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Reading order

Corum reading order

Michael Moorcock

  1. The Knight of the Swords1971
  2. The Queen of the Swords1992
  3. The King of the Swords1971
  4. The Bull and the Spear1974
  5. The Oak and the Ram1974
  6. The Sword and the Stallion1974
6 volumes
Volumes
1971–1992
Published
about 17 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

The Knight of the Swords
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Publication order

6 volumes1971–1992Completed

A plan for the whole series

6 volumes, 944 pages, about 17 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 weeks.

Stages

This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 21, 2026.

  1. Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 21, 2026
    • 1. The Knight of the Swords1971 · 143 pages · 3 h
    • 2. The Queen of the Swords1992 · 152 pages · 3 h
    • 3. The King of the Swords1971 · 159 pages · 3 h
    • 4. The Bull and the Spear1974 · 155 pages · 3 h
    • 5. The Oak and the Ram1974 · 164 pages · 3 h
    • 6. The Sword and the Stallion1974 · 171 pages · 3 h
  2. The end of the series
    November 21, 2026

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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 Knight of the Swords
    The Knight of the Swords1971 · 3 ratingsStart hereBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  2. The Queen of the Swords
    The Queen of the Swords1992Buy
    –Not ranked yet
  3. The King of the Swords
    The King of the Swords1971 · 15 ratingsBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  4. The Bull and the Spear
    The Bull and the Spear1974Buy
    –Not ranked yet
  5. The Oak and the Ram
    The Oak and the Ram1974 · 9 ratingsBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  6. The Sword and the Stallion
    The Sword and the Stallion1974 · 8 ratingsBuy
    –Not ranked yet

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

Frequently asked questions

Which Corum book is the longest?

“The Sword and the Stallion” is the longest at 171 pages; the shortest is “The Knight of the Swords” with 143 pages.