Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who Let the Gods Out? | 2014 | Maz Evans | Buy |
| 2 | Simply the Quest | 2017 | Maz Evans | Buy |
| 3 | Beyond the Odyssey | 2018 | Maz Evans | Buy |
| 4 | Götter an Bord | 2018 | Maz Evans | N/A |
| 5 | Against All Gods | 2019 | Maz Evans | Buy |
When Elliot’s shooting star turns out to be Virgo, a young goddess crash-landing in his field, his already difficult life gets considerably stranger. The Who Let the Gods Out? series follows Elliot and Virgo as they deal with gods who have been living quietly on Earth for centuries and are now very much awake, opinionated, and causing problems. The first book sets up the world with tremendous speed, and by the end a reader has met most of the major Olympians in their chaotic modern forms.
What sets the series apart from others in the crowded mythology-for-children genre is the emotional honesty running beneath the comedy. Elliot’s mother has dementia, the family is losing their farm, and these pressures are treated with care even as Zeus argues with Poseidon in the background. Over four main English-language books and a German edition (Götter an Bord), Evans built a story that rewards readers who follow it all the way to Against All Gods, the final volume published in 2019. The series is complete and works well read in order from the start.