Reading order

Dragon reading order

Laurence Yep

  1. Dragon of the Lost Sea1982
  2. Dragon Steel1985
  3. Dragon Cauldron1991
  4. Dragon War1992
4 volumes
Volumes
1982–1992
Published
about 21 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

Dragon of the Lost Sea
Start withDragon of the Lost Sea1982

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Publication order

4 volumes1982–1992Completed

A plan for the whole series

4 volumes, 1,122 pages, about 21 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 November 29, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

  1. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 22, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  2. Stage 26 h8 daysby November 29, 2026
  3. The end of the series
    November 29, 2026
In one goNovember 25, 2026about 4 weeks
In stages, with breaksNovember 29, 2026about 4 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

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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

Frequently asked questions

Which Dragon book is the longest?

“Dragon Cauldron” is the longest at 320 pages; the shortest is “Dragon of the Lost Sea” with 213 pages.