Red Rising — Reading Order
by Pierce Brown
A miner from Mars infiltrates the ruling class in a brutal, color-coded caste society. Equal parts Hunger Games and Game of Thrones.
Red Rising
Pierce Brown · 2014
Darrow, a Red miner on Mars, is transformed into a Gold and must conquer the Institute to begin a revolution from within.
Golden Son
Pierce Brown · 2015
Darrow rises through Gold society but his double life threatens to unravel as war looms.
Morning Star
Pierce Brown · 2016
The Rising begins. Darrow must lead a full-scale revolution to break the chains of the Society.
Iron Gold
Pierce Brown · 2018
Ten years after the revolution, new narrators reveal that peace is harder to win than war.
Dark Age
Pierce Brown · 2019
The Republic is under siege from all sides. Darrow faces his darkest hour in the bloodiest chapter yet.
Light Bringer
Pierce Brown · 2023
The penultimate installment. Darrow returns from exile to lead a desperate counterattack against overwhelming odds.