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Reading order

Between Earth and Sky reading order

Rebecca Roanhorse

  1. Black Sun2020
  2. Fevered Star2022
  3. Mirrored Heavens2024
8.08.0 / 10
545 ratings
Score
3 volumes
Volumes
2020–2024
Published
about 25 h
Reading time
Ongoing
Status
Fantasy#95
Genre

Quick answer

Black Sun
Start withBlack Sun2020 · Volume 1 of 3
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Publication order

3 volumes2020–2024Ongoing

  • Epic fantasy inspired by the pre-Columbian Americas: a solar eclipse, a holy city and a ship crossing the sea toward it.
  • A complete trilogy — Black Sun, Fevered Star, Mirrored Heavens — best read in order; Black Sun is the most-read and best-rated.

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 1,488 pages, about 25 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 5 weeks.

  • The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2024. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 8, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 116 habout 3 weeksby November 20, 2026
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 23, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 211 h15 daysby December 8, 2026
  4. The end of the series
    December 8, 2026
In one goDecember 4, 2026about 5 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 8, 2026about 6 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
  1. Black Sun
    Black Sun2020 · 361 ratingsStart here
    8.18.1 / 10
  2. Fevered Star
    Fevered Star2022 · 126 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  3. Mirrored Heavens
    Mirrored Heavens2024 · 58 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet

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

Frequently asked questions

Which Between Earth and Sky book is the longest?

“Mirrored Heavens” is the longest at 608 pages; the shortest is “Fevered Star” with 416 pages.