The release dates of the light novels didn’t follow the chronology, I’m not sure if there even is a side story volume of the manga.if there is, it’s only really the Aincrad arc that’s told out of sequence.
The first novel, and the original manga both start on floor 74 and flashback to the very first day creating a 2 year time skip. The stories featuring Sachi, lizbeth and Silica are in another volume made to fill some of that skip. Once you get to Alfheim the publication order and story chronology are largely the same except for light novel volume 8 which was another side story compilation.
Once again if you’re looking for the manga and not the novels, to my knowledge there isn’t any of the confusion found in the novels as there’s only one aincrad manga volume.
There’s also the SAO: Progressive novels and manga which start at the first floor boss clearing and go floor by floor from there but have a slightly different timeline than the original story.
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