Reading order
Homecoming Saga reading order
1
2
3
4
5- 5 volumes
- Volumes
- 1992–1995
- Published
- about 30 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Science fiction#114
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
5 volumes1992–1995Completed
- Science fiction on the planet Harmony, where an ancient guardian computer has kept humanity from advanced technology for forty million years and now begins to fail; Card loosely based the story on the Book of Mormon.
- Read in order — it is one story, moving from a city in turmoil to the long journey back to Earth.
- All five books rate about the same.
A plan for the whole series
5 volumes, 1,747 pages, about 30 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 6 weeks.
Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: high
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 15, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.
- Stage 118 habout 4 weeksby November 23, 2026
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 214 h18 daysby December 15, 2026
- The end of the series
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Does the series hold up
Shape of the series: even. Volume scores differ by at most 0.1 points. You get the same level from the first page to the last.
Best volume: The Memory of Earth (7.5, 97 ratings). Weakest: Earthborn (7.5). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (7.5) scores close to the series average or above it.
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
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Homecoming books ranked, best to worst
- 1.The Memory of EarthBook 1 · 19927.5
- 1.The Ships of EarthBook 3 · 19947.5
- 1.The Call of EarthBook 2 · 19937.5
- 1.EarthfallBook 4 · 19957.5
- 1.EarthbornBook 5 · 19957.5
Frequently asked questions
Which Homecoming book is the best?
By reader score, The Memory of Earth (7.5/10). The lowest-rated is Earthborn (7.5/10).
Which Homecoming Saga book is the longest?
“Earthborn” is the longest at 430 pages; the shortest is “The Call of Earth” with 304 pages.
What should I read after Homecoming Saga?
Other series by Orson Scott Card: Ender's Saga, The Tales of Alvin Maker, Shadow hexalogy.
