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Code Name Verity reading order

Elizabeth E. Wein

  1. Code Name Verity2012
  2. The Pearl Thief2017
  3. The Enigma Game2020
8.08.0 / 10
181 ratings
Score
3 volumes
Volumes
2012–2020
Published
about 21 h
Reading time
Completed
Status
Young adult
Genre

Quick answer

The Pearl Thief
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Publication order

3 volumes2012–2020Completed

  • Code Name Verity is a Second World War novel told largely as the written confession of a young Scottish spy captured by the Gestapo in occupied France, and it turns on her friendship with Maddie, the pilot who flew her in.
  • Its second half recasts the first, so avoid spoilers.
  • It rates highly and stands alone.
  • Rose Under Fire is a companion; The Pearl Thief is a prequel set before the war.

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 1,136 pages, about 21 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 weeks.

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around November 30, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 113 h17 daysby November 15, 2026
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 19, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 28 h11 daysby November 30, 2026
    • 4. The Enigma Game2020 · 448 pages · 8 h
  4. The end of the series
    November 30, 2026
In one goNovember 26, 2026about 4 weeks
In stages, with breaksNovember 30, 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
  1. Code Name Verity
    Code Name Verity2012 · 181 ratings
    8.18.1 / 10
  2. The Pearl Thief
    The Pearl Thief2017 · Not ranked yetStart hereBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  3. The Enigma Game
    The Enigma Game2020 · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet

Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Code Name Verity book is the longest?

“The Enigma Game” is the longest at 448 pages; the shortest is “The Pearl Thief” with 336 pages.