the ultimate chronological (re)reading order

As I promised earlier to @iamnotaware, here is the chronological order we put together with one of my dear friends. It's strictly experimental and only recommended for rereaders if they wish to be a little bit more... adventurous.

Here you go:

The Bane Chronicles: What Happened in Peru? (1791-1962)

The Bane Chronicles: The Runaway Queen (1791)

The Bane Chronicles: Vampire, Scones, and Edmund Herondale (1857)

The Infernal Devices (1878):

Clockwork Angel

Clockwork Prince

Clockwork Princess

Better in Black: The Good Storm (1879)

Ghosts of the Shadow Market: Cast Long Shadows (1901)

Ghosts of the Shadow Market: Every Exquisite Thing (1901)

The Penultimate Hours (1889-1901)

The Bane Chronicles: The Midnight Heir (1903)

The Last Hours (1903-1904):

Chain of Gold

The Letter Game

Chain of Iron

Chain of Thorns

Better in Black: The Beautiful Ajatara (1905)

Better in Black: Zachary’s Day Out (1905)

A Sea Change (1905)

Better in Black: A Surfeit of Annas (1905)

The Bane Chronicles: The Rise of the Hotel Dumort (1929)

Ghosts of the Shadow Market: Learn About Loss (1936)

Ghosts of the Shadow Market: A Deeper Love (1940)

The Bane Chronicles: Saving Raphael Santiago (1953)

The Bane Chronicles: The Fall of the Hotel Dumort (1977)

The Bane Chronicles: The Last Stand of the New York Intitute (1989)

Ghosts of the Shadow Market: The Wicked Ones (1989)

Ghosts of the Shadow Market: Son of the Dawn (2000)

The Mortal Intruments (2007-2008):

City of Bones

The Bane Chronicles: The Course of True Love (and First Dates)

Better in Black: Who The Wolf Loves

City of Ashes

The Bane Chronicles: What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (And Who You’re Not Officially Dating Anyway)

City of Glass

The Eldest Curses: The Red Scrolls of Magic

City of Fallen Angels

City of Lost Souls

The Bane Chronicles: The Voicemail of Magnus Bane

City of Heavenly Fire

Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy (2008-2010)

The Eldest Curses: The Lost Book of the White (2010)

Ghosts of the Shadow Market: The Land I Lost (2012)

The Dark Artifices (2012):

Lady Midnight

Ghosts of the Shadow Market: Through Blood, Through Fire

Better in Black: City of Broken Hearts

Lord of Shadows

Queen of Air and Darkness

We Jace You a Clary Christmas (2007-2012)

Ghosts of the Shadow Market: The Lost World (2013)

Ghosts of the Shadow Market: Forever Fallen (2013)

Secrets of Blackthorn Hall (2014)

Better in Black: The Time of Two (2015)

Better in Black: Bred in the Bone (2015)

Better in Black: The Judgement of King Kieran

Better in Black: Too Wise to Love

The Wicked Powers (2016)

The Last King of Faerie (Fall)

The Last Prince of Hell

The Eldest Curses: The Black Volume of the Dead

I wrote out how to watch Good Omens in chronological order if for some reason you wanted to do that.

I miss-typed for hell in the 1970s. It’s supposed to be Episode 5 21:27 - 22:26

So, first thing to note, IMO, is that the creation of this series being circa 2014-2018 is in a specific period in which Disney had made their purchase of Lucasfilm, acquiring rights to such IP as Star Wars and Indiana Jones, but before Disney + launched in 2019. It was produced in a TV series way for Disney-owned cable channels. Related to this, the series was overlapping in real-world production or release dates with multiple Star Wars movies, including Rogue One, parts of the Sequel Trilogy, and possibly Solo. So, their teams would have had to coordinate continuity.

The second thing to note, is that the writing or production team having the opportunity to work on this property both went a little esoteric, but also had timeline restraints associated with what was established as the new canon going forward at Disney. For example, they knew they still were meant to match up with events of The Clone Wars and all the existing movies, including Episode IV A New Hope.

Like, (Wikipedia page also points our Biblical and Roman influences, and let's also remember members of the team had worked on properties like Gargoyles and X-Men), it's not just that they selected some Biblical or Roman inspired names, which they did. But there's an arc about the Jedi and Sith Holocrons and the duality of that. Character go to temples to learn and gain knowledge. There's the continuing lore of the trinity of Mortis Gods. There's hyperspace-traveling creatures like Purgill and Loth-Wolves. There's the World between Worlds. There's timey-whimey bending of fate. There's visions and prophetic dreams.

And when The Empire gets around to studying The Jedi Temple on Lothal it's visually reminiscent of a scene out of an Indiana Jones movie, or maybe a bit like Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as well. Because there's also that influence of 80's Adventure movies, like Time Bandits, as well, particularly with the imagery around the World between Worlds.

But, the series is doing all that with the constraints of existing canon. They can't have multiple Jedi running around when Leia needs to believe Obi-Wan is her only Hope. Emperor Palpatine who, in Rebels, is very much aware of Ahsoka Tano and Ezra Bridger, needs to believe them gone enough to be prioritize turning the Son of Skywalker, when Luke comes to his attention. The Rebellion in general, although being strong believers in the Force and that it May be with You, can't have a bunch of Jedi around to train Luke; he needs to lose Ben and need reason to visit Yoda, and he needs to have incomplete training and go on to figure a lot out on his own so he can signal the "Return of the Jedi". So, this means Rebels has to get rid of the presence of its Jedi protagonists. Kanan makes his sacrifice so that others can live. Ahsoka is pulled from her original timeline and left alive at the ruins of the Sith Temple (right?). And Ezra hyperspaces off to another galaxy with Thrawn and the Purgill. Even Maul is finally, apparently, killed off by Obi-Wan after his encounter with Ezra.

Another thing to note is that this is a Disney series now. It and its protagonists take notes from other Disney protagonists. Ezra has a street rat origin like (as well as Han and Qi'ra, Oliver, etc.). Ezra talks to and follows white-colored animals and goes down a hole of weird space-time displacement and dreams. He collects hats. He runs around with wolves. He pals around with swashbuckling pirates with accents. He goes from zero to hero, arguably. Ezra also briefly confronts an evil foe that attacks with weird colored fire. He encounters a horned king, from a certain point of view. The paths in WbW have a sorta Tron aesthetic.

Sabine comes from a noble house. She has a lot of studies and hobbies including painting everything. She is a female warrior in armor who parted from her family. She left the military she initially joined. Sometimes she's a Rocketeer.

Kanan, however, is the one to ceremoniously cut his hair before going off to battle and to take on an assumed name.

They're probably all on wanted posters.

And what's interesting is that continuity has some leeway for these character after the events of Return of the Jedi, which seems to be when they come back.

I mean Hera and Chopper stay with the Rebellion, and she evidently has baby Jacen sometime before events of A New Hope.

But Ahsoka and Zeb separately show up in The Mandalorian, and then Sabine and Exra do return in Ahsoka. But, I'm getting ahead of myself.

I was wondering if you have any sources or notes that could help me organize the episodes in chronological order.

So far I've mostly been working with the frame work that if the events of an episode are presented in order unless there are conflicts with invention creation timelines or they mention a previous adventure.

So far I have season 1, 2 and 3 sort of sorted. Any info would be great 😃👍🏾

Oh that’s a tough but very interesting question. I’ve never thought about trying to organize the episodes by chronological order.

Ok so I just found this which another person made which places every single episode in order up until season 6. If you’d like to take this, then you will only have season 7 left to order yourself! That makes things a lot easier right?

I made this for my own personal use and I update it regularly since this is how I prefer to read books, so I thought I would post it in case anyone else would like to read the series chronologically.

1 The Sun Trail 2 Thunder Rising 3 The First Battle 4 The Blazing Star 5 A Forest Divided 6 Path of Stars 7 Riverstar's Home 8 Moth Flight's Vision 9 Thunderstar's Echo 10 Shadowstar's Life 11 Cloudstar's Journey 12 StormClan's Folly 13 Mapleshade's Vengeance 14 Goosefeather's Curse 15 Pinestar's Choice 16 Tallstar's Revenge 17 Yellowfang's Secret 18 Crookedstar's Promise 19 Bluestar's Prophecy 20 Spottedleaf's Heart 21 The Rise of Scrouge 22 Redtail's Debt 23 Into the Wild 24 Exile from ShadowClan 25 Fire and Ice 26 Forest of Secrets 27 Rising Storm 28 Tigerclaw's Fury 29 Into the Woods 30 A Dangerous Path 31 Leopardstar's Honor 32 The Darkest Hour 33 Blackfoot's Reckoning 34 Escape from the Forest 35 Return to the Clans 36 A Shadow in RiverClan 37 A Thief in ThunderClan 38 Firestar's Quest 39 Shattered Peace 40 A Clan in Need 41 The Heart of a Warrior 42 SkyClan's Destiny 43 Midnight 44 Moonrise 45 Dawn 46 Winds of Change 47 Starlight 48 Twilight 49 The Lost Warrior 50 Sunset 51 Leafpool's Wish ( reading this after Sunrise might be better if you don't want The Big Reveal spoiled ) 52 Warrior's Refuge 53 Warrior's Return 54 The Sight 55 Dark River 56 Outcast 57 The Rescue 58 Beyond the Code 59 After the Flood 60 Eclipse 61 Long Shadows 62 Sunrise 63 The Fourth Apprentice 64 Mistystar's Omen 65 Fading Echoes 66 Night Whispers 67 Sign of the Moon 68 Hollyleaf's Story 69 The Forgotten Warrior 70 The Last Hope 71 Ravenpaw's Farewell 72 Dovewing's Silence 73 Crowfeather's Trial 74 Mothwing's Secret 75 Bramblestar's Storm 76 Hawkwing's Journey 77 Pebbleshine's Kits 78 Tree's Roots 79 The Apprentice's Quest 80 Thunder and Shadow 81 Shattered Sky 82 Darkest Night 83 Tigerheart's Shadow 84 River of Fire 85 Tawnypelt's Clan 86 The Raging Storm 87 Onestar's Confession 88 Squirrelflight's Hope 89 Lost Stars 90 The Silent Thaw 91 Veil of Shadows 92 Darkness Within 93 Daisy's Kin 94 Graystripe's Vow 95 The Place of No Stars 96 The Lights in the Mist 97 River 98 Sky 99 Shadow 100 Thunder 101 Wind 102 Ivypool's Heart 103 Star 104 The Elders Quest 105 Hidden Moon

FIELD GUIDES: Secrets of the Clans Cats of the Clans Code of the Clans Battles of the Clans Enter the Clans The Ultimate Guide