His Dark Materials - Reading Order
Publication Order
Read Philip Pullman's complete His Dark Materials universe in the order it was written and published, beginning with Northern Lights in 1995 and continuing through The Book of Dust trilogy. This is the most widely recommended sequence for new readers - Pullman constructed each book with the assumption that readers had experienced what came before, and the emotional and philosophical payoff of
Chronological Order
Read the His Dark Materials universe in the order events occur within Lyra's world, beginning with La Belle Sauvage - set a decade before Northern Lights - and ending with The Secret Commonwealth, which follows an adult Lyra after the events of