Reg Domaratzki answers “This series confuses me... Okay, I really...”

Amanda asked this question about Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1):

This series confuses me... Okay, I really want to read Ender's Game, but I'm not sure in what order I should. Can anyone help me out and clear somethings up?

Reg Domaratzki I will offer two answers to this question.

Answer #1
The correct answer to this question for any series is always : The order in which the books were re…moreI will offer two answers to this question.

Answer #1
The correct answer to this question for any series is always : The order in which the books were released. This is documented nicely at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_S....

Answer #2
I will propose an alternate, highly opinionated, and simpler answer for this particular series. The order to read the books in the Ender's Game universe are :

1) Ender's Game.
2) Speaker for the Dead.
3) Don't bother with the rest of them.

The first two books are spectacular (Hugo and Nebula agree), and the rest of the novels in the series that I have read ranged from average to readable IMHO. Your time is better spent searching for and reading spectacular novels as opposed to reading average novels because you find yourself invested in the characters.

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