Ender Saga Books in Order
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1985-2008 Series of six SF novels by Orson Scott Card
Chronological order
Numbered by story chronology — publication years are shown on each book.
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Buy on Amazon1985 · Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card. The story is set in Earth's future, after two wars against an insectoid…
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Buy on Amazon1999 · Orson Scott Card
Ender's Shadow (1999) is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card that takes place at the same time as Ender's Game. It tells the story from the…
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Buy on Amazon2008 · Orson Scott Card
Ender in Exile is a 2008 novel by Orson Scott Card that serves as a direct sequel to Ender's Game. It follows Ender Wiggin, who, after years of…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Orson Scott Card
Bean and other members of Ender's Dragon Army return to Earth after winning the Formic War. Shortly after their return, all members of the army…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · Orson Scott Card
A 2002 novel by Orson Scott Card. As the nations of the earth attempt to control the children trained at Battle School, Peter Wiggin continues to…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Orson Scott Card
A 2005 novel by Orson Scott Card in which Bean, nearing death, and his wife Petra search for their stolen children with the help of their former…
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Buy on Amazon1986 · Orson Scott Card
Speaker for the Dead is a 1986 science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, published as a sequel to Ender's Game, which was released in 1985. The…
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Buy on Amazon1991 · Orson Scott Card
A 1991 novel by Orson Scott Card. On Lusitania, Ender finds a world where humans, pequeninos, and the Hive Queen could all live together, but the…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Orson Scott Card
A 1996 novel by Orson Scott Card set on Lusitania, home to the Pequeninos, a human colony, and the Hive Queen brought there by Ender. The Starways…
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2012 · Orson Scott Card
Shadows in Flight is a science fiction novella by Orson Scott Card, published in 2012. It is the twelfth book in the Ender's Game series and…
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Buy on Amazon2016 · Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
This 2016 novel by Orson Scott Card, with Aaron Johnston, is the first volume of a trilogy about the Second Formic War, set after Earth beat back an…
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Buy on Amazon2017 · Orson Scott Card
Children of the Fleet is a science fiction novel written by American author Orson Scott Card. The book was announced by the author on November 12,…
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Buy on Amazon2021 · Orson Scott Card
The Last Shadow is a 2021 science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, part of his Ender's Game series. It connects the Shadow Saga with the original…
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Buy on Amazon2019 · Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
The Hive is a 2019 science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston. A coalition of Earth's nations barely fought off the Formics' first…
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Companion & related books
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2005 · Orson Scott Card
This title belongs to Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show (2008), a science fiction and fantasy anthology edited by Edmund R. Schubert and…
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2008 · Orson Scott Card
Ender in Exile is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, part of the Ender's Game series. It was published on November 11, 2008, and takes…
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Orson Scott Card
At the Battle School, the sole focus is on the strategy and tactics of war. Students come from all over the world, regardless of culture, race, or…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Ender Saga books in?
Publication order — Orson Scott Card (the author), who states there is no strictly preferred order except that Xenocide should be read immediately before Children of the Mind; publication order is the long-standing default recommended by readers and publishers. Start with “Ender's Game.”
How many books are in the Ender Saga series?
We list 18 books by Orson Scott Card , published between 1985–2021.
Where can I buy the Ender Saga books?
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Sub-series within Ender Saga
Distinct reading paths inside the wider series — each has its own page and order.
- Shadow hexalogy · 5 books
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