A book and its prequel

[Jillian]

I'm using Fairest as my prequel since it is book 3.5 and the Winter book 4 by Marrisa Meyer as my book for this task.

[Rachel]

I'm hoping to read Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens as my prequel if my library can get a copy. I've had to ask them to buy it

[Marisa]

Does anyone know the exact order that the Maze Runner series goes? I think it is like this...

The Kill Order
The Fever Code
The Maze Runner
The Scorch Trails
The Death Cure

Is this correct?

If so I should read The Kill Order and The Fever Code for this prompt correct? Sorry just confused on the order! Thank you!

[Jillian]

I generally read books in the order of publication. I would count either Kill Order 0.5 or Fever Code 0.6 as a prequel and The Maze Runner 1, The Scorch Trials 2, The Death Cure 3 (I would count any of these three toward the book part of the task).
But it is your challenge so however you want to count it would work.
I did find this on goodreads. I did not fact check it though.
Publication Order (primary work):
#1 The Maze Runner
#2 The Scorch Trials
#3 The Death Cure
#4 The Kill Order
#5 The Fever Code

https://www.goodreads.com/series/110451

[Marisa]

Jillian wrote: "I generally read books in the order of publication. I would count either Kill Order 0.5 or Fever Code 0.6 as a prequel and The Maze Runner 1, The Scorch Trials 2, The Death Cure 3 (I would count an..."

Thank you very much!! That is very helpful! It almost makes me think I would have to read, The Kill Order and The Fever Code as prequels to The Maze Runner but, I could be wrong.

[Marisa]

Belinda wrote: "The Kill Order is the prequel to The Maze Runner."

What about The Fever Code? Where does that fall then?

[Jillian]

Maze Runner has 2 prequels you would only need to read one for this task. If you want to read both you could use one for the task and the other book for a different task. In the story line, it looks like what you posted is the chronological order. I have only read The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials (it just was not for me so I did not continue but many people seem to enjoy the series).
The Kill Order 0.5
The Fever Code 0.6 (not published yet)
The Maze Runner 1
The Scorch Trails 2
The Death Cure 3

[Marisa]

Jillian wrote: "Maze Runner has 2 prequels you would only need to read one for this task. If you want to read both you could use one for the task and the other book for a different task. In the story line, it look..."

Thank you very much!!!

[Fabiana]

if I choose the maze runner should I read the trilogy? or count to read the maze runner and The Kill Order?

[Marisa]

I'm going to kill order and the maze runner since the second prequel isn't out yet.

[Marisa]

I meant I'm going to read kill order and the maze runner for this prompt.

[Eleanor]

Jillian wrote: "I'm using Fairest as my prequel since it is book 3.5 and the Winter book 4 by Marrisa Meyer as my book for this task."

This is what I'm planning, also.

[Jillian]

Eleanor wrote: "Jillian wrote: "I'm using Fairest as my prequel since it is book 3.5 and the Winter book 4 by Marrisa Meyer as my book for this task."

This is what I'm planning, also."
I have really enjoyed this series. I have about 100 pages left of Winter. I hope you enjoy the books too.

[Sara]

Before Green Gables is a prequel to Anne of Green Gables. I've not read it yet, but it might be on my short list for prequels. I can always do with a reread of Anne :)

[Sara]

In looking at the buzzfeed article Megan posted for books becoming movies I noticed that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is supposed to take place 70 years before Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. That would count as a prequel then!

[Tara]

Except that the book itself isn't the same as the movie. You could technically use it, but the actual book "fantastic beasts and where to find them" is more of an encyclopaedia of magical creatures than a narrative. I don't know if I'd personally read it as a book that is coming out as a movie this year because the movie is so far removed from that book, it's not really even based on it, it's about the writer of it.

[Steven]

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter and Last American Vampire

[Sara]

Thanks for the clarification, Tara :) I haven't read it yet. My daughter ordered it as part of a set from Scholastic but it's backordered!

[Jillian]

The Fantastical Beasts could still count as a prequel. Most books and movies are different so I would not rule it out for that task either. It looks like the book would also work in less than 150 pages task.

[Tara]

Yes it's very short, you definitely could but personally I wouldn't. Again, it's all about how you want to define it :) but it's such a quick, easy read you could totally read it then decide whether you want to count it!

[Tara]

Ok so thinking about it, it really isn't much different than counting what to expect when you're expecting as based on the book even though the book is not a narrative, or even the book mean girls is based on.

[CarleyB]

Thanks for your recommendations everyone, I'm going with:

The Magicians' Guild
The Magician's Apprentice

[Sana]

I am going to read Bitter Sweet Love which is the prequel of White Hot Kiss from The Dark Elements Series by Jennifer L Armentrout.

[Lindi]

I am cheating a little and using this as an opportunity to FINALLY read LoTR and The Hobbit. I know technically The Hobbit was written first, but since it is much smaller in size and not as intricate and detailed... I'm gonna count it. Oh well!

[Jillian]

Lindi- I don't think you are cheating. The definition of a prequel is "a movie, book, etc., that tells the part of a story that happened before the story in another movie, book, etc".

That definitely works for the Hobbit and LoTR.
The books I used the prequel was also published before the book.

[Regan]

I was struggling to find something I wanted to read for this prompt and I've finally decided on Hannibal and Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris. I've been meaning to read them for a while, as I have read Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs, so this is a perfect time to finally do so. :)

[Lindi]

Thank you Jillian!

To anyone who has read The Lord of the Rings and/or The Hobbit, which would you recommend reading first?

[Tara]

The hobbit, it does chronologically come first :)

[CarleyB]

Regan wrote: "I was struggling to find something I wanted to read for this prompt and I've finally decided on Hannibal and Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris. I've been meaning to read th..."

Oh man, you might have just changed my mind on my picks.

[Jillian]

Lindi, if you want to go chronologically then The Hobbit first and the then LoTR. I read LoTR first myself. The Hobbit is a lighter read than the LoTR. I really love the LoTR and the Hobbit is just okay for me. I might have like it better if I had read it first.

[Lindi]

Jillian, that's what I was thinking...thanks guys :)

[Kira]

I found Who Fears Death and its prequel The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor. I'll be reading these for this prompt.

[Bridget]

Tara wrote: "Except that the book itself isn't the same as the movie. You could technically use it, but the actual book "fantastic beasts and where to find them" is more of an encyclopaedia of magical creatures..."

It is also super tiny. Of course that would knock off a book you can read in a day as well LOL.

[Kali]

Thanks for the great ideas, everyone! I was really struggling with this one. But I love the ideas for Jane Eyre/Wide Sargasso Sea, Before Green Gables/Anne of Green Gables, and The Maze Runner. You've made my decision easier!

[Cheri]

This should fit the book and it's prequel category -- Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (which I absolutely loved!) is the book, and after it came out, the author wrote a short prequel, Ajax Penumbra 1969. Highly recommended!

[Jillian]

Cheri- I did not know about Ajax Penumbra 1969, thanks I will look for it.

[Victoria]

I'm having a bit of an issues with this one.
Does To Kill a Mocking Bird and Go Set a Watchman count for this one?
If not, what about The Silmarillion and The Fellowship of the Ring? I have read the hobbit and don't want to reread a book for this challenge.

Or what about The hedge knight stories and Game of thrones?

[Jillian]

Victoria- Does To Kill a Mocking Bird and Go Set a Watchman count for this one?
I would count it.

If not, what about The Silmarillion and The Fellowship of the Ring? I have read the hobbit and don't want to reread a book for this challenge.
I would count this also. I did try and read the Silmarillion and found it to be very technical written not really novel style. I did not make it very far, someday I will retry it.

I have no idea about the last one.

[Kirsten]

Hmmm... technically, I suppose so.

[Tara]

I think to kill a mockingbird and go set a watchman is a tough call. On the one hand she allegedly wrote watchman first so mockingbird would be a sequel, but on the other hand they're released chronologically (since watchman is set when Scout is an adult) so I think it's probably a call you could make either way

[Charlotte]

I'm torn between The Selection and it's prequel The Prince or Red Queen and it's prequel Cruel Crown. I've heard so many good things about Red Queen.

[Kirsten]

I haven't read Selection, Charlotte. However, I am reading Red Queen right now and it is so good!

I still want to read Jane Eyre (again! one of my faves) and Wide Sargasso Sea (has been on my tbr forever!) for this prompt.

[Jillian]

Charlotte wrote: "I'm torn between The Selection and it's prequel The Prince or Red Queen and it's prequel Cruel Crown. I've heard so many good things about Red Queen."

I think you could read all four book which ever two you don't use for the prequel and book would fit easily into different categories.

[KLB]

The Maze Runner
The Kill Order

[Jamie]

I'm going to use Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as well as Dawn of the Dreadfuls even though they have different authors.

[Sara]

Rachel wrote: "I'm hoping to read Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens as my prequel if my library can get a copy. I've had to ask them to buy it"

If you are not able to find a copy of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, I highly recommend "Peter and the Starcatchers." It's a prequel series to Peter Pan, written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, and it's FANTASTIC.

[Sara]

I just finished rereading the Delirium trilogy, which I love, and this time I also read "Delirium Stories," which includes "Annabel," a prequel, for this challenge. First prompt I've finished so far!

[Mike]

Currently reading The Maltese Falcon, to be followed by Spade & Archer: The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon before the end of the year.

[Nadine in NY]

Another prequel option (although it's also a follow-up to another series, so you'll have to have read that first for this to make sense):

Ice Study is the prequel to Shadow Study. (Ice Study is also the follow up to Fire Study, the last book in the "Study" trilogy, and the short Power Study.) I've read the "Study" trilogy but not these books, so I can't vouch for them.

[Abbey]

I had quite a time with this. I've decided to read To Kill A Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman. I know that Go Set a Watchman was published way after and is a sequel but as it was written before she wrote To Kill A Mockingbird I felt I could justify it.

Go Set a Watchman
To Kill a Mockingbird