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Hannibal Lecter

edited 2026-05-21

A complete reading and viewing order for Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter saga — the four novels (Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Hannibal Rising), all five theatrical film adaptations across the Manhunter and Demme-canon continuities, Bryan Fuller's three-season NBC series, and CBS's Clarice. Tagged by continuity so you can follow just the books, just the Hopkins films, or just the Mads Mikkelsen TV run.

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01NOVEL
2006Harris's 2006 prequel novel, published by Delacorte Press, set decades before Red Dragon. The eight-year-old Hannibal Lecter survives the Ge…
323 pp
02NOVEL
1981Thomas Harris's first Hannibal Lecter novel, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in October 1981. Retired FBI profiler Will Graham — who person…
348 pp
03NOVEL
1988Thomas Harris's 1988 sequel, published by St. Martin's Press. FBI Academy trainee Clarice Starling is sent by Jack Crawford to interview the…
338 pp
04NOVEL
1999Harris's 1999 third novel, published by Delacorte Press, set roughly seven years after The Silence of the Lambs. A career-stalled Clarice St…
484 pp