Elle Kennedy’s Off-Campus Series: The Only Reading Order You’ll Ever Need

Prime Video has turned Elle Kennedy's Briar U universe into its latest obsession with Off Campus. If you are already counting down to season 2, the quickest way to mainline more of these hockey idiots and the people who put up with them is the source material. Kennedy started the Off-Campus books back in 2015 with The Deal — which is exactly what the show’s first season adapts — and she is still expanding the world.

Ahead of the show’s May 2026 premiere, Kennedy told Us Weekly she gets that fans care about the details but wants everyone to go in flexible. After a very hyped book-tour circuit, she sounded confident about the translation from page to screen:

'Some things have to change in an adaptation, but they are going to get the same feeling that they got when they read the book.'

Quick refresher on The Deal: Hannah Wells agrees to tutor Briar U’s hockey captain Garrett Graham, and they stage a fake relationship to poke at her actual crush. Naturally, feelings get messy. That setup also introduces the rest of the Briar hockey crew, each of whom gets their own book down the line. And yes, the show pulls those threads too.

How to read Off-Campus (plus both spinoffs) while you wait for season 2

Below is the clean, no-skips order — core series first, then the interconnected spinoffs with new couples, and finally the next-gen books.

1. The Deal (Off-Campus) — Hannah Wells and Garrett Graham kick things off with tutoring, a fake-dating scheme, and very real fallout.
2. The Mistake (Off-Campus) — John Logan and Grace Ivers try to get it right after, well, not getting it right the first time.
3. The Score (Off-Campus) — Allie Hayes meets her match in party legend Dean Di Laurentis.
4. The Goal (Off-Campus) — Sabrina James and John Tucker face grown-up consequences faster than expected.
5. The Legacy (Off-Campus) — A collection of four novellas checking back in on all four core couples for proper epilogues.
6. The Chase (Briar U spinoff ) — Dean’s sister Summer Di Laurentis falls for tattooed, game-dev quiet guy Colin 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald. New couple, plenty of cameos.
7. The Risk (Briar U spinoff) — Brenna Jensen, daughter of Briar’s hockey coach, collides with rival captain Jake Connelly.
8. The Play (Briar U spinoff) — Hunter Davenport resets his life and meets Demi Davis; sparks and self-control do not mix.
9. The Dare (Briar U spinoff) — Taylor Marsh and Conor Edwards turn a dare into something that actually matters.
10. The Graham Effect (Campus Diaries spinoff) — Time jump: Hannah and Garrett’s daughter, Gigi, takes center ice. First of the next-generation books.
11. The Dixon Rule (Campus Diaries spinoff) — Gigi’s best friend Diana Dixon gets the spotlight.
12. The Charlie Method (Campus Diaries spinoff) — Charlotte Kingston rounds out the current next-gen lineup.

Why this order works

The first five build the original couples and their arcs; The Legacy ties a bow on them. The Briar U quartet spins out to new romances that weave through the same world (you will see familiar faces, just not in the driver’s seat). Campus Diaries then jumps ahead to the kids — yes, including Hannah and Garrett’s daughter Gigi — so it plays best after you know who everyone’s parents and mentors are.

Bottom line: the show started with The Deal and premiered in May 2026, but the books go much deeper and wider. If you want more Briar drama before season 2 lands, this lineup covers every couple, every update, and the next generation taking their own shots.