The number between parentheses is the year of publication The Last Flight of the Cassandra (2019).The Butcher of Anderson Station (2011).Also check this question.Īs an example, The Butcher of Anderson Station provides background for one of the most important characters of the series, but there is little point in reading about his past until you have met him during the main novels. Reading them while already having knowledge and familiarity of the characters, the setting and the story makes them more enjoyable and understandable in-context.
Short stories and novellas are published between main novels, but they do not necessarily follow the main story chronologically, they often narrate past events and explore some characters background.Īnyway, like the publisher suggests, as reported in Valorum's answer, it is better to read them following the publishing order: these characters are first introduced in the main novels, and the short stories provide in-depth information, background characterization and world building. The main novels are already in chronological order from an in-universe point of view, so if you start from Book 1 and continue trough the series, you will naturally follow the progression of the story.Įach novel don't necessarily starts immediately after the previous has ended, usually each of them is set one of two year after the previous, but this is not the strict norm.
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