Lemony Snicket: The Unfortunate Reading Order

There are two main series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and All the Wrong Questions. There are also several tie in books and pamphlets.

• A Series of Unfortunate Events – Original series, 13 books, Lemony Snicket chronicling the lives of the Baudelaires.
• All the Wrong Questions – 4 books, Lemony Snicket gives an account of his own life when he was 13.
• Lemony Snicket: An Unauthorized Autobiography
• Mysterious Messages Concerning the Dismal Dinner
• 13 Shocking Secrets you’ll wish you never knew about Lemony Snicket
• The Beatrice Letters
• File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents
• Lemony Snicket’s You Choose the Mystery – Choose your adventure YouTube series created as promotion for All the Wrong Questions. Gives an account of how Snicket became a wanted man. Best after AtWQ.

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Recomended Order

ASoUE 1. The Bad Beginning
ASoUE 2. The Reptile Room
ASoUE 3. The Wide Window
ASoUE 4. The Miserable Mill
ASoUE 5. The Austere Academy
ASoUE 6. The Ersatz Elevator
Lemony Snicket: An Unauthorized Autobiography
ASoUE 7. The Vile Village
ASoUE 8. The Hostile Hospital
ASoUE 9. The Carnivorous Carnival
ASoUE 10. The Slippery Slope
Mysterious Messages Concerning the Dismal Dinner
ASoUE 11. The Grim Grotto
ASoUE 12. The Penultimate Peril
ASoUE 13. The End
The Beatrice Letters
AtWQ 1. Who Could That Be at This Hour?
AtWQ 2. When Did You See Her Last?
File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents
AtWQ 3. Shouldn’t You Be in School?
AtWQ 4. Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights?
Lemony Snicket’s You Choose the Mystery

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Chronological order

AtWQ 1. Who Could That Be at This Hour?
AtWQ 2. When Did You See Her Last?
File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents
AtWQ 3. Shouldn’t You Be in School?
AtWQ 4. Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights?
The Beatrice Letters (the first half)
Lemony Snicket’s You Choose the Mystery
Lemony Snicket: An Unauthorized Autobiography
Mysterious Messages Concerning the Dismal Dinner
ASoUE 1. The Bad Beginning
ASoUE 2. The Reptile Room
ASoUE 3. The Wide Window
ASoUE 4. The Miserable Mill
ASoUE 5. The Austere Academy
ASoUE 6. The Ersatz Elevator
ASoUE 7. The Vile Village
ASoUE 8. The Hostile Hospital
ASoUE 9. The Carnivorous Carnival
ASoUE 10. The Slippery Slope
ASoUE 11. The Grim Grotto
ASoUE 12. The Penultimate Peril
ASoUE 13. The End
The Beatrice Letters (the second half)