Order of Ender Saga Books
The Ender Saga is a series of science fiction novels by American author Orson Scott Card. The series is also known as the Ender’s Game series and the Enderverse. Beyond novels, it also consists of several short stories and comic books. The series is set in the future where an alien race intends on making mankind extinct. The main protagonist is Ender Wiggin, a child soldier trained to be a future leader of Earth.
The Ender Saga began with Ender’s Game in 1985. Below is a list of Ender’s Game books in order of when they were originally published as well as a separate list that details the Enderverse chronology:
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Publication Order of Ender Saga Books
(By: Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston)
| Ender's Game | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Speaker for the Dead | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Xenocide | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Children of the Mind | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ender's Shadow | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadow of the Hegemon | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| First Meetings in Ender's Universe | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadow Puppets | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadow of the Giant | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A War of Gifts | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ender in Exile | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadows in Flight | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Earth Unaware | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Earth Afire | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Earth Awakens | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Swarm | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hive | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Last Shadow | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chronological Order of Ender Saga Books
(By: Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston)
| Earth Unaware | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Earth Afire | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Earth Awakens | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Swarm | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hive | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ender's Game | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ender's Shadow | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A War of Gifts | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadow of the Hegemon | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadow Puppets | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadow of the Giant | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ender in Exile | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadows in Flight | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| First Meetings in Ender's Universe | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Speaker for the Dead | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Xenocide | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Children of the Mind | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Last Shadow | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Ender's Shadow Books
| Ender's Shadow | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadow of the Hegemon | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadow Puppets | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadow of the Giant | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadows in Flight | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Last Shadow | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Ender Saga Graphic Novels
(By: Aaron Johnston, Orson Scott Card, Mike Carey, Christopher Yost)
| Ender's Game, Volume 1: Battle School | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ender's Shadow | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ender's Game | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ender's Game Ultimate Collection | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ender's Game, Volume 2: Command School | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Ender Saga Collections
| First Meetings | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ender's Game Alive: The Full Cast Audioplay | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Fleet School Books
| Children of the Fleet | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: Ender’s Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant and Shadows in Flight are considered the “Shadow’s Saga.” Ender’s Shadow runs parallel to Ender’s Game.
Earth Unaware, Earth Afire, Earth Awakens and The Swarm are co-authored by Aaron Johnston.