C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia consists of seven books.
The series contains seven fantasy novels published between 1950 and 1956: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; The Horse and His Boy; The Magician’s Nephew; and The Last Battle.
Publication order and the internal chronological order differ. The Magician’s Nephew describes events before The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, but it was published sixth. Many modern editions number the books chronologically, placing The Magician’s Nephew first. That editorial choice can cause readers to remember different sequence numbers while the total remains seven.
The books are often grouped as a single series, but each has its own plot and central characters. The series combines talking animals, portal fantasy, legendary history, and Christian symbolism, and it remains Lewis’s best-known fictional achievement.