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Chronicles of Barsetshire reading order

Anthony Trollope

  1. The Warden1855
  2. Barchester Towers1857
  3. Doctor Thorne1858
  4. Framley Parsonage1861
  5. The Small House at Allington1862
  6. The Last Chronicle of Barset1867
6 volumes
Volumes
1855–1867
Published
about 55 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

The Warden
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Publication order

6 volumes1855–1867Completed

  • Anthony Trollope’s six Victorian novels set in the imaginary cathedral county of Barsetshire, about clergymen, squires, money, ambition and marriage.
  • The Warden is a short, gentle story of a kind old clergyman whose comfortable post is attacked by a young reformer; Barchester Towers, the comic heart of the series, pits the formidable bishop’s wife Mrs Proudie and her oily chaplain Mr Slope against the old church establishment.
  • Humane, ironic and slow in the best way.
  • No book has enough ratings yet.
  • Read in order.

A plan for the whole series

6 volumes, 3,119 pages, about 55 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 months.

Stages

4 stages, with 3 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 25, 2027, 11 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 114 h19 daysby November 17, 2026
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 20, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 220 habout 4 weeksby December 17, 2026
  4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 20, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  5. Stage 311 h15 daysby January 4, 2027
  6. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by January 8, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  7. Stage 412 h16 daysby January 25, 2027
  8. The end of the series
    January 25, 2027
In one goJanuary 13, 2027about 3 months
In stages, with breaksJanuary 25, 2027about 3 months · +6 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

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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. The Warden
    The Warden1855 · 36 ratingsStart here
    –Not ranked yet
  2. Barchester Towers
    Barchester Towers1857 · 26 ratings
    –Not ranked yet
  3. Doctor Thorne
    Doctor Thorne1858 · 9 ratings
    –Not ranked yet
  4. Framley Parsonage
    Framley Parsonage1861 · 7 ratings
    –Not ranked yet
  5. The Small House at Allington
    The Small House at Allington1862 · 11 ratings
    –Not ranked yet
  6. The Last Chronicle of Barset
    The Last Chronicle of Barset1867 · 6 ratings
    –Not ranked yet

Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 28, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Chronicles of Barsetshire book is the longest?

“The Last Chronicle of Barset” is the longest at 674 pages; the shortest is “The Warden” with 255 pages.