Reading order
1Q84 reading order
1- 7.57.5 / 10896 ratings
- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2009–2010
- Published
- about 35 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Fantasy
- Genre
Quick answer
Publication order
3 volumes2009–2010Completed
- One long novel in three books: in Japan Books 1 and 2 came out in 2009 and Book 3 in 2010; in English it is usually a single volume of about 900 pages.
- Read all three — the story only resolves at the end.
- Readers rate it below Murakami’s best-known novels.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 1,795 pages, about 35 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 6 weeks.
- The thickest volume runs 925 pages. One volume is one stage: a break after it, not the next volume.
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 21, 2026, 9 days later than in one go.
- Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 21, 2026
- BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.0
- Stage 216 habout 3 weeksby December 21, 2026
- 2. 1Q84 Book 2
- 3. 1Q84 Book 3
- The end of the series
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How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Extras, short stories and spin-offs
Not needed to follow the main story — read them after the series or skip them.
- 1Q84 Book 12009
Frequently asked questions
Which 1Q84 book is the longest?
“1Q84” is the longest at 925 pages; the shortest is “1Q84 Book 2” with 397 pages.
What should I read after 1Q84?
After the main series: 1Q84 Book 1.