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Reading order

Greatwinter reading order

Sean McMullen

  1. Souls in the Great Machine1999
  2. The Miocene Arrow2000
  3. Eyes of the Calculor2001
3 volumes
Volumes
1999–2001
Published
about 35 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

Souls in the Great Machine
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Publication order

3 volumes1999–2001Completed

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 1,792 pages, about 35 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 6 weeks.

Stages

3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around December 19, 2026, 7 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 111 h15 daysby November 13, 2026
    • 1. Souls in the Great Machine1999 · 597 pages · 11 h
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 17, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 211 h15 daysby December 1, 2026
  4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 5, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  5. Stage 311 h14 daysby December 19, 2026
  6. The end of the series
    December 19, 2026
In one goDecember 12, 2026about 6 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 19, 2026about 7 weeks · +4 h of other books

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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

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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.

  1. Souls in the Great Machine
    Souls in the Great Machine1999 · 7 ratingsStart hereBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  2. The Miocene Arrow
    The Miocene Arrow2000 · 6 ratings
    –Not ranked yet
  3. Eyes of the Calculor
    Eyes of the Calculor2001 · 5 ratings
    –Not ranked yet

Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 28, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Greatwinter book is the longest?

“The Miocene Arrow” is the longest at 608 pages; the shortest is “Eyes of the Calculor” with 587 pages.