Felix Castor reading order

A plan for the whole series

6 volumes, 2,880 pages, about 55 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 10 weeks.

• The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2023. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.

Stages

4 stages, with 3 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 20, 2027, 12 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 21, 2026

   • 1. The Devil You Know2006 · 464 pages · 9 h
   • 2. Vicious Circle2006 · 472 pages · 9 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 25, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 210 h13 daysby December 8, 2026

   • 3. Dead Men's Boots2007 · 544 pages · 10 h
4. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by December 12, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 317 habout 3 weeksby January 4, 2027

   • 4. Thicker Than Water2009 · 472 pages · 9 h
   • 5. The Naming of the Beasts2009 · 448 pages · 8 h
6. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by January 8, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 49 h12 daysby January 20, 2027

   • 6. The Ghost in Bone2023 · ≈ 480 pages · 9 h
8. The end of the series

   January 20, 2027

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