I still have an old boxed edition of the Chronicles that has each volume numbered this way: Whatever the deficiencies of the Narnia movies to date, at least the filmmakers did one thing right: They followed the original publication order, which is how many or most editions numbered them until about 20 years ago. Shouldn’t they have made The Magician’s Nephew before The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Horse and His Boy before Prince Caspian? Why are they doing The Silver Chair next? The movie order doesn’t make sense to me. I’m wondering why they made the movies in a different order than the numbering of the books.

There are seven books in the Chronicles of Narnia and they can all be read as standalones but if you want to read the Narnia books in order, then start with The Magician’s Nephewwhere the world is created and read them in the order below.ĭiscover more Classic Children’s Books on our blog.Īll the Chronicles of Narnia books in order:īook 2: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (1950)īook 4: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)īook order as author C.S.Lewis intended them to be read, rather than publication order.There’s only one right order to read the Narnia books Why the chronological numbering used by the Chronicles’ publishers today is a travesty SDG Original source: National Catholic RegisterĪ reader writes: Thanks for your article on the Narnia movies. A new TV series is also in development by Netflix. The books have since sold over 100 million copies, and there have also been three Narnia films and several TV and stage adaptations.

The dramatic and fantastical setting and illustrations by Pauline Baynes, make the books a perfect read for ages 8+. Narnia is a mythical world with evil sorceresses, talking Centaurs and Fauns, Giants, epic battles and, of course, the heroic lion Aslan. The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis have enchanted generations of children since the publication of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobein 1950, when four children stepped through the back of a wardrobe into the depths of eternal winter for the first time.ĬS Lewis went on to write six more Narnia novels between 19, many featuring The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe characters - Lucy, Edmund, Peter and Susan Pevensie

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