Pokémon

Somewhere past the edge of town, the tall grass rustles — and something with bright eyes and stranger powers is waiting to be met. This is the world of Pokémon: a bright, wide land where wondrous creatures share the fields, seas, and skies with the people who befriend them. A young Trainer packs a bag, clips a few Poké Balls to a belt, and sets out to see how many kinds there are, learn their moves, and grow up a little on the road. Catch, befriend, battle, repeat — and never stop wondering what's over the next hill. In print, that journey arrives as junior novels, chapter books, and official fiction that carry the animated series onto the page. Tracey West and a rotating bench of tie-in authors follow Trainer Ash and his loyal Pikachu region by region — from Kanto's first steps out toward the islands of Alola in Sun & Moon — alongside easy-reader adaptations and collector-minded companion volumes. Most entries stand alone, sized for readers just gaining their own confidence. The register is sunny and quick: rivalries settled in the arena, not to the death; friendship treated as the real superpower; every setback a lesson before the next badge. Newcomers should start at the beginning of the road — the earliest chapter books, or the first-region novelizations — then simply travel forward.