Foreigner series reading order

A plan for the whole series

21 volumes, 8,318 pages, about 150 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 7 months.

Stages

10 stages, with 9 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around July 5, 2027, about 7 weeks later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 115 h21 daysby November 19, 2026

   • 1. Foreigner1994 · 378 pages · 7 h
   • 2. Invader1995 · 462 pages · 8 h
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. 2
   Stage 217 habout 3 weeksby December 15, 2026

   • 3. Inheritor1996 · 464 pages · 9 h
   • 4. Precursor1999 · 448 pages · 8 h
4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 18, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 39 h11 daysby December 29, 2026

   • 5. Defender2001 · 464 pages · 9 h
6. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by January 3, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 417 habout 3 weeksby January 26, 2027

   • 6. Explorer2003 · 528 pages · 10 h
   • 7. Destroyer2005 · 416 pages · 8 h
8. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by January 30, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
9. 5
   Stage 514 h19 daysby February 18, 2027

   • 8. Pretender2006 · 416 pages · 8 h
   • 9. Deliverer2007 · 357 pages · 7 h
10. Short breakThe Importance of Being Earnest · Oscar Wilde · 102 pp. · score 8.22 h, by February 21, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
11. 6
    Stage 619 habout 4 weeksby March 19, 2027

    • 10. Conspirator2009 · 370 pages · 7 h
    • 11. Deceiver2010 · 355 pages · 7 h
    • 12. Betrayer2011 · 328 pages · 6 h
12. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by March 28, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
13. 7
    Stage 714 h18 daysby April 16, 2027

    • 13. Intruder2012 · 379 pages · 7 h
    • 14. Protector2013 · 375 pages · 7 h
14. Short breakA Room of One's Own · Virginia Woolf · 144 pp. · score 8.23 h, by April 20, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
15. 8
    Stage 814 h19 daysby May 9, 2027

    • 15. Peacemaker2014 · 375 pages · 7 h
    • 16. Tracker2015 · 403 pages · 7 h
16. Short breakThe Prophet · Kahlil Gibran · 116 pp. · score 8.22 h, by May 13, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
17. 9
    Stage 920 habout 4 weeksby June 8, 2027

    • 17. Visitor2016 · 376 pages · 7 h
    • 18. Convergence2017 · 336 pages · 6 h
    • 19. Emergence2018 · 368 pages · 7 h
18. BreakBorn a Crime · Trevor Noah · 304 pp. · score 8.96 h, by June 18, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
19. 10
    Stage 1013 h18 daysby July 5, 2027

    • 20. Resurgence2020 · 368 pages · 7 h
    • 21. Divergence2020 · 352 pages · 6 h
20. The end of the series

    July 5, 2027

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