<Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 978 - 0 - 545 - 61494 - 8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> The Elite </Td> </Tr> <P> The Selection is a young adult novel by Kiera Cass first published on April 14, 2012 by HarperCollins . It is the first in a five - book series, followed by The Elite (2013), The One (2014) and The Heir (2015) and The Crown (May 2016). The last two take place twenty and twenty - five years after the events in the first three . </P> <P> In addition, four spin - off novellas were released . The first two, The Prince and The Guard, are narrated from the point of view of two supporting characters . The Queen and The Favorite are prequels, focusing on two other supporting characters in the main series . All four novels were collected into one volume Happily Ever After, including bonus content and epilogues . </P>

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