Reading order

Beyonders reading order

Brandon Mull

  1. Beyonders: A World Without Heroes2011
  2. Beyonders: Seeds Of Rebellion2012
  3. Beyonders: Chasing The Prophecy2013
8.08.0 / 10
167 ratings
Score
3 volumes
Volumes
2011–2013
Published
about 30 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

Beyonders: A World Without Heroes
Start withBeyonders: A World Without Heroes2011 · Volume 1 of 3

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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.

72%

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.

  1. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 29, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  2. The end of the series
    December 13, 2026
In one goDecember 9, 2026about 6 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 13, 2026about 6 weeks · +2 h of other books

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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

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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.

More series by Brandon Mull

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