Reading order
Caraval reading order
2- 7.97.9 / 10575 ratings
- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2016–2019
- Published
- about 25 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
Quick answer
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Publication order
3 volumes2016–2019Completed
- Scarlett and her sister Tella are drawn into Caraval, a magical game where nothing is what it seems.
- Read Caraval, Legendary and Finale in order — the twists carry over.
- Legendary, told by Tella, is the most-rated here.
- The Once Upon a Broken Heart books are set in the same world.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 1,396 pages, about 25 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 5 weeks.
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 6, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.
- Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 20, 2026
- 1. Caraval
- 2. Legendary
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 29 h12 daysby December 6, 2026
- 3. Finale
- The end of the series
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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
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Caraval book is the longest?
“Legendary” is the longest at 480 pages; the shortest is “Caraval” with 436 pages.