In Series Order

Series lists, title by title, each year checked against Open Library

Book series · C. S. Lewis

The Chronicles of Narnia books in order

C. S. Lewis's 7 Chronicles of Narnia novels, in the order they were published, 1950 to 1956.

Years in this list are first-publication years from Wikipedia. Open Library is used to confirm that each book is catalogued and to show the earliest edition it lists; it does not change the year.

  1. 1 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1950
  2. 2 Prince Caspian 1951
  3. 3 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 1952
  4. 4 The Silver Chair 1953
  5. 5 The Horse and His Boy 1954
  6. 6 The Magician's Nephew 1955
  7. 7 The Last Battle 1956

The seven Chronicles of Narnia novels in the order they were first published, 1950 to 1956.

Checked against Open Library

Each book was looked up in Open Library's record of C. S. Lewis's works. Where more than one work carries the same title, the one with the most editions was used, and the earliest year printed on any of its editions is shown below as the earliest edition listed in Open Library. Each year links to that edition's record.

#TitleFirst published (Wikipedia)Earliest edition listed in Open LibraryResult
1 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1950 Open Library lists no edition year Not compared
2 Prince Caspian 1951 Open Library lists no edition year Not compared
3 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 1952 Open Library lists no edition year Not compared
4 The Silver Chair 1953 Open Library lists no edition year Not compared
5 The Horse and His Boy 1954 1954 Same year
6 The Magician's Nephew 1955 Open Library lists no edition year Not compared
7 The Last Battle 1956 Open Library lists no edition year Not compared

Publication order and reading order

Many current editions number the books differently, following the order of events in the story rather than the order of publication. Wikipedia explains how that came about:

When first published, the books were not numbered. The first American publisher, Macmillan, enumerated them according to their original publication order, while some early British editions specified the internal chronological order. When HarperCollins took over the series rights in 1994, they adopted the internal chronological order.

Sources

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