Gentleman Bastard Sequence reading order

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 1,864 pages, about 35 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 7 weeks.

Stages

3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around December 22, 2026, 8 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 110 h13 daysby November 11, 2026

   • 1. The Lies of Locke Lamora2006 · 544 pages · 10 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 15, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 211 h15 daysby November 30, 2026

   • 2. Red Seas Under Red Skies2007 · 600 pages · 11 h
4. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by December 4, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 313 h18 daysby December 22, 2026

   • 3. The Republic of Thieves2013 · 720 pages · 13 h
6. The end of the series

   December 22, 2026

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Does the series hold up

Shape of the series: best at the start. Readers scored the first volumes (8.6) above the last ones (8.3).

Best volume: The Lies of Locke Lamora (8.6, 1,930 ratings). Weakest: The Republic of Thieves (8.3). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (8.3) scores close to the series average or above it.