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Ender's Game

by Orson Scott Card
Published
15 January 1985
Pages
330
ISBN-13
9781448767915
Type
novel
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About this book

Orson Scott Card opened Ender's Game on January 15, 1985, a 330-page debut in which six-year-old Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is recruited into Battle School, an orbiting academy built to find and train the child who can save humanity from a third alien invasion. Its final twist recontextualizes everything before it and remains one of science fiction's most famous.

Key facts about Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card wrote Ender's Game, a novel on our list. It has been out since 15 January 1985. The book has 330 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781448767915 to find the main one.

Ender's Game is book 1 of 6 in the Ender's Game series. The series has 6 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Ender in Exile is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 11 November 2008.

Additionally, Orson Scott Card writes Tales of Alvin Maker, Homecoming Saga and Ender's Shadow, plus 5 more series. Those series sit on our science fiction, fantasy and historical fiction shelves. Meanwhile, Master Alvin is the latest published Orson Scott Card book on file, from 28 April 2026.

About Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is an American science fiction author best known for Ender's Game, a 1985 novel following a child military prodigy trained to command Earth's defense against an alien threat, which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards and remains one of the most widely read science fiction novels of its era, particularly popular as an entry point for younger and reluctant readers. See every Orson Scott Card book in order.

Its place in Ender's Game

Ender's Game is book 1 in the Ender's Game series. It is followed by Speaker for the Dead. See the full Ender's Game reading order.

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is six years old when he's recruited into Battle School, an orbiting military academy built to find and train the child who can save humanity from a third invasion by the alien "Buggers." Ender is a prodigy the adults running the program are willing to isolate, manipulate and break in order to shape into a commander — and the story is as much about what that does to a brilliant, lonely child as it is about the tactical war games he keeps winning. The final twist of Ender's Game…

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