Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Left Behind | 1995 | Tim LaHaye | Buy |
| 2 | Tribulation Force | 1996 | Tim LaHaye | Buy |
| 3 | Nicolae | 1997 | Tim LaHaye | Buy |
| 4 | Soul Harvest | 1998 | Tim LaHaye | Buy |
| 5 | Apollyon | 1999 | Tim LaHaye | Buy |
| 6 | Assassins | 1999 | Tim LaHaye | Buy |
| 7 | The Indwelling | 2000 | Tim LaHaye | Buy |
| 8 | The Mark | 2000 | Tim LaHaye | Buy |
| 9 | Desecration | 2001 | Tim LaHaye | Buy |
| 10 | The Remnant | 2002 | Tim LaHaye | Buy |
| 11 | The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon | 2002 | Tim LaHaye | N/A |
| 12 | Armageddon | 2003 | Tim LaHaye | Buy |
| 13 | Glorious Appearing | 2004 | Tim LaHaye | Buy |
| 14 | The Rising | 2005 | Tim LaHaye | Buy |
| 15 | The Regime | 2005 | Tim LaHaye | Buy |
| 16 | The Rapture | 2005 | Tim LaHaye | Buy |
| 17 | Kingdom Come | 2007 | Tim LaHaye | Buy |
Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins is an apocalyptic fiction series that begins with millions of people vanishing from the Earth in an event Christians recognize as the Rapture. Those left behind must piece together what happened and face the seven-year Tribulation that follows. Airline pilot Rayford Steele and journalist Buck Williams are among those who come to faith and form the Tribulation Force to oppose the rise of Nicolae Carpathia, who rises to global political power as the Antichrist.
The series spans 16 books published between 1995 and 2007, including three prequels set before the Rapture. LaHaye developed the theological framework drawn from dispensationalist readings of Revelation, Daniel, and other biblical prophecy texts, while Jenkins wrote the novels. The series sold over 65 million copies, spent years on the New York Times bestseller list, and was adapted into several films. It remains one of the most commercially successful fiction series in American publishing history.