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Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise Omnibus
Start here right after the animated finale. In the first sequel arc, Aang and Zuko discover that removing Fire Nation colonies from the Earth Kingdom is much harder than ending the war. The omnibus holds all three parts, so you can follow the argument over Yu Dao without hunting down separate volumes.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search Omnibus
Read this second if you’ve been waiting for an answer about Zuko’s mother. The search for Ursa brings Zuko and Azula back together and fills in part of their family history. This paperback collects the three chapters of the same trip.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift Omnibus
Read the third arc after The Search. Aang tries to revive an Air Nomad holiday, and a visit from Avatar Yangchen brings him to a refinery built on sacred ground. If you’re following Toph as well as Aang, the argument about what to keep and what to build gives her an important role.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Smoke and Shadow Omnibus
Make this your fourth main arc. Go in after The Search, because the story assumes you know what happened with Zuko’s family. The masked Kemurikage threaten Zuko’s rule, and Mai gets caught up in the trouble around the throne. The omnibus includes all three parts.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: North and South Omnibus
The fifth arc follows Katara and Sokka back to a Southern Water Tribe that’s grown since they left. A proposal to unite the tribes gives Katara and other Southerners sharply different ideas about what progress should look like. This completes the five arcs in Gene Luen Yang’s omnibus boxed set. You can also get this arc on its own in one volume.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance Omnibus
Finish the main run here. Team Avatar returns to a fast-growing industrial town where conflict between benders and nonbenders is threatening to turn violent. It’s a good bridge toward the world of The Legend of Korra if you want to see how a bigger city changes the old arguments about bending.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Toph Beifong’s Metalbending Academy
Read it as an optional stop after The Rift, once you’re familiar with Toph’s work as a teacher. School life is starting to bore her, which is a good excuse to see what metalbending looks like outside a battle. It’s also in Team Avatar Treasury with the Suki and Katara standalones.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Azula in the Spirit Temple
Read this after Smoke and Shadow if you want to follow Azula away from Zuko’s court. A failed attack takes her to a remote forest temple where she has to confront her past. This is one of three stories collected in Fire and Family Treasury.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer
Take this detour after the main arcs when you want a story about Iroh. A shortage of tea sends him looking for answers, and bounty hunter June finds him first. Fire and Family Treasury collects this one with the Azula and Mai stories.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Ashes of the Academy
Read this after Smoke and Shadow if you want to spend more time with Mai and Zuko. Zuko puts Mai to work as a teacher at the Royal Fire Academy for Girls, where he’s trying to change what the next generation learns. It’s the Fire and Family Treasury story about a school rather than the royal family’s home.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Katara and the Pirate’s Silver
Go back to the original show for this Katara story. She gets separated from her friends and needs the help of pirates, so the appeal is seeing her get out of trouble without Team Avatar at her side. You can get the book on its own or find it in Team Avatar Treasury.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Suki, Alone
Read this after the show’s Boiling Rock episodes if you want to see what Suki did in prison before the rescue. She has to decide who she can trust while separated from the other Kyoshi Warriors. Team Avatar Treasury collects it alongside the Toph and Katara stories.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Kyoshi Warriors, Volume 1
Save this for a flashback to the war years after you’ve met Suki on the show. Her team leaves Kyoshi Island and has to win the trust of people on the mainland. This is the first collected volume of their own story, so it’s a separate starting point from the post-finale arcs.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Lost Adventures and Team Avatar Tales Omnibus
Dip into this when you miss the gang and want a short read. The two collections bring together stories from around the animated series and beyond, including turns for Mai, Earth King Kuei, and the Boulder. Leave it until you’ve finished the show if you’d rather stay in episode order.
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Avatar Legends: Masters of the Elements, Volume 1
Read this after the main Aang books if you’re ready to explore other Avatar eras. It’s a set of short stories that includes Aang and also gives Roku, Kyoshi, Yangchen, and Korra time on the page. Think of it as a route out into the wider setting once you’ve caught up with Aang.
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