A Series of Unfortunate Events: Books in Order
Lemony Snicket's 13-book saga of the Baudelaire orphans is strictly sequential — each title's mystery carries into the next.
13 books · publication order · Grades 4–8 (ages 9–13).
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by Lemony Snicket · Book 1 · 1999
Grades 4–7 · 1010L
by Lemony Snicket · Book 8 · 2001
Grades 4–7
by Lemony Snicket · Book 12 · 2005
Grades 4–7
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Reading order source: Wikipedia: A Series of Unfortunate Events, checked 2026-10-21. Grade ranges and Lexile measures come from each book's ReadingList record (see the methodology on its book page).
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