Do you read books of a series in chronological order?

Archaeoptery · Post by **Archaeoptery** » 12 Apr 2021, 13:03

Yes. I am currently trying to collect all of Dragon of Pern books and I do not like how much I will know before I can fill in the gaps.

Wesusa · Post by **Wesusa** » 15 Jul 2021, 13:16

You absolutely have to....if you want a coherent story. Read whatever order you want, but if it's a series I'm genuinely interested in, I'll read them in order.

urrutiap · Post by **urrutiap** » 15 Jul 2021, 21:33

I sort of/kind of read certain books genres in timeline order.

Such as Star Wars. Used to read the Prequel tie in stuff then onward to stuff that took place before Episode IV like the Rogue One Catalyst and Lords of the Sith.

But for big series like Dune and Wheel of Time theyre all in timeline order pretty much with a few exceptions like newer stuff like Paul of Dune and Winds of Dune which I backtrack a little bit for the heck of it the I go back into the regular main Dune books.

Priyankaaa18 · Post by **Priyankaaa18** » 16 Jul 2021, 23:40

I usually don't read many books that are in a series, I prefer stand alone books. And if I read book series I prefer to read in the chronological order so that I can understand it easily.

Linda S 1 · Post by **Linda S 1** » 22 Aug 2021, 12:13

Yes I always read a series in a chronological order.

Alissa Nesson · Post by **Alissa Nesson** » 03 Feb 2024, 11:02

If the books are connected then yes. If they’re pretty much stand-alone novels it isn’t as important, but I still prefer to read them in order if they have the same characters.

Lizzie Mustard · Post by **Lizzie Mustard** » 10 Feb 2024, 10:16

I prefer to read books in series order because the plot twists make a lot more sense if you know and understand the characters. I have occasionally read one out of sequence, but do not find it a very satisfying experience.

Kristin Cowan · Post by **Kristin Cowan** » 13 Feb 2024, 14:25

Definitely! Unless for some reason I start on a book in the middle, then I read summaries of the ones prior and start there

NicoleFaith24 · Post by **NicoleFaith24** » 17 Feb 2024, 08:50

Yes, I agree I would not be able to read a book series out of order. The only time Is do this is if they are stand alone books with completely different characters.

Post by **Adéla Kapicová** » 08 Mar 2024, 20:28

I used to read series out of order because my mum used to buy me kinda random books and I often ended up having only book 2, 4, 7 and 12 or something like that.

And in my teenage years, I didn´t really care, I just read whatever book I met. I was also used to it because our local library was small and usually didn´t have ell the books in the series. Sometimes it was weird, but mostly fine. Many series for children don´t even need to be read in order I think.

London Baum · Post by **London Baum** » 24 Apr 2025, 21:50

I do! Every once in a while I’ll read out of order but it’s always on accident

AsterAlder · Post by **AsterAlder** » 27 May 2025, 23:08

It depends on the series for me. For some series it feels absolutely critical to read them in order. However, there have been times I've started a book and then realized it was the second in the series and gone to read the first, and it hasn't ruined the experience for me, rather it was like hearing a backstory to everything I just read - while knowing that certain stressful parts will be okay because you know at least a little bit of the future.