Sword Art Online reading order

All 12 entries by release date. Release order is the safe default: it is how the story was written to be experienced, and spoilers in later entries assume you saw the earlier ones. Recaps and compilations are marked so you can skip them.

Release order

1
Sword Art Online
Light Novel · 2009 · score 3.9/5
2
Sword Art Online: Aincrad
Manga · 2010 · 12 ch · score 3.1/5
3
Sword Art Online 4-koma
Manga · 2010 · 39 ch · score 3.2/5
4
Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance
Manga · 2012 · 14 ch · score 3.3/5
5
Sword Art Online Progressive
Light Novel · 2012 · score 4.0/5
6
Sword Art Online: Girls' Ops
Manga · 2013 · 47 ch · score 3.4/5
7
Sword Art Online Progressive
Manga · 2013 · 47 ch · score 3.8/5
8
Sword Art Online: Phantom Bullet
Manga · 2014 · 20 ch · score 3.5/5
9
Sword Art Online: Mother's Rosary
Manga · 2014 · 15 ch · score 3.6/5
10
Sword Art Online: Calibur
Manga · 2014 · 10 ch · score 3.3/5
11
Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online
Light Novel · 2014 · score 3.5/5
12
Sword Art Online: Project Alicization
Manga · 2016 · 30 ch · score 3.7/5

Related anime

Sword Art Online TV · 2012
Sword Art Online EXTRA EDITION Special · 2013
Sword Art Online II TV · 2014
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale Movie · 2017
Sword Art Online Fatal Bullet: The Third Episode - Pilot-ban ONA · 2018
Sword Art Online Fatal Bullet -The Third Episode- Special · 2018
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online TV · 2018
Sword Art Online: Alicization TV · 2018
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld TV · 2019
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night Movie · 2021
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night Movie · 2022
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II TV · 2024
Sword Art Online: Unanswered//butterfly Movie · 2026

Order comes from the relations recorded in the catalog (sequel, prequel, side story). Missing an entry? Tell us.