Reading order
Beyonders reading order
- Beyonders: A World Without Heroes2011
- Beyonders: Seeds Of Rebellion2012
- Beyonders: Chasing The Prophecy2013
- 8.08.0 / 10167 ratings
- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2011–2013
- Published
- about 30 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Adventure#11
- Genre
Quick answer

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Publication order
3 volumes2011–2013Completed
- Brandon Mull’s fantasy trilogy for middle-grade readers: Jason, a thirteen-year-old from Colorado, falls into a hippo tank at the zoo and lands in Lyrian, a world ruled by a cruel emperor, where he joins a girl from Earth on a quest for the syllables of a magic word that could defeat him.
- One story — read in order.
- The first two books rate almost the same.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 1,680 pages, about 30 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 6 weeks.
Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: high
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 13, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.
- Stage 120 habout 4 weeksby November 25, 2026
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 210 h14 daysby December 13, 2026
- The end of the series
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How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Beyonders book is the best?
By reader score, Beyonders: A World Without Heroes (8.0/10). The lowest-rated is Beyonders: Seeds Of Rebellion (8.0/10).
Which Beyonders book is the longest?
“Beyonders: Seeds Of Rebellion” is the longest at 568 pages; the shortest is “Beyonders: A World Without Heroes” with 544 pages.
What should I read after Beyonders?
Other series by Brandon Mull: Fablehaven.


