Everworld
#5963.88 in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 12 books Status Complete 1999–2001 Reading commitment High K. A. Applegate Last reviewed 2026-10-18
Overview
Everworld (1999-2001), written by Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant as K. A. Applegate and published by Scholastic, follows five high-school students, David, April, Christopher, Jalil and the witch Senna, after Senna is taken by the wolf Fenrir and the others are dragged after her into Everworld, an alternative world where the gods, monsters and peoples of humanity's mythologies, Norse, Greek, Egyptian, Aztec, Celtic and more, live on, alongside alien races such as the insectoid Hetwan and their god-eating deity Ka Anor. The protagonists exist in both worlds at once, living their ordinary lives whenever they fall asleep in Everworld, while they try to survive mad gods and their wars, keep evil creatures from opening a passage to our world and find a way home. Each book is narrated by one of the five.
Portal fantasy, Mythic fantasy · For YA
Core Canon: Reading Order (12 works) counts toward ranking
Everworld K. A. Applegate
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Search for Senna | 1999 | 1 | core | 3.80 (5,612 ratings) |
 | Land of Loss | 1999 | 2 | core | 3.82 (3,536 ratings) |
 | Enter the Enchanted | 1999 | 3 | core | 3.87 (3,033 ratings) |
 | Realm of the Reaper | 1999 | 4 | core | 3.91 (2,716 ratings) |
 | Discover the Destroyer | 2000 | 5 | core | 3.91 (2,539 ratings) |
 | Fear the Fantastic | 2000 | 6 | core | 3.90 (2,397 ratings) |
 | Gateway to the Gods | 2000 | 7 | core | 3.94 (2,271 ratings) |
 | Brave the Betrayal | 2000 | 8 | core | 3.90 (2,209 ratings) |
 | Inside the Illusion | 2000 | 9 | core | 3.95 (2,155 ratings) |
 | Understand the Unknown | 2000 | 10 | core | 3.88 (2,057 ratings) |
 | Mystify the Magician | 2001 | 11 | core | 4.00 (2,025 ratings) |
 | Entertain the End | 2001 | 12 | core | 3.88 (2,003 ratings) |
Twelve novels of five teenagers trapped in a world where the gods and creatures of every mythology live on.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Everworld? Everworld's Core Canon is 12 books.
- What is the reading order for Everworld? Publication order, starting with Search for Senna. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is Everworld finished? Complete (1999–2001).
- How much reading does Everworld take? High reading commitment (estimated from 12 Core Canon books).
- How is Everworld ranked? #596 in this site's official ranking, based on 32,553 reader ratings across 12 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #596?
Ranked #596 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 3.88 across 12 core books.
- A smaller readership (32,553 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- Less than 0.01 behind #595, The Macht (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.45.
Why explore this universe?
Rated · 12 books · Complete · 33k ratings · Ranks #596 overall
Good choice if you want a long-running portal fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
Publication order (12 Core Canon books)
- Enter the Enchanted (1999)
- Land of Loss (1999)
- Realm of the Reaper (1999)
- Search for Senna (1999)
- Brave the Betrayal (2000)
- Discover the Destroyer (2000)
- Fear the Fantastic (2000)
- Gateway to the Gods (2000)
- Inside the Illusion (2000)
- Understand the Unknown (2000)
- Entertain the End (2001)
- Mystify the Magician (2001)
Documented internal/story order
- Search for Senna (1999)
- Land of Loss (1999)
- Enter the Enchanted (1999)
- Realm of the Reaper (1999)
- Discover the Destroyer (2000)
- Fear the Fantastic (2000)
- Gateway to the Gods (2000)
- Brave the Betrayal (2000)
- Inside the Illusion (2000)
- Understand the Unknown (2000)
- Mystify the Magician (2001)
- Entertain the End (2001)
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 3.88 across 32,553 ratings on 12 Core Canon books. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Canon extension: Everworld (K. A. Applegate) accepted 2026-10-18
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Wikipedia (Everworld) Tier 2
- Series page on the rating platform (ratings and years with titles) Tier 2
- Reader list on the rating platform (ratings with titles) Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-10-18
Rule: Core Canon = the twelve Everworld novels, Search for Senna (1999) to Entertain the End (2001), in order.