Book Series Guide

Orson Scott Card · series

Ender's Game series books in order

The principal Ender Wiggin sequence, including related Ender stories published as a collection or novella.

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Publication order

  1. 1 Cover of Ender's Game
    Ender's Game

    Book 1 · novel · 1985

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  2. 2 Cover of Speaker for the Dead
    Speaker for the Dead

    Book 2 · novel · 1986

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  3. 3 Cover of Xenocide
    Xenocide

    Book 3 · novel · 1991

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  4. 4 Cover of Children of the Mind
    Children of the Mind

    Book 4 · novel · 1996

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  5. 5 Cover of First Meetings
    First Meetings

    Book 5 · short-story-collection · 2002 Optional

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  6. 6
    A War of Gifts: An Ender Story

    Book 6 · novella · 2007

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  7. 7 Cover of Ender in Exile
    Ender in Exile

    Book 7 · novel · 2008

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