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​ Books So Good…. You Can't Read Just One Series Binder What to Read Next ​ Books So Good…. You Can’t Read Just One Series Binder What to Read Next Estill County Middle School S. Young 39 Clues Rick Riordan The Maze of Bones ​ ​ 2. One False Note ​ by Gordon Korman ​ ​ 3. The Sword Thief ​ by Peter Lerangis ​ ​ 4. Beyond the Grave ​by Jude Watson ​ ​ 5. The Black Circle ​by Patrick Carman ​ ​ 6. In Too Deep ​by Jude Watson ​ ​ 7. The Viper's Nest ​by Peter Lerangis ​ ​ 8. The Emperor's Code ​by Gordon Korman ​ ​ 9. Storm Warning ​by Linda Sue Park ​ ​ 10. Into the Gauntlet ​by Margaret Peterson Haddix ​ ​ 11. Vespers Rising ​by Rick Riordan ​ ​ The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins 1. The Hunger Games 2. ​Catching Fire 3. ​Mockingjay Underland Chronicles Series Suzanne Collins Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Track Jason Reynolds Ghost Patina Sunny Lu Not part of the series, but great: Long Way Down Wings of Fire Tui T. Sutherland The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire, #1) The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire, #2) The Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire, #3) The Dark Secret (Wings o​f Fire, # 4), The Brightest Night (Wings of Fire, #5) Moon Rising (Wings of Fire #6) Winter Turning (Wings of Fire, #7) Escaping Peril (Wings of Fire, #8) Talons of Power (Wings of Fire, #9) Darkness of Dragons (Wings of Fire #10) The Lost Continent (Wings of Fire, #11) The Hive Queen (Wings of Fire, #12) Spirit Animals Wild Born (Spirit Animals, #1) Brandon Mull Hunted (Spirit Animals, #2) ​ Maggie Stiefvater Blood Ties (Spirit Animals, #3) ​ Garth Nix Fire and Ice (Spirit Animals, #4) ​ Shannon Hale Against the Tide (Spirit Animals, #5) ​ Tui T. Sutherland Rise and Fall (Spirit Animals, #6) ​ Eliot Schrefer The Edge Chronicles Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell There are now 12 titles and four trilogies in the series, but each book is a stand-alone adventure, so you can read The Edge Chronicles in any order you choose. The 13th book, The Descenders, is currently being written. The Curse of the Gloamglozer: First Book of Quint ​ The Edge Chronicles 2: The Winter Knights: Second Book of Quint ​ The Edge Chronicles 3: The Clash of the Sky Galleons: Third Book of Quint ​ Beyond the Deepwoods The Edge Chronicles 5: Stormchaser: Second Book of Twig The Edge Chronicles 6: Midnight Over Sanctaphrax: Third Book of Twig The Edge Chronicles 7: The Last of the Sky Pirates: First Book of Rook The Edge Chronicles 8: Vox: Second Book of Rook Freeglader The Edge Chronicles 10: The Immortals: The Book of Nate The Edge Chronicles 11: The Nameless One: First Book of Cade The Edge Chronicles 12: Doombringer: Second Book of Cade Children of Exile Series Margaret Peterson Haddix ​Children of Exile ​Children of Refuge ​Children of Jubilee Dork Diaries Rachel Renee Russell Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 Book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 Book 11 book 12 book 13 The Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snickett #1. The Bad Beginning #2 The Reptile Room #3 The Wide Window #4 The Austere Academy #5 The Ersatz Elevator #6 The Vile Village #7 The Hostile Hospital #8 The Carnivorous Carnival #9 The Slippery Slope #10 The Grim Grotto #11 The Penultimate Peril #12 The End The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis Publication Order Below is the original order in which The Chronicles of Narnia first appeared on bookshelves: ​ ​ 1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) 2. Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia (1951) 3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952) ​ ​ 4. The Silver Chair (1953) 5. The Horse and His Boy (1954) 6. The Magician’s Nephew (1955) 7. The Last Battle (1956) Chronological Order Sometime after the death of C. S. Lewis, British editions of the books began appearing that were numbered chronologically: 1. The Magician’s Nephew 2. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 3. The Horse and His Boy 4. Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia 5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ​ 6. The Silver Chair 7. The Last Battle “The series was not planned beforehand. When I wrote The Lion I did not know I was going to write any more. Then I wrote P. Caspian as a sequel and still didn’t think there would be any more, and when I had done The Voyage I felt quite sure it would be the last. But I found as I was wrong. So perhaps it does not matter very much in which order anyone read them.” – C. S. Lewis, 4/23/57 The Giver Lois Lowry #1 The Giver #2 Gathering Blue #3 Messenger #4 Son Percy Jackson & the Olympians Rick Riordan Book one The Lightning Thief ​ Book two The Sea of Monsters Book three The Titan’s Curse Book four The Battle of the Labyrinth Book five The Last Olympian Magnus Chase by Rick Riordan ​ MAGNUS CHASE AND THE SWORD OF SUMMER (BOOK 1) The first book in the incredible new series from the author of Percy Jackson, the Kane Chronicles and Heroes of Olympus. My ​ name is Magnus Chase. I'm orphaned and living rough on the streets of Boston. And things are about to get much worse. My day started out normally enough. I was sleeping under a bridge when some guy kicked me awake and said, 'They're ​ after you.' Next thing I know, I'm reunited with my obnoxious uncle, who casually informs me that my long-lost father is a Norse god. Nothing normal about that. And it turns out the gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Apparently, if I can't find the sword my father lost two thousand years ago, there will be doom. Doomsday, to be precise. A fire giant attacking the city? Immortal warriors hacking each other to pieces? Unkillable wolves with glowing eyes? It's all coming up. But first I'm going to die. This is the ​ story of how my life goes downhill from there... MAGNUS CHASE AND THE HAMMER OF THOR (BOOK 2) Thor's hammer is missing again . The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon - the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin. The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for the hammer's return is the gods' worst enemy, Loki - and the price he wants is very high. MAGNUS CHASE AND THE SHIP OF THE DEAD (BOOK 3) Loki the trickster god is free from his chains. Now he's readying Naglfar, the Ship of the Dead, armed with a host of giants and zombies, to sail against the Norse gods and begin the final battle of Ragnarok. It's up to Magnus Chase and his friends to stop Loki's plans, but to do so they will have to sail across the oceans of Midgard, Jotunheim and Niflheim in a desperate race to reach Naglfar before it's ready to sail on Midsummer's Day. Along the way, they will face angry sea gods, hostile giants, and an evil fire-breathing dragon who happens to be a former acquaintance. But Magnus's biggest challenge will be facing his own inner demons. To defeat Loki, Magnus will need to use words, not force. This will require finding a magical elixir so deadly that it will either make Magnus Chase powerful enough to out-talk the silver-tongued Loki, or destroy Magnus utterly. Rick Riordan http://rickriordan.com/series/kane-chronicles/ Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 The Trials of Apollo Rick Riordan http://rickriordan.com/series/the-trials-of-apollo/ Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Rick Riordan Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 A Leven Thumps Book Obert Skye Book 1 The Gateway Book 2 The Whispered Secret Book 3 The Eyes of Want Book 4 The Wrath of Ezra Book 5 The Ruins of Alder Foo-the place between the possible and the impossible- is a realm inside the minds of each of us. It is a place that allows mankind the power to hope and imagine and, most important, to dream. Leven Thumps, once an ordinary fourteen-year-old boy from Oklahoma, has a special gift that he is unaware of-a gift that could save the dreams of all mankind. Join Leven and his friends from Foo as they embark on an unFOOgettable journey! The Reckoners Brandon Sanderson https://brandonsanderson.com/books/steelheart/ Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 The Thickety J.A. White #1 A Path Begins ​ #​ 2 The Whispering Trees #3 Well of Witches #4 The Last Spell .
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