The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 10 books · 1985 to 2012

Orson Scott Card

Thriller and suspenseScience fictionPolitical thrillerClassic science fictionMilitary science fiction

Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game follows Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, a child genius trained at Battle School to fight an alien invasion. Its sequels follow Ender as an adult, and the Shadow books retell events through his comrade Bean.

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. Story order: Ender's Game, Ender in Exile, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind. The Shadow books are a parallel series.

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Orson Scott Card books in order

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Ender Quintet

5 books · Set in space · story order differsClassic science fictionMilitary science fiction
  1. 1Ender's Game1985With Andrew "Ender" WigginBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Speaker for the Dead1986With Andrew "Ender" WigginBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Xenocide1991With Andrew "Ender" WigginBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Children of the Mind1996With Andrew "Ender" WigginBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Ender in Exile2008With Andrew "Ender" WigginBuy on Amazon

Shadow

5 books · Set in spaceMilitary science fictionPolitical thriller
  1. 1Ender's Shadow1999With Julian "Bean" DelphikiBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Shadow of the Hegemon2000With Julian "Bean" DelphikiBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Shadow Puppets2002With Julian "Bean" DelphikiBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Shadow of the Giant2005With Julian "Bean" DelphikiBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Shadows in Flight2012With Julian "Bean" DelphikiBuy on Amazon

Characters

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

The Ender Wiggin books

The Shadow books