Which order do you think the books should be read in?

What order?

  • Written (LWW, PC, VoDT...)

    Votes: 87 46.0%

  • Chronological (MN, LWW, HHB...)

    Votes: 89 47.1%

  • Other (Please specify)

    Votes: 13 6.9%
  • Total voters
    189
onlymystory said:
I read LWW first and then MN and I liked it better that way. It was fun to go back and find out what happened before. I don't think I would have enjoyed it the other way.
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Thats what i thought it would be better..

ALthough i read MN first, i already knew the story so it was fun to go back and see how everything was to be in Narnia,but then i properly read LWW AFTER wards. I found it okay though.

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I have recently bought a book at Borders that has all 7 books in one, and it says that this is the order that Professor Lewis preferred the books to be read in:
Nephew
LLW
Horse
Caspian
Voyage
Chair
Battle

That's all I have to say, except that I kind of agree, b/c otherwise, you may become confused while reading.
 
I read LWW 1st then MN. I was wondering how Narnia really started, so then I read MN & it made alot more sence! I am rereading the series now. Those books are PRICELESS! :)
 
hehe yes!! i take the one im reading everywhere with me!!

I took it to the city yesturday then went ot the cinema, came otu and it wasn;t in my bag!1 i was like "NOOOO!!! :mad: " and got really pakicky..but it was in my room the whole time haha..

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Fantasylover said:
It's acyually,
Nephew
lion
horse
caspian
and i can't remeber the rest. lol
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If you read them in that order, then it would be Treader, Chair, Battle. I read the LWW first and just got done reading MN again. It was a surprise for me to learn that Digory became the Professor and how the wardrobe is magical, but that's just me.
 
Best Order for a First Read Through of Narnia?

Hey everyone...I've been meaning to read the Narnia books for a while now...and was finally enticed to do so after seeing LWW for the second time (felt like a mix between Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, though a little lighter than either--my type of story). I've already read the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, but now I'm a bit confused as to what order to read the rest. The suggested order with the edition I've bought is:

1.) 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

According to the book, this was C.S. Lewis's preferred order of reading...but I've seen where many fans disagree with this order. So what, therefore, is the best order for a first time read through of these books?
 
since you have already seen the movie i would say read them in the order you posted... personally i think it is best for the first and 3rd book (or movie and book :)) to be LWW as it started it and if you read MN before knowing the story of the LWW you will lose most of the suprise
 
Thanks for that!
I think I will follow your opinions unless otherwise..
Yea, I have not read them yet. :(
I want to get the hard covers first.
 
Heheh, did you like it? I finished it soon after posting that...I read LLW again, and now I'm on A Horse and His Boy (love it too--reminds me a good bit of Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini--I suppose C. S. Lewis was another one of his "inspirational guides" alongside Tolkien :p).
 
Well, yes, and I too read the books in that order, but I think the surprise that is being talked about here is how the wardrobe led to Narnia, which is explained in <i>Nephew</i>. Thus, if you read <i>Nephew</i> after LWW, you should probably be, somehow, surprised at how the wardrobe ended up leading to Narnia.
 
I recently just bought the Narnia books but I read it the way CSL preferred it to be read.

TMN was published years after LWW was first published. So, it's sort of like a prologue.
 
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