Reading Order: The Lunar Chronicles

Publication Order:

1. Cinder
2. Glitches – Short Story. Collected later in Stars Above.
3. Scarlet 
4. The Queen’s Army – Short Story. Collected later in Stars Above.
5. The Little Android – Short Story. Collected later in Stars Above.
6. Cress
7. Carswell’s Guide to Being Lucky – Short Story. Collected later in Stars Above.
8. Fairest 
9. The Princess and the Guard – Short Story. Collected later in Stars Above.

 

10. Winter
11. Stars Above – A collection of nine short stories – five of which have never before been published – set in the world of the Lunar Chronicles.
12. Wires and Nerve – graphic novel about Iko, the android with a heart of (mechanized) gold.
13. Wires and Nerve, Volume 2: Gone Rogue

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The Lunar Chronicles Chronological Order:

It is not advised to read the series in Chronological order the first time around. Some prequels, like Fairest, spoil other books which were published first.

1. Fairest – Prequel to The Lunar Chronicles.
2. “The Keeper“ – Prequel to The Lunar Chronicles.
3. “Glitches“ – A prequel to Cinder.
4. “The Little Android“ – prequel to Cinder who makes a short appareance, but this short story is not directly related to the events in the books.
5. “The Mechanic“ – prequel to Cinder.
6. Cinder
7. “The Queen’s Army“– A prequel to Scarlet.
8. Scarlet
9. “Carswell’s Guide to Being Lucky“ – prequel to Cress.
10. “After Sunshine Passes By“ – prequel to Cress.
11. Cress
12. “The Princess and the Guard“ – Prequel to Winter.
13. Winter
14. Wires and Nerve’ graphic novels
15. “Something Old, Something New“ – Epilogue to Winter.