The Chronicles of Narnia: The Books and The Movies

The Books:

The Chronicles of Narnia are a series of seven books written by C. S. Lewis between 1950 and 1956. The books tell the story of a land called Narnia and feature talking animals, dancing trees, and other fantastical elements. Many people refer to these works as Christian allegories or fables due to their many Christian elements.

Although they were not written in this order the intended reading order of the books is The Magician’s Nephew (1955), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950), The Horse and his Boy(1954), Prince Caspian (1951), The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’ (1952), The Silver Chair(1953), and then finally The Last Battle (1956).

The Movies:

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe was released in theatres in December of 2005, to be followed up by Prince Caspian’s release in May of 2008. The fifth book in the series, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, was also adapted December of 2010.

The film series follows mostly the same plot as the books with a couple necessary adjustments to translate it to the silver screen.

Following the less successful release of Dawn Treader the movies were put on hold for a couple years. In October of 2018 an announcement was made about the partnership with the C.S. Lewis company and Netflix, and that they would be producing films and television series in the world of Narnia. It has yet to be stated if these will be a continuation of the existing movies or a reboot.