Narnia is the fictional land at the center of C.S. Lewis’s best-known fantasy series.
The Chronicles of Narnia consists of seven children’s fantasy novels published between 1950 and 1956. The books include The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, and The Last Battle. Narnia contains talking animals, magical creatures, kings and queens, and a larger cosmic history involving the creator figure Aslan.
Narnia is often confused with other famous fantasy settings, particularly Middle-earth, which was created by J.R.R. Tolkien, and Oz, created by L. Frank Baum. Lewis’s series begins with four English children entering Narnia through a wardrobe, but later books broaden the setting’s history and geography. The novels were not published in chronological story order: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe appeared first, while The Magician’s Nephew later supplied the series’ creation story.