Pittacus Lore Books in Order
Pittacus Lore has written 39 books, published between 2010 and 2022. The first book is I Am Number Four (2010) and the newest is Ashfall Prophecy (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 39
- Published
- 2010–2022
- Confirmed
- 39 of 39 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,432 in 13 of 39 books
Pittacus Lore is the name on the Lorien Legacies, a young adult science fiction sequence about teenagers, extraterrestrials and fugitives, with schools and imaginary wars in the background. I Am Number Four (2010) opens the run, followed by The Power of Six (2011), The Rise of Nine (2012) and The Fall of Five (2013), with The Lost Files novellas, the Legacy Chronicles and Lorien Legacies Reborn extending it. Thirty-nine catalogued titles end at Ashfall Prophecy in 2022.
How many Pittacus Lore books are there?
Pittacus Lore has 39 books, released between 2010 and 2022. They include 6 separate series.
Pittacus Lore Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 39 Pittacus Lore books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 120104403/4
- 22011–3/4
- 320114063/4
- 42012–3/4
- 52012–3/4
- 62012–3/4
- 720123603/4
- 82012–3/4
- 920134063/4
- 102013–3/4
- 112013–3/4
- 122013–3/4
- 1320143713/4
- 152014–3/4
- 162014–3/4
- 172014–3/4
- 182014–3/4
- 1920154033/4
- 202015–3/4
- 222015–3/4
- 232015–3/4
- 2420164163/4
- 2520164673/4
- 262016–3/4
- 272016–3/4
- 2820174163/4
- 292017–3/4
- 3020184483/4
- 312018–3/4
- 322018–3/4
- 332018–3/4
- 3420194803/4
- 352019–3/4
- 362019–3/4
- 3720194163/4
- 382021–3/4
- 392022–3/4
Pittacus Lore series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- I Am Number Four books in order 4 books
- Lorien Legacies books in order 37 books
Pittacus Lore books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
I Am Number Four: The Lost Files in order
16 books- 1. Six's Legacy
- 2. Nine's Legacy
- 3. The Fallen Legacies
- 4. The Search for Sam
- 5. The Last Days of Lorien
- 6. The Forgotten Ones
- 7. Hidden Enemy
- 8. Five's Legacy
- 9. Return to Paradise
- 10. Five's Betrayal
- 11. The Fugitive
- 12. The Navigator
- and 4 more in the table above
Lorien Legacies books in order
7 books by Pittacus LoreLegacy Chronicles in order
7 booksLorien Legacies Reborn in order
3 booksAshfall in order
2 booksPittacus Lore Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Pittacus Lore books run from I Am Number Four (2010) to Ashfall Prophecy (2022), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Pittacus Lore in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Pittacus Lore books in order?
You only need to read Pittacus Lore books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Pittacus Lore books in?
Read Pittacus Lore one series at a time, each in its own publication order: I Am Number Four starts with The Legacies (2012) and Lorien Legacies starts with I Am Number Four (2010). The earliest catalogued title overall is I Am Number Four (2010).
What is the newest Pittacus Lore book?
Ashfall Prophecy (2022) is the newest Pittacus Lore book released so far.
Is there a new Pittacus Lore book coming?
No next Pittacus Lore book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Pittacus Lore at a glance
- Paused
- No new Pittacus Lore title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Pittacus Lore books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,432 pages across the 13 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 416 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Pittacus Lore books, 37 of 39, were published in the 2010s.
What the Pittacus Lore books are about
15 of the 39 Pittacus Lore books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: extraterrestrial beings is tagged on 11 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Extraterrestrial beings 11 of 15 books
- Children's fiction 8 of 15 books
- Science fiction 7 of 15 books
- Friendship 6 of 15 books
- Love 4 of 15 books
- Imaginary wars and battles 3 of 15 books
- Schools 3 of 15 books
- Convents 2 of 15 books
- Fugitives from justice 2 of 15 books
- Missing persons 2 of 15 books
- Teenagers 2 of 15 books