The Saga of the Skolian Empire Reading Order

Catherine Asaro’s saga of interstellar politics.

AD 2176

Children of the Dust
Short story published in 2005 in Down these Dark Spaceways, continues into the following year.

AD 2203

Skyfall
Novel published in 2004, continues into the following year.

AD 2205

Undercity
Novel published in 2014.

AD 2206

The Bronze Skies
Novel published in 2017.

AD 2207

The Vanished Seas
Novel published in 2020.
The Jigsaw Assassin
Novel published in 2022.

AD 2208

The Down Deep
Novel published in 2024.

AD 2209

Gold Dust
Novel published in 2025.

AD 2220

The Wages of Honor
Short story published in 2017 in Infinite Stars, continues into 2222.

AD 2223

Stained Glass Heart
Short story published in 2017 in Irresistible Forces.

AD 2227

Schism
Novel published in 2004.

AD 2228

The Final Key
Novel published in 2005.

AD 2240

Aurora in Four Voices
Short story published in 2011 in Aurora in Four Voices.

AD 2243

Light and Shadow
Short story published in 2011 in Aurora in Four Voices.

AD 2255

The Pyre of New Day
Short story published in 2012 in The Mammoth Book of SF Wars.

AD 2258

The Last Hawk
Novel published in 1997.

AD 2259

Primary Inversion
Novel published in 1995.
The Radiant Seas
Novel published in 1999, continues into 2276.

AD 2263

Soul of Light
Short story published in 2000 in Sextopia.

AD 2276

The Shadowed Heart
Short story published in 2000 in The Journey Home.

AD 2277

Ascendant Sun
Novel published in 2000, continues into 2278.
Spherical Harmonic
Novel published in 2001, continues into 2278.
The Quantum Rose
Novel published in 2000, continues into 2278.
The Moon’s Shadow
Novel published in 2003, continues into 2278.

AD 2287

A Roll of the Dice
Short story originally published in 2000. reprinted in Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction.
The Ruby Dice
Novel published in 2008, continues into 2288.

AD 2298

Walk in Silence
Short story originally published in 2003, reprinted in Catalysts, Explorers & Secret Keepers: Women of Science Fiction.

AD 2328

Lightning Strike, books 1 and 2
Novel published as two books in 2014 and 2020.

The Buckaroo Banzai Chronology


The adventures of the world’s greatest particle physicist, martial artist and rockstar!

1950

Buckaroo Banzai: Origins
Comic Reprinted in Buckaroo Banzai: No Matter Where You Go… There You Are….
Buckaroo Banzai: Origins
Comic Reprinted in Buckaroo Banzai: No Matter Where You Go… There You Are….
Starts in 1950, continues up to the Eighties.

The Early Eighties

Buckaroo Banzai: Big Size
Comic Reprinted in Buckaroo Banzai: No Matter Where You Go… There You Are….
Buckaroo Banzai: Hardest of the Hard
Comic Reprinted in Buckaroo Banzai: No Matter Where You Go… There You Are….

1984

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
The original film on Blu-ray.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
Novelisation of the film.
Buckaroo Banzai: Return of the Screw
Reprint of the comic series.
Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League, Et Al: A Compendium of Evils
Prose novel.

Marvel Earth 76: Captain Carter

Sharon Carter, Super-Soldier

Captain Carter: Woman Out Of Time
Reprints Captain Carter #1-5 (May 2022 – October 2022).
Avengers Assemble
Reprints Avengers Assemble Alpha #1 (November 2022); Avengers #63-66 (February 2023 – May 2023); Avengers Forever #12-15 (February 2023 – May 2023); & Avengers Assemble Omega #1 (April 2023).
Crosses over with the main Marvel Universe, Earth 8101 & Earth 14412.
Betsy Braddock – Captain Britain
Reprints Betsy Braddock – Captain Britain #1-5 (April 2023 – August 2023).
Crosses over with the main Marvel Universe.

The Harley Quinn Animated Series Chronology

The fun not-for-children animated series and spin-offs

Harley Quinn: The Complete First Season
The 2019-2020 season on dvd.
Harley Quinn: The Complete Second Season
The 2020 season on dvd.
Harley Quinn: The Animated Series – The Eat. Bang! Kill Tour
Reprints Harley Quinn: The Animated Series – The Eat. Bang! Kill Tour #1–6 (November 2021 – April 2022).
Harley Quinn: The Complete Third Season
The 2022-2023 season on Blu-ray.
Harley Quinn: The Animated Series – Legion of Bats!
Reprints Harley Quinn: The Animated Series – Legion of Bats! #1-6 (December 2022 – May 2023); & Harley Quinn: The Animated Series – The Real Sidekicks of New Gotham Special! #1 (October 2022).
Harley Quinn: The Complete Fourth Season
The 2023 season in digital format.
Kite Man: Hell Yeah! Season One
The 2024 season in digital format.

The Original DC Cinematic Universe

Featuring the Superman, Supergirl and Batman of the movies from the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties.

Superman
The 1978 film on Blu-ray, featuring Christopher Reeve as Superman
Superman II
The 1980 film on Blu-ray, featuring Christopher Reeve as Superman
Superman ’78
Reprints Superman ’78 #1-6 (October 2021 – March 2022).
Superman ’78: The Metal Curtain
Reprints Superman ’78: The Metal Curtain #1-6 (January 2024 – June 2024).
Supergirl
The 1984 film on Blu-ray, featuring an appearance by Jimmy Olsen
Batman
The 1989 movie on Blu-ray
Tales from Dark Crisis
Reprints Dark Crisis: The Deadly Green #1 (December 2022); Dark Crisis: The Dark Army #1 (January 2023); Dark Crisis: War Zone #1 (February 2023); Dark Crisis: Big Bang #1 (February 2023); & Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1 (July 2022).
In the pages of Dark Crisis: Big Bang, The Flash of the main DC Universe briefly passes through this universe at some point during the events of the 1989 Batman film.
Batman: Resurrection
Novel published October 2024.
Batman Returns
The 1992 film on Blu-ray
Batman ’89
Reprints Batman ’89 #1-6 (October 2021 – September 2022).
Batman ’89: Echoes
Reprints Batman ’89: Echoes #1-6 (January 2024 – January 2025).
Catwoman
The 2004 film on Blu-ray
One scene in this film shows the Catwoman from Batman Returns as a previous holder of the name, however, it is unclear at this time whether this film exists in this universe.

This world is also Earth 789 in the DC Multiverse

The Romantic World of Julia Quinn Reading Order

Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series and related works.

1761

Queen Charlotte
A Bridgerton prequel. Novel published 2023, co-written with Shonda Rhimes.

1774

Violet in Bloom
Published in The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After. Collection published 2013.

1779

Because of Miss Bridgerton
Book One of the Rokesbys (a.k.a. the Bridgerton prequels). Novel published 2016.
The Girl With The Make-Believe Husband
Book Two of the Rokesbys (a.k.a. the Bridgerton prequels). Novel published 2017.

1786

The Other Miss Bridgerton
Book Three of the Rokesbys (a.k.a. the Bridgerton prequels). Novel published 2018.

1791

First Comes Scandal
Book Four of the Rokesbys (a.k.a. the Bridgerton prequels). Novel published 2018.

1807

Everything and the Moon
Book One of the Lyndon Sisters. Novel published 1997.

1813

The Duke and I
Book One of the Bridgertons. Novel published 2000.

1813-4

Thirty-Six Valentines
Short story in The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown. Anthology published 2022.

1814

The Viscount Who Loved Me
Book Two of the Bridgertons. Novel published 2000.
To Catch an Heiress
Book One of Agents of the Crown. Novel published 1998.

1815

How to Marry a Marquis
Book Two of Agents of the Crown. Novel published 1999.

1815-7

An Offer From a Gentleman
Book Three of the Bridgertons. Novel published 2001.

1816

The First Kiss
Short story in Lady Whistledown Strikes Back. Anthology published 2022.
Splendid
Book One of the Splendid Trilogy. Novel published 1995.
Dancing at Midnight
Book Two of the Splendid Trilogy. Novel published 1995.
Minx
Book Three of the Splendid Trilogy. Novel published 1996.

1817

Brighter than the Sun
Book Two of the Lyndon Sisters. Novel published 1997.

1819

The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
Book One of the Bevelstoke series. Novel published 2007.
What Happens in London
Book Two of the Bevelstoke series. Novel published 2009.

1820

An Offer From a Gentleman: The 2nd Epilogue
Published in The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After. Collection published 2013.

1822

Ten Things I Love About You
Book Three of the Bevelstoke series. Novel published 2010.

1824

Just Like Heaven
Book One of the Smith-Smythe quartet. Novel published 2011.
Romancing Mr Bridgerton
Book Four of the Bridgertons. Novel published 2002.
To Sir Phillip, With Love
Book Five of the Bridgertons. Novel published 2003.
Romancing Mr Bridgerton: The 2nd Epilogue
Published in The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After. Collection published 2013.
When He Was Wicked
Book Six of the Bridgertons. Novel published 2004.

1825

It’s In His Kiss
Book Seven of the Bridgertons. Novel published 2004.
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy
Book Four of the Smythe-Smith Quartet. Novel published 2015.

1827

On The Way to the Wedding
Book Eight of the Bridgertons. Novel published 2006.
When He Was Wicked: The 2nd Epilogue
Published in The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After. Collection published 2013.

1828

A Tale of Two Sisters
Short story in Where’s My Hero. Anthology published 2003.

1829

The Viscount Who Loved Me: The 2nd Epilogue
Published in The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After. Collection published 2013.

1833

The Duke and I: The 2nd Epilogue
Published in The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After. Collection published 2013.

1835

To Sir Phillip, With Love: The 2nd Epilogue
Published in The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After. Collection published 2013.

1840

On The Way To The Wedding: The 2nd Epilogue
Published in The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After. Collection published 2013.

1847-8

It’s In His Kiss: The 2nd Epilogue
Published in The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After. Collection published 2013.

The Slow Horses Reading Order

Mick Herron’s excellent modern espionage series, featuring the unwanted dregs that MI5 assigns to Slough House.

Reconstruction
2008 novel, connected to but not a part of the series.
Slow Horses
2010 novel.
Dead Lions
2013 novel.
The List
2015 novella, reprinted in Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas.
Real Tigers
2016 novel.
Nobody Walks
2015 novel, connected to but not a part of the series.
Spook Street
2017 novel.
London Rules
2018 novel.
The Drop
2018 novella, reprinted in Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas.
(published in the US as “The Marylebone Drop”)
Joe Country
2019 novel
The Catch
2020 novella, reprinted in Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas.
Slough House
2021 novel.
Bad Actors
2022 novel.
The Last Dead Letter
2022 novella, reprinted in Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas.
Standing By The Wall
2022 novella, reprinted in Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas.
Clown Town
2025 novel.

The Silver Coin Reading Order

 

The Seventeenth Century

Covenant
Reprinted in volume one.

1945

‘Til Dawn
Reprinted in volume three.

1968

Rising and Falling in America
Reprinted in volume two.

Early 1970s

The Dancer
Reprinted in volume two.

1978

The Ticket
Reprinted in volume one.
The Diner
Reprinted in volume three.
Into the Fire
Reprinted in volume three.

1986

Death Rattle
Reprinted in volume one.

1992

Girls of Summer
Reprinted in volume one.

1993

High Score
Reprinted in volume two.

1999

Threshold
Reprinted in volume three.

2007

Unrighteous Implements
Reprinted in volume two.

Late 2000s

Covenant: Abomination
Reprinted in volume two.

2010s

Tzompanco
Reprinted in volume two.
Shiny Thing
Reprinted in volume two.

2020

The Bad Year
Reprinted in volume three.

2467

2467
Reprinted in volume one.

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

Sony’s Spider-Man Universe

Sony attempts to create a Spider-Man universe mostly without a Spider-Man. Earth 688 in the Marvel Multiverse.

Madame Web
Live-action film from 2024.
Venom
Live-action film from 2018.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Animated film from 2018.
Takes place in other timelines of the Sony Multiverse at about the same time as Venom.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Live-action film from 2021.
Leads into…
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Live-action film from 2021.
Takes place shortly after Venom: Let There Be Carnage. This film crosses over with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the First Sony Spider-Man Universe and the Second Sony Spider-Man Universe.
Morbius
Live-action film from 2022.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Animated film from 2023.
Takes place in other timelines of the Sony Multiverse.
Venom: The Last Dance
Live-action film from 2024.
Kraven the Hunter
Live-action film from 2024.