Animorphs reading order

A plan for the whole series

47 volumes, 7,338 pages, about 135 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 6 months.

Stages

8 stages, with 7 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around June 3, 2027, about 5 weeks later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 119 habout 4 weeksby November 23, 2026

   • 1. The Invasion1996 · 192 pages · 4 h
   • 2. The Visitor1996 · 192 pages · 4 h
   • 3. The Encounter1996 · 157 pages · 3 h
   • 4. The Message1996 · 160 pages · 3 h
   • 5. The Predator1996 · 157 pages · 3 h
   • 6. The Capture1997 · 157 pages · 3 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 27, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 218 habout 3 weeksby December 21, 2026

   • 7. The Stranger1997 · 176 pages · 3 h
   • 8. The Alien1997 · 176 pages · 3 h
   • 9. The Secret1997 · 158 pages · 3 h
   • 10. The Android1997 · ≈ 156 pages · 3 h
   • 11. The Forgotten1997 · 162 pages · 3 h
   • 12. The Reaction1997 · ≈ 156 pages · 3 h
4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 24, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 318 habout 3 weeksby January 17, 2027

   • 13. The Change1997 · 162 pages · 3 h
   • 14. The Unknown1998 · 166 pages · 3 h
   • 15. The Escape1998 · ≈ 156 pages · 3 h
   • 16. The Warning1998 · 151 pages · 3 h
   • 17. The Underground1998 · 168 pages · 3 h
   • 19. The Departure1998 · 159 pages · 3 h
6. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by January 21, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 420 habout 4 weeksby February 17, 2027

   • 20. The Discovery1998 · 160 pages · 3 h
   • 21. The Threat1998 · 168 pages · 3 h
   • 22. The Solution1998 · 156 pages · 3 h
   • 23. The Pretender · 160 pages · 3 h
   • 24. The Suspicion1998 · 155 pages · 3 h
   • 25. The Extreme1999 · 155 pages · 3 h
   • 26. The Attack1999 · 160 pages · 3 h
8. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by February 26, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
9. 5
   Stage 520 habout 4 weeksby March 25, 2027

   • 27. The Exposed1999 · ≈ 156 pages · 3 h
   • 28. The Experiment1999 · 160 pages · 3 h
   • 29. The Sickness1999 · 152 pages · 3 h
   • 30. The Reunion1999 · 166 pages · 3 h
   • 31. The Conspiracy1999 · 139 pages · 3 h
   • 32. The Separation1999 · 158 pages · 3 h
   • 33. The Illusion1999 · 158 pages · 3 h
10. BreakBorn a Crime · Trevor Noah · 304 pp. · score 8.96 h, by April 3, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
11. 6
    Stage 618 habout 3 weeksby April 27, 2027

    • 34. The Prophecy1999 · 141 pages · 3 h
    • 35. The Proposal1999 · 147 pages · 3 h
    • 36. The Mutation1999 · 160 pages · 3 h
    • 37. The Weakness1999 · 129 pages · 2 h
    • 38. The Arrival2000 · 148 pages · 3 h
    • 39. The Hidden2000 · 121 pages · 2 h
    • 40. The Other2000 · 130 pages · 2 h
12. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by May 1, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
13. 7
    Stage 719 habout 4 weeksby May 26, 2027

    • 41. The Familiar2000 · 143 pages · 3 h
    • 42. The Journey2000 · 150 pages · 3 h
    • 43. The Test2000 · 135 pages · 2 h
    • 44. The Unexpected2000 · 164 pages · 3 h
    • 45. The Revelation2000 · 136 pages · 2 h
    • 46. The Deception · 118 pages · 2 h
    • 47. The Answer2001 · 176 pages · 3 h
14. Short breakThe Importance of Being Earnest · Oscar Wilde · 102 pp. · score 8.22 h, by May 30, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
15. 8
    Stage 83 h4 daysby June 3, 2027

    • 48. The Beginning2001 · 176 pages · 3 h
16. The end of the series

    June 3, 2027

We count 1.1 min per page, the pace of an average novel reader. Faster? Move the slider.

≈ next to a page count: a volume with no page count in our data is counted at this series’s average.

Does the series hold up

Shape of the series: even. Volume scores differ by at most 0.2 points. You get the same level from the first page to the last.

Best volume: The Capture (7.8, 59 ratings). Weakest: The Message (7.6). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (7.8) scores close to the series average or above it.