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Reading order

Fallen reading order

Lauren Kate

  1. Fallen2009
  2. Torment2010
  3. Passion2011
  4. Rapture2012
7.27.2 / 10
619 ratings
Score
4 volumes
Volumes
2009–2012
Published
about 30 h
Reading time
Completed
Status
Fantasy
Genre

Quick answer

Fallen
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Publication order

4 volumes2009–2012Completed

  • Four novels, and they are one story with one answer at the end: Fallen sets up the question, Torment stalls, Passion is the flashback book that explains the whole thing, and Rapture resolves it.
  • Read them in order or the reveals arrive backwards.
  • Kate added two more books afterwards — a set of novellas and Unforgiven, which follows a different character — and both assume the quartet is behind you.

A plan for the whole series

4 volumes, 1,716 pages, about 30 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 6 weeks.

  • Readers scored volume 4, “Rapture”, below its predecessor (6.9 after 7.5). If you slow down there, that is on the book, not on you.

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 14, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 115 h20 daysby November 18, 2026
  2. 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.
  3. Stage 216 habout 3 weeksby December 14, 2026
  4. The end of the series
    December 14, 2026
In one goDecember 10, 2026about 6 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 14, 2026about 7 weeks · +2 h of other books

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

Does the series hold up

6.57.38.0
–Not ranked yet
7.57.5 / 10
7.57.5 / 10
6.96.9 / 10
2009201020112012
6.57.38.0
2009201020112012
–Not ranked yet
7.57.5 / 10
7.57.5 / 10
6.96.9 / 10
Score per volume4 volumes on a timeline, 2009 to 2012 · Best-rated volume: Passion

Shape of the series: a drop at the end. The last scored volume (6.9) has the lowest score in the series.

Best volume: Passion (7.5, 112 ratings). Weakest: Rapture (6.9). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting.

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. Fallen
    Fallen2009 · 349 ratings · Not ranked yetStart here
    –Not ranked yet
  2. Torment
    Torment2010 · 144 ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  3. Passion
    Passion2011 · 112 ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  4. Rapture
    Rapture2012 · 363 ratings
    6.96.9 / 10

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

Fallen books ranked, best to worst

  1. 1.PassionBook 3 · 20117.5
  2. 1.TormentBook 2 · 20107.5
  3. 3.RaptureBook 4 · 20126.9
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Frequently asked questions

Which Fallen book is the best?

By reader score, Passion (7.5/10). The lowest-rated is Rapture (6.9/10).

Which Fallen book is the longest?

“Rapture” is the longest at 448 pages; the shortest is “Fallen” with 404 pages.