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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: where to start reading
Adapts Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan. Say how far you watched, and pick the book up exactly there.
FantasyYA
2 seasons
on screen
2 books
to read
Tracks closely
from the books
After Season 1, in the books you are
at The Lightning Thief.
through the end of the first book.
The first season adapts the first novel, following Percy's introduction to Camp Half-Blood.
Start reading at The Sea of Monsters (the next book)
Spoiler-safe, only what the show already showed you.
Get the book
Season 1 draws on this book. Read the full story:
The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan · Book 1 of 2
or borrow it: your library
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What the show changed here
- InventedThe show opens with a montage of Percy spotting Greek monsters throughout his childhood, backstory the book only implies.
- MovedMr. Brunner hands Percy the sword before Alecto attacks, and the fight moves outside into the street rather than inside the museum.
- InventedMedusa is given a fuller, more sympathetic backstory as a priestess of Athena, drawn out far more than the book does.
- ChangedAnnabeth's loyalty to Luke is reframed as found family, since Luke and Thalia took her in, rather than the book's crush.
- ChangedAt the Lotus Casino the trio stay aware of the magic and are there to meet Hermes, not lost in the games as in the book.
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The Disney+ series adapts one Rick Riordan novel per season in publication order, staying close to the books.
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