Series

A Series of Unfortunate Events series in reading order

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

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

• 1. The Bad Beginning — Lemony Snicket · 188 pages
• 2. The Reptile Room — Lemony Snicket · 192 pages
• 3. The Wide Window — Lemony Snicket
• 4. The Miserable Mill — Lemony Snicket · 194 pages
• 5. The Austere Academy — Lemony Snicket · 221 pages
• 6. The Ersatz Elevator — Brett Helquist · 259 pages
• 7. The Vile Village — Brett Helquist · 272 pages
• 8. The Hostile Hospital — Lemony Snicket · 255 pages
• 9. The Carnivorous Carnival — Lemony Snicket · 286 pages
• 10. The Slippery Slope — Lemony Snicket · 337 pages
• 11. The Grim Grotto — Lemony Snicket · 323 pages
• 12. The Penultimate Peril — Lemony Snicket · 353 pages
• 13. The End — Brett Helquist · 353 pages

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