Fictional timelines, mapped

Explore fictional universes in chronological order.

Dozens of stories, several formats and no obvious starting point. See what comes first, what comes next and when release order is the better route.

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Find the world you came for.

Every card opens the full guide. Counts and coverage notes show what is mapped before you enter.
48 universes
2,110 timeline records
5 ways to explore: watch, read, play, listen and interactive
An original abstract multiverse archive with branching story routes converging at a luminous threshold
305 stories305 ordered records · 271 MCU entries · 34 directly connected multiverse and legacy entries

Marvel Cinematic Universe

From the Infinity Saga to multiverse collisions and legacy films, the currently researched branches sit on one clearly scoped map.

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155 stories155 ordered records across the DCU, DCEU and directly adjacent screen continuities

DC

The new DCU, completed DCEU, Batman and Joker Elseworlds, and legacy branches stay distinct inside one wider DC map.

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192 stories192 ordered records · 145 current-canon positions · 47 Legends positions

Star Wars

Trace the work-and-arc map from Dawn of the Jedi through the High Republic, Skywalker Saga and the separately labelled Legends timeline.

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74 stories74 historical-memory and transmedia records · separate 21-part modern-day chronology

Assassin’s Creed

Follow the Assassin–Templar conflict by historical setting without losing the separate release-led story of Desmond, Abstergo, Layla and the Animus Hub.

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50 stories50 ordered records across the literary, CD Projekt Red, Netflix and adjacent game lanes

The Witcher

Follow Geralt and Ciri through Sapkowski’s books, the CD Projekt Red continuation, Netflix’s adaptation and a clearly separated adjacent game lane without merging their contradictions.

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48 stories48 ordered records · four clearly labelled continuity lanes

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Enter the Nickelodeon Avatar universe through Wan, Aang, Korra and the eras between them—with essential comics, older-Avatar novels and separate live-action continuities clearly labelled.

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83 stories83 ordered records across core Halo canon and the separate Silver Timeline

Halo

Master Chief is only one thread in a military history filled with Spartans, Forerunners, bridge stories and alternate screen events.

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40 stories40 ordered records across Tolkien’s legendarium and four adaptation or game continuities

Middle-earth

Walk the legendarium from its oldest tragedies through the Ring’s destruction and the later stories imagined around Middle-earth.

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54 stories54 ordered records across Capcom canon and five separate adaptation continuities

Resident Evil

The Raccoon City disaster grows into global bioterror, survivor side stories and several radically different outbreak continuities.

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48 stories48 ordered records across publishing, screen and game continuities

Dune

Explore the machine wars, the rise of the great schools, Paul’s era and the futures that unfold long after Arrakis changes hands.

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37 stories37 unique story records across Alien, Predator, licensed publishing and the separate AVP film branch

Alien / Predator

Follow the Ripley and Predator legacies separately, then enter the experiments, hunts and collisions hidden between them.

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29 stories29 unique story records across literary, film, stage and licensed game continuities

Wizarding World

Explore Harry’s seven-year story, earlier wizarding conflicts, later stage events and the nineteenth-century mysteries around Hogwarts.

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23 stories23 unique story records across literary canon, Prime Video and the 1999 game continuity

The Wheel of Time

Follow the Dragon Reborn through the complete turning of the Wheel, its reshaped screen journey and one unusual earlier game branch.

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34 stories34 ordered records across published fiction and five Roshar RPG adventures

The Cosmere

Follow the mapped published fiction and Roshar RPG stories from White Sand through Mistborn, Stormlight and the space-age Cosmere.

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33 stories33 unique published story records across both authors, the ancient eras and Witness

Malazan

The ten-book epic opens into imperial companion novels, ancient Tiste history, founding legends and a new era of Witness.

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23 stories23 unique novels, novellas and short stories across the complete Realm chronology

Realm of the Elderlings

Five connected arcs reveal the Six Duchies, sentient ships, dragons and the lives transformed around Fitz and the Fool.

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An original seasonal history archive where cold strata and ember routes cross through contested eras
24 stories24 unique records across literary canon, the HBO screen universe and its Telltale branch

A Song of Ice and Fire

Trace Targaryen civil war, Dunk and Egg, the published main saga and the points where the screen version forges its own future.

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69 stories69 ordered records across novels, short fiction, companions, screen adaptations and games

Discworld

Follow witches, watchmen, wizards, Death and industrial revolution as their stories repeatedly collide across the Disc.

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52 stories52 mapped records across games, DLC, television, comics and tabletop branches

Fallout

Move from Fallout 76 through the classic games, Mojave and Commonwealth into the canon Prime Video future.

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129 stories129 mapped campaign, comic, live-service, mobile and Zombies records

Call of Duty

Choose Black Ops, Modern Warfare, WWII, Zombies or another continuity instead of forcing every campaign into one false timeline.

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37 stories37 mapped story, side-fiction and adaptation records

Demon Slayer

Follow Tanjiro’s core story without duplicating every adaptation, then add novels, games, stage productions and the Kimetsu Academy branch.

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51 stories51 mapped screen, comic and game records

DC Animated Universe

Trace the shared DCAU screen continuity and its optional comic and game branches from Batman: The Animated Series to JLU’s Epilogue.

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16 stories15 core connected films · 16 records with optional expanded aftermath

DC Animated Movie Universe

Watch the connected Flashpoint-to-Apokolips film continuity without mixing in standalone DC animation or the Tomorrowverse.

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22 stories22 mapped story records with adaptations grouped

Batman: Arkham

Follow Batman’s Arkham universe across games, story DLC, VR, the animated film and grouped comic and novel tie-ins. Gotham Knights, Injustice and Telltale Batman belong to other continuities.

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16 stories16 mapped story records with adaptations grouped

Metal Gear

Explore Metal Gear by its in-universe years, from Snake Eater in 1964 to Revengeance in 2018. Remakes and adaptations stay attached to their games, while Acid, Ghost Babel, Survive and Snake’s Revenge have separate branches.

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23 stories23 mapped story records with adaptations grouped

Silent Hill

Silent Hill is a collection of connected and standalone horror stories. This guide keeps the Alessa and Heather route together, identifies independent games and separates licensed comics, films and reimaginings.

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34 stories34 mapped story records with adaptations grouped

Dragon Ball

Navigate Dragon Ball across manga, anime, films and games. The main Super-era route stays separate from GT, classic movie branches and crossover game universes, with adaptations grouped by story era.

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6 stories6 mapped story records with adaptations grouped

The Hunger Games

Read The Hunger Games in Panem’s chronological order, from young Snow and Haymitch to Katniss. Five novels form the story spine, with their film adaptations attached to the same events.

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16 stories16 mapped records with adaptations grouped

God of War

Follow Kratos across the Greek and Norse eras, with the main games, optional comics, novelizations and Valhalla. Remasters and ports stay with their original stories; Laufey remains upcoming.

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32 stories32 mapped records with adaptations grouped

Naruto / Boruto

Follow Naruto and Boruto through manga, anime, The Last and Two Blue Vortex. Optional films, novels, OVAs and game retellings have clear labels, with adaptations grouped under their stories.

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11 stories11 mapped records with adaptations grouped

The Conjuring Universe

Watch The Conjuring Universe in story order from The Nun to Last Rites. Follow Annabelle and the Warren cases, with The Curse of La Llorona clearly marked as disputed adjacent viewing.

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12 stories12 mapped records with adaptations grouped

Jujutsu Kaisen

Read and watch Jujutsu Kaisen from Hidden Inventory and JJK 0 through Shibuya, the Culling Game and the manga finale. Compilation films remain alternate versions, and game stories stay outside Core.

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20 stories20 mapped records with adaptations grouped

Attack on Titan

Follow Attack on Titan across its main manga and anime, with Before the Fall, No Regrets, OVAs and side novels. The ending compilation shares one story card; parody, game and live-action branches remain separate. Attack on Titan 3 is attached to the existing game-adaptation card.

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29 stories29 mapped records with adaptations grouped

Tomb Raider

Explore Lara Croft’s Survivor, Classic and Legend timelines, with animation, films, comics and novels in their own continuity branches.

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12 stories12 mapped records with adaptations grouped

Metro

Follow Metro through separate book and game routes, including Awakening, the core novels, Exodus, its DLC and the upcoming Metro 2039, with expanded literature kept optional.

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13 stories13 mapped records with adaptations grouped

Life is Strange

Explore Life is Strange from Farewell to Reunion, with prequel DLC, Steph’s Story and clearly labelled choice-dependent comic and novel branches.

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18 stories18 mapped records with adaptations grouped

Kingdom Hearts

Trace Kingdom Hearts from the ancient Keyblade era through Sora’s journey, with overlapping stories labelled and manga, novels and story movies grouped with their games.

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15 stories15 mapped records with adaptations grouped

Devil May Cry

Follow Devil May Cry’s main games and the 2007 anime, add prequel novels and manga, or explore the separate Netflix animated universe.

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8 stories8 mapped story records

Throne of Glass

Read Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass in chronological or first-time order, with the five Assassin’s Blade novellas grouped and Empire of Storms / Tower of Dawn marked as parallel stories.

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8 stories8 mapped story records

The Chronicles of Narnia

Explore all seven Narnia books in chronological and publication order, with BBC television, Walden films and audio adaptations grouped under the stories they retell.

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52 stories52 mapped story records

Fate

Choose a Fate universe before following its story: stay night’s alternate routes, Grand Order’s chapter sequence, Extra, Prisma Illya and standalone Grail Wars are separate paths.

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12 stories12 mapped story records

Yellowstone Universe

Watch the Dutton family story from 1883 and 1923 through Yellowstone, then follow Kayce in Marshals or Beth and Rip in Dutton Ranch, with upcoming seasons separated.

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40 stories40 mapped story records

One Piece

Follow One Piece by manga sagas rather than individual chapters or anime episodes, with cover stories, films, games and Netflix's separate screen continuities clearly marked.

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38 stories38 mapped story records

Star Trek

Travel from Enterprise to Starfleet Academy through the Prime Timeline's eras, then explore the separate Kelvin films and optional licensed books, comics and games.

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14 stories14 mapped story records

Evangelion

Watch the original TV ending and The End of Evangelion as overlapping perspectives, then follow the four-film Rebuild as a separate route; manga, ANIMA and school or game universes stay distinct.

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21 stories21 mapped story records

Fast & Furious

Watch the Fast Saga in story order, including two official bridge shorts, the Tokyo Drift correction, Hobbs & Shaw's side branch and the separate animated Spy Racers.

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7 stories7 mapped story records

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Follow the five released ACOTAR books in reading order, with the bridge novella in place and the two announced Valkyrie Cycle books clearly Upcoming.

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4 stories4 mapped story records

Big Little Lies

Find the HBO watch order and Liane Moriarty's book reading order, with the released sequel Big Little Truths and the developing third TV season clearly distinguished.

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How Story Order works

One story. Every way to explore it.

The guide stays complete without repeating the same story in every format.
Versions together

One story, one place

Books, adaptations, audio and games stay grouped beneath the story they share.

Two useful orders

Choose how it unfolds

Chronology maps the events. Release order preserves the original reveals.

Your depth

Full map or main path

Open everything, or switch on Starter Mode for a shorter first journey.

The hard cases

Timelines are messy. The guide should not be.

Prequels arrive late. Stories overlap. Canon splits. We show those limits instead of inventing certainty.Read the methodology
Place what is known

Official timelines and story evidence set the order.

Label what conflicts

Separate continuities stay separate.

Flag what is uncertain

Approximate placements are marked clearly.

Frequently asked questions

Useful answers before you begin.

Should I use chronology for my first time?

Not always. Chronology is useful for seeing events unfold, while release order often preserves the reveals intended by the creators. Each guide lets you switch between both.

What is Starter Mode?

Starter Mode trims a large universe to its central path. You can turn it off at any time to restore every mapped story.

Why are adaptations grouped together?

A novel, film, audiobook or game adaptation can be different ways to experience the same underlying story. We keep those versions together instead of repeating the story across the timeline.

How do you handle conflicting timelines?

Separate continuities remain separate. When evidence is incomplete or contradictory, the placement is labelled as approximate instead of being presented as settled fact.

Are upcoming stories included?

Upcoming works are kept outside the published chronology until they release and their placement can be checked.

Does every guide cover every format?

Coverage varies by universe. Each guide states what is mapped now and what still needs a deeper research pass.

Can I request a universe or correction?

Yes. Send the title, missing story or disputed placement through the request page. No email address is required.

Where does the ordering information come from?

We prioritise official franchise sources, the stories themselves and verified release records. Editorial judgement is used only where the evidence does not provide an exact answer.

Is my progress saved?

Yes. Stories you mark as explored are saved in that browser only. Story Order does not require an account to remember your checklist.

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