Reading order
The Underland Chronicles reading order
- Gregor the Overlander2003
- Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane2004
- Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods2005
- Gregor and the Marks of Secret2006
- Gregor and the Code of Claw2007
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5- 5 volumes
- Volumes
- 2003–2007
- Published
- about 30 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Children’s books#7
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
5 volumes2003–2007Completed
- Suzanne Collins’s series before The Hunger Games, for younger readers: Gregor falls through a laundry-room grate into a world under New York with giant rats, bats and cockroaches.
- Five books, complete; each rates a little higher than the first, up to Gregor and the Code of Claw.
- Read in order.
A plan for the whole series
5 volumes, 1,666 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: medium
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 118 habout 3 weeksby November 22, 2026
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 213 h17 daysby December 13, 2026
- The end of the series
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Does the series hold up
Shape of the series: it gets better. Readers scored the opening (7.9) below the ending (8.2). After the first volume you do not yet know how good this series is.
Best volume: Gregor and the Code of Claw (8.2, 96 ratings). Weakest: Gregor the Overlander (7.9). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (8.2) scores close to the series average or above it.
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
The Underland Chronicles books ranked, best to worst
- 1.Gregor and the Code of ClawBook 5 · 20078.2
- 2.Gregor and the Prophecy of BaneBook 2 · 20048.1
- 2.Gregor and the Marks of SecretBook 4 · 20068.1
- 4.Gregor and the Curse of the WarmbloodsBook 3 · 20058.0
- 5.Gregor the OverlanderBook 1 · 20037.9
Frequently asked questions
Which Underland Chronicles book is the best?
By reader score, Gregor and the Code of Claw (8.2/10). The lowest-rated is Gregor the Overlander (7.9/10).
Which The Underland Chronicles book is the longest?
“Gregor and the Code of Claw” is the longest at 365 pages; the shortest is “Gregor the Overlander” with 311 pages.
What should I read after The Underland Chronicles?
Other series by Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games.
