THE RIORDAN-VERSE READING ORDER | FROM PERCY JACKSON TO THE TRIALS OF APOLLO + COMPANION NOVELS | Series Order? Chronological? Pub Order? Where To Start!

Hey guys, welcome back to my blog! Everyone is talking about Percy Jackson at the moment because of the news about the Disney+ series! + May even recently created a non-spoiler book tag based on the characters in the PJO/HoO series! I’m also currently in the midst of re-reading Rick Riordan’s mythological series with my friend Destiny! I

Anywayyy, so because of the exciting news about the show, I’ve seen a lot of people getting back into the Riordan-Verse and asking how to read all the books. So, I figured since I have read all but the last couple of books in the Trials of Apollo series, why not help everyone out and let y’all know how you can dive into Riordan’s series without getting confused!

SERIES ORDER

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Percy Jackson and The Olympians

• [#1] The Lightning Thief (2005)
• [#2] The Sea of Monsters (2006)
• [#3] The Titan’s Curse (2007)
• [#4] The Battle of The Labyrinth (2008)
• [#5] The Last Olympian (2009)

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The Heroes of Olympus

• [#1] The Lost Hero (2010)
• [#2] The Son of Neptune (2011)
• [#3] The Mark of Athena (2012)
• [#4] The Mark of Athena (2013)
• [#5] The Blood of Olympus (2014)

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The Kane Chronicles

• [#1] The Red Pyramid (2010)
• [#2] The Throne of Fire (2011)
• [#3] The Serpent’s Shadow (2012)

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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

• [#1] The Sword of Summer (2015)
• [#2] The Hammer of Thor (2016)
• [#3] The Ship of The Dead (2017)

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The Trials of Apollo

• [#1] The Hidden Oracle (2016)
• [#2] The Dark Prophecy (2017)
• [#3] The Burning Maze (2018)
• [#4] The Tyrant’s Tomb (2019)
• [#5] The Tower of Nero (2020)

PUBLICATION ORDER

• [#1] The Lightning Thief (2005)
• [#2] The Sea of Monsters (2006)
• [#3] The Titan’s Curse (2007)
• [#4] The Battle of The Labyrinth (2008)
• [#5] The Last Olympian (2009)
• [#1] The Red Pyramid (May 2010)
• [#1] The Lost Hero (Oct 2010)
• [#2] The Throne of Fire (May 2011)
• [#2] The Son of Neptune (Oct 2011)
• [#3] The Serpent’s Shadow (May 2012)
• [#3] The Mark of Athena (Oct 2012)
• [#4] The Mark of Athena (Oct 2013)
• [#5] The Blood of Olympus (Oct 2014)
• [#1] The Sword of Summer (Oct 2015)
• Demigods and Magicians: Three Stories from the World of Percy Jackson and the Kane Chronicles (April 2016)
• [#1] The Hidden Oracle (May 2016)
• For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds: Your Introduction to Deities, Mythical Beings, & Fantastic Creatures (Aug 2016)
• [#2] The Hammer of Thor (Oct 2016)
• [#2] The Dark Prophecy (May 2017)
• [#3] The Ship of The Dead (Oct 2017)
• [#3] The Burning Maze (May 2018)
• 9 From the Nine Worlds (Oct 2018)
• [#4] The Tyrant’s Tomb (Sep 2019)
• [#5] The Tower of Nero (Sep 2020)

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

*Just the series, not the companion books (some of this is just me guessing because obviously we don’t have exact dates to make an exact timeline)

• The Lightning Thief
• The Sea of Monsters
• The Titan’s Curse
• The Battle of The Labyrinth
• The Red Pyramid
• The Throne of Fire
• The Last Olympian
• The Serpent’s Shadow
• The Lost Hero
• The Son of Neptune
• The Mark of Athena
• The Mark of Athena
• The Blood of Olympus
• The Sword of Summer
• The Hammer of Thor
• The Ship of The Dead
• The Hidden Oracle
• The Dark Prophecy
• The Burning Maze
• The Tyrant’s Tomb
• The Tower of Nero

COMPANION BOOKS

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• The Demigod Files (Feb 2009) – A bunch of short stries set before and after book 5 in the Percy Jackson and The Olympians series.
• The Demigod Diaries (Aug 2012) – Three short stories. One set before The Lightning Thief and the other two set before The Mark of Athena.
• Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods (Aug 2014) – Set after Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Percy telling the story of the Greek Gods for extra credit. not a character story it’s just Percy telling the stories but you should probably read it after Heroes of Olympus, just in case.
• Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes (Aug 2015) – Set after Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Percy telling the story of the Greek heroes for extra credit.
• Demigods and Magicians: Three Stories from the World of Percy Jackson and the Kane Chronicles (April 2016) – Set after the Heroes of Olympus series & The Kane Chronicles

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• For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds: Your Introduction to Deities, Mythical Beings, & Fantastic Creatures (Aug 2016) – A quide to Norse Mythology and Hotel Valhalla. A direct lead into The Hammer of Thor.
• Camp Half-Blood Confidential (2017) – A collection of information and interviews set after PJO but, a companion book to the Trials of Apollo series. Works more as a guide to Camp Half-Blood. Read after The Hidden Oracle.
• Brooklyn House Magician’s Manual (May 2018) – Set after The Kane Chronicles. You get some new infromation on the main characters with a mix of entries from characters and quizzes.
• 9 From the Nine Worlds (Oct 2018) – 9 Short stories set in the Magnus Chase world. Read afer the Magnus Chase trilogy.
• Camp Jupiter Classified: A Probatio’s Journal (May 2020) – Claudia’s journal, set before Tower of Nero with characters from the Heroes of Olympus series.

Let me know if you want any more world guides like this and let me know in the comments if you have any questions about when to read certain books and in what order!

What order did/do you read Rick Riordan’s mythological books in?