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Reading order

Empire of Man reading order

David Weber

  1. March Upcountry2001
  2. March to the Sea2002
  3. March to the Stars2004
  4. We Few2006
7.87.8 / 10
71 ratings
Score
4 volumes
Volumes
2001–2006
Published
about 45 h
Reading time
Completed
Status
Science fiction
Genre

Quick answer

March Upcountry
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Publication order

4 volumes2001–2006Completed

  • Military science fiction by David Weber and John Ringo: Prince Roger MacClintock, the spoiled and resented youngest heir to the Empire of Man, is shipwrecked by sabotage on Marduk, a hostile jungle planet full of monsters and warring locals, and must cross it on foot with the marines of his bodyguard, who think little of him.
  • The story of how he becomes a leader worth dying for.
  • March Upcountry, the first, is the one with enough ratings, and they are good.
  • Read in order.

A plan for the whole series

4 volumes, 2,365 pages, about 45 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 8 weeks.

Stages

3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 2, 2027, 7 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 111 h15 daysby November 13, 2026
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 17, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 212 h16 daysby December 3, 2026
  4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 7, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  5. Stage 320 habout 4 weeksby January 2, 2027
  6. The end of the series
    January 2, 2027
In one goDecember 26, 2026about 8 weeks
In stages, with breaksJanuary 2, 2027about 9 weeks · +4 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 4
  1. March Upcountry
    March Upcountry2001 · 71 ratingsStart here
    7.87.8 / 10
  2. March to the Sea
    March to the Sea2002 · 40 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  3. March to the Stars
    March to the Stars2004 · 37 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  4. We Few
    We Few2006 · 37 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet

Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Empire of Man book is the longest?

“March to the Sea” is the longest at 672 pages; the shortest is “March to the Stars” with 526 pages.