Michael Creek 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?

Michael Creek I would recommend this order:

1. Ender's Game
2. Ender's Shadow

These two books are directly connected in that they depict the same events from two diffe…moreI would recommend this order:

1. Ender's Game
2. Ender's Shadow

These two books are directly connected in that they depict the same events from two different perspectives. The first book from Ender's point of view, and the second from Bean's. You should definitely read Game before Shadow.

The other books tell Ender's story after Ender's Game. Ender's Game is a related, but independent story to these books, which are really a trilogy in that they tell one continuous story and therefore should be read in order.

3. Speaker for the Dead
4. Xenocide
5. Children of the Mind

Then you have the Shadow Series, which tells Bean's story after Game and Shadow. They should also be read in order, and probably after the Ender Trilogy.(less)

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