Selection Books in Order
Selection by Kiera Cass contains 12 books, published between 2012 and 2016. The first book is The Selection (2012) and the newest is The Crown (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 2012–2016
- Confirmed
- 12 of 12 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,347 in 4 of 12 books
The Selection is a young adult series by Kiera Cass, set in a kingdom where a contest picks the prince's bride. In the first book, The Selection (2012), thirty-five girls compete for Prince Maxon, among them America Singer, who enters against her wishes and loves Aspen, a boy from a lower caste. Twelve catalogued books were published between 2012 and 2016, including the shorter Prince, Guard and Queen titles, and a chronological order runs beside the publication order.
How many Selection books are there?
Selection has 12 books, released between 2012 and 2016.
Selection Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Selection 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.
- 1The Selection2012 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/420123524/4
- 1The Selection Stories2014 · 227 pages · confirmed 4/420142274/4
- 2The Prince2013 · confirmed 4/42013–4/4
- 2Happily Ever After2015 · 416 pages · confirmed 4/420154164/4
- 3The Elite2013 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/420133524/4
- 4The Guard2014 · confirmed 4/42014–4/4
- 5The One2014 · confirmed 4/42014–4/4
- 6The Epilogue2014 · confirmed 3/42014–3/4
- 7The Queen2014 · confirmed 4/42014–4/4
- 8The Heir2015 · confirmed 4/42015–4/4
- 9The Favorite2015 · confirmed 4/42015–4/4
- 10The Crown2016 · confirmed 4/42016–4/4
Selection Books in Chronological Order
In story order, The Queen comes first and The Crown comes last. Chronological order follows the events inside the story rather than the release dates. The 10 books with a recorded story position run in that sequence below.
- 7The Queen2014 · confirmed 4/42014–4/4
- 2The Prince2013 · confirmed 4/42013–4/4
- 1The Selection2012 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/420123524/4
- 3The Elite2013 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/420133524/4
- 4The Guard2014 · confirmed 4/42014–4/4
- 9The Favorite2015 · confirmed 4/42015–4/4
- 5The One2014 · confirmed 4/42014–4/4
- 6The Epilogue2014 · confirmed 3/42014–3/4
- 8The Heir2015 · confirmed 4/42015–4/4
- 10The Crown2016 · confirmed 4/42016–4/4
Do you have to read Selection books in order?
You should read the Selection books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Selection book also stands alone.
What order should you read Selection books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The Selection (2012), the earliest published title. After it come The Selection Stories (2014), The Prince (2013), Happily Ever After (2015), The Elite (2013), The Guard (2014), The One (2014), The Epilogue (2014), The Queen (2014), The Heir (2015), The Favorite (2015) and The Crown (2016). In the chronological order, The Queen comes first.
What is the newest Selection book?
The Crown (2016) is the newest Selection book released so far.
Is there a new Selection book coming?
No next Selection book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Selection at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Selection title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Selection books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,347 pages across the 4 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Selection books, 12 of 12, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 11 of the 12 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Selection books are about
7 of the 12 Selection books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: love is tagged on 7 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Love 7 of 7 books
- Contests 6 of 7 books
- Marriage 5 of 7 books
- Social classes 5 of 7 books
- Children's fiction 4 of 7 books
- Princes 4 of 7 books
- Princesses 3 of 7 books
- Revolutionaries 2 of 7 books
More books by Kiera Cass
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Kiera Cass books in order 19 books