BookRank

Reading order

Dr. Zeus Inc. reading order

Kage Baker

  1. In the Garden of Iden1997
  2. Sky Coyote1999
  3. Mendoza in Hollywood2000
  4. The Graveyard Game2001
  5. Black Projects, White Knights2002
  6. The Life of the World to Come2004
  7. The Children of the Company2005
  8. The Machine's Child2006
  9. The Sons of Heaven2007
  10. Gods and Pawns2007
10 volumes
Volumes
1997–2007
Published
about 60 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

In the Garden of Iden
Start withIn the Garden of Iden1997
Open the volume →Buy the first volumeListen to the audiobook

Affiliate link: buying through it supports BookRank at no extra cost to you.

Publication order

10 volumes1997–2007Completed

Volume numbering in the sources is incomplete — the order below follows publication years.

A plan for the whole series

10 volumes, 3,319 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 January 30, 2027, 11 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 118 habout 3 weeksby November 22, 2026
  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. Stage 215 h20 daysby December 16, 2026
  4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 19, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  5. Stage 314 h18 daysby January 7, 2027
    • 7. The Children of the Company2005 · 384 pages · 7 h
    • 8. The Machine's Child2006 · 360 pages · 7 h
  6. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by January 11, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  7. Stage 414 h19 daysby January 30, 2027
  8. The end of the series
    January 30, 2027
In one goJanuary 18, 2027about 3 months
In stages, with breaksJanuary 30, 2027about 3 months · +6 h of other books

We count 1.1 min per page, the pace of an average novel reader. Faster? Move the slider.

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 10

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. In the Garden of Iden
    In the Garden of Iden1997 · 38 ratingsStart here
    –Not ranked yet
  2. Sky Coyote
    Sky Coyote1999 · 7 ratings
    –Not ranked yet
  3. Mendoza in Hollywood
    Mendoza in Hollywood2000 · 1 rating
    –Not ranked yet
  4. The Graveyard Game
    The Graveyard Game2001 · 1 rating
    –Not ranked yet
  5. Black Projects, White Knights
    Black Projects, White Knights2002 · 5 ratings
    –Not ranked yet
  6. The Life of the World to Come
    The Life of the World to Come2004 · 5 ratings
    –Not ranked yet
  7. The Children of the Company
    The Children of the Company2005 · 8 ratingsBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  8. The Machine's Child
    The Machine's Child2006 · 2 ratingsBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  9. The Sons of Heaven
    The Sons of Heaven2007 · 3 ratingsBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  10. Gods and Pawns
    Gods and Pawns2007 · 1 rating
    –Not ranked yet

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

Frequently asked questions

Which Dr. Zeus Inc. book is the longest?

“The Sons of Heaven” is the longest at 430 pages; the shortest is “The Life of the World to Come” with 250 pages.