FLIGHT series Wiki:Readers' Guide

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New to the series? Welcome! This page can serve as a guide to new readers of the FLIGHT series who would like to know which they should begin with. Take note that these are only subjective suggestions and are by no means definitive or authoritative, and obviously you can read the stories in whatever order you choose, but this is guidance for those who seek it. Leave a message on the talk page if you have any suggestions for topics we should be covering.

Spoilers
If you intend to read all of the books, we recommend keeping a distance from the FLIGHT series' wiki pages. However, if you have decided to only read a certain series and familiarize yourself with certain elements or characters, then we can only advise that you explore the wiki with caution. Do not visit pages related to the series you intend to read, as if we can promise you one thing, it would be this: this wiki is full of spoilers; full of it. Even some intros have spoilers.

Where to start?
Starting a series may be an easy feat, but for the FLIGHT series which has no apparent chronology to follow can be daunting. The good thing is that, it allows the readers to have several ways of reading it. A common question among new readers is "Which of the books should I read first?" The most advisable and simplest to follow would be publication order (to avoid being spoiled about other books), but if this proves difficult (i.e. you can't get access to all the books immediately), as already said, there are so many other ways!

Each book is written by 23meraki to be new-reader-friendly as possible, meaning you can start with any books. She also avoids revealing too much, even about an already done book, except for important keynotes, when mentioned in passing in other books.

However, no matter how new-reader-friendly the books are, you a) will definitely be spoiled about some events of the previous books (survival, certain people, relationships, etc.), and b) may not relate to how other readers feel about certain guest/supporting characters.

Reading orders
In conjunction with the "Where to start?" section above is this section, which will provide a straightforward list of the books in its variety of orders, all of which can serve as reading orders.

What about the companion books?
Reading Flight Level without background in any series is not advised, but not impossible.

Another commonly asked question is "Do I need to read the companion book to understand *insert book name*?" Simple answer: No, you don't have to. Should you? That's entirely up to you. These collections contain short stories that could give you insight or background stories on several other recurring, minor, or mentioned characters in the books and would allow you to revisit other characters from the previous books.

However, reading these when you have not read other books may unexpectedly reveal some things for you. This is because the companion book is a companion not only specifically for the series. All contain stories involving the books' characters, so if you have not read one of those, you may find things confusing, but based on testimony by some readers, it is not entirely impossible.