Reading order · Kids & middle grade
A Series of Unfortunate Events Reading Order
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket has 13 main books (1999–2006). Start with The Bad Beginning (1999) and read the numbered books in order.
A Series of Unfortunate Events books in order
Your reading speed
- 3 h 5 min
- 3 h 22 min
- 3 h 45 min
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- 3 h 32 min
- 4 h 7 min
- 4 h 32 min
- 4 h 29 min
- 4 h 36 min
- 5 h
- 5 h 54 min
- 5 h 39 min
- 6 h 11 min
- 6 h 27 min
Main books together: 3,464 pages, about 60 h 39 min at 238 words per minute.
Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
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A Series of Unfortunate Events: common questions
- How many books are in the A Series of Unfortunate Events series?
- There are 13 main books in A Series of Unfortunate Events. The most recent main book listed here is The End (2006).
- What order should I read A Series of Unfortunate Events in?
- Read A Series of Unfortunate Events in its numbered order: The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, The Miserable Mill, and so on.
- What is the first A Series of Unfortunate Events book?
- The first book is The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket, published in 1999.
- How long does it take to read the whole A Series of Unfortunate Events series?
- The 13 main books add up to about 3,464 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 60½ hours of reading, or about 122 days at 30 minutes a day.