Reading order

Battle Circle reading order

Piers Anthony

  1. SOS the Rope1968
  2. Var the Stick1969
  3. Neq the Sword1975
3 volumes
Volumes
1968–1975
Published
about 10 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

SOS the Rope
Start withSOS the Rope1968 · Volume 1 of 3

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Publication order

3 volumes1968–1975Completed

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 532 pages, about 10 hours. At 45 min a day that is 13 days.

Stages

This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 11, 2026.

  1. Stage 110 h13 daysby November 11, 2026
    • 1. SOS the Rope1968 · 165 pages · 3 h
    • 2. Var the Stick1969 · 176 pages · 3 h
    • 3. Neq the Sword1975 · 191 pages · 4 h
  2. The end of the series
    November 11, 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

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.

  1. SOS the Rope
    SOS the Rope1968 · 10 ratingsStart hereBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  2. Var the Stick
    Var the Stick1969 · 8 ratingsBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  3. Neq the Sword
    Neq the Sword1975 · 7 ratingsBuy
    –Not ranked yet

Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Battle Circle book is the longest?

“Neq the Sword” is the longest at 191 pages; the shortest is “SOS the Rope” with 165 pages.

What should I read after Battle Circle?

Other series by Piers Anthony: Xanth, Incarnations of Immortality, Tarot series.

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