Flavia de Luce reading order

A plan for the whole series

12 volumes, 4,311 pages, about 80 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 months.

• The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2026. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.

Stages

5 stages, with 4 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around March 16, 2027, about 5 weeks later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 114 h19 daysby November 17, 2026

   • 1. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie2009 · 373 pages · 7 h
   • 2. The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag2009 · 400 pages · 7 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 21, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 220 habout 4 weeksby December 17, 2026

   • 3. A Red Herring Without Mustard2011 · 400 pages · 7 h
   • 4. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows2011 · 297 pages · 5 h
   • 5. Speaking from Among the Bones2012 · 378 pages · 7 h
4. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by December 26, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 320 habout 4 weeksby January 21, 2027

   • 6. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches2014 · 336 pages · 6 h
   • 7. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust2015 · 392 pages · 7 h
   • 8. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd2016 · 336 pages · 6 h
6. BreakBorn a Crime · Trevor Noah · 304 pp. · score 8.96 h, by January 31, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 419 habout 4 weeksby February 25, 2027

   • 9. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place2018 · 368 pages · 7 h
   • 10. The Golden Tresses of the Dead2019 · 352 pages · 6 h
   • 11. What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust2024 · 320 pages · 6 h
8. BreakI'm Glad My Mom Died · Jennette McCurdy · 320 pp. · score 8.96 h, by March 7, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
9. 5
   Stage 57 h9 daysby March 16, 2027

   • 12. Numb Were the Beadsman's Fingers2026 · ≈ 359 pages · 7 h
10. The end of the series

    March 16, 2027

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

≈ next to a page count: a volume with no page count in our data is counted at this series’s average.

Does the series hold up

Shape of the series: even. Volume scores differ by at most 0.2 points. You get the same level from the first page to the last.

Best volume: I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (7.7, 77 ratings). Weakest: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (7.5). The series is not finished; the last volume came out in 2026. The last volume (7.7) scores close to the series average or above it.