Science Fiction

Ender's Game / Ender Saga

Orson Scott Card

9 books

A gifted child is trained at a military school in space to fight a future war against an alien species, in a series that expands into deep philosophical territory about empathy, genocide, and what it means to be human.

Reading Order

  1. 1.

    Ender's Game

    Start here — everything else follows.

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  2. 2.

    Speaker for the Dead

    Card considers this his best work.

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  3. 3.

    Ender's Shadow

    Read after Ender's Game for a fresh perspective on the same events.

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  4. 4.

    Xenocide

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  5. 5.

    Children of the Mind

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