The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 10 books · 1938 to 1956

C. S. Lewis

FantasyScience fictionChildren’sEpic and high fantasyClassic science fictionMiddle-grade fantasy

C. S. Lewis wrote The Chronicles of Narnia, in which English children pass through a wardrobe and other doors into a land ruled by the lion Aslan, and the Space Trilogy about the philologist Elwin Ransom.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. The Narnia books were not written in story order; The Magician's Nephew tells how Narnia began.

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C. S. Lewis books in order

Each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

The Chronicles of Narnia

7 books · Set in Narnia · story order differsMiddle-grade fantasyEpic and high fantasy
  1. 1The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe1950With Lucy PevensieBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Prince Caspian1951With Lucy Pevensie and CaspianBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Voyage of the Dawn Treader1952With Lucy PevensieBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Silver Chair1953With Eustace Scrubb and Jill PoleBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Horse and His Boy1954With ShastaBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The Magician's Nephew1955With Digory KirkeBuy on Amazon
  7. 7The Last Battle1956With TirianBuy on Amazon

Space Trilogy

3 books · Set in Mars, Venus and EnglandClassic science fiction
  1. 1Out of the Silent Planet1938With Elwin RansomBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Perelandra1943With Elwin RansomBuy on Amazon
  3. 3That Hideous Strength1945Buy on Amazon

Characters

16 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Narnia

Ransom