Ender's Saga

Entries in series order

• #1 Ender's Game - Book · 1985
• #2 Speaker for the Dead - Book · 1986
• #3 Xenocide - Book · 1991
• #4 Children of the Mind - Book · 1996
• Shadows in Flight - Book
• The Last Shadow - Book
• Ender in Exile - Book
• Ender's Shadow - Book
• Shadow of the Giant - Book
• Shadow of the Hegemon - Book
• Shadow Puppets - Book
• A War of Gifts - Book

Reviewed orders

Reviewed 2026-10-19.

Series timeline

Story timeline of the Ender Quintet and the Shadow books: Ender's Shadow retells the Battle School years from Bean's side, so it sits beside Ender's Game, and the Shadow sequels and Ender in Exile come before Speaker for the Dead, which is set far in the future of Ender's Game. The Last Shadow follows Children of the Mind.

1. Ender's Shadow
2. Ender's Game
3. A War of Gifts
4. Shadow of the Hegemon
5. Shadow Puppets
6. Shadow of the Giant
7. Ender in Exile
8. Shadows in Flight
9. Speaker for the Dead
10. Xenocide
11. Children of the Mind
12. The Last Shadow

Sources: Wikipedia: Ender's Game (novel series)