Marissa Meyer Books in Order

Marissa Meyer is the retelling specialist who built a franchise grid: the Lunar Chronicles quartet (fairy tales as science fiction, its own page here), the Renegades superhero trilogy, the Gilded Rumpelstiltskin duology, and standalones - Heartless (the Queen of Hearts) and Instant Karma - each line complete and each with a clean entry point. The current era is her busiest: The House Saphir (November 2025), a romantasy murder-mystery that became her biggest launch in years, and The Escape Game (April 2026), opening a series co-written with Tamara Moss whose sequel is already announced for 2027. The order question is per-shelf, and this page sorts the whole store (2012–present).

Where to start

Cinder (2012) - the series opener most readers mean when they say Meyer; its full order is on the Lunar Chronicles page here. Superhero readers: Renegades (2017). Romantasy readers: The House Saphir (2025), which stands alone.

Does the reading order matter?

Five shelves. The Lunar Chronicles: Cinder (2012), Scarlet (2013), Cress (2014), Fairest (2015), Winter (2015), then Stars Above (2016) and the Wires and Nerve graphic novels (2017-18) - the placement arguments are settled on the series page here. Renegades (2017), Archenemies (2018), Supernova (2019) - a strict trilogy about supervillains undercover in the hero organization, complete. The Gilded duology: Gilded (2021), Cursed (November 2022) - a Rumpelstiltskin retelling, complete. The standalones: Heartless (2016), Instant Karma (2020). The new lines: We Could Be Magic (June 2025), a graphic novel; The House Saphir (November 5, 2025), the romantasy standalone; and The Escape Game (April 7, 2026), first of the co-written series with Tamara Moss, whose sequel The Traitor Game lands April 2027

Which one is the best?

Cinder (2012), the franchise cornerstone; Winter (2015), the long landing; The House Saphir (2025), the current hit.

Related guides

Readers finishing this shelf usually want the map next door: Lunar Chronicles books in order, Sarah J. Maas books in order, Cassandra Clare books in order. Every guide follows the same format — the shelf, the entry point, the honest answer about order.

Make it a project

Pick a session size and let the days accumulate — at the pace our reading speed test measures, most shelves above clear in a few weeks of half-hours. Every guide on the books in order shelf follows this same format, and when a book lands, its 8-question quiz is waiting on the original book quiz.