Mama2two Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 We are 1/2 through the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Kids are loving it and know they will want to read more. Can't figure out what the order for the books are? What should we read next, what is the best order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdinaryTime Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Published order is best, IMO. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Prince Caspain The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Silver Chair The Horse and His Boy The Magician's Nephew The Last Battle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinmami01 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 We have a book with all of them in one volume. 1. The Magician's Nephew 2. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe 3. The Horse and His Boy 4. Prince Caspian 5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 6. The Silver Chair 7. The Last Battle I hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AlisonK Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I believe I read that CS Lewis said they could be read either way. Some people seem to prefer them in published order and some prefer them in story order. We are reading them in story order with The Magicians Nephew first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truebluexf Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 The Magician's Nephew was written last and is best read that way, really. The mystery is much better unfolded at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Jo Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I'm doing published order, I just think the books get more complex as he posted them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I guess we read them in a different order than published or story. LWW Prince Caspian Dawn Treader Silver Chair Last Battle Then we go back and read Magician’s Nephew and Horse and His Boy at some other time. I really like Magician’s Nephew but I think it’s much better if you already know Narnia and appreciate the creation story. And I just have never really liked The Horse and His Boy and also think that it’s more of a stand alone. Even though the Pensevie sibs are kings and queens in it, it’s sort of it’s own separate story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Twain Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I greatly prefer the chronological order, but maybe it is because we have them on CD (the Focus on the Family production) and have listened to them more times then I can remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katydid Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I greatly prefer the published order. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is the very best intro into Narnia, IMO. And, of course, The Last Battle should be read last. But The Magician's Nephew and The Horse and His Boy could be read anytime in between those two. The remaining 3 need to be in order (again sometime between TLTWATW and TLB) so you get to know the characters properly (Prince Caspian 1st, Dawn Treader 2nd and Silver Chair 3rd). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Published order is best, IMO. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Prince Caspain The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Silver Chair The Horse and His Boy The Magician's Nephew The Last Battle :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gailmegan Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Another vote for published order. The Magician's Nephew was my favorite when I read it at #6. I loved how everything came together. And one must end with the Last Battle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peony Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Another vote here for the published order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenR Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I wish I had read this before I picked up started the series. I had never read the Narnia series so just went with the order of the books in our library. Our library's series has Magicians Nephew as #1 followed by the Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe. That being said, we LOVED the Magicians Nephew. We eagerly started the Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe. I'll let you know if I wish we had done it differently after we complete the series. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 The best (and *only*, IMHO) order is to read them in the order they were written (by publication date). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Published order is best, IMO. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Prince Caspain The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Silver Chair The Horse and His Boy The Magician's Nephew The Last Battle The best (and *only*, IMHO) order is to read them in the order they were written (by publication date). :iagree: Reading Magician's Nephew first is like sneaking a peek at a carefully wrapped Christmas present before Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Published order! I remember when the publisher reordered them and how dismayed I was. I still have the old paperback set from when I was a kid with the RIGHT numbers on the spines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I still have the old paperback set from when I was a kid with the RIGHT numbers on the spines. Me too! That's what I read to DS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 check out the "narnia order" tag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heliconian Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 :iagree: Reading Magician's Nephew first is like sneaking a peek at a carefully wrapped Christmas present before Christmas. Absolutely! Part of the appeal of Magician's Nephew is seeing everything come full circle. I'm going to go out on a controversial limb here and say you can skip Horse and His Boy entirely. I hated that book. The story didn't grip me enough to distract me from the racism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Absolutely! Part of the appeal of Magician's Nephew is seeing everything come full circle. I'm going to go out on a controversial limb here and say you can skip Horse and His Boy entirely. I hated that book. The story didn't grip me enough to distract me from the racism. LOL, that's my least favorite also. And I agree on Magician's Nephew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delighted3 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I'm going to go out on a controversial limb here and say you can skip Horse and His Boy entirely. I hated that book. The story didn't grip me enough to distract me from the racism. That is funny. That was one of our family's favorite books. Joy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Published order is best, IMO. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Prince Caspian The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Silver Chair The Horse and His Boy The Magician's Nephew The Last Battle :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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