Chrestomanci series reading order

A plan for the whole series

7 volumes, 2,204 pages, about 40 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 8 weeks.

Stages

3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around December 30, 2026, 8 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 115 h20 daysby November 18, 2026

   • 1. Charmed Life1977 · 272 pages · 5 h
   • 2. The Magicians of Caprona1980 · 269 pages · 5 h
   • 3. Witch Week1982 · 272 pages · 5 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 22, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 216 habout 3 weeksby December 13, 2026

   • 4. The Lives of Christopher Chant1988 · 318 pages · 6 h
   • 5. Mixed Magics2000 · 170 pages · 3 h
   • 6. Conrad's Fate2005 · 375 pages · 7 h
4. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by December 17, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 310 h13 daysby December 30, 2026

   • 7. The Pinhoe Egg2006 · 528 pages · 10 h
6. The end of the series

   December 30, 2026

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Does the series hold up

Shape of the series: even. Volume scores differ by at most 0.2 points. You get the same level from the first page to the last.

Best volume: The Lives of Christopher Chant (8.1, 92 ratings). Weakest: Witch Week (7.9). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (8.1) scores close to the series average or above it.