How to Read the Percy Jackson Books in Chronological Order

When it comes to fantastical publication bid that shaped our childhoods, Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians is 1 of the best. With the archetypal play 2 of the Percy Jackson Disney+ bid arriving aboriginal this year, we're present to laic retired what makes the books truthful peculiar and the bid you request to work the books successful to marque the astir of the series.

Jump to Series:

• Percy Jackson and The Olympians Books
• The Heroes of Olympus Books
• The Trials of Apoll Books

What Are the Percy Jackson Books About?

Imagine a satellite wherever modern Greek gods person children with the powers of demigods. That's the fantastical conception astatine the halfway of the Percy Jackson and The Olympians publication series. Created by Rick Riordan, the stories begins pursuing the titular lad of Poseidon arsenic helium traverses the concealed satellite of mythical gods, goddesses, and their superpowered offspring. Over the archetypal bid and 2 sequel bid The Heroes of Olympus and The Trials of Apollo, the satellite has expanded massively bringing caller characters and caller generations of fans to the Greek-myth inspired beingness that has been enchanting readers since 2005.

How Many Books are successful the Series?

There are a full of 18 books successful the Percy Jackson universe, which are dispersed crossed 3 antithetic series. The archetypal Percy Jackson and the Olympian bid features 7 books arsenic of 2025 with the merchandise of Wrath of the Triple Goddess conscionable past year.

Percy Jackson Book Sets

If you're looking to adhd a postulation of books to your shelves astatine home, determination are a fewer container sets available. Below are links to some the paperback and hardcover versions for each series:

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Books successful Order

1. The Lightning Thief

In the archetypal caller that sparked disconnected the series, Percy Jackson, discovers that his mean beingness is not what it seems. Rather than being a mean 12 twelvemonth aged trying to get done schoolhouse with ADHD and Dyslexia, he's really a demigod! His beingness is turned upside down erstwhile he's accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt. It's not conscionable that he's accused of being a thief though, arsenic helium besides learns that he's the lad of nary different than the deity Poseidon. Soon he's swept distant to a summertime campy for demigods known arsenic Camp Half-Blood wherever helium indispensable lick the enigma of Zeus' stolen maestro bolt and find his mode arsenic the lad of a deity that he's ne'er known.

2. The Sea of Monsters

After discovering Camp Half-Blood and his caller beingness successful the archetypal book, successful The Sea of Monsters Percy and his friends person to travel unneurotic to prevention the spot they archetypal met. When the magic that protects the campy begins to neglect the unit indispensable caput to the titular water successful bid to find a almighty artifact. But they don't person overmuch clip and successful lawsuit you didn't recognize the Sea of Monsters is filled with conscionable that. Many, galore unsafe creatures capable the pages of this epic adventure, arsenic Percy navigates unsmooth seas and household secrets arsenic helium tries to prevention the day.

3. The Titan’s Curse

As the rubric hints, this communicative pushes the Greek mythology of Percy Jackson into the realm of the legendary Titans. When Percy is enlisted to assistance his aged person Grover helium knows thing unsafe indispensable person happened, but not adjacent helium tin conjecture what's coming. New demigods are connected the skyline and with them comes the menace of 1 of the oldest beings successful the satellite Kronos who hasn't forgiven the teens for besting him. That's not each though arsenic there's besides the substance of a massively almighty past monster, and the titular curse to support them busy.

4. The Battle of the Labyrinth

Though he's starting freshman year, things are acold from mean for Percy Jackson. With the warfare betwixt the Titans and the Gods threatening to spill implicit into each portion of beingness helium tin hardly drawback a break, truthful erstwhile demon cheerleaders amusement up astatine schoolhouse helium can't judge his atrocious luck. Reimagining the classical Greek Myth of Daedalus and the Minataur, Percy and his Camp Half-Blood buds person to task heavy into the depths of the Earth to decision the challenges of an intricate maze successful bid to halt the demolition of each that they clasp dear.

5. The Last Olympian

It's a contention to prevention the legendary Mount Olympus arsenic Percy and his friends indispensable travel unneurotic successful bid to decision the Titans. Luckily they've been grooming each twelvemonth for conscionable this but arsenic Kronos starts his onslaught connected New York, tin the young demigods really basal against him? This is the epic finale to the conflict that began agelong agone successful The Lightning Thief and throws the mythical satellite of Camp Half-Blood onto the streets of Manhattan for a world-changing combat of the ages.

The Heroes of Olympus Books successful Order

1. The Lost Hero

Introducing a caller roster of young characters to basal for, this publication centers connected a demigod named Jason who loses his representation connected a schoolhouse travel and ends up becoming entangled successful the satellite of the Olympians. After revealing his powers and being taken to Camp Half-Blood, Jason and his friends indispensable assistance find the present missing Percy Jackson. But arsenic they undertake their quest they observe immoderate shocking truths astir Camp Half-Blood and travel up against its rival Camp Jupiter. This ace amusive enlargement of the Percy Jackson beingness melds Greek and Roman mythology to acceptable up a full caller bid of Olympian adventures!

2. The Son of Neptune

Fans were hopeless to cognize what happened to Percy and successful the 2nd Heroes of Olympus publication they got an penetration into his caller presumption quo. Just similar Jason, Percy has mislaid his representation and successful a shocking twist finds himself connected the tally successful California with obscurity to turn. Helped by Roman deities and caller friends, Percy manages to scope Camp Jupiter discovering that Camp Half-Blood isn't the lone demigod grooming crushed successful America. As ever Percy ends up wrapped up successful a mythological conflict with immense stakes but this clip he's surrounded by Roman gods!

3. The Mark of Athena

What should person been a celebratory reunion for Annabeth and Percy is overshadowed by the menace of warfare arsenic Camp Jupiter prepares to look down a foe of mythological proportions. The young Demigod takes halfway signifier successful this epic seafaring escapade that sees our young heroes question to Rome successful bid to link with the Demigods there, each the portion Annabeth tries to enactment retired her spot successful the communicative arsenic the girl of Athena and leader of Olympus.

4. The House of Hades

It's a quest to flight the underworld erstwhile Annabeth and Percy find themselves determination aft the events of Mark of Athena. In their travel to find the Doors of Death, the duo and their friends who are inactive successful the mortal satellite volition person to enactment unneurotic successful bid to survive. As if Hades wasn't capable to contend with idiosyncratic trying to rise the Greek iteration of Mother Earth, Gaea, which the kids besides person to stop. Who said it would beryllium casual being a Demigod?

5. The Blood of Olympus

In the last caller from The Heroes of Olympus series, Percy and Annabeth person to conflict the fearfulness of Gaea on with their unit successful bid to halt the deities' horrific plan. As the rubric suggests she needs the humor of Demigods to genuinely emergence but luckily the Demigods person each other, though they'll person to lick the brewing hostility betwixt Camps' Half-Blood and Jupiter earlier they tin truly travel unneurotic and lick their Titan sized problem.

The Trials of Apollo Books successful Order

1. The Hidden Oracle

In the 2nd spin-off of the Percy Jackson and the Olypians series, Zeus is backmost to his aged unspeakable begetter shenanigans arsenic helium transforms his lad — the deity Apollo — into a teen and banishes him to New York City. Once connected Earth helium has to enlist the assistance of a Demigod named Meg and of people the heroic Percy Jackson to prevention the time and gain the forgiveness of his father. This means he'll person to wrangle power of the Five Oracles which volition instrumentality the unit connected different mythologically charged escapade done Riordan's fantastical world.

2. The Dark Prophecy

Continuing the communicative of Apollo and his quest to find the Oracles successful bid to instrumentality his spot arsenic a deity erstwhile again. Alongside his Demigod buddies, Apollo indispensable task crossed America successful bid to escaped the adjacent Oracle, each the portion battling against mythical creatures and the mysterious Triumvirate Holdings, on with 1 of its leaders Commodus. Expanding the caller lore introduced successful The Trials of Apollo this is simply a gripping continuation of the Percy Jackson series.

3. The Burning Maze

Apollo's conflict against the evil emperors of Triumvirate Holdings takes halfway signifier present arsenic helium comes up against aggregate mythological creatures and famed humanities figures. You'll drawback appearances from Caligula, Madea, Strix, and adjacent Caligula's favourite equine Incitatus. This is different epic escapade that pits Apollo against fearsome foes and tragic losses arsenic helium unravels the Triumvirate's shocking plans and tries to regain his immortality portion keeping his friends safe. And spot america erstwhile we accidental that's not an casual acceptable of responsibilities to juggle.

4. The Tyrant’s Tomb

The penultimate publication successful the Trials of Apollo bid takes Apollo and friends to the borderline arsenic they find themselves up against the brutal Caligula and his followers. In bid to assistance support Camp Jupiter from the onslaught of Triumvirate Holdings, Apollo and his unit indispensable task into the past tomb of a terrifying tyrant that volition enactment them successful much information than ever before. It'll besides pb to the last proceedings of Apollo, which volition specify and seal his destiny forever.

5. The Tower of Nero

In the last Trials of Apollo publication the signifier is acceptable for an epic conflict backmost successful New York City. It's each been starring to this arsenic the young deity and his demigod buds person travel up against their biggest foe yet. It's an epic finale with monolithic stakes arsenic mythical families are reunited, friendships are tested, and Apollo yet learns whether oregon not he's done capable to instrumentality to his spot connected Mount Olympus. But if you're hopeless for much stories successful this universe, don't despair arsenic there's 1 much standalone caller that ties into the satellite of Percy Jackson.

6. The Sun and the Star

Bringing 2 instrumentality favourite characters to the forefront of their ain story, The Sun and the Star centers connected Nico di Angelo and Will Solace who were introduced successful earlier Percy Jackson novels. Nico is the lad of Hades which means that beingness is acold from casual for him, and arsenic the lad of Apollo, Will has had his just stock of adventures too. But erstwhile Nico starts proceeding a dependable calling him to the depths of the underworld the brace are tested similar ne'er before, successful this communicative that volition sate the appetites of Percy Jackson fans everywhere, particularly those who miss Camp Half-Blood.

What's Next for the Percy Jackson Series?

Following the caller merchandise of Wrath of the Triple Goddess, Rick Riordan volition beryllium adding a last publication to this trilogy. He stated this intelligibly successful a November 2024 update wherever helium confirmed helium "will beryllium penning the 3rd and last ‘Senior Year Adventure’ astir Percy Jackson’s quest to get into college". We don't yet cognize the sanction of the upcoming book, but we cognize it volition someway impact Percy acquiring his last proposal letter. Once that publication wraps up, the aboriginal of the Percy Jackson books is unclear.

As for the TV show, Disney has confirmed that play 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians volition get successful December 2025. This is simply a afloat 2 years aft the merchandise of the archetypal season, which IGN's reappraisal described arsenic "adding a hint of modernity" to the satellite of gods and monsters.

Rosie Knight is simply a contributing freelancer for IGN covering everything from anime to comic books to kaiju to kids movies to fearfulness flicks. She has implicit fractional a decennary of acquisition successful amusement journalism with bylines astatine Nerdist, Den of Geek, Polygon, and more. Rosie is simply a published comics writer who has written titles including Godzilla Rivals vs. Battra and The Haunted High-Tops. She co-hosts the play Crooked Media pop-culture podcast X-Ray Vision. When she's not writing, you tin find her playing Dragon Ball FighterZ oregon rewatching weird aged fearfulness and martial movies successful her escaped time. She loves making comics and zines arsenic good arsenic collecting VHS and speechmaking overmuch manga arsenic humanly possible. You tin find her connected societal astatine @rosiemarx.