Avatar: The Last Airbender Collections books in order

Q: "How many books are in the Avatar: The Last Airbender Collections series?"

"There are 36 books in the Avatar: The Last Airbender Collections series, published between 2011 and 2025."

Q: "What is the first book in the Avatar: The Last Airbender Collections series?"

"The first book in the Avatar: The Last Airbender Collections series is Shells, published in 2014."

Q: "What order should the Avatar comics be read in?"

"The Avatar: The Last Airbender comics should be read in this order: The Promise, The Search, The Rift, Smoke and Shadow, North and South, and Imbalance. After those main trilogies, standalone graphic novels like Katara and the Pirate's Silver, Suki Alone, and Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy can be read in any order. The Lost Adventures and Team Avatar Tales collect shorter stories that fit between episodes of the show."

Reading order

#	Title	Published	Author	Buy on Amazon
1	Shells	2014	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
2	Avatar The Last Airbender The Lost Adventures	2011	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
3	Avatar The Last Airbender: Katara and the Pirate’s Silver	2020	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
4	Suki, Alone	2021	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
5	Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise	2013	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
6	The Promise	2013	Gene Luen Yang	Buy
7	Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 1	2012	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
8	The Promise, Part 2	2012	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
9	The Promise, Part 3	2012	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
10	The Search	2014	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
11	The Rift	2015	Gene Luen Yang	Buy
12	The Search, Part 1	2013	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
13	Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 2	2013	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
14	Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 3	2013	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
15	Avatar: The Last Airbender–The Rift Omnibus	2015	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
16	Smoke and Shadow	2016	Gene Luen Yang	Buy
17	The Rift, Part 1	2014	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
18	Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Rift, Part 2	2014	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
19	The Rift, Part 3	2014	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
20	Avatar: The Last Airbender - Smoke and Shadow Omnibus	2016	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
21	Avatar: The Last Airbender: Smoke and Shadow, Part 1	2015	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
22	Avatar: The Last Airbender: Smoke and Shadow, Part 2	2015	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
23	Avatar: The Last Airbender: Smoke and Shadow, Part 3	2016	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
24	Avatar the Last Airbender: North and South	2017	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
25	Avatar: The Last Airbender: North and South, Part 1	2016	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
26	North and South, Part 2	2017	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
27	North and South, Part 3	2017	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
28	Imbalance	2019	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
29	Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance, Part 1	2018	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
30	Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance, Part 2	2019	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
31	Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance, Part 3	2019	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
32	Toph Beifong’s Metalbending Academy	2021	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
33	Avatar: The Last Airbender–Azula in the Spirit Temple	2023	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
34	The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer	2024	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
35	Ashes of the Academy	2025	Gene Luen Yang	N/A
36	The Lost Adventures and Team Avatar Tales	2020	Gene Luen Yang	Buy

This collection encompasses the full range of Avatar: The Last Airbender comics published by Dark Horse. The main storyline continues through a series of trilogies — The Promise, The Search, The Rift, Smoke and Shadow, North and South, and Imbalance — each exploring the political and personal challenges Team Avatar faces after ending the Hundred Year War.

Beyond the main trilogies, the collection includes standalone graphic novels focused on individual characters. Katara and the Pirate’s Silver, Suki Alone, and Toph Beifong’s Metalbending Academy each give secondary characters room to shine. The Lost Adventures and Team Avatar Tales compile shorter stories that slot between episodes of the original show. Omnibus editions collect the trilogies into single volumes for readers who prefer fewer, larger books.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Avatar: The Last Airbender Collections series?

There are 36 books in the Avatar: The Last Airbender Collections series, published between 2011 and 2025.

What is the first book in the Avatar: The Last Airbender Collections series?

The first book in the Avatar: The Last Airbender Collections series is Shells, published in 2014.

What order should the Avatar comics be read in?

The Avatar: The Last Airbender comics should be read in this order: The Promise, The Search, The Rift, Smoke and Shadow, North and South, and Imbalance. After those main trilogies, standalone graphic novels like Katara and the Pirate’s Silver, Suki Alone, and Toph Beifong’s Metalbending Academy can be read in any order. The Lost Adventures and Team Avatar Tales collect shorter stories that fit between episodes of the show.

Reading order#

Frequently Asked Questions

Reading order