Rick Riordan Books in Order

After a decade in California, Tres Navarre returns to San Antonio determined to learn who killed his sheriff father. His unofficial investigation pulls him into a tangle of mob money, crooked developers, and old grudges that make his homecoming anything but peaceful.

To finish the hours he needs for his PI license, Tres agrees to stake out a fiddle player suspected of stealing a demo tape. When she’s shot in front of him, he dives into the cutthroat Texas music scene, chasing a missing recording and a killer.

When a controversial English professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio is murdered, Tres is hired to take over his classes and quietly look into the killing. The job drags him into carnival family feuds, drug deals, and secrets that connect back to his own past.

Tres heads to Austin for a summer teaching job and a chance to reconnect with his eccentric brother Garrett, who has staked everything on a tech start-up. When Garrett’s business partner is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect, Tres must untangle high-tech fraud and family loyalties.

Years after his teenage daughter’s overdose destroyed his family, Chadwick now escorts troubled kids to a tough Texas wilderness school. When the daughter of an old friend spirals toward the same fate and is tied to a brutal murder, he must confront the past to save her.

An infamous killer known as Will “the Ghost” Stirman escapes from prison, and Tres’s mentor Erainya is sure she’s next on his revenge list. As Stirman’s gang cuts a violent path toward San Antonio, Tres uncovers buried secrets about vigilantism, betrayal, and a botched old case.

Old friend and ex-gangster Ralph Arguello arrives at Tres’s door covered in blood, accused of shooting his police-detective wife, Ana DeLeon. Convinced Ralph is innocent, Tres reopens an infamous cold case on Mission Road and discovers why someone is willing to kill to keep it buried.

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson discovers he is Poseidon’s son and the prime suspect in the theft of Zeus’s master bolt. To stop a war among the gods and save his mother, he and his friends undertake a cross-country quest filled with monsters and modernized myths.

When Camp Half-Blood’s magical borders begin to fail and Percy’s friend Grover disappears, Percy sails into the Sea of Monsters to find the Golden Fleece. Alongside Annabeth and his newly discovered half-brother Tyson, he faces treacherous seas, sirens, and an old enemy’s plot.

Retired from private investigating, Tres takes his new wife Maia and his brother Garrett to a remote Gulf Coast hotel for a honeymoon. A corpse in their room and a looming hurricane soon trap them on Rebel Island with a murderer whose motives reach back to Tres’s childhood.

After a rescue mission goes wrong, Annabeth is captured and the goddess Artemis disappears. Percy joins the Hunters of Artemis on a winter quest across America to find them both, confronting new monsters, an ominous prophecy, and the first signs of the Titan Kronos’s return.

Strange new entrances reveal that Daedalus’s Labyrinth now runs beneath Camp Half-Blood. Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and Tyson venture inside the shifting maze to find its creator before Kronos’s forces do, racing against time to stop an invasion from underground.

Orphaned siblings Amy and Dan Cahill learn their family once shaped world history and are invited into a dangerous contest to uncover thirty-nine hidden clues. Choosing the quest over an easy inheritance, they race rival relatives from Boston to Paris and beyond.

In this fast-paced tale set between novels, Percy helps Clarisse La Rue recover Ares’s war chariot after her mischievous brothers steal it. The chase across New York forces them to face angry immortal horses and gives Percy a new view of his prickly rival.

Originally written for an anthology, this story sends Percy, Thalia, and Nico into the Underworld to recover a new weapon forged for Hades. Their hunt through the Fields of Asphodel uncovers a traitor and tests whether the children of the Big Three can work together.

This companion volume collects three Percy short stories—about a stolen chariot, a rogue bronze dragon, and a mission in the Underworld—along with interviews, games, and a sneak peek at The Last Olympian, offering extra glimpses of camp life between books four and five.

As Kronos’s army marches on Manhattan and the gods battle the monster Typhon across America, Percy leads the demigods and their allies in a last stand to defend Mount Olympus. The war forces him to face the Great Prophecy and choose what kind of hero he’ll be.

Designed as an in-world handbook, this guide introduces Camp Half-Blood’s cabins, key monsters, major quests, and Olympian family tree. Packed with artwork and trivia, it’s aimed at readers who want a quick refresher on who’s who in Percy’s world.

Revisit Percy’s first quest as he discovers his parentage, travels west with Annabeth and Grover, and faces Medusa, Ares, and other modernized monsters. This edition retells the same core story in a new format for readers coming to the series later.

Jason wakes up on a school bus with no memory of his past, sitting next to a girl who insists she’s his girlfriend. Brought to Camp Half-Blood with Piper and Leo, he learns that a new prophecy has begun and that the missing Percy Jackson may be the key.

After a museum experiment goes horribly wrong and their father vanishes, siblings Carter and Sadie Kane discover they are powerful magicians tied to Egyptian gods. Pursued by both monsters and other magicians, they race to stop Set from destroying North America.

Percy Jackson wakes up in Northern California with no memory and is guided to Camp Jupiter, the Roman counterpart to Camp Half-Blood. There he joins Hazel and Frank on a perilous quest to Alaska to free the death god Thanatos and save the camp.

Carter and Sadie Kane search for the sun god Ra before the chaos serpent Apophis can rise. To awaken Ra, they must track down three ancient scrolls, battle rogue magicians, and navigate gods with their own agendas across Egypt, Russia, and the Duat.

This collection of four linked stories traces the centuries-long conflict between the Cahills and the shadowy Vespers. From Gideon Cahill’s betrayal to modern-day Amy and Dan, it shows how one ring, one serum, and one ruthless enemy tie the families’ fates together.

Presented as a top-secret Cahill dossier, this companion book profiles the family branches, key agents, and double-crosses behind The 39 Clues. It fills in classified history and hidden motives, offering extra puzzles and revelations for fans of Amy and Dan’s adventures.

This collection of stories and extras expands the world around The Heroes of Olympus. It includes Luke, Thalia, and young Annabeth on an early quest, a post-war date gone wrong for Percy and Annabeth, a mishap with Leo Valdez’s workshop, and a standalone tale by Riordan’s son, Haley.

Designed as an in-world handbook, this guide offers profiles of gods, magicians, and creatures from The Kane Chronicles, along with maps, diagrams, and activities. It reads like a training manual for new recruits to Brooklyn House and budding Egyptology fans alike.

Annabeth finally reunites with Percy aboard the Argo II as Greek and Roman demigods attempt a fragile alliance. Tasked with following the mysterious Mark of Athena into Rome, she and the other six must rescue Nico and recover a legendary statue to prevent war.

This edition condenses Carter and Sadie’s first battle with Set into a graphic-novel format, using vivid artwork to show their spells, monster fights, and trips through the Duat while keeping the major beats of the original novel.

Apophis, the chaos serpent, is about to break free and swallow the sun. To have any hope of defeating him, Carter and Sadie must uncover a forgotten spell that weaponizes a god’s shadow, bargaining with dangerous spirits and risking the survival of their own souls.

In this humorous short adventure, Percy and Grover are drafted by Apollo to track down a runaway magical singer before a major concert on Olympus. Their search through New York’s theater district turns into a chaotic chase that tests Percy’s patience and Grover’s nerves.

Separated by the Doors of Death, Percy and Annabeth struggle to survive in Tartarus while their friends sail the Argo II toward Greece. Both groups must find a way to close the Doors from opposite sides before Gaea’s forces overwhelm the mortal world.

This graphic-novel adaptation follows Percy’s voyage to rescue Grover and retrieve the Golden Fleece, now told through bold artwork and tightened scenes while preserving the humor and major plot twists of the original book.

In this crossover novella, Carter Kane hunts a giant magical crocodile on Long Island and nearly gets eaten—until Percy Jackson appears chasing the same monster. Forced to team up, the magician and demigod test each other’s powers against a pet of the god Sobek.

The graphic-novel version of Percy’s third quest follows his attempt to rescue Annabeth and the goddess Artemis, now told through cinematic panels and streamlined dialogue while preserving the most important monsters, battles, and emotional turns.

In this illustrated volume, Percy narrates the origin stories of the Greek gods in his own irreverent voice. From Kronos swallowing his children to Athena’s birth and Hades’s deal with Persephone, he retells classic myths for readers who want more background on the Olympians.

A companion to Greek Gods, this volume has Percy narrate the adventures of heroes like Perseus, Atalanta, and Bellerophon with his usual sarcasm. It retells their quests—monster fights, tragic mistakes, and all—for readers curious about the mortals who impressed or annoyed the gods.

The final Heroes of Olympus book follows the seven demigods as they race toward Athens to stop Gaea’s awakening while Nico, Reyna, and Coach Hedge struggle to deliver the Athena Parthenos to Camp Half-Blood before war breaks out between Greek and Roman demigods.

This edition follows Jason, Piper, and Leo from the Wilderness School to Camp Half-Blood and on a quest across the American West. Different cover and format, same story of a missing hero, a new prophecy, and a mysterious flying ship.

Annabeth Chase runs into a bizarre two-headed monster on the New York subway and is saved by Sadie Kane. Together they track the creature to a ruined lighthouse and uncover a plot by the god Serapis that fuses Greek and Egyptian magic in deadly ways.

This collection gathers the three crossover novellas that bring Percy Jackson together with Carter and Sadie Kane. Read straight through, it tells a single escalating story about an ambitious magician whose schemes endanger both Greek demigods and Egyptian magicians.

An interactive e-book, this collection lets readers choose paths through four short quests at Camp Half-Blood. Playing as a demigod, you decide how to handle gods, monsters, and classmates, with different choices leading to new scenes and outcomes.

Percy and Annabeth investigate strange storms over Governors Island and finally meet Carter and Sadie face-to-face. The four heroes must stop the magician Setne from stealing divine power and turning himself into a god using an artifact linked to Ptolemy.

Homeless teen Magnus Chase learns he is the son of a Norse god and dies fighting a fire giant on a Boston bridge. Reborn in Hotel Valhalla, he escapes with friends to stop the wolf Fenris from breaking free and triggering Ragnarok.

This graphic-novel adaptation streamlines Carter and Sadie’s hunt for the Book of Ra and their race to awaken the sun god. Illustrated action sequences bring fiery serpents, gods, and sky boats vividly to life.

Framed as a welcome manual for new arrivals, this guidebook introduces the residents, gods, and monsters of Hotel Valhalla. With snarky entries and survival tips, it helps readers navigate the Nine Worlds that Magnus and his friends travel through.

When Thor’s hammer goes missing again, Magnus and his crew have only a few days to retrieve it before giants invade Midgard. Their search introduces them to Alex Fierro, a shapeshifting child of Loki, and forces them to infiltrate a giant’s wedding.

Zeus punishes Apollo by stripping his godhood and casting him to Earth as a mortal teen named Lester Papadopoulos. With help from street-smart demigod Meg McCaffrey and Camp Half-Blood, he must survive assassins, restore a lost oracle, and begin to understand mortality.

Framed as a fix for Apollo’s terrible orientation video, this book reads like a scrapbook created by campers. Through maps, lists, and short stories, it explains cabins, landmarks, and unwritten rules at Camp Half-Blood for new demigods and longtime fans.

Still trapped in the mortal body of Lester Papadopoulos, Apollo travels to Indianapolis with Leo and Calypso to locate the Oracle of Trophonius. Inside a hidden waystation, they confront the emperor Commodus, rescue a lost child, and learn just how far the Triumvirate’s reach extends.

In comic-book form, the Kanes’ final battle against Apophis becomes a fast, visually driven story. The adaptation focuses on key confrontations, the search for the serpent’s shadow, and the desperate effort to save the world from eternal night.

To keep Loki from unleashing a ship full of undead warriors, Magnus leads a small crew across treacherous seas to confront the trickster god. Along the way he must master rune magic, negotiate with hostile deities, and decide what kind of warrior he wants to be.

Here, Percy’s arrival at Camp Jupiter, his friendship with Hazel and Frank, and their march to Alaska to free Thanatos are presented in a new edition that matches later volumes on your shelf.

This short-story collection sends Magnus’s friends—Hearthstone, Blitzen, Samirah, Alex, and more—on solo adventures through each of the Nine Worlds. While Magnus is off visiting Annabeth, his crew battles ridiculous giants, meddling gods, and looming hints of Ragnarok.

Written as a training handbook by Carter and the magicians of Brooklyn House, this manual introduces Egyptian deities, creatures, spells, and history in a chatty, notebook style. Quizzes, side comments, and warnings make it feel like a crash course for new initiates.

This edition presents Percy’s journey into Daedalus’s Labyrinth, where shifting passages threaten to deliver Kronos’s army straight into Camp Half-Blood. It offers the same core story for readers picking up a later printing or digital version.

Guided by cryptic prophecies, Apollo and Meg follow the Labyrinth through California’s Central Valley in search of the Oracle of Erythraea. Joined by Grover Underwood and new demigod allies, they face an emperor’s scorched-earth scheme that threatens entire communities.

This version of the series finale still centers on Percy’s defense of Manhattan and Olympus against Kronos’s forces. It’s ideal for readers discovering the book in a newer format or alongside the television adaptation.

This later edition still charts the Argo II’s first visit to Camp Jupiter, Annabeth’s solo mission in Rome, and the team’s battle to rescue Nico and reclaim the Athena Parthenos, packaged for readers collecting the updated set.

Still battered from earlier quests, Lester and Meg travel to Camp Jupiter to deliver a fallen friend and warn the Romans about a looming invasion. There, they must help the legion prepare for war, confront undead enemies, and recover ancient weapons buried with forgotten emperors.

Written as the journal of Claudia, a new probatio in the Fourth Cohort, this story chronicles a string of strange accidents threatening Camp Jupiter. As Claudia investigates, she uncovers an ancient secret beneath the camp that could shatter the Roman legion.

In his final trial, Apollo returns to New York with Meg McCaffrey to face Nero in his own tower and then confront Python at Delphi. To save his friends and the mortal world, he must decide what kind of god he wants to be.

At a prestigious oceanography academy that trains descendants of Captain Nemo, freshman Ana Dakkar survives a deadly attack and learns her family’s true legacy. Thrust into a rivalry rooted in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, she must command advanced submarines and strange sea tech to keep her classmates alive.

During his senior year, Percy learns he needs letters of recommendation from three gods to get into New Rome University. The first favor comes from Ganymede, whose missing magical chalice could destabilize Olympus, sending Percy, Annabeth, and Grover on a lower-stakes but very personal quest.

Nico di Angelo is still haunted by his time in Tartarus when a prophecy sends him and his boyfriend, Will Solace, back into the pit to rescue Bob the Titan. Their descent tests their relationship, their sanity, and the limits of light and darkness.

Percy’s second college-recommendation quest arrives in the form of a house-sitting job for Hecate just before Halloween. Tasked with watching over her crumbling mansion and temperamental pets, he soon finds himself in the middle of a three-aspected goddess’s dangerous disagreement.

After their Tartarus quest, Nico and Will travel to Camp Jupiter to answer Hazel’s call and help mythic creatures seeking refuge there. Caught between frightened legionnaires and traumatized monsters, they must broker an uneasy peace before fear turns the camp into a battlefield.