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The Ender Quintet

4 books in reading order by Card, Orson Scott

New to The Ender Quintet? Start with book 1, Ender's Game (1986).

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  1. Ender's Game (1986)

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    Ender's Game (1986)

    by Card, Orson Scott

    The first in a famous series that seems to become more literary as its characters age. Follows a child prodigy and in the process makes the reader think about war, the means to war, and even loneliness.

    Earth has survived two invasions by an insect-like alien race, and the International Fleet is training the most gifted children to lead the next defence. Six-year-old Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is...

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  2. Speaker For The Dead (1987)

    Book 2

    Speaker For The Dead (1987)

    by Card, Orson Scott

    Humans, pequinios, and the Hive Queen must find a way to live together.

    Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card won the 1987 Nebula Award for Best Novel

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  3. Xenocide

    Book 3

    Xenocide

    by Card, Orson Scott

    The war for survival of the planet Lusitania will be fought in the heart of a child named Gloriously Bright. On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequininos...

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  4. Children Of The Mind

    Book 4

    Children Of The Mind

    by Card, Orson Scott

    Achieves and delivers more than almost anything else within the science fiction genre, Ender's Game is a contemporary classic - New York Times 'Full of surprises...Intense is the word for...

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