'What I love about our show, which isn't in the book, is how Lemony Snicket bookends the show,' executive producer and showrunner Barry Sonnenfeld told EW. The third and final season, which was announced in April 2017 and released in January 2019, consists of seven episodes and adapts the remaining four books. The second season was ordered in March 2017 and released in March 2018, consisting of ten episodes and adapting books five through nine. The first season of A Series of Unfortunate Events, which premiered on Netflix in January 2017, consists of eight episodes and adapted the first four books of the series. Updated: November 4, 2022: If you love A Series of Unfortunate Events, you'll be happy to know we've updated this article with additional content and info. But let's take a closer look at the hit franchise's potential future, given the plethora of additional books published by the famed author. According to the order and the number of books in Handler's series, Netflix has already used up all the material. Netflix has meticulously stuck to Handler's order of the series of books, which is why it might seem impossible to bring the show back for an additional season. The adaptation has generally taken up four books in each season, and each book has been divided into two episodes - except for the final book, The End. The 13 A Series of Unfortunate Events books in total were released from 1999 to 2006, and Netflix adapted all storylines into three seasons under the same name. Patrick Warburton plays Snicket, the narrator tasked with explaining the events onscreen. Neil Patrick Harris stars in Netflix's series as Olaf, who sports a unibrow and a revealing tattoo resembling an eye.