Author

Rick Riordan

Rick Riordan is the American children's writer behind the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series (5 novels), the Heroes of Olympus follow-up (5 novels), the Trials of Apollo (5 novels), and a long string of related mythology series (Magnus Chase, Kane Chronicles). The Disney+ Percy Jackson adaptation premiered in 2023.

Reviews

Books on file

Avg rating

5.0

First published

2005

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Our reviews of Rick Riordan's work

The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 2005 review. Percy Jackson, twelve, discovers he is the son of Poseidon and that someone has stolen Zeus's master lightning bolt. The first Percy Jackson novel and the middle-grade fantasy series that defined the post-Harry Potter mythological-YA register.