Reading order

Doctrine of Labyrinths reading order

Sarah Monette

  1. Mélusine2005
  2. The Virtu2006
  3. The Mirador2007
3 volumes
Volumes
2005–2007
Published
about 24 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

Mélusine
Start withMélusine2005 · Volume 1 of 3

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Publication order

3 volumes2005–2007Completed

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 1,286 pages, about 24 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 weeks.

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 3, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

  1. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 23, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  2. Stage 28 h10 daysby December 3, 2026
  3. The end of the series
    December 3, 2026
In one goNovember 29, 2026about 4 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 3, 2026about 5 weeks · +2 h of other books

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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

Read: 0 of 3

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

Extras, short stories and spin-offs

Not needed to follow the main story — read them after the series or skip them.

  • Corambis2009

Frequently asked questions

Which Doctrine of Labyrinths book is the longest?

“The Virtu” is the longest at 439 pages; the shortest is “Mélusine” with 421 pages.

What should I read after Doctrine of Labyrinths?

After the main series: Corambis.