Reading order
Giants series reading order
- Inherit the Stars1977
- The Gentle Giants of Ganymede1978
- Giants' Star1981
- Entoverse1991
- Mission to Minerva
- 5 volumes
- Volumes
- 1977–1991
- Published
- about 30 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
Quick answer
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Publication order
5 volumes1977–1991Completed
Volume numbering in the sources is incomplete — the order below follows publication years.
A plan for the whole series
5 volumes, 1,703 pages, about 30 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 6 weeks.
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.
- Stage 115 h20 daysby November 18, 2026
- 1. Inherit the Stars
- 2. The Gentle Giants of Ganymede
- 3. Giants' Star
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 216 habout 3 weeksby December 14, 2026
- 4. Entoverse
- 5. Mission to Minerva
- The end of the series
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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
No volume in this series has enough ratings to enter a ranking yet, so the list carries no scores — the order and the volumes are still complete.
Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 28, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Giants series book is the longest?
“Entoverse” is the longest at 465 pages; the shortest is “Inherit the Stars” with 216 pages.