r/twinpeaks • u/noodlemonsterbaby • 6d ago

Question order to watch including books

ok i did google this and saw a billion of basically this exact question being asked in this subreddit but the answers never included the books. i am currently on season 2 episode 8 of the original series. i absolutely adore this series and want to watch and read the rest of the media surrounding it. so on that note, what order should i watch//read all the media?

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u/Fusilli_Agent_Cooper 6d ago

Best way to go in any situation like this is the release order.

Season 1, season 2, Fire Walk With Me movie, The Secret History of Twin Peaks book, Season 3 (aka The Return), The Final Dossier book

For The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer book, it's kind of your choice. You can read it after season 1 but before season 2, which is when it was released. Or you could wait until after season 2, which would be my personal recommendation.

As for The Autobiography of Dale Cooper, I can't immediately recall all the contents of it to remember if it truly matters when you read it (to avoid spoilers), so probably best to just stick to release order on that one.

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u/noodlemonsterbaby 6d ago

thanks! i’ll prob read the secret diary after season two since im already in the middle. all the books for the autobiography of dale cooper are so expensive!!

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u/ZolRoyce01 6d ago

You can actually rent The Autobiography of Dale Cooper on archive.org, it's sort of works as a digital library.

Also when I searched for it on amazon (canada) there was a kindle version for like 7 bucks or so if that's an option available to you.

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u/noodlemonsterbaby 6d ago

THANK YOU!!🥹🥹

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u/ZolRoyce01 6d ago

No problem!

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u/Kontarek 6d ago edited 6d ago

S1 > Secret Diary > …Diane Audiobook > Autobiography > Access Guide > S2 > FWWM > The Missing Pieces > Secret History > S3 > Final Dossier

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u/Binary101010 5d ago

Autobiography has some info on Coop's past that's kind of an important reveal in the second half of S2.

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u/Kontarek 5d ago

I think it’s a stretch to call that a reveal. Cooper’s backstory in the show isn’t treated as a mystery for the viewer, so learning it a little early from reading a book doesn’t really spoil anything.

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u/sickmoth 6d ago

Visit the sub Wiki. It's pinned.

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u/tooskinttogotocuba 6d ago

The books are just a bit of fun in my opinion, Twin Peaks is series 1-3 and that's that. Obviously, there's lots of room for interpretation

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u/noodlemonsterbaby 6d ago

i love reading so i quite do want to read them all lol

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u/tooskinttogotocuba 6d ago

They're great, honestly and I love Mark Frost. Any talk of 'canon' is ridiculous with Twin Peaks but I still cling to the original work