Reading order
Conqueror reading order
- 5 volumes
- Volumes
- 2007–2011
- Published
- about 45 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
Quick answer
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Publication order
5 volumes2007–2011Completed
- Conn Iggulden’s five historical novels about Genghis Khan and his heirs: Temujin’s childhood on the steppe and his rise in Wolf of the Plains, the uniting of the tribes and the war on the Jin in Lords of the Bow, the campaign against the Khwarazmian Empire in Bones of the Hills, then his successors in Empire of Silver and Kublai Khan in Conqueror.
- Iggulden, also the author of the Emperor novels about Julius Caesar, sets out his liberties with history in a note at the end of each book.
- Read in order.
A plan for the whole series
5 volumes, 2,388 pages, about 45 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 January 3, 2027, 7 days later than in one go.
- Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 20, 2026
- 1. Wolf of the Plains
- 2. Lords of the Bow
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 218 habout 3 weeksby December 18, 2026
- Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 39 h13 daysby January 3, 2027
- The end of the series
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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
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 checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Conqueror book is the longest?
“Bones of the Hills” is the longest at 528 pages; the shortest is “Empire of Silver” with 438 pages.
What should I read after Conqueror?
Other series by Conn Iggulden: Emperor.
