Books Of Clash Books in Order

Books Of Clash is Gene Luen Yang playing in the world of Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, but the books read like all-ages fantasy comedy first and brand extension second. The setting is full of raids, villages, oddball fighters, and over-the-top game logic, yet the stories stay focused on recognizable kid-sized feelings like friendship, pride, jealousy, and wanting to prove yourself.

That keeps the series light on its feet.

Rather than following one single hero forever, the books move around the larger world and give different characters the spotlight. One volume might focus on a Hog Rider trying to become more than battlefield comic relief. Another might follow archers whose friendship is pulled sideways by a strange discovery. Later books shift to a golem, a wandering Valkyrie, or a goblin dealing with family expectations. The shared world matters, but each volume has its own clear emotional hook.

The town and team names are silly on purpose, and Yang leans into that. There are plenty of visual gags, exaggerated fights, and jokes that turn fantasy clichés inside out. At the same time, the books never feel random. Each one gives its lead character a problem that is easy to grasp, usually some mix of loyalty, self-doubt, and social mess, and then lets the larger Clash world make that problem weirder and funnier.

Because these are tied to games built around battle, you might expect nonstop action. There is action, but the bigger draw is tone. The books are warm, goofy, and surprisingly character driven. They are much more interested in how a hero or sidekick feels when things go wrong than in who wins the biggest fight.

If you are coming in as a game fan, you get familiar troops and settings reimagined as graphic novel characters. If you are not, the books still work as breezy fantasy adventures with a lot of personality. That makes Books Of Clash easy to pick up whether you know the games already or just want a funny middle grade series with monsters, magic, and a lot of badly managed teamwork.