📖 About The Inheritance Games

The Inheritance Games is a series universe written by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. The complete collection runs to 6 books across 1 series, published between 2020 and 2025.

The main series is Publication Order of The Inheritance Games Books with 6 books. It opens with The Inheritance Games (2020) and currently runs to The Same Backward as Forward (2025).

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🎯 Where to Start with The Inheritance Games

New readers should begin with the first book of the main series in publication order: The Inheritance Games (2020), book 1 of Publication Order of The Inheritance Games Books. Reading in publication order lets the world and characters develop the way the author intended, and it avoids spoilers that later books may contain.

Each of the 1 series on this page is expandable — click a series heading to see every title it contains, in order, with a direct link to buy the book on Amazon.

📚 The Inheritance Games Books in Order

Publication Order of The Inheritance Games Books
6 books
1
The Inheritance Games book cover1The Inheritance Games2020Buy on Amazon
The Hawthorne Legacy book cover2The Hawthorne Legacy2021Buy on Amazon
The Final Gambit book cover3The Final Gambit2022Buy on Amazon
The Brothers Hawthorne book cover4The Brothers Hawthorne2023Buy on Amazon
Games Untold book cover5Games Untold2024Buy on Amazon
The Same Backward as Forward book cover6The Same Backward as Forward2025Buy on Amazon

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

How many The Inheritance Games books are there?
There are 6 books in the The Inheritance Games collection, organised into 1 series and published between 2020 and 2025.
What is the first The Inheritance Games book?
The first book is The Inheritance Games, published in 2020.
What order should I read the The Inheritance Games books in?
Most readers use publication order, which is the order the books were originally released. A chronological order is also provided on this page for readers who prefer to follow the internal timeline of the story.
Who wrote the The Inheritance Games books?
The The Inheritance Games books were written by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
Is the The Inheritance Games series finished?
The main series, Publication Order of The Inheritance Games Books, has 6 books so far. The most recent title listed on this page gives the current end point of the series.
When did the The Inheritance Games series start?
The earliest title in this collection was published in 2020, and the most recent in 2025.