The first book, chronologically, in the Chronicles of Narnia is The Magician's Nephew, written by C.S. Lewis to explain the events preceding The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. I chose this book because I was curious of a few of the loose ends presented in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.

  As with the other installments in The Chronicles, The Magician's Nephew has a very complex story consisting of many small parts that are all equally important. Digory, a small English child, moves in next to another child. One thing leads to another, and they find themselves within the attic of Digory's house, where his uncle prefers lingers in solitude. Digory's uncle, being a typical storybook "bad guy," forces the kids into another world via magic rings. In this world, the children find an endless, calming forest littered with pools of water which all lead into other worlds. After a few misadventures, the children find a world with nothing in it, and eventually get to witness the birth of the world of Narnia.

  The book itself is a prequel, and explains the events of, as well as answers questions that we didn't even know we had about, the first book. As with the other books in the series, anybody who wants to should be perfectly capable of reading this book and fully enjoy it as well. Any fan of fantasy could and would fall immediately in love with this series.