Trials of Apollo Books in Order

Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan contains 8 books, published between 2013 and 2020. The first book is Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo (2013) and the newest is Der Turm des Nero (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2013–2020
Confirmed
8 of 8 titles
Pages on record
2,094 in 5 of 8 books
Reading time
35–52 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,094 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

Trials of Apollo is Rick Riordan's Greek mythology sequence for younger readers, in which a god is set quests among mortals. The Hidden Oracle (2016) begins the main run, followed by The Dark Prophecy, The Burning Maze, The Tyrant's Tomb and The Tower of Nero (2020). Eight entries make up the series, counting the short story Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo (2013) and the companion Camp Jupiter Classified. Volumes median 431 pages.

How many Trials of Apollo books are there?

Trials of Apollo has 8 books, released between 2013 and 2020.

Trials of Apollo Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Trials of Apollo 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.

  1. 12013
  2. 2
    The Hidden Oracle2016 · 376 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2016376
  3. 3
    The Dark Prophecy2017 · 432 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2017432
  4. 4
    The Burning Maze2018 · 431 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2018431
  5. 5
    The Tyrant's Tomb2019 · 439 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2019439
  6. 62020
  7. 7
    The Tower of Nero2020 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020416
  8. 8
    Der Turm des Nero2020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020

Is there a chronological order for Trials of Apollo?

No separate chronological order is on record for Trials of Apollo, 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 Trials of Apollo books in order?

You should read the Trials of Apollo books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Trials of Apollo book also stands alone.

Where to start with Trials of Apollo

Start with Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Trials of Apollo book?

Der Turm des Nero (2020) is the newest Trials of Apollo book released so far.

Is there a new Trials of Apollo book coming?

No next Trials of Apollo book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Trials of Apollo at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Trials of Apollo title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Trials of Apollo books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,094 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 431 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Trials of Apollo books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
6 of the 8 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Trials of Apollo books are about

6 of the 8 Trials of Apollo books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 4 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Rick Riordan

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Other series by Rick Riordan

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.