

Short stories in the Enderverse fall into 3 categories: Those that are retconned and are no longer Canon, those that are republished as part of full novels, and those that remain unincorporated. The Last Shadow is included here due to it being mentioned as part of this sub-series on several publishing sites, and because it fits equally in both the Shadow Saga and Ender Quintet.


First Meetings in Ender's Universe (Short story anthology).Note: While Ender in Exile was released after CoTM, it is placed after Ender's Game here to show the chronological order of stories. Novels Ender Quintet Note: Sometimes known as the Ender Quartet, due to Ender in Exile being published 10 years after CoTM. Thus, with such an inconsistent direction from official sources that lend to the confusion of how to read the Enderverse, the wiki has decided to slightly modify the official sub-series designations to be more understandable by a general audience. On the other hand, on the Third Trade Paperback Edition of the Ender Quintet, also released in 2021, the series are split into "Ender" (which is just the Ender Quintet), "Ender's Shadow", the First and Second Formic War Trilogies, Children of the Fleet is put under "Stand-Alone Novels", and A War of Gifts and First Meetings are again under "Ender Novellas". On the first page of The Last Shadow and the Second Revised Mass Market Editions of the Ender Quintet, where the sub-series of the Enderverse and Card's other works are shown, the series are split up into the "Ender Saga" (which contains the Ender Quintet as well as TLS, despite TLS' title resembling the Shadow Saga's naming conventions), the "Ender's Shadow Series", Children of the Fleet which is left on its own with no series designation, the First and Second Formic War Trilogies, and then "Ender Novellas" which contains A War of Gifts: An Ender Story and First Meetings in Ender's Universe (though both book names are shortened). For example, let's look at some of the most recent Enderverse material: The Last Shadow and the revised publishing of the Ender Quintet, both of which were released in 2021: While Orson Scott Card and Tor Books have established a variety of sub-series for the Enderverse over the years, these "official" designations are frequently changed and are often inconsistent. The novels of the Enderverse can broadly be categorized into sub-series that focus on the same characters, events, or themes. 10 Chronological order of Canon stories.9 Publication order of Canon short stories and novels.2.5 Other Tales from the Ender Universe.
