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Enderverse: Publication Order Series

18 primary works • 18 total works
This series listing gives the Ender books in publication order.

For the books in chronological order, see The Ender Quintet (which will also give more complete information about the series) and The Shadow Series.

For other short stories of the Ender's universe, see Ender's Saga short stories

Note: Omnibuses/box sets are not included in this listing.

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Book 1

Ender’s Game
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4.31 · 1500729 Ratings · 55211 Reviews · published 1985 · 303 editions
From New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott…

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    Book 2

    Speaker for the Dead
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    4.12     · 277310 Ratings · 10331 Reviews · published 1986 · 168 editions
    In this second book in the saga set 3,000 years af…

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    Book 3

    Xenocide
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    3.82     · 167998 Ratings · 4955 Reviews · published 1991 · 143 editions
    The war for survival of the planet Lusitania will …

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    Book 4

    Children of the Mind
    by
    3.78     · 115559 Ratings · 3067 Reviews · published 1996 · 84 editions
    Children of the Mind (1996) is the fourth novel of…

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    Book 5

    Ender's Shadow
    by
    4.32     · 182170 Ratings · 6285 Reviews · published 1999 · 109 editions
    Welcome to Battleschool.

    Growing up is never easy. …

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    Book 6

    Shadow of the Hegemon
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    3.97     · 82431 Ratings · 1967 Reviews · published 2000 · 67 editions
    The War is over, won by Ender Wiggin and his team …

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    Book 7

    Shadow Puppets
    by
    3.90     · 62803 Ratings · 1354 Reviews · published 2002 · 62 editions
    Bestselling author Orson Scott Card brings to life…

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    Book 8

    First Meetings in Ender's Universe
    by
    3.85     · 14803 Ratings · 774 Reviews · published 1999 · 31 editions
    Meet Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, the unforgettable boy-…

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    Book 9

    Shadow of the Giant
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    4.01     · 57103 Ratings · 1254 Reviews · published 2005 · 58 editions
    Bean, Ender Wiggins' former right-hand man, has sh…

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    Book 10

    A War of Gifts
    by
    3.69     · 18362 Ratings · 1150 Reviews · published 2007 · 33 editions
    Orson Scott Card offers a Christmas gift to his mi…

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    Book 11

    Ender in Exile
    by
    3.92     · 54397 Ratings · 2444 Reviews · published 2008 · 3 editions

    After twenty-three years, Orson Scott Card returns…

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    Book 12

    Shadows in Flight
    by
    3.82     · 22072 Ratings · 1282 Reviews · published 2011 · 3 editions
    Ender's Shadow explores the stars in this all-new …

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    Book 13

    Earth Unaware
    by
    3.98     · 60946 Ratings · 1720 Reviews · published 2012 · 29 editions

    HUMANS THOUGHT THEY WERE ALONE IN THE GALAXY. …

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    Book 14

    Earth Afire
    by
    4.07     · 17274 Ratings · 982 Reviews · published 2013 · 32 editions
    One hundred years before Ender's Game the aliens a…

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    Book 15

    Earth Awakens
    by
    4.11     · 14646 Ratings · 808 Reviews · published 2014 · 30 editions
    The story of The First Formic War continues in Ear…

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    Book 16

    The Swarm
    by
    4.14     · 7619 Ratings · 497 Reviews · published 2016 · 11 editions
    Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston return to thei…

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    Book 17

    The Hive
    by
    4.11     · 4440 Ratings · 303 Reviews · published 2019 · 9 editions
    New York Times bestselling authors Orson Scott Car…

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    Book 18

    The Last Shadow
    by
    3.63     · 7268 Ratings · 632 Reviews · published 2021 · 11 editions
    Orson Scott Card's The Last Shadow is the long-awa…

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