Reading order
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians reading order
- Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians2007
- Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones2008
- Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia2009
- Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens2010
- Alcatraz Versus the Dark Talent2016
- 5 volumes
- Volumes
- 2007–2016
- Published
- about 30 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
Quick answer
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Publication order
5 volumes2007–2016Completed
- Brandon Sanderson’s comic fantasy for children, narrated by Alcatraz Smedry, a thirteen-year-old foster kid whose magical Talent is breaking things.
- On his birthday he learns that the world is secretly ruled by a cult of evil librarians who control what everyone reads, and that his family belongs to the Free Kingdoms fighting them with magic lenses and glass swords.
- The narrator constantly interrupts himself, lies to the reader and argues with the author.
- Silly and self-aware, for readers of about ten and up.
- No book has enough ratings yet.
- Read in order.
A plan for the whole series
5 volumes, 1,559 pages, about 30 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 5 weeks.
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 10, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.
- Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 21, 2026
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 211 h15 daysby December 10, 2026
- 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
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.
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.
- Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians2022
Frequently asked questions
Which Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians book is the longest?
“Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones” is the longest at 322 pages; the shortest is “Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens” with 293 pages.
What should I read after Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians?
After the main series: Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians.
