rise.
Coming to You Live
Short story published in the 2017 collection, Rise.

The Throne of Glass Chronology

Sarah J. Maas’ excellent young adult fantasy series

The Assassin’s Blade: the Throne of Glass novellas
Published March 13, 2014.
Collects five novellas, four previously published as ebooks and one original to this collection, all set before the main series.
Throne of Glass
Novel published August 2, 2012.
Crown of Midnight
Novel published August 27, 2013.
Heir of Fire
Novel published September 2, 2014.
Queen of Shadows
Novel published September 1, 2015.
Empire of Storms
Novel published September 6, 2016.
Tower of Dawn
Novel published September 5, 2017.
Kingdom of Ash
Novel published October 23, 2018.
Embers of Memory
Game published October 1st, 2019.
Set during the events of Kingdom of Ash.

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 First Law Reading Order

Joe Abercrombie’s grimdark fantasy world.

565

Made a Monster
Short story

566

A Beautiful Bastard
Short story

573

Small Kindnesses
Short story

574

The Fool Jobs
Short story

575

Skipping Town
Short story

575

The Blade Itself
Novel
Before They Are Hanged
Novel, continues in 576

576

Hell
Short story
Two’s Company
Short story
Last Argument of Kings
Novel, continues in 577

579

Best Served Cold
Novel, continues in 580

580

Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Short story

584

Some Desperado
Short story
Yesterday, Near a Village Called Barden
Short story
The Heroes
Novel

587

Three’s a Crowd
Short story

590

Freedom!
Short story
Red Country
Novel

592

Tough Times All Over
Short story

604

The Thread
Short story published in the novel A Little Hatred

605

A Little Hatred
Novel

606

The Trouble With Peace
Novel
The Wisdom of Crowds
Novel

The Takeshi Kovacs Reading Order

Richard K. Morgan’s excellent sci-fi noir series. Now a Netflix show.

Altered Carbon
Novel published 2002.
Broken Angels
Novel published 2003.
Woken Furies
Novel published 2005.
Altered Carbon: Download Blues
Graphic novel published 2019.
Altered Carbon: One Life, One Death
Graphic novel published 2022.

Your mileage may vary, but many Kovacs fans claim that Morgan’s later A Land Fit For Heroes series is a continuation of his tales. Whether or not you agree with that, they’re a cracking good read, well worth your time.

The Steel Remains
Novel published 2008.
The Cold Commands
Novel published 2011.
The Dark Defiles
Novel published 2014.

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 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 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.