Grand Tour reading order

A plan for the whole series

7 volumes, 2,858 pages, about 50 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 10 weeks.

Stages

4 stages, with 3 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 18, 2027, 11 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 116 h21 daysby November 19, 2026

   • 1. Return to Mars1999 · 403 pages · 7 h
   • 2. Jupiter2000 · 444 pages · 8 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 23, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 215 h21 daysby December 13, 2026

   • 3. Venus2000 · 411 pages · 8 h
   • 4. The Precipice2001 · 432 pages · 8 h
4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 17, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 313 h18 daysby January 4, 2027

   • 5. Mercury2005 · 336 pages · 6 h
   • 6. Powersat2005 · 400 pages · 7 h
6. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by January 8, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 48 h11 daysby January 18, 2027

   • 7. Mars Life2008 · 432 pages · 8 h
8. The end of the series

   January 18, 2027

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