Percy Jackson Reading Order

If you're reading Percy Jackson books for the first time, this is the reading order I suggest. It's mostly publishing order, but also basically chronological order. The Senior Year Adventures books are the only ones that were published out of chronological order, besides short story collections. This is also a great reading order for a re-read!

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Original Series)

  1. The Lightning Thief (2005) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #1)
  2. The Sea of Monsters (2006) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #2)
  3. The Titan's Curse (2007) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #3)
  4. The Battle of the Labyrinth (2008) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #4)
    1. Book 4.5 - The Demigod Files (short stories) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #4.5)
  5. The Last Olympian (2009) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #5)

Heroes of Olympus

  1. The Lost Hero (2010) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #6)
  2. The Son of Neptune (2011) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #7)
    1. Book 2.5 - The Demigod Diaries (short stories) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #7.5)
  3. The Mark of Athena (2012) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #8)
  4. The House of Hades (2013) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #9)
    1. Book 4.5 - Percy Jackson's Greek Gods (2014) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #9.5)
  5. The Blood of Olympus (2014) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #10)
    1. Book 5.5 - Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes (2015) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #10.5)

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (The Senior Year Adventures)

  1. The Chalice of the Gods (2023)📚 (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #11)
  2. The Wrath of the Triple Goddess (2024) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #12)
  3. Expected Third Senior Year Adventure (unreleased) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #13)

Trials of Apollo

  1. The Hidden Oracle (2016) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #14)
  2. The Dark Prophecy (2017) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #15)
    2.5 Camp Half-Blood Confidential (2017) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #15.5)
  3. The Burning Maze (2018) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #16)
  4. The Tyrant's Tomb (2019) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #17)
    4.5 Camp Jupiter Classified: A Probatio's Journal (2020) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #17.5)
  5. The Tower of Nero (2020) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #18)

Nico di Angelo Adventures

  1. The Sun and The Star (2023) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #19)
  2. The Court of the Dead (September 23, 2025) (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles #20)

📚 Yes, if you're reading Percy Jackson books for the first time, I suggest reading Chalice of the Gods and Wrath of the Triple Goddess after Heroes of Olympus, before reading Trials of Apollo. The Senior Year Adventure books go chronologically between Heroes of Olympus and Trials of Apollo. This is contrary to my usual advice of reading books in publishing order. The reason for the exception is that they're not really prequels to Trials of Apollo. The Senior Year Adventures directly continue Percy's story, whereas Trials of Apollo is more of a spin off.

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Series

Magnus Chase is a separate series, but Annabeth and Percy cross over and make a couple of cameo appearances. I suggest reading these any time after The Senior Year Adventures. The third Magnus Chase book, The Ship of the Dead, was published after The Dark Prophecy, the second book in the Trials of Apollo series.

  1. The Sword of Summer (2015)
  2. The Hammer of Thor (2016)
  3. The Ship of the Dead (2017)