Reading order

Chronicles of the Shadow War reading order

George Lucas

  1. Shadow Moon1995
  2. Shadow Dawn1995
  3. Shadow Star2000
3 volumes
Volumes
1995–2000
Published
about 25 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

Shadow Moon
Start withShadow Moon1995 · Volume 1 of 3

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Publication order

3 volumes1995–2000Completed

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 1,362 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 5, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

  1. 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.
  2. Stage 210 h13 daysby December 5, 2026
  3. The end of the series
    December 5, 2026
In one goDecember 1, 2026about 5 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 5, 2026about 5 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

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.

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

Frequently asked questions

Which Chronicles of the Shadow War book is the longest?

“Shadow Star” is the longest at 544 pages; the shortest is “Shadow Moon” with 403 pages.