Chronicles of the Cheysuli reading order

A plan for the whole series

8 volumes, 3,099 pages, about 55 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 2 months.

Stages

4 stages, with 3 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 24, 2027, 11 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 118 habout 3 weeksby November 21, 2026

   • 1. Shapechangers · 224 pages · 4 h
   • 2. The Song of Homana1985 · 347 pages · 6 h
   • 3. Legacy of the Sword1986 · 384 pages · 7 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 25, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 215 h20 daysby December 16, 2026

   • 4. Track of the White Wolf1987 · 384 pages · 7 h
   • 5. A Pride of Princes1988 · 453 pages · 8 h
4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 19, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 314 h19 daysby January 7, 2027

   • 6. Daughter of the Lion1989 · 384 pages · 7 h
   • 7. Flight of the Raven1990 · 384 pages · 7 h
6. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by January 11, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 410 h13 daysby January 24, 2027

   • 8. A Tapestry of Lions1992 · 539 pages · 10 h
8. The end of the series

   January 24, 2027

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