Questions About Green: The Beginning and the End (The Circle, #0)

by Ted Dekker (Goodreads Author)

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I wanted to read this series, but I was confused at where to start. Which book should I read first?

Kit Miller Read Black, Red, White, then Green. I would also recommend Saint, Sinner, Showdown, not necessarily in that order, and the lost books. Everything make…moreRead Black, Red, White, then Green. I would also recommend Saint, Sinner, Showdown, not necessarily in that order, and the lost books. Everything makes more sense that way.(less)

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For those who have read the whole series, would you recommend reading "Green" before or after the others?

Kathy Read green last it will make more sense.

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I just started Green, and this is my first ever Ted Dekker series. For all of his books, is there a good way to go about them concerning the canon? I know he has other series that are tied to this one, so I would like to read them, too, but not get confused at the same time...

Ethan Alldredge I would give the advice I wish I could give most of the reviews for this book who claimed that some of the plot ideas (like vampires and Teeleh's quee…moreI would give the advice I wish I could give most of the reviews for this book who claimed that some of the plot ideas (like vampires and Teeleh's queens, etc.) came out of nowhere: To really understand most of Green, you can't just read the Circle trilogy, you need to read the other Books of History chronicles.

This book NEVER could function as he wished, as a true "you can begin here and the story is still the same" kind of book. The Circle Trilogy was written close together and as the beginning of the entire Books of History chronicles/series. That's why the first three are so well-written, tightly plotted, and thematically similar (as well as simple, relatively, compared to the later BoH series books).

But Green comes as the capstone of not just the Circle series, but the entire BoH chronicles. Spoilers will be below, so to quickly summarize: I strongly suggest looking up the publication order of the Books of History chronicles/series and reading them in that order.

The evolution of the author's thoughts and the "lore" of the universe he created is best understood in the order he wrote them. Showdown wasn't nearly as rich for me until I read the Circle trilogy; while some of the fringe books like Immanuel's Veins and House were okay on their own, they get deeper and richer when read after some of what came before, etc. And Green is definitely best understood as the culmination of all these books together.

SPOILERS: Characters like Billy are introduced in the Paradise trilogy (Showdown, Saint, Sinner); the idea of the ability to travel between dimensions using the Books comes from the Lost Books series, as does the idea of Teeleh's queens and the idea of human/shataiki hybrids; etc. (less)

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