Book Entry

The Lightning Thief

By Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief is a 2005 American children's fantasy action-adventure middle grade children's fiction novel based on Greek mythology written by American author Rick Riordan. The first children's novel by Rick Riordan and the opening installment in Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, the book was recognized among the year's best for children. Riordan followed the novel with various books and spin-off series, spawning the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles media franchise. A film adaptation of the book was theatrically released in the United States on February 12, 2010. The Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians adapted The Lightning Thief in its first season, which ran from December 19, 2023, to January 30, 2024.

Format

Book

Release year

2005

Added to archive

2026-06-14