Detective Erlendur series reading order

A plan for the whole series

9 volumes, 3,015 pages, about 55 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 11 weeks.

Stages

3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 24, 2027, 13 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 21, 2026

   • 1. Sons of Dust1997 · 294 pages · 5 h
   • 2. Les roses de la nuit1998 · ≈ 335 pages · 6 h
   • 3. Jar City2000 · 298 pages · 5 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 25, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 219 habout 4 weeksby December 21, 2026

   • 4. Silence of the Grave2001 · 360 pages · 7 h
   • 5. Voices2003 · 370 pages · 7 h
   • 6. The Draining Lake2004 · 332 pages · 6 h
4. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by December 30, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 319 habout 4 weeksby January 24, 2027

   • 7. Arctic Chill2005 · 344 pages · 6 h
   • 8. Hypothermia2007 · 322 pages · 6 h
   • 9. Outrage2008 · 360 pages · 7 h
6. The end of the series

   January 24, 2027

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