Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
#584.28 of 664 ranked universes · full ranking
Books 3 books Status Complete 2015–2017 Reading commitment Medium Rick Riordan Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Overview
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard (2015–2017) is Rick Riordan’s Norse-mythology trilogy. Its tie to Camp Half-Blood Chronicles is closer than the Kane Chronicles’: Magnus is Annabeth Chase’s first cousin by blood, and Percy Jackson makes a direct in-novel cameo in The Ship of the Dead. Even so, it stands on its own protagonist, its own trilogy structure, and its own pantheon, and is admitted as its own adjacent-but-independent universe rather than folded into Camp Half-Blood’s record.
Mythic fantasy · For Middle grade
Core Canon: Reading Order (3 works) counts toward ranking
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Rick Riordan
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Sword of Summer | 2015 | 1 | core | 4.23 (246,595 ratings) |
 | The Hammer of Thor | 2016 | 2 | core | 4.29 (133,988 ratings) |
 | The Ship of the Dead | 2017 | 3 | core | 4.36 (110,144 ratings) |
Clean linear trilogy, Norse-mythology continuity. Magnus Chase is established as Annabeth Chase's first cousin, and Percy Jackson makes a direct in-novel cameo in The Ship of the Dead; a closer, in-text crossover tie to Camp Half-Blood than Kane Chronicles has (see admitting decision).
Library / Expanded (2 works)
For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds (2016) ; Companion reference guide, tiered identically to the equivalent Percy Jackson/Kane Chronicles guide volumes.
9 From the Nine Worlds (2018) ; Nine interconnected short stories, previously published individually online then formally collected in this 2018 volume, collected, so registered as its own book rather than withheld.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard? Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard's Core Canon is 3 books, plus 2 more in the wider Library/Expanded material.
- What is the reading order for Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard? Publication order, starting with The Sword of Summer. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard finished? Complete (2015–2017).
- How much reading does Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard take? Medium reading commitment (estimated from 3 Core Canon books · ~1,385 pages).
- How is Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard ranked? #58 of 664 ranked universes on this site, based on 490,727 reader ratings across 3 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #58?
Ranked #58 of 664 ranked universes.
- Average reader rating of 4.28 across 3 core books.
- Backed by 491k reader ratings.
- Remarkably consistent across the whole series: all 3 rated core books rate within 0.13 of each other.
- Less than 0.01 behind #57, Capitale du Sud (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.45.
Why explore this universe?
Top-tier rated · 3 books · Complete · 491k ratings · Ranks #58 overall
Good choice if you want a moderate-length mythic fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
Publication order (3 Core Canon books)
- The Sword of Summer (2015)
- The Hammer of Thor (2016)
- The Ship of the Dead (2017)
Documented internal/story chronology is recorded for every Core Canon book here, and matches publication order exactly, with no divergence to show separately.
Awards (verified)
- Readers' Choice Awards (Middle Grade & Children's), 2015: won: The Sword of Summer
- Readers' Choice Awards (Middle Grade & Children's), 2016: nominated: The Hammer of Thor; Reader-vote finalist round; did not win (Riordan's own The Hidden Oracle won the category that year).
- Stonewall Book Award (Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & YA Literature Award), 2017: won: The Hammer of Thor; Cited for the book's depiction of genderfluid character Alex Fierro.
- Readers' Choice Awards (Middle Grade & Children's), 2017: won: The Ship of the Dead
Related universes
- Crossover Camp Half-Blood Chronicles: Magnus Chase is Annabeth Chase's cousin by blood, and Percy Jackson makes a direct in-novel cameo in The Ship of the Dead, a textually closer tie than the Kane Chronicles crossover, though Magnus Chase remains its own independent universe with its own protagonist and pantheon (Norse vs. Greek/Roman).
- Same author The Kane Chronicles: Both by Rick Riordan (the wider “Riordanverse”). Explicitly checked and confirmed to share no crossover material directly with each other: Demigods & Magicians (the Kane/Camp Half-Blood collection) contains no Magnus Chase content, and Magnus Chase's own Camp Half-Blood tie runs through its own novels, not through Kane Chronicles material.
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Official resources
- Wikipedia: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
- ALA: 2017 Stonewall Book Award
- readriordan.com: Magnus Chase series
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.28 across 490,727 ratings on 3 Core Canon books. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard admitted; treated as adjacent-but-independent despite closer ties to Camp Half-Blood accepted 2026-08-05
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Wikipedia: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Tier 3
- readriordan.com, Magnus Chase series page Tier 1
Related universes: see the Related universes section above.
Last reviewed: 2026-08-06
Rule: Core = 3 novels (2015–2017). Expanded = the Hotel Valhalla companion guide and the collected short-fiction volume 9 From the Nine Worlds. Admitted per the Riyria/Legends adjacent-but-independent-universe precedent, despite the closer in-text Camp Half-Blood tie than Kane Chronicles has.