Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artemis Fowl | 2001 | Artemis Fowl | Buy |
| 2 | The Arctic Incident | 2002 | Artemis Fowl | Buy |
| 3 | The Eternity Code | 2003 | Artemis Fowl | Buy |
| 4 | The Opal Deception | 2005 | Artemis Fowl | Buy |
| 5 | The Lost Colony | 2006 | Artemis Fowl | Buy |
| 6 | The Time Paradox | 2008 | Artemis Fowl | Buy |
| 7 | Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex | 2010 | Artemis Fowl | Buy |
| 8 | The Last Guardian | 2012 | Artemis Fowl | Buy |
The main Artemis Fowl series consists of eight novels published between 2001 and 2012. The story begins with twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl II, a criminal prodigy from Dublin, who discovers that fairies exist beneath the Earth’s surface. His attempt to exploit them for gold sets off a chain of events that spans the entire series.
Over the course of eight books, Artemis’s relationship with the fairy world shifts from adversary to reluctant ally. Key characters include Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon police force and the dwarf Mulch Diggums. The series wraps up with The Last Guardian, which brings Artemis’s story to a definitive close.