Reading order

Associated Shades reading order

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  1. A House-Boat on the Styx1895
  2. Pursuit of the House-Boat1897
  3. The Enchanted Type-Writer1899
  4. Mr. Munchausen1901
4 volumes
Volumes
1895–1901
Published
about 14 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

A House-Boat on the Styx
Start withA House-Boat on the Styx1895

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Publication order

4 volumes1895–1901Completed

A plan for the whole series

4 volumes, 740 pages, about 14 hours. At 45 min a day that is 18 days.

Stages

This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 16, 2026.

  1. The end of the series
    November 16, 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.

Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 28, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Associated Shades book is the longest?

“Pursuit of the House-Boat” is the longest at 204 pages; the shortest is “A House-Boat on the Styx” with 171 pages.