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

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The RiordanVerse Special – Tales from the Fandom

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

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)

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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)
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2)
The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus, #3)
The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus, #4)
The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5)

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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)
The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles, #1)
The Throne of Fire (Kane Chronicles, #2)
The Serpent's Shadow (Kane Chronicles, #3)

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The Kane Chronicles

  • [#1] The Red Pyramid (2010)
  • [#2] The Throne of Fire (2011)
  • [#3] The Serpent’s Shadow (2012)
The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1)
The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #2)
The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #3)

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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)
The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, #1)
The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, #2)
The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo, #3)
The Tyrant's Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, #4)
The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo, #5)

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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

The Demigod Files (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
The Demigod Diaries (The Heroes of the Olympus)
Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes
Demigods and Magicians: Three Stories from the World of Percy Jackson and the Kane Chronicles

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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
For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds: Your Introduction to Deities, Mythical Beings, & Fantastic Creatures (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)
Camp Half-Blood Confidential
Brooklyn House Magician's Manual (The Kane Chronicles)
9 From the Nine Worlds
Camp Jupiter Classified: A Probatio's Journal

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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?

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Hi I'm Ellyn! I review and talk about books. I’m also a huge movie nerd and general lover of baking and all things Keanu Reeves!

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

  2. Oh, this is so nice! I’ve been meaning to reread soonish (I read Magnus first, then PJO-HOO-Trials) and I hadn’t thought about what order to follow this time, but I’ll certainly come back to this post once I decide it’s finally time to reread!

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        1. As far as I can tell, it’s set after book 5 of the original Percy Jackson & The Olympians series (The Last Olympian)! You can also find it in the back of The Hidden Oracle, in some editions.

          I hope you enjoy it!

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      2. Glad I found this blog, silly me thinking that The Kane Chronicles are the only 3 books that I could enjoy from this author. You’ve done a good job, thank you for this. I am starting to read from the beginning of your list 🙂 . Thank you very much again ♥️ .

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  6. Aaah, I didn’t even realize how many Riordan-verse books there were until you laid them all-out like that 😅 This is such a great guide for those who are reading the books for the first time. Great job!

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    1. From what I can tell they are set after the Heroes of Olympus series & The Kane Chronicles, so if you want to read via the timeline of the books I would read them between HoO and ToA/MC! Hope this helps!

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  12. I just finished the Percy Jackson books and was going to go to heroes of olymopus then the trials then the other ones like my brother but I went online and got about 20 different answers on the order so why do you think this is the way the books should be read?

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    1. I highly recommend PJO, HoO and then Trials of Apollo as the order, but if you need a break from the greek mythology you could read The Kane Chronicles (trilogy) anywhere in there (I recommend after HoO as that’s where it’s set chronologically). Magnus Chase is one of my favourites of Riordan’s series and chronologically it’s set at the same time as trials of apollo so you could read that whenever you wanted to.
      I hope this helps! Feel free to ask any more questions!

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  14. Hey! Thanks, this helped sooo much, but I think you forgot wedding in the stars and broken together. I may be wrong, but yeah…Btw THANK YOU!!!

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    1. The Son of Sobek is part of a 3 story collection called Demigods and Magicians and it’s set after the Heroes of Olympus series & The Kane Chronicles!

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    1. Tristan Strong is a part of Rick Riordan’s publishing imprint “Rick Riordan Presents” where he publishes books written by other authors, about characters (usually poc) who engage in or revolve around different types of mythologies or legends eg. Tristan Strong takes inspiration from/is about African American folktale and West African mythology. However, books under this imprint, not written by Rick Riordan himself do not come under the banner of the “Riordan-Verse” or Percy Jackson universe, as far as I’m aware.

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  18. OMG!!! 🤗(Virtual Hugs!!!) This helped me SO much! But I just have one quick question:
    I’m on the heroes of Olympus right now, but If I want to keep reading about Percy Jackson and his friends (Just them) should I skip Kane Chronicles and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard and just go to the Trials of Apollo? Because I think Kane Chronicles doesn’t have Percy Jackson and his friends in it, and neither does Mangus, but I’m not sure. So, please help me with this. 😁
    Thanks!

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    1. Haha *hugs you back* I’m happy to help!

      There’s no Percy Jackson and co in Kane Chronicles, there’s a minor Annabeth cameo in Magnus Chase book 1 (they’re cousins) and then yeah there are more appearances in Trials of Apollo because so much of it features the camp and other campers we’ve met before.

      I hope that helps – do you plan on reading Kane Chronicles and Magnus Chase eventually or will you skip them completely?

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        1. there is a kane series – as mentioned by ellyn – that features percy and annabeth and it’s called demogods and magicians. it’s set after the kane chronicles.

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            2. Yes, the Demigods and Magicians is a bind-up of 3 stories featuring Kane Chronicles and PJO characters, set after The Heroes of Olympus and The Kane Chronicles.

              Haha, that’s Australia for you! I am in Brisbane so my timestamps are set to Brisbane time! 😂

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              2. also can u tell me more about this website? i just stumbled upon it looking for a guide to the riordan verse. it’s really good by the way. set out clearly and really helps👍

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    1. They’re not must-reads! They’re more so just Percy explaining the myths of the gods and the heroes in his usual snarky way!
      I think they were more of a way for Riordan to capitalise on the trend of big illustrated hardcovers along the lines of the Harry Potter books, at the time. They’re fun but not something you can read all at once, more of a coffee table book really, so by no means are they must-reads for you to understand the timeline/plot of the other books!

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