Reading order

After Such Knowledge reading order

James Blish

  1. A Case of Conscience1958
  2. Doctor Mirabilis1964
  3. Black Easter1968
  4. The Day After Judgment1971
4 volumes
Volumes
1958–1971
Published
about 17 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

A Case of Conscience
Start withA Case of Conscience1958 · Volume 1 of 4

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Publication order

4 volumes1958–1971Completed

A plan for the whole series

4 volumes, 900 pages, about 17 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 weeks.

Stages

This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 20, 2026.

  1. The end of the series
    November 20, 2026

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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

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No volume in this series has enough ratings to enter a ranking yet, so the list carries no scores — the order and the volumes are still complete.

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Frequently asked questions

Which After Such Knowledge book is the longest?

“Doctor Mirabilis” is the longest at 318 pages; the shortest is “Black Easter” with 165 pages.