Series

A Series of Unfortunate Events series in reading order

There are 13 books in the A Series of Unfortunate Events series.

Published between 1999 and 2006. The publication order differs from the reading order — both are below.

The first volume of thirteen misfortunes. The Baudelaire orphans—Violet, Klaus, and baby Sunny—are placed in the care of the sinister Count Olaf, whose theatrical cruelty and transparent villainy are matched only by the astonishing incompetence of every adult meant to protect them.

All 13 books, in reading order

A Series of Unfortunate Events in publication order

  1. The Bad Beginning (1999) — Lemony Snicket
  2. The Reptile Room (1999) — Lemony Snicket
  3. The Ersatz Elevator (1999) — Brett Helquist
  4. The Slippery Slope (1999) — Lemony Snicket
  5. The Grim Grotto (1999) — Lemony Snicket
  6. The Wide Window (2000) — Lemony Snicket
  7. The Miserable Mill (2000) — Lemony Snicket
  8. The Austere Academy (2000) — Lemony Snicket
  9. The Vile Village (2000) — Brett Helquist
  10. The Penultimate Peril (2000) — Lemony Snicket
  11. The Hostile Hospital (2001) — Lemony Snicket
  12. The Carnivorous Carnival (2002) — Lemony Snicket
  13. The End (2006) — Brett Helquist

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