What was the last published book in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia series?

The Last Battle was the last published book in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia series. It appeared in 1956 and concluded the seven-book sequence.

The story centers on a final conflict in Narnia involving King Tirian, a false Aslan, and forces seeking to manipulate the kingdom. It also brings back several human characters from earlier books.

The Last Battle won the Carnegie Medal in 1957, the year after publication. The award recognized it as the outstanding children’s book by a British author that year.

Publication order and chronological reading order differ in Narnia. The Last Battle is the seventh published volume and also occurs last in the internal history of the fictional world, while The Magician’s Nephew tells an earlier story about Narnia’s origins.