What is the correct order for reading The Chronicles of Narnia? What do you recommend?
Simply put, there is no correct way. But there definitely are preferred ways. If you are reading them for the first time, there are two logical ways of numbering the books. When the American publisher Macmillan decided to put numbers on their editions they chose to use the order in which the books were originally published, i.e.: • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) • Prince Caspian (1951) • The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952) • The Silver Chair (1953) • The Horse and His Boy (1954) • The Magicians Nephew (1955) • The Last Battle (1956) When HarperCollins took over the publication of the books in America, they decided to keep numbering the books, but on the recommendation of Lewis’ stepson, Douglas Gresham, they adopted the order that follows Narnian Chronology, i.e: • The Magicians Nephew • The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe • The Horse and His Boy • Prince Caspian • The Voyage of the Dawn Treader • The Silver Chair • The Last Battle This is also the order followed by the
