Reading Orders is your guide to consuming popular culture in the order things actually take place in within their own worlds.
At the moment, the various chronologies that make up this site are still being reformatted, reloaded and updated. If the one you’re after isn’t up yet, check back soon, because it soon will be. A complete list of everything here and coming soon can be found on the List of Orders – and as always, you can leave a request if there’s something not on the list you’d like to see added.
Latest Updates:
- August 23, 2026:
- PLEASE NOTE THAT NEARLY ALL OF THE ITEMS ADDED ON THIS DATE ARE INCOMPLETE AND SLATED TO BE REVISED
- The Aliens Chronology
- The Aliens Vs Predator Chronology
- The Arrowverse
- The Arrowverse Chronology: Year One
- The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Two
- The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Three
- The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Four
- The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Five
- The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Six
- The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Seven
- The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Eight
- The Arrowverse Chronology: Year Nine
- The Arrowverse: Pre-Crisis Other Earths
- The Arrowverse: Post-Crisis Other Earths
- The Batman ’66 Chronology
- The CW’s Supergirl Chronology
- The Post-Crisis DC Universe
- The Post-Crisis DCU 01 – Before the Twentieth Century
- The Post-Crisis DCU 02 – The Twentieth Century
- The Post-Crisis DCU 03 – Year One
- The Post-Crisis DCU 04 – Year Two
- The Post-Crisis DCU 05 – Year Three
- The Post-Crisis DCU 06 – Year Four
- The Post-Crisis DCU 07 – Year Five
- The Post-Crisis DCU 08 – Year Six
- The Post-Crisis DCU 09 – Year Seven
- The Post-Crisis DCU 10 – Year Eight
- The Post-Crisis DCU 12 – Year Ten
- The Post-Crisis DCU 13 – Year Eleven
- The Post-Crisis DCU 14 – Year Twelve
- The Post-Crisis DCU 15 – Year Thirteen
- The Post-Crisis DCU 16 – Year Fourteen
- The Post-Crisis DCU 17 – Year Fifteen
- The Post-Crisis DCU 18 – Year Sixteen
- The Post-Crisis DCU 19 – Year Seventeen
- The Post-Crisis DCU: Earth-Prime
- The New 52 Universe
- The New 52: 01 – Before the Superheroes
- The New 52: 02 – The First Six Years
- The New 52: 03 – The New Beginning
- The New 52: 04 – Crossing Over
- The New 52: 05 – Year Two begins
- The New 52: 06 – Counting to Three
- The Amalgam Universe Reading Order
- The America’s Best Comics Universe Reading Order
- The DC Extended Universe Chronology
- The DC Extended Universe Character Guide
- The DC Masters of the Universe Reading Order
- The Injustice: Gods Among Us Chronology
- The Kingdom Come Reading Order
- The Milestone Universe Reading Order
- The Tangent Universe Reading Order
- The Millenium Crossover Reading Order
- The Black Diamond Probability Crossover Reading Order
- Dark Knights: Death Metal
- Future State Crossover Reading Order
- The Elric of Melniboné Chronology
- The Lumberjanes Reading Order
- Marvel Earth 65 — Spider-Gwen
- Marvel Earth 833 — Spider-Man UK
- Marvel Earth 1287 — Strikeforce Morituri
- Marvel Earth 3123 — Spider-Ma’am
- Marvel Earth 9997 — Earth X
- Marvel Earth 14412 — King Thor and the Goddesses of Thunder
- Marvel Earth 90214 — The Noir-verse
- Jonathan Hickman’s Fantastic Four Arc Reading Order
- Brian Michael Bendis’ X-Men Arc Reading Order
- Iron Man 2020: Robot Revolution Crossover Reading Order
- Absolute Carnage Crossover Reading Order
- Devil’s Reign Crossover Reading Order
- A.X.E.: Judgment Day Crossover Reading Order
- Divided We Fall, United We Stand Crossover Reading Order
- The Nolanverse Batman Chronology
- The Smallville Chronology
- The Superman Movie Chronology
- July 10, 2026:
- The Marvel Universe 08: The Silver Age (update)
- July 2, 2026:
- The World of the Five Gods Reading Order (update)
- May 29, 2026:
- The Marvel Universe 13: The Mid-Eighties (update)
- April 2, 2026:
- The Star Trek Viewing Order (update)
- April 1, 2026:
- The View Askewniverse Chronology (update)
- March 31, 2026:
- The Girl Genius Reading Order (update)
- February 28, 2026:
- John Birmingham’s Axis of Time Reading Order (update)
- February 18, 2026:
- The Godfather Reading Order
- February 4, 2026:
- The Laundry Files Reading Order (update)
- February 3, 2026:
- The Marvel Universe 12: The Early Eighties (update)
- January 22, 2026:
- The 28 Days Later Chronology (update)
Earlier updates can be found here.
