The Babylon 5 Chronology

The epic science fiction series that did a ‘novel for television’ years before The Wire.

2115

Dark Genesis: The Birth of the Psi Corps
Novel. Takes place across 80 years or so starting at this point

2190

Deadly Relations: Bester Ascendant
Novel. Takes place across 70 years or so starting at this point

2257

The Shadow Within
Novel. Takes place before and slightly overlapping the pilot episode
The Gathering
The pilot episode on DVD

2258 — Signs and Portents

Midnight on the Firing Line
Soul Hunter
Born to the Purple
Infection
The Parliament of Dreams
Mind War
The War Prayer
And The Sky Full Of Stars
Deathwalker
Believers
Survivors
By Any Means Necessary
Signs and Portents
TKO
Grail
Eyes
Legacies
A Voice in the Wilderness, part 1
A Voice in the Wilderness, part 2
Babylon Squared
The Quality of Mercy
Chrysalis
 

2259 — The Coming of Shadows

The Price of Peace
Comic that takes place in the gap between seasons
Casting Shadows
Novel. Must take place before The Geometry of Shadows, placed here by fiat
Points of Departure
Revelations
The Geometry of Shadows
Summoning Light
Novel. Retells selected parts of season two, especially The Geometry of Shadows from Galen’s and Elric’s perspectives
A Distant Star
The Long Dark
Voices
Novel. Placed here by fiat
A Spider in the Web
A Race Through Dark Places
Shadows Past and Present
Comic. Must take place between The Geometry of Shadows and The Coming of Shadows, placed here by fiat
Blood Oath
Novel. Must take place before The Coming of Shadows, placed here by fiat
Soul Mates
The Coming of Shadows
Accusations
Novel. Must take place between The Coming of Shadows and All Alone in the Night, placed here by fiat
GROPOS
All Alone in the Night
Acts of Sacrifice
Hunter, Prey
There All the Honor Lies
Betrayals
Novel. Must take place between The Coming of Shadows and The Long, Twilight Struggle, placed here as a best fit
And Now For a Word
Knives
In the Shadow of Z’ha’dum
Confessions and Lamentations
Divided Loyalties
The Long, Twilight Struggle
Comes the Inquisitor
Clark’s Law
Novel. Must take place at this point
The Fall of Night
 

2260 — Point of No Return

Matters of Honor
To Dream in the City of Sorrows
Novel. Mostly parallels season two, placed here so that Marcus has been introduced
Convictions
The Touch of Your Shadow, The Whisper of Your Name
Novel. Takes place early in this year, prior to A Day in the Strife, but contains continuity errors
A Day in the Strife
Passing Through Gethsemane
Voices of Authority
Dust to Dust
Exogenesis
Messages from Earth
Point of No Return
Severed Dreams
Ceremonies of Light and Dark
A Late Delivery From Avalon
Sic Transit Vir
Ship of Tears
Interludes and Examinations
Walkabout
War Without End, Part One
War Without End, Part Two
Grey 17 Is Missing
And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place
Shadow Dancing
Z’ha’dum
Invoking Darkness
Novel. Retells selected parts of season three from Galen’s perspective
 

2261 — No Surrender, No Retreat

The Hour of the Wolf
Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?
The Summoning
Personal Agendas
Novel. Must take place at this point
Falling Toward Apotheosis
The Long Night
Into the Fire
In Valen’s Name
Comic set between these two episodes
Epiphanies
The Illusion of Truth
Atonement
In The Beginning
TV movie on DVD – placed here to avoid spoilers
Thirdspace
TV movie on DVD — placed here as it appears to take place during the events of Atonement
Racing Mars
Lines of Communication
Conflicts of Interest
Rumors, Bargains and Lies
Moments of Transition
No Surrender, No Retreat
The Exercise of Vital Powers
The Face of the Enemy
Intersections in Real Time
Between the Darkness and the Light
Endgame
Rising Star
The Deconstruction of Falling Stars
 

2262 — Wheel of Fire

No Compromises
The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari
The Paragon of Animals
A View from the Gallery
Learning Curve
Strange Relations
Secrets of the Soul
Day of the Dead
In the Kingdom of the Blind
A Tragedy of Telepaths
Phoenix Rising
The Ragged Edge
The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father
Meditations on the Abyss
Darkness Ascending
And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder
Movements of Fire and Shadow
The Fall of Centauri Prime
Wheel of Fire
Objects in Motion
Objects at Rest
The Road Home
 

2263

River of Souls
TV movie on DVD
The Long Night of Centauri Prime
Armies of Light and Dark
Out of the Darkness
Trilogy of novels starting in this year and concluding in 2278
 

2265

To Live and Die in Starlight
The Legend of the Rangers pilot on DVD
 

2266

A Call to Arms
TV movie on DVD
 

2267

Racing the Night
The Needs of Earth
The Memory of War
The Long Road
Visitors from Down the Street
The Well of Forever
Each Night I Dream of Home
Patterns of the Soul
The Path of Sorrows
Ruling from the Tomb
The Rules of the Game
War Zone
Appearances and Other Deceits
 

2271

Voices In The Dark
The Lost Tales on DVD
 

2280

Sleeping in Light
Episode 22 of the fifth season on DVD
Final Reckoning: The Fate of Bester
Novel. Mostly takes place before Sleeping in Light, but spoils that story and is thus placed here

The American Pie Viewing Order

The raunchy teen comedy series

1999

American Pie
The 1999 film on Bluray. Sat in 1999.

2000

American Pie 2
The 2001 film on Bluray. Set a year after the first film.

2003

American Wedding
The 2003 film on Bluray. Set three years after the second film.

2004

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
The 2006 direct-to-video film on DVD. Date unknown, but this is the last year that the actual Naked Mile was run.

2005

American Pie Presents: Band Camp
The 2005 direct-to-video film on Bluray. Set in 2005 across summer break.
American Pie Presents: Beta House
The 2007 direct-to-video film on Bluray. Set the year after The Naked Mile.

2009

American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
The 2009 direct-to-video film on Bluray. Set forty years after 1969.

2012

American Reunion
The 2012 film on Bluray. Set 13 years after the first film.

2019

American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules
The 2020 direct-to-video film on DVD. Date unknown, but it is set in the late summer of its year, and filmed in 2019, hence its placement here.

The 28 Days Later Chronology

The revisionist zombie film and its sequels

28 Days Later
The 2002 film o Blu-ray
28 Days Later: The Aftermath
Tie-in comic
28 Days Later, vol.1: London Calling
Tie-in comic
28 Days Later, vol.2: A Bend in the Road
Tie-in comic
28 Days Later, vol.3: Hot Zone
Tie-in comic
28 Days Later, vol.4: Gangwar
Tie-in comic
28 Days Later, vol.5: Ghost Town
Tie-in comic
28 Days Later, vol.6: Homecoming
Tie-in comic
28 Weeks Later
THe 2007 film on Blu-ray

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 Freeport Chronology

The original city of adventure for the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons

Death in Freeport (revised)
For levels 1 to 3, 3.5 edition.
Terror in Freeport (revised)
For levels 2 to 5, 3.5 edition.
Holiday in the Sun
For levels 2 to 4, 3rd edition.
The Lost Island
For levels 3 to 5, True20 edition.
The Last Resort
For levels 3 to 6, 3.5 edition. (Published in the Tales from Freeport anthology.
Madness in Freeport (revised)
For levels 4 to 6, 3.5 edition.
Cut-Throat’s Gold
For levels 4 to 7, 3.5 edition. (Published in the Tales from Freeport anthology.
Deus Ex Machina, part 1
Deus Ex Machina, part 2
Deus Ex Machina, part 3
For levels 5 to 6, 3rd edition.
Soul of the Serpent
For levels 5 to 7, 3.5 edition. (Published in the Tales from Freeport anthology.
Gangs of Freeport
For levels 5 to 7, 3.5 edition.
Blood of Freeport
For levels 6 to 8, 3.5 edition.
Peril in Freeport
For levels 6 to 8, Pathfinder edition.
Dark Wings Over Freeport
For levels 6 to 8, True20 edition.
Shadows in Freeport
For levels 6 to 8, 3rd edition.
Black Sails Over Freeport
For levels 6 and up, 3rd edition.
Fair Salvage
For levels 7 to 9, 3.5 edition. (Published in the Tales from Freeport anthology.
Crisis in Freeport
For levels 7 to 9, 3.5 edition.
Hell in Freeport
For levels 8 to 11, 3rd edition.

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 Sixth Gun Reading Order

Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt’s dark and horrifying western epic

The Sixth Gun: Dust to Death
Reprints The Sixth Gun: Dust to Dust #1–3 (March 2015 – May 2015); & The Sixth Gun: Valley of Death #1–3 (June 2015 – August 2015).
The Sixth Gun: Days of the Dead
Reprints The Sixth Gun: Days of the Dead #1–5 (August 2014 – April 2015).
The Sixth Gun: Sons of the Gun
Reprints The Sixth Gun: Sons of the Gun #1–5 (February 2013 – July 2013).
The Sixth Gun, Book 1: Cold Dead Fingers
Reprints The Sixth Gun #1–6 (July 2010 – November 2010).
The Sixth Gun, Book 2: Crossroads
Reprints The Sixth Gun #7-11 (December 2010 – April 2011).
The Sixth Gun, Book 3: Bound
Reprints The Sixth Gun #12-17 (June 2011 – November 2011).
The Sixth Gun, Book 4: A Town Called Penance
Reprints The Sixth Gun #18-23 (October 2011 – June 2012).
The Sixth Gun, Book 5: Winter Wolves
Reprints The Sixth Gun #24-29 (August 2012 – February 2013).
The Sixth Gun, Book 6: Ghost Dance
Reprints The Sixth Gun #30-35 (April 2013 – October 2013).
The Sixth Gun, Book 7: Not The Bullet, But The Fall
Reprints The Sixth Gun #36-41 (November 2013 – June 2014).
The Sixth Gun, Book 8: Hell and High Water
Reprints The Sixth Gun #42-47 (August 2014 – March 2015).
The Sixth Gun, Book 9: Boot Hill
Reprints The Sixth Gun #48-50 (April 2016 – June 2016).
Shadow Roads: Volume One
Reprints Shadow Roads #1–5 (June 2018 – November 2018).
Shadow Roads: Volume Two
Reprints Shadow Roads #6-10 (June 2019 – September 2020).

Good news! Bunn and Hurtt have promised that the story will be continuing in 2025!

The Dark Eras Playing Order

A timeline of the various historical settings of the New World of Darkness roleplaying setting

Lighting the Match — Paleolithic Era
Promethean: The Created
The Sundered World — 5500-5000 BCE
Werewolf: The Forsaken & Mage: The Awakening
Igniting the Fire — 5500-5000 BCE
An expansion of The Sundered World for Hunter: The Vigil
Hunger in the Black Land — 1806 BCE
Beast: The Primordial, Werewolf: The Forsaken & Promethean: The Created
Rise of the Covenants — 1279 BCE
Vampire: The Requiem
Black Streets of Babylon — 625-539 BCE
Vampire: The Requiem
To The Strongest — 330-320 BCE
Mage: The Awakening
The Seven Wonders — 286-226 BCE
Changeling: The Lost & Promethean: The Created
The Fall of Isireion — 69-30 BCE
Mummy: The Curse
Forsaken by Rome — 9-12 CE
Werewolf: The Forsaken
Sic Semper Tyrannis — 69 CE
Vampire: The Requiem
Three Kingdoms of Darkness — 220-280 CE
Changeling: The Lost & Geist: The Sin-Eaters
Requiem for Rome — 361 CE
Vampire: The Requiem
Arthur’s Britannia — 400-500
Changeling: The Lost, Vampire: The Requiem & Hunter: The Vigil
The Wolf and the Raven — 700-1100
Werewolf: The Forsaken & Geist: The Sin-Eaters
One Thousand and One Nightmares — 832
Beast: The Primordial & Vampire: The Requiem
Goal of the Wise — 900-1000
Mage: The Awakening
Clash of Empires — 1095-1300
Vampire: The Requiem
Father Governs Child — 1238–1368
Vampire: The Requiem
Empire of Gold and Dust — 1337-1347
Hunter: The Vigil & Demon: The Descent
The Soulless and the Dead — 1346-1353
Vampire: The Requiem & Promethean: The Created
Iberian Nights — 1415-1580
Vampire: The Requiem
After the Fall — 1453-1458
Demon: The Descent
Princes of the Conquered Land — 1501-1568
Mage: The Awakening & Mummy: The Curse
Foreboding Lands — 1585-1590
Geist: The Sin-Eaters
Requiem for Regina — 1593
Vampire: The Requiem & Changeling: The Lost
Lily, Sabre, and Thorn — 1600s-early 1700s
Changeling: The Lost
The Scandinavian Witch Trials — 1608-1698
Mummy: The Curse & Geist: The Sin-Eaters
The Lost Generation — 1618-1648
Vampire: The Requiem
When the Horseman Rode — 1618-1648
Promethean: The Created
Light of the Sun — 1630-1640
Deviant: The Renegades, Mage: The Awakening & Demon: The Descent
Fallen Blossoms — 1640-1660
Hunter: The Vigil
Rise of the Imperials — 1644-1661
Mummy: The Curse & Hunter: The Vigil
Doubting Souls — 1690-1695
Hunter: The Vigil
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea — 1716-1717
Mage: The Awakening & Geist: The Sin-Eaters
Feeding the Fire — 1791
Vampire: The Requiem
The Reign of Terror — 1793
Vampire: The Requiem, Mummy: The Curse & Demon: The Descent
A Grimm Dark Era — 1812-1820
Changeling: The Lost
The Year Without a Summer — 1816
Promethean: The Created
Blood Flows West — 1839-1869
Vampire: The Requiem
Victorian Lost — 1850-1901
Changeling: The Lost
Age and Treachery — 1857
Vampire: The Requiem
A Fearful Lesson — 1865-1877
Beast: The Primordial
Mysterious Frontiers — 1874
Mage: The Awakening & Changeling: The Lost
Lifting the Veil — 1885-1890
Chronicles of Darkness: Second Sight
The Ruins of Empire — 1893-1924
Mummy: The Curse
Goodbye to All That — 1914-1918
Vampire: The Requiem
The Great War — 1914-1918
Geist: The Sin-Eaters, Werewolf: The Forsaken & Promethean: The Created
The Master’s Tools — 1917
Demon: The Descent
A Handful of Dust — 1933-1940
Promethean: The Created
Fear and the Golden Promise of Tomorrow — 1938-1946
Deviant: The Renegades & Werewolf: The Forsaken
Mage Noir — 1940s
Mage: The Awakening
God’s Own Country — 1950s
Geist: The Sin-Eaters
Into the Cold — 1961
Demon: The Descent
The Bowery Dogs — 1969-1979
Werewolf: The Forsaken
New Wave Requiem — 1980s
Vampire: The Requiem
Read Me Backwards — 1980s
Beast: The Primordial

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