Fairy Tail Reading Order (Release Order):
(1 Prequel, 1 Sequel, 4 Side Stories, 6 Spin-Offs, 5 Other)
0. Mashima-en (Aug 1998 to Oct 29, 2003) | 2 Volumes 8 Chapters - Other
Rave (Jul 7, 1999 to Jul 27, 2005) | 35 Volumes 298 Chapters - Other
Rave: Plue no Inu Nikki (2002) | 3 Volumes ? Chapters - Other
*1. Fairy Tail (Aug 2, 2006 to Jul 26, 2017) | 63 Volumes 549 Chapters- Parent Story / Sequel
2. Fairy Tail S (Nov 14, 2007 to Jun 20, 2016) | 2 Volumes 18 Chapters - Side Story
3. Fairy Tail+ (May 17, 2010) | ? Volume 3 Chapters - Side Story
4. Pray for Japan (May 5, 2011) | Doujinshi | 1 Volume ? Chapter - Other
5. Fairy Tail Light Novel (May 2, 2012 to Mar 17, 2016) | 3 Volumes 29 Chapters - Side Story
6. Fairy Tail: Houou no Miko - Hajimari no Asa (Aug 18, 2012) | 1 Volume 1 Chapter - Side Story
7. Fairy Tail x Nanatsu no Taizai Christmas Special (Dec 25, 2013) | 1 Volume 1 Chapter - Other / Crossover
*8.Fairy Tail Zerø (Jul 16, 2014 to Jul 17, 2015) | 1 Volume 13 Chapters - Prequel
9. Tale of Fairy Tail: Ice Trail (Jul 16, 2014 to Jul 17, 2015) | 2 Volumes 15 Chapters - Spin-Off
10. Fairy Tail: Blue Mistral (Aug 2, 2014 to Dec 1, 2015) | 4 Volumes 17 Chapters - Spin-Off
11. Fairy Girls (Nov 20, 2014 to Aug 20, 2016) | 4 Volumes 21 Chapters - Spin-Off
12. Magazine Ohanami!! (Apr 1, 2015) | 1 Volume 1 Chapter - Other / Crossover
13. Fairy Tail Gaiden (Jul 30, 2015 to Sep 14, 2016) | 3 Volumes 52 Chapters - Spin-Off
14. Edens Zero (Jun 27, 2018 to ?) | ? Volumes ? Chapters - Other
*15. Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest (Jul 25, 2018 to ?) | ? Volumes ? Chapters - Sequel
16. Fairy Tail: Happy no Daibouken (Jul 26, 2018 to Apr 2, 202) | 8 Volumes 80 Chapters - Spin-Off
17. Fairy Tail: City Hero (Oct 26, 2018 to Nov 22, 2019) | 4 Volumes 46 Chapters - Spin-Off
18. Mashima Hero's (Oct 16, 2019 to Dec 25, 2019) | 1 Volume 10 Chapters - Other / Crossover
Note: Those with asterisks (*) are the main stories.
Other manga by Mashima-sensei with related characters (from Rave and Eden's Zero) are included in this list as 'Other'. Not necessary for complete reading of Fairy Tail but will give you more of an idea about Mashima's manga universe as characters from those series crossover from time to time.
Also found in my blog Fairy Tail Watching & Reading Guides: https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=871618
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I also made a Fairy Tail Official Music Listening Guide:
Part 1: Openings and Endings Compilations (Series, OVAs, Movies), Character Song Collections - https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=872065
Part 2: Series OSTs - https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=872066
Part 3: Movie OSTs - https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=872068
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Note:
*Links to OFFICIAL reading sites (INKR Comics, Azuki, BOOK☆WALKER, Crunchyroll, MangaPlaza) with English translation are included per manga entry. More will be added when I encounter them.
For watch order, I recommend the interest stack [AEGC] Fairy Tail Guide watch order: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5001
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Mangaka: Mashima, Hiro https://myanimelist.net/people/1882/Hiro_Mashima
Genres: Action, Adventure, Award Winning, Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy
Demographic: Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly)
Club: Fairy Tail https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=13852 (Semi-active)
Tags: Dragon, Guild, Mage, Magic, S-Class, Wizard
