Order of Tales From The Odyssey Books

Order of Tales From The Odyssey Books

Tales from the Odyssey by Mary Pope Osborne

Tales from the Odyssey is a series of children’s adventure novels by American author Mary Pope Osborne. The series is a re-telling of Homer’s Odyssey from Greek mythology, written for younger readers (ages 8+). Odysseus must sail stormy seas and battle cannibals, a witch and monsters like a six-headed sea serpent if he ever wants to see his family again.

Mary Pope Osborne began her Tales from the Odyssey series with the book The One Eyed Giant, which was published in 2002. The series lasted six installments, concluding in 2004 with The Final Battle. The books have also been collected into two omnibuses titled Tales from the Odyssey: Part 1 & Part 2. The books should be read in order. Below is a list of Mary Pope Osborne’s Tales from the Odyssey books in order of when they were first published (which is also their chronological order):

Publication Order of Tales From The Odyssey Books

The One-Eyed Giant

(2002)

The Land of the Dead

(2002)

Sirens and Sea Monsters

(2003)

The Gray-Eyed Goddess

(2003)

Return to Ithaca

(2004)

The Final Battle

(2004)