# What is the best Chronicles of Narnia book?

> Seven slim novels released across seven years, and readers still split between the famous openers, the sea and desert adventures, and an ending people argue about decades later.

*By YPB Team · Published November 8, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-chronicles-of-narnia-book*

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1. **The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe** — score 1000/1000
   Published in 1950, the first Narnia novel follows the four Pevensie children through a wardrobe into a land frozen under the White Witch's rule.
2. **The Voyage of the Dawn Treader** — score 577/1000
   In this 1952 sea voyage, Edmund, Lucy and their cousin Eustace sail with King Caspian toward the eastern end of the world in search of seven lost lords.
3. **The Magician's Nephew** — score 566/1000
   This 1955 prequel shows Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer witnessing Aslan sing Narnia into existence and explains the origin of the lamp-post.
4. **The Horse and His Boy** — score 500/1000
   The 1954 novel is set during the Pevensies' reign and follows the boy Shasta and the talking horse Bree as they flee Calormen for Narnia.
5. **The Silver Chair** — score 227/1000
   Released in 1953, it sends Eustace and his schoolmate Jill Pole, guided by the Marsh-wiggle Puddleglum, to find Caspian's missing son Rilian.
6. **Prince Caspian** — score 227/1000
   The 1951 second novel brings the Pevensies back to help the young prince Caspian reclaim his throne from his usurping uncle Miraz.
7. **The Last Battle** — score 0/1000
   The final Chronicle, published in 1956, depicts the end of Narnia and won the Carnegie Medal for that year.

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