Reading order

Axis of Time reading order

John Birmingham

  1. Weapons of Choice2004
  2. Designated Targets2005
  3. Final Impact2007
3 volumes
Volumes
2004–2007
Published
about 23 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

Weapons of Choice
Start withWeapons of Choice2004 · Volume 1 of 3

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Publication order

3 volumes2004–2007Completed

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 1,239 pages, about 23 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 weeks.

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 2, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

  1. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 24, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  2. Stage 26 h8 daysby December 2, 2026
  3. The end of the series
    December 2, 2026
In one goNovember 28, 2026about 4 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 2, 2026about 5 weeks · +2 h of other books

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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

Read: 0 of 3

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 Axis of Time book is the longest?

“Weapons of Choice” is the longest at 448 pages; the shortest is “Final Impact” with 343 pages.