Reading The Chronicles of Narnia

[greg donovan]

i have never read these books untill recently.

for those of you that have read them what order did you read them in?

i did not realize that the first book in the series was written several years after The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe was written.

i wish i had done some research and read them in the order they were published.

i was also surprised to see how short the Wardrobe was for such a long movie. they really added a lot more than i thought they did. kind of cool to see how they added stuff rather than leaving stuff out.

please label spoilers after wardrobe as i havent read past that yet.

[Matt O'Keefe]

CS Lewis suggested reading them in chronological order:

Magician's Nephew
Lion, Witch, Wardrobe
Horse and His Boy
Prince Caspian
Dawn Treader
Silver Chair
Last Battle

[EdNEMO]

When I was a kid I thought the Dawn Treader was the best book in the series.

[shoelaceless]

I haven't read them since I was in 3rd grade or so. I know I read Wardrobe then Caspian then Voyage, but I'm not sure about the order in which I read the prequels. Come to think of it, I don't know if I ever finished The Last Battle.

[BaconWhoreSqueeeaaal]

Loved the entire series, minus The Magician's Nephew. If I had started with that one, never would have finished the series.

[Jef UK]

I think it's ridiculous they publish them in a different order now, given the ones that take place in the past are couched as histories and stories in the present. Makes no sense.

[Dave S.]

DON'T READ THEM IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER!

Read them as written!

A Horse and his Boy and The Magician's Nephew are not good at all if you aren't already entrenched in the series and in the world of Narnia.

[Dave S.]

EDIT: Bah, double post. minutes later.

[greg donovan]

DON'T READ THEM IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER!

Read them as written!

A Horse and his Boy and The Magician's Nephew are not good at all if you aren't already entrenched in the series and in the world of Narnia.

yeah, i read Nephew first. ithought it was OK.

i have seen the two recent movies so i am spretty familiar with everything up to that point.

Nephew kind of ruins the mystery of some things.

i will continue on in order published from here on out and skip straight to caspian and treader.

thanks.

i am reading them now out of curiousity and because i am having a hard time finding a new book to read.

[woljed]

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