Reading order
Deathworld reading order
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3- 7.67.6 / 1063 ratings
- Score
- 4 volumes
- Volumes
- 1960–1998
- Published
- about 17 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Science fiction
- Genre
Quick answer
Publication order
4 volumes1960–1998Completed
- Harry Harrison’s adventure science fiction about Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler with psychic luck who follows a beautiful stranger to Pyrrus, a planet where every plant and animal is evolving to kill the human colonists, and tries to work out why.
- Deathworld, from 1960, is a smart, fast survival story with a satisfying twist; the sequels take Jason to other hostile worlds.
- Only the first has enough ratings.
- Read in order.
A plan for the whole series
4 volumes, 948 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.
- Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 21, 2026
- 1. Deathworld
- 2. Deathworld 2
- 3. Deathworld 3
- 4. Return to Deathworld
- 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
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Deathworld book is the longest?
“Return to Deathworld” is the longest at 464 pages; the shortest is “Deathworld 2” with 148 pages.
What should I read after Deathworld?
Other series by Harry Harrison: The Stainless Steel Rat, Eden.
