Reading order
Dread Empire reading order
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 1979–1980
- Published
- about 17 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
Quick answer
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Publication order
3 volumes1979–1980Completed
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 907 pages, about 17 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 weeks.
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 20, 2026.
- Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 20, 2026
- The end of the series
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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
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 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Dread Empire book is the longest?
“All Darkness Met” is the longest at 397 pages; the shortest is “A Shadow of All Night Falling” with 248 pages.
What should I read after Dread Empire?
Other series by Glen Cook: Garrett P.I., The Black Company, Books of the North.
