reading order

[addmoreice]

I've got a friend who I am reading the books to, she has so far really enjoyed what I've read to her.

I just need to be sure I'm not reading things out of order and making it confusing.

I've so far read keeley 1-3, and shortcuts.

Does anyone know the entire read order for all the connected worlds?

[qHnED7SnYgQs]

For the best experience, the books should basically be read in publishing order:

2012-01-20 [Demons 001.00 - Keeley Thomson 01.00] Demon Girl
2012-02-06 [Infected 001.00 - Brian 01.00] Proxy
2012-02-20 [GF 001.00] Abominations
2012-03-06 [YA 001.00 - Tor 01.00] Builder, The
2012-03-09 [YA 002.00 - Tor 02.00] Knight Esquire
2012-03-10 [YA 003.00 - Tor 03.00] Knight of the Realm
2012-03-12 [YA 004.00 - Tor 04.00] Ambassador
2012-03-31 [Demons 002.00 - Keeley Thomson 02.00] Keelzebub
2012-03-31 [YA 005.00 - Tor 05.00] Counselor
2012-04-02 [Infected 002.00 - Denis 01.00] Gabriel
2012-05-13 [GF 002.00] Monsters
2012-06-12 [Infected 003.00 - Marcia 01.00] Cast Iron
2012-08-05 [YA 006.00 - Tor 06.00] Slave Line
2012-08-28 [Demons 003.00 - Keeley Thomson 03.00] Mistress of Souls
2012-09-29 [Infected 004.00 - Brian 02.00] Proxy_ Reunions
2012-10-18 [Lament 001.00] Without Rhythm
2012-11-12 [YA 007.00 - Timon 01.00] Dark Half of the Sun, The
2012-12-02 [Demons 004.00 - Keeley Thomson 03.50] Christmas of the Vampire
2012-12-02 [Demons 005.00 - Other Places 01.00] Shortcuts
2012-12-21 [GF 003.00] Strangers and Lies
2013-01-10 [YA 008.00 - Tiera 01.00] Simple Darkness, A
2013-02-12 [Infected 005.00 - Penny 01.00] Cellophane
2013-03-11 [YA 009.00 - Tor 07.00] Ancient Kings
2013-04-11 [Demons 006.00 - Keeley Thomson 04.00] Demon Trap
2013-05-11 [YA 010.00 - Timon 02.00] Lord of the Sky
2013-07-05 [YA 011.00 - Tiera 02.00] Silence Within, The
2013-07-11 [Demons 007.00 - Other Places 02.00] Road Blocks
2013-07-28 [Infected 006.00 - Tobin 01.00] Goblin
2013-08-11 [Demons 008.00 - Becky 01.00] Friendzoned
2013-09-13 [YA 012.00 - Timon 03.00] Kingdom of Stars
2013-10-12 [Lament 002.00] Off Center
2013-11-12 [GF 004.00] Tremble in the Dark
2013-12-13 [YA 013.00 - Tiera 03.00] Goddess of the Moon
2014-01-17 [Demons 009.00 - Other Places 03.00] Detours
2014-02-12 [Infected 007.00 - Scott 01.00] Ghost Girl
2014-04-28 [YA 014.00 - Gerent 01.00] Envoy to Earth
2014-05-30 [Demons 010.00 - Keeley Thomson 05.00] Demon Bait
2014-07-05 [Infected 008.00 - Bridget 01.00] Impulse_ A Whole New Day
2014-08-09 [Lament 003.00] Missing Elements
2014-09-16 [AP 001.00 - Zack 01.00] Mr. Hartley
2014-09-16 [AP 002.00 - Zack 02.00] Between
2014-09-16 [AP 003.00 - Kaitlyn 01.00] On the Line
2014-10-13 [DE] Stories from the End of the World
2014-11-13 [YA 015.00 - Sara 01.00] Strange Land
2014-12-13 [Infected 009.00 - Brian 03.00] War Day
2014-12-13 [YA 016.00 - Maria 01.00] Countess of Desire
2015-01-26 [Demons 011.00 - Eve Benson 01.00] Finally Dead
2015-01-26 [Demons 012.00 - Eve Benson 02.00] Dead and Everything
2015-01-26 [Demons 013.00 - Eve Benson 03.00] Dead Certain
2015-03-27 [GF 005.00] Friends and Enemies
2015-06-29 [Demons 014.00 - Tyler G 01.00] Among the Living
2015-06-29 [Demons 015.00 - Tyler G 02.00] Living Proof
2015-06-29 [Demons 016.00 - Tyler G 03.00] Living and the Dead, The
2015-08-07 [YA 017.00 - Dareg 01.00] Lineage
2015-09-21 [Infected 010.00 - Cin 01.00] Hush
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Up to here, the different worlds can be read in any order as long as the order inside each world (even where that order interleaves books from different series, like the Timon/Tiera/Tor books in YA) is kept and "Stories from the End of the World" is read before "War Day" as these two books contain the only clear cross-reality interaction so far.

The Lament books are optional as I don't think that any cross-reality interaction has been shown yet (even though there are a whole bunch of characters that look like they are variants of other multiverse characters).

Starting from here, I would recommend to read all the books in exactly the given order as cross-reality interactions become common. (Technically, I guess, Absolute and Commit can be read at any time before Persist as that contains the first cross-reality interaction in that world.)
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2015-10-30 [AP 004.00 - Zack 03.00] Shield of Innocence
2015-12-19 [YA 018.00 - Dareg 02.00] Light Bringer
2016-01-30 [Disc-line 001.00] Absolute
2016-02-12 [Disc-line 002.00] Commit
2016-02-29 [Disc-line 003.00] Persist
2016-03-30 [YA 019.00 - Dareg 03.00] Kindred
2016-04-29 [Infected 011.00 - Cin 02.00] Ripped Open
2016-06-15 [GF 006.00] Mask of Omegon, The
2016-07-30 [Demons 017.00 - Avery Rome 01.00] Scales
2016-10-10 [Coalescence 001.00] Out of the Woods
2016-11-14 [Demons 018.00 - Avery Rome 02.00] Dragon's Eye

[addmoreice]

That makes it *insanely* hard to read the books to someone. I can't expect her to keep characters straight if it takes a month to read a book to her, then expect her to keep the story lines fresh when jumping from series to series.

I've read keeley 1-3, shortcuts, and we have started on keeley 4. Is their any way to find out 'you can read this series up to this point where they first cross over'. I know that can work, I just don't know what the individual jump overs are in all the stories. I've read them all, I just haven't gone through individually. I would wish to avoid doing all that work myself. I was hoping for just a wiki entry or something.

[qHnED7SnYgQs]

As I said, up to the merge point, which I clearly marked above ("Up to here, the different worlds can be read in any order ..."), you can read them one world at a time, so:

[AP 001.00 - Zack 01.00] Mr. Hartley
[AP 002.00 - Zack 02.00] Between
[AP 003.00 - Kaitlyn 01.00] On the Line

[Demons 001.00 - Keeley Thomson 01.00] Demon Girl
[Demons 002.00 - Keeley Thomson 02.00] Keelzebub
[Demons 003.00 - Keeley Thomson 03.00] Mistress of Souls
[Demons 004.00 - Keeley Thomson 03.50] Christmas of the Vampire
[Demons 005.00 - Other Places 01.00] Shortcuts
[Demons 006.00 - Keeley Thomson 04.00] Demon Trap
[Demons 007.00 - Other Places 02.00] Road Blocks
[Demons 008.00 - Becky 01.00] Friendzoned
[Demons 009.00 - Other Places 03.00] Detours
[Demons 010.00 - Keeley Thomson 05.00] Demon Bait
[Demons 011.00 - Eve Benson 01.00] Finally Dead
[Demons 012.00 - Eve Benson 02.00] Dead and Everything
[Demons 013.00 - Eve Benson 03.00] Dead Certain
[Demons 014.00 - Tyler G 01.00] Among the Living
[Demons 015.00 - Tyler G 02.00] Living Proof
[Demons 016.00 - Tyler G 03.00] Living and the Dead, The

[DE] Stories from the End of the World

[Disc-line 001.00] Absolute
[Disc-line 002.00] Commit

[GF 001.00] Abominations
[GF 002.00] Monsters
[GF 003.00] Strangers and Lies
[GF 004.00] Tremble in the Dark
[GF 005.00] Friends and Enemies

[Infected 001.00 - Brian 01.00] Proxy
[Infected 002.00 - Denis 01.00] Gabriel
[Infected 003.00 - Marcia 01.00] Cast Iron
[Infected 004.00 - Brian 02.00] Proxy_ Reunions
[Infected 005.00 - Penny 01.00] Cellophane
[Infected 006.00 - Tobin 01.00] Goblin
[Infected 007.00 - Scott 01.00] Ghost Girl
[Infected 008.00 - Bridget 01.00] Impulse_ A Whole New Day
[Infected 009.00 - Brian 03.00] War Day
[Infected 010.00 - Cin 01.00] Hush

[Lament 001.00] Without Rhythm
[Lament 002.00] Off Center
[Lament 003.00] Missing Elements

[YA 001.00 - Tor 01.00] Builder, The
[YA 002.00 - Tor 02.00] Knight Esquire
[YA 003.00 - Tor 03.00] Knight of the Realm
[YA 004.00 - Tor 04.00] Ambassador
[YA 005.00 - Tor 05.00] Counselor
[YA 006.00 - Tor 06.00] Slave Line
[YA 007.00 - Timon 01.00] Dark Half of the Sun, The
[YA 008.00 - Tiera 01.00] Simple Darkness, A
[YA 009.00 - Tor 07.00] Ancient Kings
[YA 010.00 - Timon 02.00] Lord of the Sky
[YA 011.00 - Tiera 02.00] Silence Within, The
[YA 012.00 - Timon 03.00] Kingdom of Stars
[YA 013.00 - Tiera 03.00] Goddess of the Moon
[YA 014.00 - Gerent 01.00] Envoy to Earth
[YA 015.00 - Sara 01.00] Strange Land
[YA 016.00 - Maria 01.00] Countess of Desire
[YA 017.00 - Dareg 01.00] Lineage

You can read the different worlds in any order (so Demons before AP is no problem) as long as you read Dead End before Infected (specifically, read Dead End any time before [Infected 009.00 - Brian 03.00] War Day).

Once you've finished all of these (which is going to take a long time, and Lament being optional as it's not [yet?] connected to any other story), then and only then read the following stories in this order:

2015-10-30 [AP 004.00 - Zack 03.00] Shield of Innocence
2015-12-19 [YA 018.00 - Dareg 02.00] Light Bringer
2016-02-29 [Disc-line 003.00] Persist
2016-03-30 [YA 019.00 - Dareg 03.00] Kindred
2016-04-29 [Infected 011.00 - Cin 02.00] Ripped Open
2016-06-15 [GF 006.00] Mask of Omegon, The
2016-07-30 [Demons 017.00 - Avery Rome 01.00] Scales
2016-10-10 [Coalescence 001.00] Out of the Woods
2016-11-14 [Demons 018.00 - Avery Rome 02.00] Dragon's Eye

[addmoreice]

ok. Much clearer! thanks mate, much appreciated.

[Wyrmspear]

I've found myself confused on a number of occasions where things have obviously happened in the timeline & not knowing even which books I should have read to be up to date. That was my main reason for looking up the website in the first place. Having a complete list is really useful. To that end I've added the latest from each:

2016-12-31 [Infected 012.00 - Cin 03.00] Asunder
2017-03-01 [GF 007.00] To End All Wars
2017-04-26 [Demons 019.00 - Avery Rome 03.00] Dragon Queen
2017-05-31 [Coalescence 002.00] Pain Stones

[MarciaA]

There is a wiki. The link is on the website. I did at one time have a reading order page but someone else is taking care of it now to add links and made it nicer and that page went away. Made me a bit sad as I felt it was important too for ease of understanding the reading order.
I guess check the wiki?

[ArgyrosfeniX]

I'll admit that I haven't been keeping up with the whole "overall" reading order once it expanded outside the "Demonverse". I'll attempt to rectify that soon on the Wiki - sorry everyone.

[ArgyrosfeniX]

[MarciaA]

That is much easier! Thanks Argy!