Ender's Game (Ender Saga) — Reading Order

by Orson Scott Card

A child genius is trained to fight an alien war in this landmark science fiction series. Start with the original quartet.

1

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card · 1985

Six-year-old Ender Wiggin is recruited to Battle School to train for a war against an alien species that nearly destroyed humanity.

2

Speaker for the Dead

Orson Scott Card · 1986

Three thousand years later, Ender travels to a colony world to speak the truth about the dead — and encounters a new alien species.

3

Xenocide

Orson Scott Card · 1991

A deadly virus threatens to destroy an entire planet, forcing Ender to find a solution before the fleet arrives.

4

Children of the Mind

Orson Scott Card · 1996

Ender's consciousness is split across multiple bodies as the fate of three species hangs in the balance.