Doctor Dolittle reading order

A plan for the whole series

13 volumes, 3,390 pages, about 60 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 months.

Stages

4 stages, with 3 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around February 6, 2027, 17 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 118 habout 3 weeksby November 22, 2026

   • 1. The Story of Doctor Dolittle1920 · 156 pages · 3 h
   • 2. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle1922 · 269 pages · 5 h
   • 3. Doctor Dolittle's Post Office1923 · 298 pages · 5 h
   • 4. Doctor Dolittle's Circus1924 · 258 pages · 5 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 26, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 220 habout 4 weeksby December 23, 2026

   • 5. Doctor Dolittle's Zoo1925 · 292 pages · 5 h
   • 6. Doctor Dolittle's Caravan1926 · 288 pages · 5 h
   • 7. Doctor Dolittle's Garden1927 · 269 pages · 5 h
   • 8. Doctor Dolittle in the Moon1928 · 257 pages · 5 h
4. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by January 1, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 316 habout 3 weeksby January 23, 2027

   • 9. Doctor Dolittle's Return1933 · 260 pages · 5 h
   • 10. Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake1948 · 366 pages · 7 h
   • 11. Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures1952 · 256 pages · 5 h
6. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by January 27, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 48 h10 daysby February 6, 2027

   • 12. Doctor Dolittle Meets a Londoner in Paris1925 · ≈ 261 pages · 5 h
   • 13. Gub Gub's Book1932 · 160 pages · 3 h
8. The end of the series

   February 6, 2027

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