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

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.

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