Lunar Chronicles Books in Order
Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer contains 11 books, published between 2011 and 2022. The first book is Glitches (2011) and the newest is Cinder's Adventure (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 2011–2022
- Confirmed
- 8 of 11 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,223 in 4 of 11 books
Lunar Chronicles is a young adult science fiction series by Marissa Meyer that rebuilds classic fairy tales in a future setting. Cinder (2012) recasts Cinderella as a cyborg, and the sequence follows cyborgs, hackers and royalty across a divide between Earth and the moon. Eleven catalogued entries run from Glitches (2011) to Cinder's Adventure (2022), taking in Scarlet (2013) and Cress (2014). No new entry has appeared since 2022.
How many Lunar Chronicles books are there?
Lunar Chronicles has 11 books, released between 2011 and 2022.
Lunar Chronicles Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Lunar Chronicles 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.
- 1Glitches2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 2Cinder2012 · 390 pages · confirmed 4/420123904/4
- 3The Queen's Army / L'armée de la reine2012 · confirmed 4/42012–4/4
- 4Scarlet2013 · 454 pages · confirmed 4/420134544/4
- 5The Little Android2014 · confirmed 2/42014–2/4
- 6Cress2014 · 552 pages · confirmed 4/420145524/4
- 7Fairest / Levana2015 · confirmed 3/42015–3/4
- 8Winter2015 · 827 pages · confirmed 4/420158274/4
- 9Stars Above2016 · confirmed 4/42016–4/4
- 10COVID-1282020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 11Cinder's Adventure2022 · confirmed 4/42022–4/4
Is there a chronological order for Lunar Chronicles?
No separate chronological order is on record for Lunar Chronicles, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Lunar Chronicles books in order?
You should read the Lunar Chronicles books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Lunar Chronicles book also stands alone.
Where to start with Lunar Chronicles
Start with Glitches (2011), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lunar Chronicles book?
Cinder's Adventure (2022) is the newest Lunar Chronicles book released so far.
Is there a new Lunar Chronicles book coming?
No next Lunar Chronicles book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lunar Chronicles at a glance
- Paused
- No new Lunar Chronicles title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Lunar Chronicles books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,223 pages across the 4 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 503 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lunar Chronicles books, 9 of 11, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 7 of the 11 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 8 in at least three.
What the Lunar Chronicles books are about
5 of the 11 Lunar Chronicles 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 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Extraterrestrial beings 5 of 5 books
- Cyborgs 4 of 5 books
- Science fiction 4 of 5 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 5 books
- Kings and rulers 2 of 5 books
- Social classes 2 of 5 books
- Teenage girls 2 of 5 books
- Missing persons 1 of 5 books
- Overpopulation 1 of 5 books
- Queens 1 of 5 books
More books by Marissa Meyer
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Marissa Meyer books in order 26 books