The Chronicles Of Narnia

[jonnoman]

Is it better to read the books in the published order, or to read then after they have been 're-arranged'?

[B00]

What do you mean by re-arranged?

[jonnoman]

well, i heard that somone-or-another said that there is an order (which im unaware of) in whih the books should be read.

[helliebobs]

Hi Jonno, hope you are well pickle.

This link may help explain things a little bit!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of _Narnia

[yinyang]

I would say read them in the right order.
There are seven in all and the first is ' The Magician's nephew'. It explains how the path between our world and Narnia was opened. I think it gets avoided because of the whole Aslan = God thing.
There is a definite progression through the rest of the books; with the possible exception of ' The horse and his boy'; and characters appear in more than one so if you read them out of order you might not get why an event or person is significant.
I still love these books and I'm 35.