Books in order

Lemony Snicket books in order

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events series has 13 main books, starting with The Bad Beginning (1999). Here they are in reading order, with page counts and reading times.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

13 books · 1999–2006 · 60 h 39 min
  1. #1The Bad Beginning1999
  2. #2The Reptile Room1999
  3. #3The Wide Window2000
  4. #4The Miserable Mill2000
  5. #5The Austere Academy2000
  6. #6The Ersatz Elevator2001
  7. #7The Vile Village2001
  8. #8The Hostile Hospital2001
  9. #9The Carnivorous Carnival2002
  10. #10The Slippery Slope2003
  11. #11The Grim Grotto2004
  12. #12The Penultimate Peril2005
  13. #13The End2006
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Reading Lemony Snicket

What order should I read Lemony Snicket's books in?
Read A Series of Unfortunate Events in its numbered order, starting with The Bad Beginning.
Which Lemony Snicket book should I read first?
Most readers start with the first book of the earliest series: The Bad Beginning (1999), book 1 of A Series of Unfortunate Events.