Reading order · 3 books · 2003 to 2013 · Set in North America
MaddAddam Books in Order
The MaddAddam trilogy is set before and after a manufactured plague wipes out most of humanity.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 2003 to 2013
- First book
- Oryx and Crake
- Latest
- MaddAddam (2013)
- Setting
- Set in North America
The reading order
Every MaddAddam book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in North America
- 1Oryx and Crake2003With SnowmanSnowman, perhaps the last human, lives among a gentle new species and remembers his friend Crake and the woman they both loved, Oryx.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Year of the Flood2009With Toby and RenToby and Ren, two women from the eco-religious God’s Gardeners, survive the plague that wipes out most of humanity, and look back on the world that led to it.Buy on Amazon
- 3MaddAddam2013With Toby and ZebToby, Ren and the surviving Gardeners shelter with the gentle Crakers, while Zeb tells his story and they prepare to face the violent Painballers.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read in order: Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, MaddAddam.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Toby | Snowman | Ren | Zeb | Crake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oryx and Crake | LLead | MMajor | |||
| 2 The Year of the Flood | LLead | MMajor | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor |
| 3 MaddAddam | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | LLead | ·Minor |
Characters in the MaddAddam books
5 characters from Margaret Atwood’s chart, with the number of MaddAddam books each appears in.