: : There are seven: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Prince
: : Caspian, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The
: : Horse and His Boy, The Magician's Nephew, and The Last Battle,
: : in that order.

: And they ain't cheap if you buy them all at once, even in paperback. :)

: But there are some really, really nice hardbound sets in the stores that I've been tempted to purchase from time to time, except I usually am looking for specific titles on those occasions and don't have the money to spare.

: I did buy the space trilogy in a boxed set (paperback) last year, but I haven't made time to look through it yet.

: For the curious, the space trilogy titles are OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET, PERELANDRA, and THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH. The first two books are pretty short. The third one is about the length of a LOTR book (1 of 3 volumes, that is).

I seem to remember that in answering a letter, CS Lewis said that it would be better to read them in a different order, I think the one following:

The Magicians Nephew
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,
Prince Caspian,
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Horse and his Boy
The Last Battle

It has to said that my personal favourite is The Horse and his Boy, but they are all quite excellent. I have also read the Perelandra trilogy, which had so many good ideas it was criminal. Some books to make you think!!!!

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