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Ender's Saga Reading Order
Ender's Saga by Orson Scott Card has 4 main books (1985–1996), plus 1 novella or companion. Start with Ender's Game (1985) and read the numbered books in order.
Ender's Saga books in order
Your reading speed
- 5 h 47 min
- 7 h 16 min
- 9 h 58 min
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- 6 h 43 min
- 7 h
Main books together: 1,698 pages, about 29 h 44 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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Ender's Saga: common questions
- How many books are in the Ender's Saga series?
- There are 4 main books in Ender's Saga, plus 1 novella or companion book. The most recent main book listed here is Children of the Mind (1996).
- What order should I read Ender's Saga in?
- Read Ender's Saga in its numbered order: Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind.
- What is the first Ender's Saga book?
- The first book is Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, published in 1985.
- How long does it take to read the whole Ender's Saga series?
- The 4 main books add up to about 1,698 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 29½ hours of reading, or about 60 days at 30 minutes a day.
- Do I need to read the Ender's Saga novellas?
- The 1 novella or companion book (Ender in Exile) sit outside the main numbering. You can follow the main story without them; their numbers (like 0.5 or 2.5) show where they fit between the main books.